The Ventures - The Horse - LP Record

1968 Liberty Records Inc. USA

Initially calling themselves The Versatones, Bogle and Wilson played small clubs and beer bars in the Northwest. In 1959 they recorded and released two vocal tunes, The Real McCoy and Cookies and Coke, but neither record charted. They met and recruited Nokie Edwards as bass player, and recorded Walk Don"t Run with Bogle on lead, Wilson on rhythm, Edwards on bass, and Skip Moore on drums. They approached several record companies, none of whom showed any interest in signing them. With support from Don Wilson"s mother, Josie, they started their own record company, Blue Horizon Records. They self-produced the 45 RPM single of Walk Don"t Run and promoted it themselves.

They succeeded in getting a local Seattle DJ, Pat O"Day, to use the song as a news kicker (lead-in); Bob Reisdorf, owner of Dolton Records, heard it on the radio, contacted and signed The Ventures. Walk Don"t Run climbed to #2 for a week on the Billboard Top 100, in September 1960.

The story behind their selection of Walk Don"t Run provides some insight into the distinction between technical virtuosity and the essential elements of a wildly successful pop music hit. Bob Bogle, original lead guitarist, cites Chet Atkins as one of his early influences. Bogle bought the Chet Atkins LP Hi Fi In Focus, which featured Atkins" finger style rendition of a song originally written by the great jazz guitarist, Johnny Smith. Within Atkins" elaborate and laid-back delivery of Walk Don"t Run Bogle found inspiration. He stated years later that there was no way his pedestrian guitar skills would allow him to play it the same as Chet Atkins did, so he and Wilson worked out a highly energized, very much simplified arrangement, and a Rock & Roll Classic was born. Another Chet Atkins inspired guitarist, Steve Howe of Yes, covered Walk Don"t Run on his 1998 album Quantum Guitar.

Songs:

The Horse
Here Comes the Judge
Licking Stick - Licking Stick
Crazy Horse
The Gallop
Grazing In The Grass
Medley:
- Walk-Don"t Run
- Land of 1,000 Dances
Soul Breeze
Jumpin" Jack Flash
Choo Choo Train
Horse Power
Tip-Toe Thru" The Tulips With Me

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The Byrds Greatest Hits - LP Record

The Byrds Greatest Hits

1967 CBS Inc. Columbia Records

The Byrds Greatest Hits is the fifth album, and first compilation, by the American rock and roll band, The Byrds, released 1967 on Columbia Records, catalogue item CL 2716 in mono, CS 9516 in stereo. It is the top-selling album in the Byrds catalogue, reaching #6 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1967, certified a platinum-seller by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 21, 1986. In 2003, the album was ranked number 178 on Rolling Stone magazine"s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

A summary of the Byrds history during the stays of Gene Clark and David Crosby in the band, this compilation also serves as the survey of the group"s hit singles from 1965 to 1967 inclusive, the time when they were a force on the singles chart. Every A-side from this time period appears, with the exceptions of Set You Free This Time, Have You Seen Her Face, and Lady Friend, none of which cracked the Top 40. The set includes three favored album tracks, with the remaining eight singles tracks peaking at the following positions on the Billboard Hot 100: 5D (Fifth Dimension) #44; All I Really Want to Do #40; Mr. Spaceman #36; My Back Pages #30; So You Want to Be A Rock and Roll Star #29; Eight Miles High #14; Turn! Turn! Turn! #1; and Mr. Tambourine Man also #1. The last three records were among the most innovative and influential of the entire decade, at a time when singles, at least in rock and roll, were as important entities in their own right as albums, and generally more so. Turn! Turn! Turn! summed up sixties counter cultural values as much as Blowin" in the Wind, (I Can"t Get No) Satisfaction, or All You Need Is Love, while Mr. Tambourine Man and Eight Miles High helped to introduce the sub-genres of folk-rock and psychedelia respectively into the popular music of the day.

Greatest Hits was remixed and remastered at 20-bit resolution as part of the Columbia/Legacy Byrds series, reissued in an expanded form on March 30, 1999. The three bonus tracks included two of the remaining singles from this period, plus It Won"t Be Wrong. It was reissued again in the SACD format, with the same expanded track listing as on the 20-bit remaster, on January 30, 2001. All of the songs on this set appeared as well on the band"s first four albums proper.

Songs:

Mr. Tambourine Man
I"ll Feel a Whole Lot Better
The Bells of Rhymney
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
All I Really Want To Do
Chimes of Freedom
Eight Miles High
Mr. Spaceman
5 D (Fifth Dimension)
So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star
My Back Pages


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The Beatles "65 - LP Record

The Beatles "65

1965 Capitol Records

The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are among the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music. Their innovative music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s.

The Beatles are the best-selling musical act of all time in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, which certified them as the highest selling band of all time based on American sales of singles and albums. In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was repeated in many other countries: their record company, EMI, estimated that by 1985 they had sold over one billion discs and tapes worldwide. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the Beatles #1 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

The Beatles led the mid-1960s musical British Invasion into the United States. Although their initial musical style was rooted in 1950s rock and roll and homegrown skiffle, the group explored genres ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, styles, and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s.

This Album has No Cover, This is Record Only, The Record is Somewhat Scratched due to Use. Record Should Play but may not

Songs:

No Reply
I"m a Loser
Baby"s in Black
Rock and Roil Music
I"ll Follow the Sun
Mr. Moonlight
Honey Don"t
I"ll Be Back
She"s a Woman
I Feel Fine
Everybody"s Trying to Be My Baby

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Copyright laws in Music, not like Classic Records

I was reading something about copyright laws yesterday when something caught my attention. There was a comment about how copyright laws are out dated and possibly not even enforced anymore when directed at the average consumer.

The Idea behind this post was to point out that we are no longer using Stores to transfer media like we did with vinyl records or tapes. The media is readily available over the Internet for immediate download, and the ease of sharing is extremely easy. The RIAA needs to reform its actions when it comes to copyright protection and stop pursuing the average consumer for downloading licenced music.

What needs to happen is the Removal of companies that allow shared music and other files over P2P (Person to Person) networks like Kazza, Limewire, or Bearshare. Then we need to add some sort of Watermark to all media that actually limits the Copy of digital media. Next, if the copyright is somehow figured out on how to be removed we need to shut down the programs being shared and sue the company or individual for creating the program. This is Hypothetically only if we do this Anyway.

So the question comes up, and this is what started DVD copy programs, are we allowed to make copies of our own music to protect it against damage for backup purposes? The answer is Yes, we should be allowed to do so. But, how are we going to do this? What should be implemented for this sort of backup? Can we buy a 20 track CD that is in wave media form and change it to mp3 so that it fits on one single piece of media along with my other 9 disks? Is that copyright infringement?

These questions just tell me that the RIAA's laws are out dated because we are violating laws everyday, just by transferring the media to a different medium so that it is playable in our own cars. So what is the Solution?

In my personal opinion, each band, song writer, publisher, or anyone else who creates a work of art should be responsible for protecting their own work and we should abolish the RIAA. I think I have established a set of rules that might help this problem.

Step 1:
Abolish all digital media.

Step 2:
Start up Digital Music Recording like the DVR we have for home music.

Step 3:
Access on Demand.

Step 4:
Sell access on demand subscriptions like we do with cable or satellite services.

What this will accomplish?
The need for backup media will be completely absorbed, the need to download media will be completely removed. Sirus satellite radio and the other satellite radio should be the new standard. At $10.00 per month who wouldn't purchase every album they ever wanted without ever having to make a backup?

This solution will work, and it seems that its possible that we will get there anyway.

So what will happen to all the media that we already have? Players will become outdated, Record companies will need to convert to Record Station and all radio providers will need to portion there money based on the Bandwidth used on the radio.

But, even when we get there? How long will it be before someone actually cracks the code and gets free media? Who knows and Who cares, because this is just another step in the right direction.

Classic Records

Have you noticed the huge change in the Music industry over the past few decades. It seems that as the internet evolves so does the music industry. The usage of vinyl records has been reduced, 8 tracks and tapes have been shut out. CD's are now evolving to another form of media, MP3's. It would be silly to think that MP3's are going to last.



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The problem I have is not with the music companies, or with the music. It's with the change from physical to digital. Vinyl Records are the start of this music change. They are the beginning of the music revolution. Music prior to these Original Vinyl Records was only transfered by radio and possibly television at that time. Original Vinyl Records and More understands this and wants to recreate a dying trend.



Today's society is all about the clarity the ease of receiving and what ever it takes to stay lazy. Seriously, Can't anyone understand that music is not about the perfect clarity the digital funk or the crazy rhythms. Music is about heart soul and giving it everything you have got. The slight crackles of the needle as it slides across the LP are part of the sound. The possibility of scratching the Records is just one more reason to take good care of them. The Large Sleeves that cover the Records provide some of the greatest wall Art that has ever been available.



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