July 2011

#1 DISC FOR JULY

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_and_Other_Assorted_Love_Songs My colleague Stephen Thomas Erlewine goes a little over the top on this review from ALL MUSIC.COM but...everyone's allowed one... http://allmusic.com/album/layla-and-other-assorted-love-songs-r35170/review DEEP PURPLE’S ORIGINAL 1968 LINEUP COMES ALIVE AGAIN! EAGLE TO RELEASE FIRST 3 DEEP PURPLE ALBUMS JULY 26 COMPLETE WITH RARE BONUS TRACKS, STUDIO OUTTAKES, AND MORE! 2)HUSH DEEP PURPLE 45 RPM From AllMusic.com Though Deep Purple took this title and claimed it as their own, the version by Joe South is more than brilliant, it is electric, innovative, and may have inspired more than Ritchie Blackmore's then pyschedelic metal band. READ MORE HERE: http://www.allmusic.com/song/hush-t3264154 3)THE BOOKOF TALIESYN Several months after the innovative remake of "You Keep Me Hanging On," England's answer to Vanilla Fudge, was this early version of Deep Purple, which featured vocalist Rod Evans, and bassist Nick Simper, along with mainstays Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice. This, their second album, followed on the heels of "Hush," a dynamic arrangement of a Joe South tune, far removed from the flavor of one of his own hits, "Walk a Mile in My Shoes." Four months later, this album's cover of Neil Diamond's Top 25, 1967 gem "Kentucky Woman," went Top 40 for Deep Purple. Also like Vanilla Fudge, the group's own originals were creative, thought-provoking, but not nearly as interesting as their take on cover tunes. Vanilla Fudge did "Eleanor Rigby," and Deep Purple respond by going inside "We Can Work It Out" -- it falls out of nowhere after the progressive rock jam "Exposition," Ritchie Blackmore's leads zipping in between Rod Evans smooth and precise vocals. Read more here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-book-of-taliesyn-r5326/review 10 WITH LOVE, CHER http://www.allmusic.com/album/with-love-cher-r3779/review

May 2011 CDs / DVDs / Books / Movies

"Ooh, that talk of opportunities, TV breaks and movies / Rang true, sure rang true "
Albert Hammond - "It Never Rains In California"

TOP 10 songs from CDs


1)Soul Shaker from John LaPrade's World Class Faker CD
Not the "Soul Shake" from Delaney & Bonnie, more of a party atmosphere "Shake Some Action" sequel to the Flamin' Groovies song ...totally brilliant pop.

2)Iggy Pop ROAD KILL RISING


3)"Deja Blue" Farren/Butcher Inc.
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/25100



4)Genya Ravan Undercover


5)Christopher Cross

from the album Dr. Faith by Christopher Cross

6) Layla - Derek & The Dominoes

7)The Godz


8)Satch Kerans Riverboys


9)Lisa Burns Channeling Mary


10)Rory Gallagher Notes from San Francisco

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TOP 10 DVDs
1)I Am Number Four



http://www.allrovi.com/search/movies/i+am+number+four

2)Brian Eno

The philosophy of Brian Eno - and Roxy Music - is explored in this terrific documentary. What's tremendous about this is that with all the attention that Eno, Bryan Ferry and U2 have garnered and (presumably) enjoyed, certain aspects of their careers have not been explored and made available for study. These DVD documentaries can be hit or miss, The Sacred Triangle an interesting case in point which is kind of both hit AND miss in its explanations of Lou Reed, David Bowie and Iggy Pop when their careers intersected at a pivotal point in time. The Man Who Fell To Earth, of course, is a take-off on a film which starred David Bowie, and also - slyly - gives a nod to Eno's clever ability to promote his ideas in a fashion that made them ..., well..."fashionable". Andy Warhol and Bryan Ferry's eye for what is hip was not lost on Brian Eno. The critics noting that Eno was personable and Ferry elitist also makes sense, and Eno's bringing German influences into the For Your Pleasure album.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/1971-1977-the-man-who-fell-to-earth-r2158550
http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/brian-eno-1971-1977--the-man-who-fell-to-earth-v536183

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10)Marvin Gaye Final 24: His Final Hours

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TOP 10 BOOKS

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2)4% Universe Richard Panek

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9)Genius Of Place: The Life of Frederic Law Olmsted by Justin Martin


10)Sex, Mom, and God - How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics - and how I learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway


Classic Book

http://www.amazon.com/Music-Man-Ertegun-Atlantic-RockNRoll/dp/0393026353/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306550568&sr=1-7

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TOP 10 MOVIES

1)Thor
2)Priest
3)The Beaver
Joe Viglione talks to Jodie Foster about The Beaver's Meredith Black and how she's the opposite of Inside Man's Madeline White http://lnk.ms/PT7S9

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CLASSIC CD REVIEW BY JOE VIGLIONE
SPRING: WIVES OF THE BEACH BOYS
http://www.allmusic.com/album/spring-r1838708/review

April 2011

Rock Journalist Joe Vig at 3;21 on a Saturday afternoon, April 9, 2011...going to the RecordExpo tomorrow in Dedham, Massachusetts - we had a fun Visual Radio #510 with Ken Selcer and Chris Parlon discussing movies like Source Code, The Eagle, Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys and others, taped at 5:15 PM on April 8, 2011 and aired that night at 8 PM

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http://joeviglione.com/JoeVigTop40 for the MARCH listings

DOUBLE #1 IN APRIL, 2011

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR TOP 40


TWO DISCS AT #1

#1GENYA RAVAN UNDERCOVER


#1LISA BURNS CHANNELING MARY



Listen to Pretty Disillusion - it's a wonderful Supremes song that they never got to sing! Slowed down and soulful Martha & The Vandellas meets Fontella Bass ...blue-eyed girl group soul with the blues on the downbeat and the dance on the upbeat...very, very nice and shooting for #1 on the Top 40 this April 2011...Genya Ravan seems to be the major competition...stay tuned
http://www.myspace.com/lisabburns

http://www.myspace.com/rottentoofmusic

LISTEN TO PRETTY DISILLUSION HERE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHKCnf6oY38

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#3) JODIE FOSTER INTERVIEW / Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin

Watch Joe Vig in a roundtable interview with Jodie Foster here:

New Improved version of video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPU32hZUN74

The Beaver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beaver_(film)

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#4) Vanilla Fudge WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE (MVD)



http://mvdb2b.com/s/VanillaFudgeWhenTwoWorldsCollide/ABCVP123DVD

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#5 Brian Eno 1971-1977 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH DVD



Our review will be up shortly but you can read this right now
http://musictap.net/page/3/

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#6 Jimi Hendrix South Saturn Delta

http://blues.about.com/b/2011/03/23/revisiting-jimis-south-saturn-delta.htm

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#7 EATERVILLE NERVOUS EATERS

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8) THE GODZ Please Stop Bustin' My Ball from ELEVEM CD
Listen to it here: http://www.myspace.com/originalgodz

This is the original E.S.P. recording artist from New York City, not the latter day Chicago hard rock ensemble utilizing the same name (with the same spelling!)

With a cosmic energy that seems to have been taking from the tracks of The Velvet Underground's "Train Comin' Round The Bend" (review in progress...stay tuned)

The Joe Vig Top 40 PICK TO CLICK
For the Month of April, 2011 is
THE GODZ ELEVEM

http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/articles.html

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#9 IGGY POP ROADKILL RISING

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10)BAND OF GYPSYS Jimi Hendrix

Sony's re-release of this classic DVD originally released in 1999

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#11 Lou Reed WALK ON THE WILD SIDE LIVE

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#12 RESTLESS SOUL JESSE BARISH

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#13 DEVIL'S PLAYTHING Matt Richtel

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#14)Barbara Lee George

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/barbaraleegeorge

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#15)THE IMPERIAL DOGS LIVE! IN LONG BEACH (October 30, 1974)


Interesting recording from the day...the paleolithic era of 1974...before videos for independent bands were invented...and it rocks in all its fuzzy, hazy black and white glory. The audio is pretty darn good too as the Imperial Dogs savage Carole King, blitz through Till The End of The Day, I'm Waiting For The Man, This Ain't The Summer of Love, Rock & Roll Queen and other tunes. A 20 page color booklet of historical importance, and Phast Phreddie introducing a baker's dozen of classics. Pure Rock & Roll worth keeping on the shelf for future re-visits

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16)BLACK SABBATH PARANOID Bluray


http://www.vintagerock.com/classiceye/black_sabbath_paranoid_blu_ray.aspx
This is playing on VH-1. A review from Joe V on TMRZoo.com soon!

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#19 WINCHESTER AUTHOR'S FEST
This is the second "Author's Fest" of 17 that I covered with my TV camera...didn't write this article but it gives you an idea of the event

http://winchester.patch.com/articles/authorfest-brings-writers-and-illustrators-to-winchester

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#20 FOREST FLOOR SCRAWLS FROM THE UNCONCIOUS

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#21 MORGAN The Sleeper Wakes

http://www.urstruly.co.uk/half-moon-bay/people/other_discs/morgan_sleeper.html

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#22 Roberta Piket

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#23 REVENGE OF THE KILLER B'S
http://www.answers.com/topic/revenge-of-the-killer-b-s-vol-2-1984-album-by-various-artists

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#24 Moe Tucker and Jonathan Richman on Varulven Records
"I'm Sticking With You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th1G8AqFYRc&feature=channel_video_title



Recorded in 1974 at Music Designers in Boston
Released on Varulven Records in 1980 and 1985...found someone bootlegging it on YouTube so we have to "Beat the Boots" as Zappa says.
From the forthcoming Varulven Records Story boxed set.

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25)Rusty Belle



http://www.rustybelle.com
http://www.myspace.com/rustybelle
http://www.signaturesounds.com/album/full-moon-weekend-saturday

Appearing
April 30th at the Iron Horse! with their friends

Wooden Dinosaur

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#26 Lisa Campbell
"I Found A Miracle In You" (Roncon Productions; not the folksinger Lisa Campbell)

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f r e a k

a n e r i c c a s a c c i o f i l m

http://www.freakthefilm.com/

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#28 GOTHIC VAMPIRES FROM HELL: Blood, Guts and GOTH

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#29 THE QUIET ARRANGEMENT

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#30 JOURNEE THE INTRODUCTION E.P.

Journee's six tracks (on eMusic.com) contain the soulful rap "Good Ol Days" (track 4) and a sparse new-wave-ish "Smile". Not to be confused with the Beach Boys epic re-release (with the same title, "Smile"), this solitary guitar and dry vocal is a novel approach to the hard-luck story..."the sunshine after the rain"...catchy material that deserves a listen. Check it out on eMusic

http://www.emusic.com/album/Journee-The-Introduction-EP-MP3-Download/11612965.html

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#31 Lone Wolf James VOODOO MOON

http://www.fiercehorserecords.com/news.php

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#32 VARIOUS ARTISTS NU CINDERELLA 13 tracks



http://www.amazon.com/Nu-Cinderella-Explicit/dp/B001C255WI

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#33 THE SACRED TRIANGLE


My review is on TMR Zoo http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/23974

for another perspective read THE PUNK VAULT.com
http://www.punkvinyl.com/2010/11/10/the-sacred-triangle-bowie-iggy-lou-1971-1973/


THE SACRED TRIANGLE: David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop 1971-1973

By Joe Viglione

To those fascinated by the work of Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and David Bowie in the "golden era" of 1971-1973, this DVD is an interesting sideways look at the time through the eyes of Angie Bowie, Warhol Factory's Billy Name, authors Victor Bockris, Davie Thompson and others. That all three men are still alive and breathing - and giving interviews - makes the Sacred Triangle a different perspective rather than the last word on how these three pioneers blended their talents. It's especially enlightening when one gets to see and hear Thompson and Bockris, two writers who have investigated this point in time at length...Bockris with his books on Warhol and Lou Reed (entitled Transformer), Thompson who has an entire book on this very DVD titled "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed". The insight on Mainman Management is key, but there is also the glossing over of reality by the very British broadcasting narrator condensing it all into a very neat package: that Lou and Iggy needed Bowie and that Bowie exploited them. That's hardly true ...in 1976 James Osterberg (nee Iggy Stooge) the emerging Iggy Pop introduced me to Bowie at the Springfield Marriot...while we were having drinks Bowie turned to Iggy and told him not to worry, that Bowie knew the rock & roll thing. Indeed, Bowie certainly put a lot of time into Iggy playing keyboards at a Pop show at the Harvard Theater in Cambridge Mass that was packed with an crowd appreciating both artists...and Bowie being quite humble and happy to participate as a sideman along with comedian Soupy Sales' sons, Hunt & Tony Sales. It was a magical time that extended beyond 1971-1973 ...Lou Reed making his segue into the Rock & Roll Animal phase which actually put Alice Cooper (and Mitch Ryder) into the mix.

Is it a good documentary? Yes. Well put together, well directed, but with mostly a focus on David Bowie. That Mott The Hoople is mentioned (and T.Rex) gives an indication that Bowie is the centerpiece here. Not the final word but a nice addition to the pantheon of material documenting that very important period in rock history. A time certainly more interesting than what is going on today.

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#34

http://www.mogmusicnetwork.com/read-up-rock-snob-the-top-20-music-books-of-all-time-20-11--25274

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#35 CACTUS LIVE (MVD)


http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81599

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#36) RORY GALLAGHER

from the press release
New York, NY (March 14, 2011)—Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the April 12 CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, and 2LP vinyl release of Rory Gallagher’s Irish Tour ’74, a stunning document of extraordinary blues-rock power from one of the world’s greatest guitarists of all-time. [Pre-book order date March 18, MSRP $14.98 for DVD, $13.98 for CD, $29.98 for vinyl, and $19.98 for Blu-ray]

Captured at a time when Gallagher was voted the #1 guitar player by Melody Maker Magazine, Irish Tour is a brilliant showcase of his musical prowess. Award-winning filmmaker Tony Palmer followed Gallagher around Ireland as audiences went wild night after night. The film—which enjoyed a successful run in theaters—has been beautifully restored and remastered from the original footage, and is making its Blu-Ray debut.

The two-hour DVD/Blu-Ray features nine jams—“Walk On Hot Coals,” “Tattoo’d Lady,” “Who’s That Coming,” “A Million Miles Away,” “Going To My Home Town,” “Cradle Rock,” “As The Crow Flies,” “Hands Off” and “Bullfrog Blues”—as well as bonus home movie footage from Gallagher’s Japanese tour of the same year. Also on the DVD/Blu-ray is the 1972 RTE (Irish television network) half-hour documentary “Rory Gallagher: Music Makers.” Highlights on this rare gem include “Toredown,” “Laundromat,” “Pistol Slapper Blues,” and “Don’t Know Where I’m Going.”

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#37) POWER OF SOUL Jimi Hendrix Tribute compilation



http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/news/experience-hendrix-llc-and-legacy-recordings-launching-third-wave-releases-monumental-jimi-hend

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#38) Christopher Cross / Dr. Faith

Track Listing:

1.) Hey Kid
2.) I’m Too Old For this
3.) When You Come Home
4.) Dreamers
5.) November
6.) Leave It To Me
7.) Doctor Faith
8.) Rescue
9.) Help Me Cry
10.) Still I Resist
11.) Poor Man’s Ecstasy
12.) Everything
13.) Prayin’13.) Prayin’

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#39) MOON Directed by Duncan Jones
Moon is 97 minutes, Source Code is 94 minutes. Just to inform our readers!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=moon09.htm

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#40 Kris Delmhorst SHOTGUN DAISY

Review by Joe Viglione on Barnes & Noble.com

If Songs for a Hurricane, Kris Delmhorst's album from 2003, was deep and thought-provoking, this fifth solo CD (excluding side projects and EPs) released five years later, Shotgun Singer, wraps up that psychological web with sound modifications that go deeper and denser. The artist seems to take liberally from George Martin's efforts on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and transfer those embellishments to the needs of a songwriter/singer in the same way that Emitt Rhodes emulated the first Paul McCartney solo LP, McCartney Read more here: http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Shotgun-Singer/Kris-Delmhorst/e/701237201221