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June 8 2011
Fricke's Picks: A Legendary 1974 Concert, Now on CD
(extract)
Here's something you don't get in the new media: musicians playing for free, to benefit a rock magazine. But that is what happened on April 28th, 1974, at the Roundhouse in London, at The Amazing Zigzag Concert, where an odd cool gang of pop and underground spirits performed to raise funds for Britain's Zigzag. Founded by writer-illustrator Pete Frame, Zigzag was a kind of Mother Country Rolling Stone, minus the politics, with a specialist passion for San Francisco-inspired psychedelia and American country rock. Zigzag was also the original home of Frame's now-famous Rock Family Trees, hand-drawn graphic histories of bands such as the Byrds and King Crimson.
That Sunday in '74, the Zigzag staff celebrated its fifth birthday by throwing a party of eclectic favors, with proceeds dedicated to the magazine's usually-perilous survival. Homegrown entertainment included young Byrds devotees Starry Eyed and Laughing, previewing the pleasures of their two imminent CBS LPs; the encyclopedic-roots and pub-cheer band Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers, with Elvis Costello's future drummer Pete Thomas; and rustic acid-flavored jammers Help Yourself. A wonderful five-CD set, The Amazing Zigzag Concert (Road Goes On Forever), issued last year and still available by mail order, includes each band's complete set. The result is a one-stop bang-and-jangle lesson in the great British rock that was off the charts in the mid-Seventies, filling clubs and dancehalls before punk.
http://www.rgfrecords.demon.co.uk/releases/zigzag.htm
June 8 2011
Fricke's Picks: A Legendary 1974 Concert, Now on CD
(extract)
Here's something you don't get in the new media: musicians playing for free, to benefit a rock magazine. But that is what happened on April 28th, 1974, at the Roundhouse in London, at The Amazing Zigzag Concert, where an odd cool gang of pop and underground spirits performed to raise funds for Britain's Zigzag. Founded by writer-illustrator Pete Frame, Zigzag was a kind of Mother Country Rolling Stone, minus the politics, with a specialist passion for San Francisco-inspired psychedelia and American country rock. Zigzag was also the original home of Frame's now-famous Rock Family Trees, hand-drawn graphic histories of bands such as the Byrds and King Crimson.
That Sunday in '74, the Zigzag staff celebrated its fifth birthday by throwing a party of eclectic favors, with proceeds dedicated to the magazine's usually-perilous survival. Homegrown entertainment included young Byrds devotees Starry Eyed and Laughing, previewing the pleasures of their two imminent CBS LPs; the encyclopedic-roots and pub-cheer band Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers, with Elvis Costello's future drummer Pete Thomas; and rustic acid-flavored jammers Help Yourself. A wonderful five-CD set, The Amazing Zigzag Concert (Road Goes On Forever), issued last year and still available by mail order, includes each band's complete set. The result is a one-stop bang-and-jangle lesson in the great British rock that was off the charts in the mid-Seventies, filling clubs and dancehalls before punk.
http://www.rgfrecords.demon.co.uk/releases/zigzag.htm
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WOW!!! there's a format i lack!!!
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Went to Nobel Peace Prize museum in Oslo a few weeks ago. Can report that the gift shop sells PLU postcards, right up there with those featuring mugs and quotes from the likes of Mandela, Walensa, or Tutu. The postcard is orange, with "What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding" in large red letters, and below it "[Elvis Costello]" in smaller white font.
Also on sale, War on Terror, the board game.
http://nobelpeacecenter.org/english/?aid=9081453
Also on sale, War on Terror, the board game.
http://nobelpeacecenter.org/english/?aid=9081453
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Too bad they don't do internet sales. I'd buy a few PLU cards and a Mandela mug.scielle wrote:Went to Nobel Peace Prize museum in Oslo a few weeks ago. Can report that the gift shop sells PLU postcards, right up there with those featuring mugs and quotes from the likes of Mandela, Walensa, or Tutu. The postcard is orange, with "What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding" in large red letters, and below it "[Elvis Costello]" in smaller white font.
Also on sale, War on Terror, the board game.
http://nobelpeacecenter.org/english/?aid=9081453
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No 'N.Lowe' credit? Pity."What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding" in large red letters, and below it "[Elvis Costello]" in smaller white font.
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PLU will be a song associated with Elvis and will have the false assumption that Elvis wrote it.
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/wo ... n-Day.html
July 6 '11
Each week Betty, our no-nonsense (and frankly eccentric) Mistress Of Modern Manners, quizzes a celebrity on their behaviour.
Here Fast Show star SIMON DAY tells of leaving Kylie speechless, a tricky naked encounter and why he is like Joan Collins.
(extract)
You probably meet a lot of famous people. Ever bumped into one of your idols?
I had a conversation with Elvis Costello once, by the lockers in a gym. You should never meet your heroes when they are stark bollock naked.
July 6 '11
Each week Betty, our no-nonsense (and frankly eccentric) Mistress Of Modern Manners, quizzes a celebrity on their behaviour.
Here Fast Show star SIMON DAY tells of leaving Kylie speechless, a tricky naked encounter and why he is like Joan Collins.
(extract)
You probably meet a lot of famous people. Ever bumped into one of your idols?
I had a conversation with Elvis Costello once, by the lockers in a gym. You should never meet your heroes when they are stark bollock naked.
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Huh? There was a story about Rhino being presented with a box of spools of loose tape for their re-issues.
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/F ... 0708-2011/
Inside Story: The Lost Rory Gallagher Album
Peter Hodgson
07.08.2011
(extract)
When Rory Gallagher left us in 1995, he also left behind a rich body of work. From hard-hitting blues to tender acoustic music to R&B to Celtic influences, Gallagher was an engaging performer and an astonishingly gifted guitarist. His discography includes well over a dozen albums, between power trio Taste (beginning in 1969) and his solo works (from 1971’s self-titled album to 1990’s Fresh Evidence), but hardcore fans have long known about a mysterious lost record, an album which was recorded in the late ’70s but never released. That album has now seen the light of day as Notes from San Francisco via Eagle Rock Entertainment.
The album has now undergone the remix that Rory wanted, and has been bundled with a live album taken from four December nights in 1979 at San Francisco’s The Old Waldorf.
“Rory educated us to look after tapes,” Donal says. “We had the tapes baked a couple of times to make sure there was no moisture over the years, because I’d heard some horror stories, like one case where Elvis Costello had put all his tapes into a professional storage facility and they had deteriorated, so we knew that certain types of tapes were inclined to break up and shatter. So where we felt it necessary, we duplicated to a different source.”
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/F ... 0708-2011/
Inside Story: The Lost Rory Gallagher Album
Peter Hodgson
07.08.2011
(extract)
When Rory Gallagher left us in 1995, he also left behind a rich body of work. From hard-hitting blues to tender acoustic music to R&B to Celtic influences, Gallagher was an engaging performer and an astonishingly gifted guitarist. His discography includes well over a dozen albums, between power trio Taste (beginning in 1969) and his solo works (from 1971’s self-titled album to 1990’s Fresh Evidence), but hardcore fans have long known about a mysterious lost record, an album which was recorded in the late ’70s but never released. That album has now seen the light of day as Notes from San Francisco via Eagle Rock Entertainment.
The album has now undergone the remix that Rory wanted, and has been bundled with a live album taken from four December nights in 1979 at San Francisco’s The Old Waldorf.
“Rory educated us to look after tapes,” Donal says. “We had the tapes baked a couple of times to make sure there was no moisture over the years, because I’d heard some horror stories, like one case where Elvis Costello had put all his tapes into a professional storage facility and they had deteriorated, so we knew that certain types of tapes were inclined to break up and shatter. So where we felt it necessary, we duplicated to a different source.”
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So apparently Diana got a special NASA invite to today's Atlantis launch. Anyone know if Elvis & the twins were there too?
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http://events.onthewight.com/dimbola-mu ... hotography
From Hear To Photography - Ten Years Through The Looking Glass
Friday 8th July 2011 to Sunday 2nd October 2011
Private view Friday 8th 7-9pm
Chris Gabrin first became obsessed with music at the age of twelve, and then discovered his only other obsession, Photography.
In 1970 after graduating from Art College and assisting in Advertising Photography, Chris was contacted by an old friend who shared a flat with a guy who had joined a band and said "they need some pictures"...
Thus began Chris’s photographic rollercoaster ride through one of the most exciting decades in modern music. In 1970 Chris was processing and printing all his photographic work in his bedsit, and by 1980 he had established a studio and was starting to experiment with directing music videos.
This exhibition encompasses 10 years of Chris’s photographic career in the music industry with images of bands and music artists including Brinsley Schwarz, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, The Dammed, The Stranglers, Motorhead, Blondie, The Buzzcocks and many, many more.
Dimbola Museums and Galleries
Box office: 01983 756 814
Terrace Lane
Freshwater Bay
PO40 9QE
Isle Of Wight
England
From Hear To Photography - Ten Years Through The Looking Glass
Friday 8th July 2011 to Sunday 2nd October 2011
Private view Friday 8th 7-9pm
Chris Gabrin first became obsessed with music at the age of twelve, and then discovered his only other obsession, Photography.
In 1970 after graduating from Art College and assisting in Advertising Photography, Chris was contacted by an old friend who shared a flat with a guy who had joined a band and said "they need some pictures"...
Thus began Chris’s photographic rollercoaster ride through one of the most exciting decades in modern music. In 1970 Chris was processing and printing all his photographic work in his bedsit, and by 1980 he had established a studio and was starting to experiment with directing music videos.
This exhibition encompasses 10 years of Chris’s photographic career in the music industry with images of bands and music artists including Brinsley Schwarz, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, The Dammed, The Stranglers, Motorhead, Blondie, The Buzzcocks and many, many more.
Dimbola Museums and Galleries
Box office: 01983 756 814
Terrace Lane
Freshwater Bay
PO40 9QE
Isle Of Wight
England
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http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/arc ... ark_6.html
July 14, 2011
Book Notes
Mark Billingham ("Bloodline")
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
Mark Billingham's novel Bloodline features one of crime fiction's most fully realized and complex characters, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. This mystery takes many unexpected twists and turns on its way to solving a serial murder.
Publishers Weekly wrote of the book:
"Billingham continues to captivate with equal parts suspense, deduction, and heart."
In his own words, here is Mark Billingham's Book Notes music playlist for his novel, Bloodline:
I think there are two categories of song that are important if I'm talking about how music has affected this book: the songs that feature in the book itself and the stuff I'm listening to while I'm writing. My central character, Tom Thorne is a huge fan of country music, as am I, though his taste veers a little more towards the traditional than mine. He will listen to many of the artists that I listen to – Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson and now and again I may introduce him to someone a little newer if the time is right – Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Laura Cantrell. To me, country music provides the perfect soundtrack to crime fiction. These songs are mostly melodic and entertaining in a conventional sense, while actually telling very black and bleak stories. They wrap up the darkness in a nice bright suit to make it more palatable. At its best, I think this is what a lot of crime fiction does. Thorne and I are also fairly similar – I wonder why that is? – when it comes to the music we hate. So, you won't find any Sting or Phil Collins; no Coldplay unless it happens to be playing in some terrible bar, which will provide the perfect opportunity for Thorne to rant about how cold, soulless and dreadful it is.
Then of course, there is the music I'm listening to over the period that the book is coming together. I should point out that I'm not actually listening as I work, as I would get far too distracted by the music and consequently get nothing done. But I'm nearly always listening to music at the end of a day and in those periods when I'm not at the computer, but when the novel is taking shape in my head. The music I listen to at these times is responsible for much of a book's atmosphere, I think; for the taste that the book leaves in the reader's mouth.
Anyway, whether these songs are in the book itself or were just responsible for firing a few synapses in the author's head, here they are: country, rock and new wave; songs that tell stories and make me cry; twisted love songs and tracks that do nothing but make me feel good, which is reason enough I think for them to be there.
So, a Bloodline playlist…
(extract)
"Complicated Shadows" by Elvis Costello
I've been an enormous fan of Costello since I first heard him in 1978 and have lost count of the number of times I've seen him live since then. I once had the joy of appearing onstage with him and gibbered like a schoolgirl. He is quite simply the finest singer-songwriter of his generation and I could have picked one of a hundred great songs. This is an intensely dark and atmospheric song he wrote for Johnny Cash, who is another hero of mine, and of course my fictional hero's favourite singer.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?tag=theelvisco ... &Submit=Go
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bloodline-Mark- ... 597&sr=8-1
July 14, 2011
Book Notes
Mark Billingham ("Bloodline")
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
Mark Billingham's novel Bloodline features one of crime fiction's most fully realized and complex characters, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. This mystery takes many unexpected twists and turns on its way to solving a serial murder.
Publishers Weekly wrote of the book:
"Billingham continues to captivate with equal parts suspense, deduction, and heart."
In his own words, here is Mark Billingham's Book Notes music playlist for his novel, Bloodline:
I think there are two categories of song that are important if I'm talking about how music has affected this book: the songs that feature in the book itself and the stuff I'm listening to while I'm writing. My central character, Tom Thorne is a huge fan of country music, as am I, though his taste veers a little more towards the traditional than mine. He will listen to many of the artists that I listen to – Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson and now and again I may introduce him to someone a little newer if the time is right – Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Laura Cantrell. To me, country music provides the perfect soundtrack to crime fiction. These songs are mostly melodic and entertaining in a conventional sense, while actually telling very black and bleak stories. They wrap up the darkness in a nice bright suit to make it more palatable. At its best, I think this is what a lot of crime fiction does. Thorne and I are also fairly similar – I wonder why that is? – when it comes to the music we hate. So, you won't find any Sting or Phil Collins; no Coldplay unless it happens to be playing in some terrible bar, which will provide the perfect opportunity for Thorne to rant about how cold, soulless and dreadful it is.
Then of course, there is the music I'm listening to over the period that the book is coming together. I should point out that I'm not actually listening as I work, as I would get far too distracted by the music and consequently get nothing done. But I'm nearly always listening to music at the end of a day and in those periods when I'm not at the computer, but when the novel is taking shape in my head. The music I listen to at these times is responsible for much of a book's atmosphere, I think; for the taste that the book leaves in the reader's mouth.
Anyway, whether these songs are in the book itself or were just responsible for firing a few synapses in the author's head, here they are: country, rock and new wave; songs that tell stories and make me cry; twisted love songs and tracks that do nothing but make me feel good, which is reason enough I think for them to be there.
So, a Bloodline playlist…
(extract)
"Complicated Shadows" by Elvis Costello
I've been an enormous fan of Costello since I first heard him in 1978 and have lost count of the number of times I've seen him live since then. I once had the joy of appearing onstage with him and gibbered like a schoolgirl. He is quite simply the finest singer-songwriter of his generation and I could have picked one of a hundred great songs. This is an intensely dark and atmospheric song he wrote for Johnny Cash, who is another hero of mine, and of course my fictional hero's favourite singer.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?tag=theelvisco ... &Submit=Go
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bloodline-Mark- ... 597&sr=8-1
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Just got this e-mail -
Country 12" LPs – all in brand new, mint condition
The following are 12" Vinyl LPs - there is only one of each available.
Please either write or e-mail to confirm availability. Postage is additional.
They are all in brand new mint condition. Though they are priced up, any sensible offers will be considered. (Credit card payment and Paypal now accepted)
Please write or e-mail: laurabethell@acackett.freeserve.co.uk
Laura Bethell, 24 Bray Gardens, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9TR
includes -
ELVIS COSTELLO – Almost blue (1984 Demon) Nashville album £9.50
Country 12" LPs – all in brand new, mint condition
The following are 12" Vinyl LPs - there is only one of each available.
Please either write or e-mail to confirm availability. Postage is additional.
They are all in brand new mint condition. Though they are priced up, any sensible offers will be considered. (Credit card payment and Paypal now accepted)
Please write or e-mail: laurabethell@acackett.freeserve.co.uk
Laura Bethell, 24 Bray Gardens, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9TR
includes -
ELVIS COSTELLO – Almost blue (1984 Demon) Nashville album £9.50
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Tom seems to think Elvis grew up in Ireland and that Ross McManus sang with Irish showbands.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/co ... 18125.html
Tom Sutcliffe
Friday, 22 July 2011
Elvis and Roddy: my dream ticket...
The news that Lily Allen has been working on a Bridget Jones musical resurrects one of my occasional fantasies – a kind of theatrical equivalent of the fantasy football leagues which are so popular with sports fans. It's provoked by the fact that whereas there used to be a considerable overlap between Tin Pan Alley (pop music at large) and Broadway (pop music for theatre) those two fields have steadily diverged over the last few decades. If you were to list the most popular songs in 1930 I'm guessing that a far higher proportion of them would have had some kind of theatrical origin than if you conducted the same exercise in 2010. Jukebox musicals have been one response to that widening gap, raiding the pop catalogue in retrospect. But in my game the point is to conjure up a dream-team of pop songwriter, book and subject matter to produce something original. He might not be remotely interested, of course, but I still think it's a pity that Elvis Costello – one of our great narrative songwriters – has never been coaxed into doing something for the National. I'd suggest Roddy Doyle for the book and the Irish touring showbands of the Fifties as the setting, so that Costello can pay tribute to his father's era and explore a whole range of musical idioms, from folk to early rock. I'm still looking for the ideal collaborator and subject for Rufus Wainwright ('Crystal: The Musical'?) but I'd welcome suggestions.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/co ... 18125.html
Tom Sutcliffe
Friday, 22 July 2011
Elvis and Roddy: my dream ticket...
The news that Lily Allen has been working on a Bridget Jones musical resurrects one of my occasional fantasies – a kind of theatrical equivalent of the fantasy football leagues which are so popular with sports fans. It's provoked by the fact that whereas there used to be a considerable overlap between Tin Pan Alley (pop music at large) and Broadway (pop music for theatre) those two fields have steadily diverged over the last few decades. If you were to list the most popular songs in 1930 I'm guessing that a far higher proportion of them would have had some kind of theatrical origin than if you conducted the same exercise in 2010. Jukebox musicals have been one response to that widening gap, raiding the pop catalogue in retrospect. But in my game the point is to conjure up a dream-team of pop songwriter, book and subject matter to produce something original. He might not be remotely interested, of course, but I still think it's a pity that Elvis Costello – one of our great narrative songwriters – has never been coaxed into doing something for the National. I'd suggest Roddy Doyle for the book and the Irish touring showbands of the Fifties as the setting, so that Costello can pay tribute to his father's era and explore a whole range of musical idioms, from folk to early rock. I'm still looking for the ideal collaborator and subject for Rufus Wainwright ('Crystal: The Musical'?) but I'd welcome suggestions.
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Nas Teams With UNICEF to Help Raise Money For Children In Horn of Africa
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
By Nolan Strong
Queens, New York rapper Nas is teaming with UNICEF and the family of late Beatles member George Harrison, to raise funds for children in the waitron and drought affected region known as the Horn of Africa.
Nas and a variety of musicians are taking part in the “Month of Giving,” which is being organized by George Harrison's wife, Olivia Harris.
Mrs. Harrison founded the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF, to benefit life saving programs for children in the region, where children are regularly forced into militias, or die of starvation and malnourishment.
Nas and artists like Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Selena Gomez, The Go-Go's, Jackson Browne and others will engage their fans about the issue via Facebook, Twitter, and through live shows.
The news comes as fans around the world celebrate the 40th anniversary of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's "Concert for Bangladesh," which was the first major music benefit for a humanitarian cause.
"It's deeply heartening to see how the compassion of musicians is handed down from generation to generation," said Olivia Harrison, founder of the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF. "In 1971 the crisis was in Bangladesh, today it's the Horn of Africa. My thanks go out to all the musicians who have pledged their support."
Today (July 27th), the George Harrison fund for UNICEF is immediately releasing $1 million for the relief effort, to benefit more than 2 million children who are malnourished, and another half a million, who are at risk from death if they do not receive immediate medical assistance.
For more information visit http://www.theconcertforbangladesh.com.
http://theconcertforbangladesh.com/monthofgiving/
Nas Teams With UNICEF to Help Raise Money For Children In Horn of Africa
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
By Nolan Strong
Queens, New York rapper Nas is teaming with UNICEF and the family of late Beatles member George Harrison, to raise funds for children in the waitron and drought affected region known as the Horn of Africa.
Nas and a variety of musicians are taking part in the “Month of Giving,” which is being organized by George Harrison's wife, Olivia Harris.
Mrs. Harrison founded the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF, to benefit life saving programs for children in the region, where children are regularly forced into militias, or die of starvation and malnourishment.
Nas and artists like Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Selena Gomez, The Go-Go's, Jackson Browne and others will engage their fans about the issue via Facebook, Twitter, and through live shows.
The news comes as fans around the world celebrate the 40th anniversary of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's "Concert for Bangladesh," which was the first major music benefit for a humanitarian cause.
"It's deeply heartening to see how the compassion of musicians is handed down from generation to generation," said Olivia Harrison, founder of the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF. "In 1971 the crisis was in Bangladesh, today it's the Horn of Africa. My thanks go out to all the musicians who have pledged their support."
Today (July 27th), the George Harrison fund for UNICEF is immediately releasing $1 million for the relief effort, to benefit more than 2 million children who are malnourished, and another half a million, who are at risk from death if they do not receive immediate medical assistance.
For more information visit http://www.theconcertforbangladesh.com.
http://theconcertforbangladesh.com/monthofgiving/
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http://www.ology.com/music/st-louis-ded ... huck-berry
July 29, 2011
Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
St. Louis Dedicates Statue Of Chuck Berry
By: Brett Warner
A few hundred fans gathered in the St. Louis suburb of University City this morning, where an eight-foot statue honoring hometown hero and rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry was erected as part of an official ceremony honoring the 84-year-old musician.
"It's glorious… I do appreciate it to the highest, no doubt about that," Berry told Rolling Stone earlier today, "That sort of honor is seldom given out. But I don't deserve it."
"Congratulations to everybody for getting a beautiful statue of Chuck Berry put up in St. Louis where it belongs," said Elvis Costello in a pre-recorded message shown at the ceremony, "I guess now the campaign begins to have another statue in every town that Chuck Berry mentioned in his songs." Little Richard, Merle Haggard, Aerosmith's Joe Perry, and St. Louis native Michael McDonald also contributed video tributes to the event.
Not everyone in University City was pleased about the statue, however. Former city council member Elsie Glickbert collected 100 petition signatures to stop the statue’s erection (hehe), claiming, “This man is a felon and not a friend of women!” (He’s about to be a big hit with pigeons, though.)
July 29, 2011
Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
St. Louis Dedicates Statue Of Chuck Berry
By: Brett Warner
A few hundred fans gathered in the St. Louis suburb of University City this morning, where an eight-foot statue honoring hometown hero and rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry was erected as part of an official ceremony honoring the 84-year-old musician.
"It's glorious… I do appreciate it to the highest, no doubt about that," Berry told Rolling Stone earlier today, "That sort of honor is seldom given out. But I don't deserve it."
"Congratulations to everybody for getting a beautiful statue of Chuck Berry put up in St. Louis where it belongs," said Elvis Costello in a pre-recorded message shown at the ceremony, "I guess now the campaign begins to have another statue in every town that Chuck Berry mentioned in his songs." Little Richard, Merle Haggard, Aerosmith's Joe Perry, and St. Louis native Michael McDonald also contributed video tributes to the event.
Not everyone in University City was pleased about the statue, however. Former city council member Elsie Glickbert collected 100 petition signatures to stop the statue’s erection (hehe), claiming, “This man is a felon and not a friend of women!” (He’s about to be a big hit with pigeons, though.)
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That looks fucking awesome!
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Maybe he wasn't asked but ,in case he was , fair dues to Elvis for not being part of this -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nevermind-Dovec ... B00507UJ3G
This one, all the same, is just about right for it -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eti21PVHXrg
Nellie The Elephant - Toy Dolls
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nevermind-Dovec ... B00507UJ3G
This one, all the same, is just about right for it -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eti21PVHXrg
Nellie The Elephant - Toy Dolls
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http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/rftmus ... _berry.php
Joe Edwards on the Value of Collecting, Conversation and Chuck Berry
By Jon Scorfina
Fri., Aug. 12 2011
(extract)
Many St. Louisans know Joe Edwards as the man behind the revitalization of the Delmar Loop. His imagination has spawned Blueberry Hill, the rehabilitated Tivoli theatre, the Pageant, the Moonrise Hotel, and most recently the Chuck Berry statue. His joyous projects have attracted people from all over the world to come and explore St. Louis, thereby earning Edwards a reputation as the Willy Wonka of the Delmar Loop.
What most people don't know about Edwards, however, is that he's a lifelong record collector, and many of his prized records are on display at his bar for everyone to savor. We met at Blueberry Hill for lunch and discussed everything from the value of collecting things to the legacy of Chuck Berry.
You mentioned prior to the interview that you don't have a computer and you don't have a collection of digital music. Why do you prefer records over newer media?
I talked to Elvis Costello recently. He played the Pageant just a couple of weeks ago. He's a big vinyl collector, which I didn't know until talking to him this time around. We talked for a long time about records. He said, "Wow, it's hard to find 78 RPMs by Chuck Berry. I've found two of them." They're easier to find on 45, but he's really getting heavily into 78 RPMs. Just the sound quality and how simple the recording process was. I'm kind of the same way I think.
Joe Edwards on the Value of Collecting, Conversation and Chuck Berry
By Jon Scorfina
Fri., Aug. 12 2011
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Many St. Louisans know Joe Edwards as the man behind the revitalization of the Delmar Loop. His imagination has spawned Blueberry Hill, the rehabilitated Tivoli theatre, the Pageant, the Moonrise Hotel, and most recently the Chuck Berry statue. His joyous projects have attracted people from all over the world to come and explore St. Louis, thereby earning Edwards a reputation as the Willy Wonka of the Delmar Loop.
What most people don't know about Edwards, however, is that he's a lifelong record collector, and many of his prized records are on display at his bar for everyone to savor. We met at Blueberry Hill for lunch and discussed everything from the value of collecting things to the legacy of Chuck Berry.
You mentioned prior to the interview that you don't have a computer and you don't have a collection of digital music. Why do you prefer records over newer media?
I talked to Elvis Costello recently. He played the Pageant just a couple of weeks ago. He's a big vinyl collector, which I didn't know until talking to him this time around. We talked for a long time about records. He said, "Wow, it's hard to find 78 RPMs by Chuck Berry. I've found two of them." They're easier to find on 45, but he's really getting heavily into 78 RPMs. Just the sound quality and how simple the recording process was. I'm kind of the same way I think.
Re: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
http://likethedew.com/2011/08/15/elvis- ... -building/
Elvis Has Left The Building
by Jeff Cochran
Aug 15, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 1977. It was a scheduled day off, but there I was anyway, at Peaches Records and Tapes in Atlanta, perusing a shipment of Oldie 45s delivered the evening before. I was the store’s singles buyer, a prominent slot. The record companies and radio stations knew we endeavored to stock every 45 available. When items priced at less than a buck made for 3% to 4% of a store’s weekly sales of $100,000 or more, it was obvious we moved a lot of singles. The music industry also knew our store helped to “break” new records, with promo men lurking about to push their new releases. But while it seemed job one was stocking the hits, maintaining our extensive inventory of oldies was just as important. Customers, from way outside the Atlanta area, especially on the weekends, would traverse to Peachtree Road in order to add stacks of Oldie 45s to their collections. When they’d pick one, they’d pick another, and another. They were happy with what they bought. We were happy too. Ca-Ching!
It was a choice shipment of oldies that I’d put out the next day. Since it was Tuesday, they could sit in the stockroom another 24 hours. They’d be on the shelves by lunchtime Wednesday, with many purchased by Sunday. Classics by the Drifters, Buddy Holly, the Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Hank Williams and a big shipment of Elvis Presley oldies ordered the week before would bolster my department’s share of store sales. The increase would commence tomorrow. It was a day off, after all.
On leaving the stockroom, I noticed an album entitled My Aim Is True by an Elvis Costello. It had only been released in the U.K. the month before but our chain’s Imports buyer, Greg Biggs, had it in our stores already. Elvis Costello? What’s that all about? Something to check out later.
Several hours passed on a rather leisurely day when the news bulletin came in from Memphis. I was visiting my folks at their house, south of Atlanta. Having gotten bad news when TV shows were interrupted several times over the last 10-15 years, we knew the drill. We got real quiet real fast. Elvis Presley was dead.
First there was the pain over losing someone who had made great music, someone who changed music. There was also pain over the sadness and confusion many of us assumed had permeated Presley’s life in recent years. Then something else kicked in: the recollection of several boxes of oldies in the Peaches stockroom. Hurridly I told my folks I needed to get to work. In less than twenty minutes, I made it from I-75 near the State Farmers Market to 2282 Peachtree Road on Atlanta’s north side. Five minutes after walking into the store, the Elvis Presley 45s were in the racks, even as some customers grabbed whatever was in my hands as I walked out of the stockroom.
Our full inventory of Elvis Presley 45s, given the hysteria. wouldn’t last more than an hour or two. A big order was called in to our warehouse in Los Angeles. Amazingly enough, they arrived in two days. Our store got a heavy shipment of Presley albums as well. It didn’t matter to the customers packing the store which albums. They’d just as happily take the soundtrack to Presley’s Speedway movie if all the greatest hits collections were sold out. The Elvis Presley albums and singles that collected dust a month or so before were now hot commodities.
The fascination with all things Presley lasted a few weeks more. As summer turned to autumn, customers who weren’t likely to visit record stores continued to stop by Peaches looking for Elvis Presley records. They were only a few years younger than Elvis was (42 when he passed away) but they seemed quite older and a bit out of place among us long-hairs. The people buying records by “The King of Rock and Roll” didn’t care much for the rock and rollers who, as it turned out, were just discovering another Elvis. Elvis Costello, that is.
Have You Heard The News? . . . A few weeks after Presley’s death a promo guy from Atlantic Records called the store about an impromptu appearance for later that afternoon by teen star Leif Garrett. Word of his appearance would be leaked just in time for a couple of hundred girls, mostly pre-teens, to come to the store, see the 16 year-old Garrett, then jump and scream and jump and scream some more.
Another of the store’s buyers, Jack Redus, and I were informed that we’d be joining Leif Garrett, along with a WQXI disc jockey, a guy from Atlantic and Garrett’s management team for dinner at a Buckhead hotel restaurant, 2-3 miles north of Peaches. Fine. It was part of the job. So even if Garrett’s teeny-bopper product made David Cassidy’s recordings seem profound, if forced to, we could forget that and be gracious guests. We’d make small talk and ask Garrett about his acting roles, like in the Walking Tall films. It would be an evening of steaks, beers (for those of us over 18) and conversation with Buford Pusser’s son.
There wasn’t that much conversation, though. It was, instead, a rather awkward time as Garrett appeared bored and weary over the day’s events. We didn’t get his opinions on Buford Pusser and vigalante justice. He did express interest, though, in watching an exhibition NFL game on TV that evening, thus putting to rest Jack’s idea of sneaking him out to a Randy Bachman (the Guess Who, BTO) concert at the Great Southeast Music Hall. “I felt sorry for the kid, said Jack, “ I thought he might enjoy seeing a rock and roll show with a real musician.”
So upstairs to his hotel room went Leif Garrett. The NFL awaited. But before Garrett left the table, his manager added a new dimension to hyperbole. He laid it on thicker than the steaks before us. “You know, guys,” he told us, grabbing at his heart and looking above, “Elvis is gone. He was the King, but this young man, Leif Garrett, is going to take his place.” OK. Whatever. All of a sudden, getting home to watch the exhibition football game seemed appealing.
My friend Jack shouldn’t have worried over Leif Garrett’s lack of exposure to the rock scene. Garrett would get to see plenty — and then some. The quiet and well-mannered teen, who seemed, like Donny Osmond, a candidate for a Chocks overdose, became a poster boy for bad behavior. A little more than two years after our dinner, Garrett, under the influence of quaaludes and alcohol, crashed his car, leaving his passenger and best friend, Roland Winkler, a paraplegic. At least three drug arrests followed, including two in the last five years for possession of heroin.
Garrett’s troubles hardly registered with us at Peaches. Even just a few days after the dinner, we gave him little thought. His records hardly sold at most Peaches stores. It was at the suburban stores in malls and strip centers that his fans did their music shopping. At Peaches, we were still doing our best to keep a full stock of Presley records and promote the new groups we favored, such as the Dwight Twilley Band and Talking Heads.
Now I Try To Be Amused. . . Also getting a lot of our attention was Elvis Costello’s My Aim Is True. In a time in which “corporate rock” was rearing its ugly head, the album served as a revelation. Costello brilliantly coalesced the rebellious spirit of the New Wave movement with an incisive approach to both words and music. Already it seemed a sure-bet that he would continue to create smart and engaging songs, with much of his material calling to mind the Beatles. It wasn’t so much that his songs were Beatlesque, it was just that no other act had shown such a creative spark within the rock idiom since The Beatles. Very quickly Costello lived up to his promise, and even with a few albums (out of more than 30) that disappointed even his most ardent followers over the decades, his has been a brilliant career.
As a recording artist, Elvis Costello has been at it for over 34 years, only 8 years less than the time Elvis Presley spent on this earth. When thinking back to that morning of August 16, 1977, it was obvious by looking at the cover of My Aim Is True that Elvis Costello was a determined young man. On what was a sad day for the world of music, the promise of fresh new sounds was sitting in the Peaches stockroom, waiting to be unwrapped and heard. There’d be good rockin’ for thousands of nights to come.
Elvis Has Left The Building
by Jeff Cochran
Aug 15, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 1977. It was a scheduled day off, but there I was anyway, at Peaches Records and Tapes in Atlanta, perusing a shipment of Oldie 45s delivered the evening before. I was the store’s singles buyer, a prominent slot. The record companies and radio stations knew we endeavored to stock every 45 available. When items priced at less than a buck made for 3% to 4% of a store’s weekly sales of $100,000 or more, it was obvious we moved a lot of singles. The music industry also knew our store helped to “break” new records, with promo men lurking about to push their new releases. But while it seemed job one was stocking the hits, maintaining our extensive inventory of oldies was just as important. Customers, from way outside the Atlanta area, especially on the weekends, would traverse to Peachtree Road in order to add stacks of Oldie 45s to their collections. When they’d pick one, they’d pick another, and another. They were happy with what they bought. We were happy too. Ca-Ching!
It was a choice shipment of oldies that I’d put out the next day. Since it was Tuesday, they could sit in the stockroom another 24 hours. They’d be on the shelves by lunchtime Wednesday, with many purchased by Sunday. Classics by the Drifters, Buddy Holly, the Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Hank Williams and a big shipment of Elvis Presley oldies ordered the week before would bolster my department’s share of store sales. The increase would commence tomorrow. It was a day off, after all.
On leaving the stockroom, I noticed an album entitled My Aim Is True by an Elvis Costello. It had only been released in the U.K. the month before but our chain’s Imports buyer, Greg Biggs, had it in our stores already. Elvis Costello? What’s that all about? Something to check out later.
Several hours passed on a rather leisurely day when the news bulletin came in from Memphis. I was visiting my folks at their house, south of Atlanta. Having gotten bad news when TV shows were interrupted several times over the last 10-15 years, we knew the drill. We got real quiet real fast. Elvis Presley was dead.
First there was the pain over losing someone who had made great music, someone who changed music. There was also pain over the sadness and confusion many of us assumed had permeated Presley’s life in recent years. Then something else kicked in: the recollection of several boxes of oldies in the Peaches stockroom. Hurridly I told my folks I needed to get to work. In less than twenty minutes, I made it from I-75 near the State Farmers Market to 2282 Peachtree Road on Atlanta’s north side. Five minutes after walking into the store, the Elvis Presley 45s were in the racks, even as some customers grabbed whatever was in my hands as I walked out of the stockroom.
Our full inventory of Elvis Presley 45s, given the hysteria. wouldn’t last more than an hour or two. A big order was called in to our warehouse in Los Angeles. Amazingly enough, they arrived in two days. Our store got a heavy shipment of Presley albums as well. It didn’t matter to the customers packing the store which albums. They’d just as happily take the soundtrack to Presley’s Speedway movie if all the greatest hits collections were sold out. The Elvis Presley albums and singles that collected dust a month or so before were now hot commodities.
The fascination with all things Presley lasted a few weeks more. As summer turned to autumn, customers who weren’t likely to visit record stores continued to stop by Peaches looking for Elvis Presley records. They were only a few years younger than Elvis was (42 when he passed away) but they seemed quite older and a bit out of place among us long-hairs. The people buying records by “The King of Rock and Roll” didn’t care much for the rock and rollers who, as it turned out, were just discovering another Elvis. Elvis Costello, that is.
Have You Heard The News? . . . A few weeks after Presley’s death a promo guy from Atlantic Records called the store about an impromptu appearance for later that afternoon by teen star Leif Garrett. Word of his appearance would be leaked just in time for a couple of hundred girls, mostly pre-teens, to come to the store, see the 16 year-old Garrett, then jump and scream and jump and scream some more.
Another of the store’s buyers, Jack Redus, and I were informed that we’d be joining Leif Garrett, along with a WQXI disc jockey, a guy from Atlantic and Garrett’s management team for dinner at a Buckhead hotel restaurant, 2-3 miles north of Peaches. Fine. It was part of the job. So even if Garrett’s teeny-bopper product made David Cassidy’s recordings seem profound, if forced to, we could forget that and be gracious guests. We’d make small talk and ask Garrett about his acting roles, like in the Walking Tall films. It would be an evening of steaks, beers (for those of us over 18) and conversation with Buford Pusser’s son.
There wasn’t that much conversation, though. It was, instead, a rather awkward time as Garrett appeared bored and weary over the day’s events. We didn’t get his opinions on Buford Pusser and vigalante justice. He did express interest, though, in watching an exhibition NFL game on TV that evening, thus putting to rest Jack’s idea of sneaking him out to a Randy Bachman (the Guess Who, BTO) concert at the Great Southeast Music Hall. “I felt sorry for the kid, said Jack, “ I thought he might enjoy seeing a rock and roll show with a real musician.”
So upstairs to his hotel room went Leif Garrett. The NFL awaited. But before Garrett left the table, his manager added a new dimension to hyperbole. He laid it on thicker than the steaks before us. “You know, guys,” he told us, grabbing at his heart and looking above, “Elvis is gone. He was the King, but this young man, Leif Garrett, is going to take his place.” OK. Whatever. All of a sudden, getting home to watch the exhibition football game seemed appealing.
My friend Jack shouldn’t have worried over Leif Garrett’s lack of exposure to the rock scene. Garrett would get to see plenty — and then some. The quiet and well-mannered teen, who seemed, like Donny Osmond, a candidate for a Chocks overdose, became a poster boy for bad behavior. A little more than two years after our dinner, Garrett, under the influence of quaaludes and alcohol, crashed his car, leaving his passenger and best friend, Roland Winkler, a paraplegic. At least three drug arrests followed, including two in the last five years for possession of heroin.
Garrett’s troubles hardly registered with us at Peaches. Even just a few days after the dinner, we gave him little thought. His records hardly sold at most Peaches stores. It was at the suburban stores in malls and strip centers that his fans did their music shopping. At Peaches, we were still doing our best to keep a full stock of Presley records and promote the new groups we favored, such as the Dwight Twilley Band and Talking Heads.
Now I Try To Be Amused. . . Also getting a lot of our attention was Elvis Costello’s My Aim Is True. In a time in which “corporate rock” was rearing its ugly head, the album served as a revelation. Costello brilliantly coalesced the rebellious spirit of the New Wave movement with an incisive approach to both words and music. Already it seemed a sure-bet that he would continue to create smart and engaging songs, with much of his material calling to mind the Beatles. It wasn’t so much that his songs were Beatlesque, it was just that no other act had shown such a creative spark within the rock idiom since The Beatles. Very quickly Costello lived up to his promise, and even with a few albums (out of more than 30) that disappointed even his most ardent followers over the decades, his has been a brilliant career.
As a recording artist, Elvis Costello has been at it for over 34 years, only 8 years less than the time Elvis Presley spent on this earth. When thinking back to that morning of August 16, 1977, it was obvious by looking at the cover of My Aim Is True that Elvis Costello was a determined young man. On what was a sad day for the world of music, the promise of fresh new sounds was sitting in the Peaches stockroom, waiting to be unwrapped and heard. There’d be good rockin’ for thousands of nights to come.