Top 40 May & April 2007

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Photo of our #40 disc, the recalled SHIRELLES

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SPIDERMAN REVIEW WAS THE #1 DOWNLOAD ON NORTH SHORE SUNDAY MAY 11-18TH, 2007

Spidey sensed: 'Spider-Man 3’ snares North Shore audiences
By Joe Viglione GateHouse News Service
Fri May 11, 2007, 01:00 PM EDT


http://www.townonline.com/northshoresunday/entertainment/x503381080






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Alien vs. Predator, Suspect Zero film reviews and more...

http://joevigfirstimpressions.blogspot.com/




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1)Brian Wilson Tribute / Musicares
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cfqxqldldke


2)John Batdorf Biography
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=JOHN|BATDORF&sql=11:dcfuxqe5ldfe~T1


3)England Dan/John Ford Coley Dr Jekyll & Mr Jive
http://carrieman.blog.hexun.com/2006/2/default.html

4)Shirley Bassey AND I LOVE YOU SO with Bonus Tracks
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfixqe5ld0e


Bonus Track edition

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfqxqr0ld6e


6)Kathy Kirby Hits, Rarities and Lipgloss!
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jjfwxqydldte

7)The Final Countdown 20th Anniversary Edition

REVIEW HERE:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kvfpxqudldse


http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wxfuxqurldje



8)Mark Newman MUST BE A PONY
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kcfoxzu5ld6e


9)The Best Of Walter Hawkins and Family
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ajfoxqrsldhe

10)Live Montreux July 1989 [DVD]
Maggie Bell & Midnight Flyer
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kvfexzu5ldhe

11)Duncan McTier LIVE IN VIENNA
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cfuxqwrld6e

12)Northey Valenzuela "Northey Valenzuela"

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpftxqydld6e


13)CODE RED "All Aboard" with Brother Louie

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xfoxq8dld6e

14)War Live
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gpfuxzy5ld0e


15) Mary Wells "Greatest Hits" DVD

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wxfixqyrldhe

16)Duke Ellington
Early Tracks from the Master of Swing [DVD]
Release Date: August 08, 2006

href="http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Ellington,_Duke/Discography/album/P72532/R842213/">
http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Ellington,_Duke/Discography/album/P72532/R842213/

17)Nina Simone Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club [Charly UK]

http://www.answers.com/topic/jazz-as-played-in-an-exclusive-side-street-club-charly-uk

Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club [Charly UK]

http://www.livedaily.com/artists/discography/album/R%20%20%20695218.html


18)Count Basie The Swing Era
http://www.windowsmedia.com/MediaGuide/Templates/AlbumInfo.aspx?a_id=R%20%20%20699105

19)NRBQ DerbyTown Live 1982
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB677AB7BACE02CA45A089FCDE456FDD6673D2DFC93&sql=10:exr9kextgq7n


20)NRBQ One In A Million
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB677AB7BACE02CA45A089FCDE454F8D664392DFC93&sql=10:8x6ompe09f3o


21)Blues Caravan New Generation

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB677AB7BACE02CA45A089FCEE452F4D662392DFC93&sql=10:1sdnvwrea9xk

22)Sandy Denny Under Review
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB677AB7BADE02CA45A089FCDE454F8D6623E2DFC93&sql=10:r0uvadok48w8


23)Bizzy Bone Live In Concert
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB677AB7BACE02CA45A089FCCE454F4D662342DFC93&sql=10:pt5m967owep1


24)Bobby Hebb's SUNNY re-release on Window's Media
http://www.windowsmedia.com/MediaGuide/Templates/AlbumInfo.aspx?a_id=R%20%20%20109304



http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=772770&TMPL=LONG



25)Ben Sidran Live Palias des Festivals Hall Cannes 1989 DVD

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Live%20Palias%20des%20Festivals%20Hall%20Cannes%201989:1922032679


26)Green Day Under Review 1995-2000
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB677AB7BADE02CA45A089FCCE453FAD6623F2DFC93&sql=10:7raqoata5ijv


27)The Benny Hill Collection DVD

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=E1B2E2E1651DDA51AE776C938E6E1693E720A8598A03DBA3&sql=10:3pfexqurld6e

28)Fairport Convention 35th Anniversary

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB677AB70B0FD2EA45D43D7C0EE57F6DC652D5DF0&sql=10:rx2uak6kam3c


29)Green On Red: Valley Fever - Live At Rialto

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB677AB70B0FD2EA45D43D0C0EB53F6DF602D5DF0&sql=10:naivadoke8w8


30)Rolling Stones Under Review 1962-1966
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB670AB7BAEE02CA45A089FCBEC5CFFDA6C393C9D9FDB&sql=10:kzfqxq9rldae


31)Chris Pureka Dryland

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB670AB7BAEE02CA45A089FCBEC5CFFDB6C393D9D9FDB&sql=10:3vfoxqudldse


32)Kate Bush Under Review

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3595230,00.html



33)John Entwistle Thunderfingers

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB670AB7BAEE02CA45A089FCBEC5CF8DE6C383D9D9FDB&sql=10:gpfuxq8rldse



34)Nirvana In Utero Under Review

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:In%20Utero:%20Under%20Review:1922568033:page=post-reviews



NIRVANA UNDER REVIEW IN UTERO

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB78ADE02CA45A089FC2E457F9D6663D2DFC93&sql=10:2c5tk6dx8krh




35)The Legendary Christine Perfect Album
http://www.answers.com/topic/the-legendary-christine-perfect-album



36)Diamond Head To The Devil His Due

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB7BA9E02CA45A089FCDE454FBD6653E2DFC93&sql=10:9raxqj55oj6a



37)Bobby Hebb Biography

http://music.yahoo.com/ar-307749-bio--Bobby-Hebb

Sunny lp on HMV.Com

http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail.asp?sku=2500760


38)Mark Newman Biography
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hcfwxqt0ldke


39)The Hudson Brothers Biography which quotes Joe Viglione
http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004723/The-Hudson-Brothers.html



40)The Shirelles (PULLED FROM THE MARKET)
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fcftxqwrldde



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JOE VIG TOP 40 for APRIL 2007





1)Braddigan Watchfires

My review of WATCHFIRES

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dzfrxqrrldse


is also on ANSWERS.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/watchfires


EMusic.com
http://www.emusic.com/album/10923/10923420.html


Windows Media Guide
http://www.windowsmedia.com/MediaGuide/Templates/AlbumInfo.aspx?a_id=R%20%20%20935641


and Pandora Internet Radio
http://www.pandora.com/music/album/a0de4e56a79b8ba4


Yahoo Shopping.com
http://products.search.shopping.yahoo.com/p:Watchfires:1922572604

and

Artist Direct.com
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3828752,00.html


2)Gerry Goffin

http://time-has-told-me.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html

3)loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB7BA7E02CA45A089FCEE457FBD6633C2DED93&sql=10:7szsa93gr23g+

4)Barre Phillips LIVE IN VIENNA
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB7BA9E02CA45A089FCFE456FFD6643D2DFC93&sql=10:lefjzfs5eh2k

5)FANNY CHARITY BALL review by Joe Viglione
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB7BABE02CA45A089FCBEC5CFFDE6C393B9D8EDB&sql=10:7t68mpp39f6o



6)FANNY HILL review by Joe Viglione
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB7BABE02CA45A089FCBEC5CFFDE6C393B9D8EDB&sql=10:aaogtq2ztu45


7)Nowhere Is Brighter Garrin Benfield
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB7BABE02CA45A089FCBEC5CF8DC6C3C3B9D8EDB&sql=10:0sv1z87a3yv2




8)Garrin Benfield Living A Dream
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB7BABE02CA45A089FCBEC5CFED56C3F3E9D8EDB&sql=10:yx1uak2kkm3n


9)Jallen Rix TIME ON A CHAIN
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB7BABE02CA45A089FCFE456FDD662392DED93&sql=10:cd9as34la3zg


10)OSMONDS LIVE

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB78ADE02CA45A089FC2E457FED666392DFC93&sql=10:1y66mpzw9f2o


11)LIZA MINNELLI
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB78ADE02CA45A089FCDE452F5D6663A2DFC93&sql=10:hxfixq9dldfe


12)POISON
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47319DD49A87520E8BB0C65F68652DE39F670DAB73F08657A92961E65913E65CA46F68BA5DBB674AB78ADE02CA45A089FC2E456FFD6643B2DFC93&sql=10:yif6zfi5eh3k


13)Bittersweet: The Very Best of Nina Simone


http://www.livedaily.com/artists/discography/album/R%20%20%20503931.html


14)John "J" Geils Biography on AOL Music

http://aoluksvc.musicsearch.aol.com/artistbio.adp?artist_id=79409

15)the Savage Rose review
http://lost-in-tyme.blogspot.com/search/label/by%20Friends%20and%20Visitors%20of%20this%20Blog


16)Plasmatics Metal Priestess
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Metal%20Priestess:1921459804


Pro Reviews
EXPERT RATING: No Rating

From AMG Reviews

This six-song EP is even shorter when any Plasmatics fan realizes that the four new songs recorded by Svengali manager Rod Swenson and producer/engineer Dan Hartman are augmented by live versions of two songs from the previous 1981 release, Beyond the Valley of 1984. Guitarists Richie Stotts and Wes Beech set a solid, crunchy tone behind Wendy O with two new drummers: Tony Petri on the two live tracks, "Masterplan" and "Sex Junkie," and Joey Reese on the studio material. Keep in mind that's four drummers in the two-year span between Stu Deutsch on New Hope for the Wretched and Alice Cooper drummer Neal Smith on the studio material on Beyond the Valley of 1984 (that 1981 album's two tracks recorded live in Milan don't identify if the drummer is one of the four -- and if you add the drummer from the Capitol Records debut in 1982, the Coup D'Etat album, it brings that total to five). Chris "Junior" Romanelli replaces Jean Beauvoir, whose image and musicianship was pretty irreplaceable. Still, Dan Hartman does a great job of capturing a solid hard rock sound and Wendy O is truly significant as a more-than-competent metal vocalist. It's a transition from the previous attempts at punk and smart reinvention. Beauvoir would come back five years later with his excellent solo project, Drums Along the Mohawk, followed two years later by Jacknifed. His presence and musicianship could have added to these four studio sides, though they hold up well on their own. There's not much difference between Wendy O's snarling on the doomsday song "12 Noon" or "Doom Song," which is yet another doomsday song, this one with Richie Stotts' brilliant, slashing guitar lines. The metal arena gives Stotts a chance to shine, and he is an underrated talent, as was Wendy O. The combined energies of these individuals always took a back seat to Swenson's imagery and public relations. The material by Stotts and Beech is fun and fits the bill, though a separate live album would have been preferable to the cutting and pasting. Still, Metal Priestess holds up and is a worthwhile addition to the small but influential Plasmatics output. It was later combined on CD with its sister release from 1981, Beyond the Valley of 1984.

- Joe Viglione, All Music Guide


17)The Plasmatics Beyond The Valley Of 1984

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Beyond%20the%20Valley%20of%201984:1921166484



Pro Reviews
EXPERT RATING: - 3.5 stars

From AMG Reviews

This time Rod Swenson, Svengali behind the Plasmatics, takes over the production, allowing at least more of a focus. Jimmy Miller he's not, but rather than get in the major producer's way, which is what Swenson did on 1980's New Hope for the Wretched, he at least has the opportunity to expand the sounds on this 1981 disc by letting his ideas flow unobstructed by professional help. Opening with a dark prayer called "Incantation," which slams into "Masterplan, this, indeed, was a band tailor-made for DVD. The album cover looks like Mad Max meets Terminator 2 in the desert, Wendy Orleans Williams needing the chance to be the Marilyn Manson of her day rather than Swenson's puppet. "Masterplan still has the thin drum sound from the first record, only this time Stu Deutsch has been replaced with original Alice Cooper drummer Neal Smith. It is pure punk, a live version showing up this same year on the Metal Priestess EP, but not as cohesive as this version. On "Headbanger," Wendy O communicates more comfortably, and the band's keyboard and guitar phasing makes it one of the most produced, and best, tracks on the record; Richie Stotts' guitar solos are amazing here. The band really had merit, the upside was that Rod Swenson knew how to promote, the downside was that his involvement comes off like the record version of an Ed Wood flick. Recruiting the Angels of "My Boyfriend's Back" fame for backing vocals on "Summer Nite," and giving Wendy O'Williams a tender moment was a great idea; too bad Jimmy Miller didn't have this material to work with. Neal Smith's drums get the sound they deserve, and the tune comes off like a new wave answer to "Leader of the Pack." Good chorus, and it should have been a huge MTV hit; Fee Waybill would've been a perfect foil for the tune. "Sex Junkie" has Wendy O sounding like a female Alice Cooper, that personality missing from New Hope for the Wretched gets a chance to at least emulate the man who pioneered this genre. As with New Hope for the Wretched, the abilities of Richie Stotts and Jean Beauvoir were totally underutilized, and maybe Bob Ezrin and the entire original Alice Cooper group is what this act needed. Why did they just go for a little name recognition with Cooper's drummer when they could have simply hired his former band? "Sex Junkie" also found itself re-released later in the year from a concert tape to augment the four Dan Hartman studio songs on Metal Priestess, but the version here has the more sinister Alice Cooper-style vocal which gets sort of lost on the live take. Williams even slyly references the artist's Killer in the song "Hit Man," which, like "Plasma Jam," was recorded live in Milan. Rather than be the mess that "Hit Man" and "Living Dead" are, the instrumental "Plasma Jam" gets the band to show it actually has chops, Stotts guitar a blazing on this one, it is pop metal that didn't give the Jeff Beck Group any sleepless nights, but is a decent groove with appropriate Black Sabbath riffs as the tune melts into a slower tempo. "Pig Is a Pig," like "Nothing" on the previous side, is good headbanger rock, and probably what endeared her to Lemmy of Motorhead. These B movie recordings would have been hugely successful had they the video to go along with the stunning visuals of the album covers. The moral of the story: a porno filmmaker should've stuck to his craft.

- Joe Viglione, All Music Guide

18)Brian Torff
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3575464,00.html?src=search&artist=Brian+Torff



19)Trapeze Hold On

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,176859,00.html



http://www.windowsmedia.com/Shop/Album.asp?locale=409&p_id=P++++21113&a_id=R++++58956&name=Trapeze


on Canada.com

http://events.canada.com/Music/?albumId=R++++58956

20)Jacknifed Jean Beauvoir

http://www.music.com/release/jacknifed/1/


21)Peter Dayton

http://www.emusic.com/album/10859/10859278.html


22)Vic Damone "Tenderly"
http://madonnadirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2741202,00.html


23)Elvis Presley Elvis Presley: Classic Albums [Video/DVD]

http://www.allclassical.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:avfexqt0ldde

24)Herb Ellis

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Live%20[DVD]:1922389867;_ylt=A0Je5X2DI1JG42gBprWDBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBwMjNqdWVsBHBndANhdHdfd2ViX3Jlc3VsdARzZWMDc3I-


25)Point Of Ares, Enemy Glory

http://www.arularecords.com/pointofares/Reviews/egdbreviews.htm

26)Tim Moore Behind The Eyes


http://www.oldies.com/product-view/74622.html

27)Magic Dick in VIBE MAGAZINE by Joe Viglione

http://www.vibe.com/music/search/artist.html?id=UCAgICA3MDkwNg==


28)Lynn Anderson Live at the Renaissance Center

http://shopping.msn.com/Reviews/shp/?itemId=95886486


29)Herman's Hermits Greatest Hits
http://www.cdconnection.com/cd_and_dvd/part/138?source=prcrnr

On Barnes & Noble.com

http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userId=3MF7Y6A893&ean=18771422723




30)NRBQ Dummy



http://www.cdconnection.com/cd_and_dvd/part/959385?source=googbase


31)til tuesday Voices Carry

http://www.korndirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,175556,00.html

32)Tommy James HOLD THE FIRE on Barnes & Noble.com
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=777966150024


33)Lisa Hartman

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Lisa%20Hartman:1921046459;_ylt=A0Je5XgmJlJG198AaDCDBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBwMjNqdWVsBHBndANhdHdfd2ViX3Jlc3VsdARzZWMDc3I-


34)The Supremes: New Ways But Love Stays
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jbfwxqy5ld6e~T1


35)Dick Stieglitz, Ph.D. TAMING THE DRAGONS OF CHANGE


http://www.prlog.org/10007011-taming-the-dragons-of-change-by-dick-stieglitz-ph-released-by-publishamerica.html

Review by Joe V to follow

http://www.dragonsofchange.com/index2.html



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36)Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus
by Alex Halberstadt, Peter Guralnick (Introduction)



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37)Dog Years: A Memoir
by Mark Doty




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38)Vendela Vida "Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name"




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39)Thundertrain HELL TONIGHT

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fqxqrsldje