Kinks Legend Dave Davies To Release New Live Album “Rippin Up New York City: Live at the City Winery”

Much to the excitement of music fans worldwide, Kinks legend Dave Davies will be releasing a new live album titled “Rippin Up New York City: Live at the City Winery” on September 4, 2015 on Red River which is distributed by Sony/RED. The recordings were culled from two exciting live performances by Dave and his band in NYC in November 2014.

Says Dave, “I'm very excited about the live album and the band sounds great. my son Simon did a great job helping me with the production. I look forward to seeing you all on the road this fall.”

In 1964 Dave Davies of the Kinks single-handedly made rock history when he sliced his little green Elpico amp speaker with a razor blade. Little did he know he was creating the 1st heavy metal guitar tone and riff in rock n roll, which he played on his band The Kinks' world wide hit “You Really Got Me”.

Nearly fifty years after influencing generations of guitarists Dave continues to rock and tour. His 2013 return to the U.S. to support the album “I Will Be Me” was a triumph both creatively and spiritually as he found new inspiration for his soon to be follow up album, the highly acclaimed, “Rippin Up Time”. Released in 2014, Dave embarked on yet another U.S. tour to support it. He was joined by Jonathan

Lea on guitar, Tom Currier on bass and keyboards and legendary drummer Dennis Diken of the Smithereens.

The tour swept through venues in Milwaukee, Chicago, New Jersey, NYC and many more. Jim Sclavunos played drums for one gig in Bethlehem, PA. On every date Dave Davies and band played a highly charged set of solo album favorites, Kinks classics and new tracks. At the City Winery NYC on November 24 and 25, 2014 Dave and band put on an amazing concert to an audience of new and longtime Kinks fans, music industry stars and legends. They delivered two exhilarating nights of performances that rocked and ripped up the city’s nightlife. “Rippin Up New York City: Live at the City Winery” captures the live electricity of turbo charged rockers along with delicate and sensitive versions of acoustic favorites from past and present. A true genius who never fails to deliver, this Dave Davies live recording expresses the power, sensitivity, magnetism and creative expression of a seasoned yet spontaneous rock-n-roll visionary.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Intro

2. Rippin' Up Time

3. I’m Not Like Everybody Else

4. I Need You

5. Creepin’ Jean

6. Suzannahs Still Alive

7. See My Friend

8. Strangers

9. Flowers in the Rain

10. Front Room

11. King of Karaoke

12. Death Of A Clown

13. Livin' On A Thin Line

14. Where Have All the Good Times Gone

15. All Day and All of the Night

16. You Really Got Me

Dave Davies tour dates:

Oct 2nd, 2015- The Court of Honor Stage, The Big E, West Springfield, MA. 3pm and 8pm shows. Free with fair admission.

Oct 3rd, 2015 - The Court of Honor Stage, The Big E, West Springfield, MA 3pm and 8pm shows. Free with fair admission.

Oct 4th, 2015 - The Court of Honor Stage, The Big E, West Springfield, MA. 3pm show only. Free with fair admission.

Oct 8th, 2015-The Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA

Oct 9th, 2015-Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH

Oct 10th, 2015-Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH

Oct 11th, 2015-Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH

Oct 13th, 2015-Musikfest Café, ArtsQuest Center, Bethlehem, PA

Oct 20th, 2015-The Howard Theatre, Washington D.C.

Oct 22nd, 2015-The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ

Oct 23rd, 2015 City Winery NYC

Oct 24th, 2015-Narrows Center, Fall River, MA

Oct 26th, 2015-The Egg, Albany, NY

Oct 27th, 2015-Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT

Oct 30th, 2015-Uptown Theatre, Napa, CA

Nov 1st, 2015-Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA

Nov 3rd, 2015-The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA

Dec 18th, 2015-Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK

 

Click Here To purchase Dave Davies “Rippin Up New York City: Live at the City Winery”:

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BOB DYLAN'S THE BASEMENT TAPES COMPLETE: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 11 SET FOR NOVEMBER 4 RELEASE BY COLUMBIA RECORDS/LEGACY RECORDINGS

Meticulously Restored for the First Time from Newly Found Original Tape Sources, Six Disc Set is Definitive Chronicle of Dylan's Legendary 1967 Sessions with The Band

Special Two Disc Edition, The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 Presents Highlights From The Basement Tapes Complete

Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings will release Bob Dylan's The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 (http://smarturl.it/BD_basement_amzn) on November 4. Compiled from meticulously restored original tapes – many found only recently – this historic six-disc set is the definitive chronicle of the artist's legendary 1967 recording sessions with members of his touring ensemble who would later achieve their own fame as The Band.

The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11, a two-disc version of highlights from the deluxe edition, will also be released on November 4. This will also be issued as a 3 LP set on 180-gram vinyl.

Among Bob Dylan's many cultural milestones, the legendary Basement Tapes have long fascinated and enticed successive generations of musicians, fans and cultural critics alike. Having transformed music and culture during the early 1960s, Dylan reached unparalleled heights across 1965 and 1966 through the release of three historic albums, the groundbreaking watershed single "Like A Rolling Stone," a controversial and legendary 'electric' performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and wildly polarizing tours of the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom. Dylan's mercurial rise and prodigious outpouring of work during that decade came to an abrupt halt in July 1966 when he was reported to have been in a serious motorcycle accident in upstate New York.

Recovering from his injuries and away from the public eye for the first time in years, Dylan ensconced himself, along with Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson and, later, Levon Helm, in the basement of a small house, dubbed "Big Pink" by the group, in West Saugerties, New York. This collective, which would come to be known as Bob Dylan and The Band, recorded more than a hundred songs over the next several months including traditional covers, wry and humorous ditties, off-the cuff performances and, most important, dozens of newly-written Bob Dylan songs, including future classics "I Shall Be Released," "The Mighty Quinn," "This Wheel's On Fire" and "You Ain't Going Nowhere."

When rumors and rare acetates of some of these recordings began surfacing, it created a curiosity strong enough to fuel an entirely new segment of the music business: the bootleg record. In 1969, an album mysteriously titled Great White Wonder began showing up in record shops around the country, and Dylan's music from the summer of 1967 began seeping into the fabric of popular culture, penetrating the souls of music lovers everywhere. With each passing year, more and more fans sought out this rare contraband, desperate to hear this new music from the legendary Bob Dylan.

The actual recordings, however, remained commercially unavailable until 1975, when Columbia Records released a scant 16 of them on The Basement Tapes album (that album also included eight new songs by The Band, without Dylan).

A critical and popular success, The Basement Tapes went Top 10 in the US and UK, with John Rockwell, of The New York Times, calling it "one of the greatest albums in the history of American popular music," Paul Nelson, in Rolling Stone, praising the tracks as "the hardest, toughest, sweetest, saddest, funniest, wisest songs I know"' and the Washington Post noting that "...Dylan has to rank as the single greatest artist modern American pop music has produced." Robert Christgau gave the album an A+ rating in the Village Voice, where it topped the annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.

Over the years, the songs on The Basement Tapes have haunted and perplexed fans, with the recordings themselves representing a Holy Grail for Dylanologists. What's on the rest of those reels?

The Basement Tapes Complete brings together, for the first time ever, every salvageable recording from the tapes, including recently discovered early gems recorded in the "Red Room" of Dylan's home in upstate New York. Garth Hudson worked closely with Canadian music archivist and producer Jan Haust to restore the deteriorating tapes to pristine sound, with much of this music preserved digitally for the first time.

The decision was made to present The Basement Tapes Complete as intact as possible. Also, unlike the official 1975 release, these performances are presented as close as possible to the way they were originally recorded and sounded back in the summer of 1967. The tracks on The Basement Tapes Complete run in mostly chronological order based on Garth Hudson's numbering system.

Bob Dylan and his Band will be touring North America this Fall. Check bobdylan.com for details on August 27.

BOB DYLAN - THE BASEMENT TAPES COMPLETE: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 11

(all songs written by Bob Dylan unless otherwise noted)

CD 1

• 1. Edge of the Ocean
• 2. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It (written by Clarence Williams)
• 3. Roll on Train
• 4. Mr. Blue (written by Dewayne Blackwell)
• 5. Belshazzar (written by Johnny Cash)
• 6. I Forgot to Remember to Forget (written by Charlie A Feathers and Stanley A Kesler)
• 7. You Win Again (written by Hank Williams)
• 8. Still in Town (written by Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard)
• 9. Waltzing with Sin (written by Sonny Burns and Red Hayes)
• 10. Big River (Take 1) (written by Johnny Cash)
• 11. Big River (Take 2) (written by Johnny Cash)
• 12. Folsom Prison Blues (written by Johnny Cash)
• 13. Bells of Rhymney (written by Idris Davies and Peter Seeger)
• 14. Spanish is the Loving Tongue
• 15. Under Control
• 16. Ol' Roison the Beau (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 17. I'm Guilty of Loving You
• 18. Cool Water (written by Bob Nolan)
• 19. The Auld Triangle (written by Brendan Francis Behan)
• 20. Po' Lazarus (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 21. I'm a Fool for You (Take 1)
• 22. I'm a Fool for You (Take 2)

CD 2

• 1. Johnny Todd (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 2. Tupelo (written by John Lee Hooker)
• 3. Kickin' My Dog Around (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 4. See You Later Allen Ginsberg (Take 1)
• 5. See You Later Allen Ginsberg (Take 2)
• 6. Tiny Montgomery
• 7. Big Dog
• 8. I'm Your Teenage Prayer
• 9. Four Strong Winds (written by Ian Tyson)
• 10. The French Girl (Take 1) (written by Ian Tyson and Sylvia Tyson)
• 11. The French Girl (Take 2) (written by Ian Tyson and Sylvia Tyson)
• 12. Joshua Gone Barbados (written by Eric Von Schmidt)
• 13. I'm in the Mood (written by Bernard Besman and John Lee Hooker)
• 14. Baby Ain't That Fine (written by Dallas Frazier)
• 15. Rock, Salt and Nails (written by Bruce Phillips)
• 16. A Fool Such As I (written by William Marvin Trader)
• 17. Song for Canada (written by Pete Gzowski and Ian Tyson)
• 18. People Get Ready (written by Curtis L Mayfield)
• 19. I Don't Hurt Anymore (written By Donald I Robertson and Walter E Rollins)
• 20. Be Careful of Stones That You Throw (written by Benjamin Lee Blankenship)
• 21. One Man's Loss
• 22. Lock Your Door
• 23. Baby, Won't You be My Baby
• 24. Try Me Little Girl
• 25. I Can't Make it Alone
• 26. Don't You Try Me Now

CD 3

• 1. Young but Daily Growing (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 2. Bonnie Ship the Diamond (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 3. The Hills of Mexico (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 4. Down on Me (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 5. One for the Road
• 6. I'm Alright
• 7. Million Dollar Bash (Take 1)
• 8. Million Dollar Bash (Take 2)
• 9. Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (Take 1)
• 10. Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (Take 2)
• 11. I'm Not There
• 12. Please Mrs. Henry
• 13. Crash on the Levee (Take 1)
• 14. Crash on the Levee (Take 2)
• 15. Lo and Behold! (Take 1)
• 16. Lo and Behold! (Take 2)
• 17. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Take 1)
• 18. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Take 2)
• 19. I Shall be Released (Take 1)
• 20. I Shall be Released (Take 2)
• 21. This Wheel's on Fire (written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko)
• 22. Too Much of Nothing (Take 1)
• 23. Too Much of Nothing (Take 2)

CD 4

• 1. Tears of Rage (Take 1) (written by Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel)
• 2. Tears of Rage (Take 2) (written by Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel)
• 3. Tears of Rage (Take 3) (written by Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel)
• 4. Quinn the Eskimo (Take 1)
• 5. Quinn the Eskimo (Take 2)
• 6. Open the Door Homer (Take 1)
• 7. Open the Door Homer (Take 2)
• 8. Open the Door Homer (Take 3)
• 9. Nothing Was Delivered (Take 1)
• 10. Nothing Was Delivered (Take 2)
• 11. Nothing Was Delivered (Take 3)
• 12. All American Boy (written by Bobby Bare)
• 13. Sign on the Cross
• 14. Odds and Ends (Take 1)
• 15. Odds and Ends (Take 2)
• 16. Get Your Rocks Off
• 17. Clothes Line Saga
• 18. Apple Suckling Tree (Take 1)
• 19. Apple Suckling Tree (Take 2)
• 20. Don't Ya Tell Henry
• 21. Bourbon Street

CD 5

• 1. Blowin' in the Wind
• 2. One Too Many Mornings
• 3. A Satisfied Mind (written by Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes)
• 4. It Ain't Me, Babe
• 5. Ain't No More Cane (Take 1) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 6. Ain't No More Cane (Take 2) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 7. My Woman She's A-Leavin'
• 8. Santa-Fe
• 9. Mary Lou, I Love You Too
• 10. Dress it up, Better Have it All
• 11. Minstrel Boy
• 12. Silent Weekend
• 13. What's it Gonna be When it Comes Up
• 14. 900 Miles from My Home (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 15. Wildwood Flower (written by A.P. Carter)
• 16. One Kind Favor (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 17. She'll be Coming Round the Mountain (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 18. It's the Flight of the Bumblebee
• 19. Wild Wolf
• 20. Goin' to Acapulco
• 21. Gonna Get You Now
• 22. If I Were A Carpenter (written by James Timothy Hardin)
• 23. Confidential (written by Dorina Morgan)
• 24. All You Have to do is Dream (Take 1)
• 25. All You Have to do is Dream (Take 2)

CD 6

• 1. 2 Dollars and 99 Cents
• 2. Jelly Bean
• 3. Any Time
• 4. Down by the Station
• 5. Hallelujah, I've Just Been Moved (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 6. That's the Breaks
• 7. Pretty Mary
• 8. Will the Circle be Unbroken (written by A.P. Carter)
• 9. King of France
• 10. She's on My Mind Again
• 11. Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 12. On a Rainy Afternoon
• 13. I Can't Come in with a Broken Heart
• 14. Next Time on the Highway
• 15. Northern Claim
• 16. Love is Only Mine
• 17. Silhouettes (written by Bob Crewe and Frank C Slay Jr.)
• 18. Bring it on Home
• 19. Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 20. The Spanish Song (Take 1)
• 21. The Spanish Song (Take 2)

BOB DYLAN- THE BASEMENT TAPES RAW: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 11

(all songs written by Bob Dylan unless otherwise noted)

CD 1

• 1. Open the Door, Homer (Restored version)
• 2. Odds and Ends (Alternate version)
• 3. Million Dollar Bash (Alternate version)
• 4. One Too Many Mornings (Unreleased)
• 5. I Don't Hurt Anymore (Unreleased) (written by Donald I Robertson and Walter E Rollins)
• 6. Ain't No More Cane (Alternate version) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 7. Crash on the Levee (Restored version)
• 8. Tears of Rage (Without overdubs) (written by Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel)
• 9. Dress it up, Better Have it All (Unreleased)
• 10. I'm Not There (Previously released)
• 11. Johnny Todd (Unreleased) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 12. Too Much of Nothing (Alternate version)
• 13. Quinn the Eskimo (Restored version)
• 14. Get Your Rocks Off (Unreleased)
• 15. Santa-Fe (Previously released)
• 16. Silent Weekend (Unreleased)
• 17. Clothes Line Saga (Restored version)
• 18. Please, Mrs. Henry (Restored version)
• 19. I Shall be Released (Restored version)

CD 2

• 1. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Alternate version)
• 2. Lo and Behold! (Alternate version)
• 3. Minstrel Boy (Previously released)
• 4. Tiny Montgomery (Without overdubs)
• 5. All You Have to do is Dream (Unreleased)
• 6. Goin' to Acapulco (Without overdubs)
• 7. 900 Miles from My Home (Unreleased) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)
• 8. One for the Road (Unreleased)
• 9. I'm Alright (Unreleased)
• 10. Blowin' in the Wind (Unreleased)
• 11. Apple Suckling Tree (Restored version)
• 12. Nothing Was Delivered (Restored version)
• 13. Folsom Prison Blues (Unreleased) (written by Johnny Cash)
• 14. This Wheel's on Fire (Without overdubs) (written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko)
• 15. Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (Restored version)
• 16. Don't Ya Tell Henry (Alternate version)
• 17. Baby, Won't You be My Baby (Unreleased)
• 18. Sign on the Cross (Unreleased)
• 19. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Without overdubs)

Musicians:  Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm

(Lead vocals are sung by Bob Dylan. Harmony and instrumentation are unknown because all involved were multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, and no records remain.)

More Information at http://www.bobdylan.com

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A Legacy of Jazz, Immortalized in the Moment, Live Forever

 

Music / Album Review of the Sony Legacy Landmark "Live at Newport" Performances from Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald and Lionel Hampton, Exclusively Available for 1st Time Digitally on iTunes.

Article by Joseph Timmons: Xombiewoof Magazine

If you know anything about Jazz, where it comes from and how it began, you would be well versed in the importance of The Newport Jazz Festival. Since its inception as the "First Annual American Jazz Festival" in 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival set the standard for large scale outdoor summer music gatherings. Subsequent music festivals from Newport Folk through Montreux, Monterey Pop, Woodstock, Coachella and beyond have Newport Jazz to thank for establishing the concept and reality of a music community coming together for a shared outdoor concert experience.

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival this summer with the first digital release of six classic "Live at Newport" albums, available exclusively on iTunes: iTunes.com/NewportJazz.

Jazz impresario and Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein called Duke Ellington's 1956 concert at Newport, "the greatest performance of Ellington's career," adding that the music "stood for everything that jazz had been and could be." The digital edition of Ellington at Newport: The Original Album restores the record to its original sequence while adding four live performances that first appeared on Duke Ellington and The Buck Clayton All Stars at Newport (a companion album released in 1956).

Additionally, two of the exclusive new releases: Ellington At Newport: The Original Album and The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Newport 1958--have been newly remastered in 24-bit and Mastered for iTunes, this ensures that the music is delivered to listeners with increased audio fidelity that more closely replicates what the artists, recording engineers and producers intended. The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Newport 1958, originally released on Columbia Records, has also been remastered and is now available for the first time digitally. Remastered in 24 bit for iTunes, Brubeck's concert performance is a tribute to the music of Duke Ellington.

Personally, I feel the true significance of this historic release is the masterful work of Duke Ellington is once again brought to a new generation that may not understand the value of what he, as a composer and performer did for a form of music that is now a foundation of so many art forms and has inspired bot only his contemporaries, but artists and generations to come. Let’s look at the list of albums; it is a timeline of critical importance to today’s Jazz music, and all music as a whole-

· Duke Ellington - Newport 1958

· Duke Ellington - Live At Newport 1958

· Ellington at Newport: The Original Album

· The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Newport 1958

· Lionel Hampton - Reunion at Newport 1967

· Ella Fitzgerald - Newport Jazz Festival: Live At Carnegie Hall July 5, 1973

Unquestionably, these albums presented by Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment is both inspiring and exotic, like the voice of Ella Fitzgerald herself, Often referred to as the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz," she was noted to have a vocal range spanning three octaves and a glimmer in her eye that would captivate anyone in her gaze, her renditions in Jazz would be the talk of the town. The percussion craftsmanship of Lionel Hampton and his styled tempos, rhythms and measures set precedence in Jazz, and the work of Dave Brubeck and later, The Dave Brubeck Quartet would change the face of Jazz forever, a music once referred to as “A Devils Jig”, due to these giants of performance, would become a standard for composition, performance and give birth to new musical formations with each following generation of artists inspired by their work, and that of the master himself, Duke Ellington.

With these six classic "Live at Newport" albums, now available exclusively on iTunes at iTunes.com/NewportJazz, you can personally own this treasured collection instantly, and quite affordably, no need to search them out, just one click away from a lifetimes work, that will last forever.

Be immortalized in the moment, this is what heaven sounds like, swing baby swing!

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SSL Live HITs SUMMER FESTIVALS WITH The KILLERs

“This console is the most analogue-correct digital console; it sounds phenomenal”

Following The Killers’ wildly successful 2013 Battle Born world tour, performing in 50 countries and headlining arenas on six continents – including a sold-out Wembley Stadium show for which they wrote The Wembley Song – the Las Vegas-based phenomenon is back on the road this summer in support of their Direct Hits greatest hits compilation. With appearances at North American and U.K. music festivals, the band’s FOH engineer, Kenny Kaiser, is delivering their chart toppers with help from the new SSL Live console.

Kaiser works for Delicate Productions of Camarillo, California, serving as PA tech or system tech for Selena Gomez, Train and as monitor tech and crew chief for The Foo Fighters, among others. After moving to the Killers’ camp last year, he took over the helm for their 2014 tour. However, Kaiser was not fond of their previous FOH console and knew instantly that he’d need to make a switch.

“Delicate is a great partner of Hi-Tech Audio [supplier of the SSL Live console for the tour] in San Francisco, where I’m based,” he says. “Louis Adamo, president of Hi-Tech, called to say they had a new SSL console, so I went down and played with it. I found it fluid and the surface very intuitive. I also had a chance to take a class for engineers and production companies. After I took the class, I found the console even more intriguing. One thing that stuck in my mind was actually taking it apart and looking inside at how it’s made – it’s built like a tank. Plus, with the name SSL, you can’t go wrong; that’s a great name in consoles.”

As Kaiser is part of a new breed of engineers, The Killers’ previous mix platform just wasn’t his style. “There was too much button pushing to get to certain places and it was too spread out,” he continues. “There were fader banks on either side, so I had to do a lot of left and right movements. With Live, it’s more centralized. I don’t have to move around the console and I can stay in one spot, hit one button and quickly do what I need to do.”

Kaiser, who will occasionally use other consoles for events supported by Delicate, finds SSL Live to be more convenient to work on due to its flexibility and the manner in which an engineer can customize the fader banks. “It’s very intuitive and user-friendly,” he adds. “There are a lot of options as to how you can set up SSL Live.”

The accuracy of the console also stood out to Kaiser. “Because my background is a system tech, I’m an audio measurement and phase dork,” he explains. “Some engineers might have an eight or 10 dB boost or cut on an EQ band and my thought, if you have to do that, is that something is wrong – either the wrong mic or the console isn’t doing what the engineer needs. I now find that certain things I used to do, I don’t have to do anymore because the EQ does what it says its doing. When you’re on the first band and you want a cut at 120 Hz, it actually does 120. Some consoles say they’re doing 120, but then when you actually plug it in and check, it’s not quite there. Sometimes the Q isn’t quite what it says; with this console, it’s precise.”

Another big hit was Live’s onboard effects. “Everything is built-in, the reverbs sound glorious and it’s all on board,” says Kaiser. “I don’t have to go out and buy a console and then say, ‘Okay, now I need some external piece of software or hardware to get what I want.’ Everything I need is right there in one box to make the sound how I need to make it, which makes my job easier.”

But it doesn’t just stop at the effects, the console’s all-pass filters were also a big selling point for Kaiser. “As a system tech, I use all-pass filters to align side hangs to the mains,” he explains. “Being able to have that on inputs to align a pair of kick or snare drum mics is a huge tool to get the phase just right.”

Kaiser also mentions the clarity and distinctness that each instrument has in his mix. “On other consoles, once you start adding more stuff, you hear them start to overload and hear the coherence start to go away, but not with the SSL Live. SSL definitely did their homework to make it sound as analogue as possible. This console is the most analogue-correct digital console I’ve ever encountered. It sounds phenomenal.”

The Killers recently headlined the Hangout Festival on the sandy beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama where the console was put to the true test of the weather. Kaiser notes, “despite the heat, high humidity, wind and sandstorms that we encountered that weekend, the console was just great.”

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Legacy Recordings Release Elvis: “That's The Way It Is” (Deluxe Edition),

SONY/RCA/Legacy Recordings Announce the Release of Monumental Definitive Edition of Elvis: That's The Way It Is (Deluxe Edition), the King’s 1970 Album & Concert Documentary, Presented Together for the First Time Ever in a Deluxe Box Set (8CD/2DVD).

That’s The Way It Is (Deluxe Edition) Includes Expanded Version of Original LP, Six Complete Shows from Elvis’ Electrifying Summer of ’70 Las Vegas Season.

Rare and Insightful Rehearsals, the 1970 Theatrical Edit AND the 2001 Special Edition of “Elvis: That’s The Way It Is,” 80-Page Booklet featuring Rare Photographs, Memorabilia and Recording Data.

In 1970, Elvis Presley fans were thrilled by the arrival of two cultural milestones: one an album, the other a full-length concert/documentary and each of them called Elvis: That’s The Way It Is. Since then, aficionados of Elvis have been clamoring for a package that included both the album and the film.

On Tuesday, August 5, 2014, Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release That’s The Way It Is (Deluxe Edition), the most ambitious Elvis Presley restoration package ever created, bringing together—for the first time ever--the album, the theatrical and home video versions of the film, six full-length concerts (featuring previously unreleased performances), rehearsal highlights and other rare recordings in one astounding and essential package.  The result of an historic partnership between Sony Music and Warner Brothers Home Video, the deluxe set combines the video and audio assets of Elvis: That’s The Way It Is with unique and previously unreleased material.

A highly-collectible 8CD/2DVD box set, That’s The Way It Is (Deluxe Edition), marks the first time the 1970 documentary and album have been available in a single package, with bonuses including unreleased material, remixed and remastered audio and a new 80-page book detailing the entire event with facts, songwriter and musician interviews, and photos in a deluxe 8CD/2DVD box set. A 2CD Legacy Edition of Elvis: That's The Way It Is will also be available.  Elvis: That’s The Way It Is (Deluxe Edition) is available for pre-order now on Amazon.com.

Originally released on RCA Records in November 1970, Elvis: That's The Way It Is combined eight studio tracks, recorded in Nashville, and four live concert performances recorded in Las Vegas during Presley's 1970 "Summer Festival" season at The International Hotel in Las Vegas to create what the All Music Guide has called "…one of his best…" and "essential listening for Elvis fans, both die-hard and casual."

Though never considered a soundtrack album, Elvis: That's The Way It Is was initially released to accompany the first theatrical run of "Elvis: That's The Way It Is," a 1970 documentary feature, directed by Denis Sanders, which combined on-stage, off-stage and behind-the-scenes footage in Presley's first non-dramatic film since his 1956 Hollywood movie debut. In the documentary, Sanders captured and illuminated a pivotal moment in Elvis' transformation from teen idol to consummate showman, Memphis meets Vegas via Hollywood, the King's return to full concert performances after years of film stardom.

Elvis Presley had made a dramatic comeback two years prior to these shows in a transcendent NBC-TV special, which aired in December 1968. The International Hotel, then-newly-built and the largest live venue in Las Vegas, booked Presley for an unprecedented 57 show run in July 1969, a four-week-long residency that would raise the bar and set the standard for superstar entertainment in Vegas and beyond. "There are several unbelievable things about Elvis, but the most incredible is his staying power in a world where meteoric careers fade like shooting stars,” Newsweek wrote of his incredible new approach to live performance at the time, while Rolling Stone lauded Elvis as “supernatural--his own resurrection.”

Early in 1970, Elvis returned to Vegas for a second engagement at the International, with RCA recording songs for the then forthcoming On Stage, February 1970.  Elvis was on a roll and making big plans--including a feature film--surrounding what would be his third Las Vegas engagement, scheduled for the summer of 1970

On June 4, 1970, Elvis arrived at RCA's Studio B in Nashville, where producer Felton Jarvis had assembled a hot new session band featuring Elvis' on-stage guitar legend James Burton. Five nights of recording generated material for no less than three future albums and four singles, including Elvis: That's The Way It Is and the essential Elvis Country album.

On July 14, rehearsals for the movie and live shows commenced at the MGM lot in Culver City, California. The Hollywood cameras rolled for five different rehearsals prior to the opening night on August 10, including augmentation run-throughs with the singers and the orchestra at the hotel. Unquestionably, Elvis was keen to broaden his repertoire for the film, as more than 60 songs were attempted during the period, far more than the usual average of 20 to 25 that would normally be chosen. Over the four nights filmed by MGM, Elvis and his band worked tirelessly, trying out a broad variety of musical styles, emphasizing his desire to share the wide range of music he loved with his audience. Director Denis Sanders captured the end result magnificently, providing fans throughout the world with their first glimpse of the new contemporary Elvis performing at the peak of his vocal prowess both in rehearsal and on the stage.

That's The Way It Is (Deluxe Edition) centers on the six complete shows recorded and partially filmed by MGM.  Two of the shows are released for the first time in their entirety; two more have only been available only through the mail-order Elvis fan-club network. The original RCA album is expanded with the four single sides from the period, and a selection of “fly-on-the-wall” outtakes from the June Nashville sessions that produced the majority of tracks for the album. Completing the audio section, a separate disc of insightful rehearsal highlights, featuring unusual song selections showcases both the hard work and the playful atmosphere that governed Elvis’ relationship with his musicians.

The original Elvis: That's The Way It Is includes fiery renditions of “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me,” previously a hit for Dusty Springfield; “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin,’” made famous by The Righteous Brothers, and a show-stopping rendition of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” The original album and singles will fill Disc One of the new edition, with six CDs worth of concert performances and one of rehearsal takes from the Summer of '70 International Hotel residency.

That's The Way It Is (Deluxe Edition) puts the original RCA album and the 1970 MGM documentary feature together in a single package for the first time. It includes both the original theatrical DVD version (1970) and the re-edited and extended DVD version from 2000.

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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Croon With Edwina and Chantelle

 

The beloved 'first couple' of county music, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, once again graced the 2014 American Country Awards with a soulful duet this past April, this time featured on a distinctive pair of Ear Trumpet Labs microphones.  McGraw started out the brand new song ‘Meanwhile Back at Mama’s,’ singing solo into an E.T.L. Edwina microphone. Hill joined in at the chorus as a surprise guest, providing airy and beautiful harmonies through an E.T.L. Chantelle.  The song recalls a more old fashioned society and these vintage looking mics complete the picture.

The Ear Trumpet Lab's mics' tight cardioid polar pattern, specifically tuned for close live vocal use on the loudest of stages, were the perfect compliment for such a large live event with their natural feedback suppression and Integral silk and mesh pop filter, for effective control of plosives without loss of clarity. Their Large 26mm diaphragm condenser capsules teamed with transformerless FET fully balanced electronics provided plenty of presence while providing the smooth, sibilance suppressing top end of a fine ribbon mic.

 

 

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Covers Album “This Is Your Life”

 

RONNIE JAMES DIO Covers Album “This Is Your Life”: Yahoo! Music Features Electric New Cover of “Starstruck” by MOTÖRHEAD with Biff Byford of SAXON

Listen Here via Yahoo! Music

“This Is Your Life” Celebrates the Life and Legacy of Ronnie James Dio Covers of his Greatest Songs from Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio

Available April 1, 2014 via Rhino

Featuring Newly Recorded Tracks From Anthrax, Halestorm, Rob Halford, Metallica, Scorpions, Corey Taylor, Tenacious D and More – To Benefit The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund

Join Us at the 3^rd ANNUAL AWARDS GALA & “This Is Your Life” Album Preview Party – Monday, March 17, 2014 @ The Avalon in Hollywood, CA!

Ronnie James Dio is one of the most beloved figures in rock history. His gifts, both as a singer and songwriter, are instantly recognizable, whether he was with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, or leading Dio. Sadly, Dio lost his battle with stomach cancer in 2010, but his towering voice and legacy live on. 

To celebrate Dio’s life, an all-star group of his friends and fans recorded 13 of their favorite tracks for a tribute album, entitled This Is Your Life, to raise funds for the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org). This non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable fund, which is dedicated to supporting cancer-prevention research, raising awareness and educating the public about the vital importance of early detection and prevention, was co-founded by Dio’s longtime manager and wife, Wendy Dio. 100% of the monies received from this album by the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund goes directly into cancer research.

The first track to be released from This Is Your Life, a cover of Rainbow’s ‘Starstruck’ re-recorded by the legendary Motörhead featuring Biff Byford of Saxon, is available for streaming on the web now exclusively via Yahoo! Music. The track first appeared last Friday on Eddie Trunk’s Q104.3 FM radio program, and will air again via Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s Hair Nation (Channel 39) via “Eddie Trunk Live” later today. Yahoo! Music, however, is the only place you can hear ‘Starstruck’ via the web, on demand.

Would you like to join Wendy Dio, Rob Halford, Corey Taylor and others in celebrating this release and the life of Ronnie James Dio? Join the celebration at the 3^rd Annual Awards Gala and This Is Your Life pre-release listening party on Monday, March 17, 2014 at The Avalon in Hollywood, CA. The gala begins at 6:00PM, and tickets (VIP and GA) are available via www.diocancerfund.org/events. The event will include live performances of songs from the album by Halestorm, Corey Taylor, Jason Christopher, Christian Martucci, Roy Mayorga, Oni Logan, Jimmy Bain, Rowan Robertson, Brian Tichy and more surprise guests! Head to www.diocancerfund.org for information or to purchase tickets online.

Produced by Wendy Dio, This Is Your Life includes contributions by such metal heavyweights as Metallica, Scorpions, Anthrax, and Rob Halford, as well as appearances by many of the musicians who performed with Dio over the years. This Is Your Life will be available from Rhino on April 1, 2014, in physical and digital versions.

See below for an the amazing track list, which includes Metallica’s epic, nine-minute “Ronnie Rising Medley,” which combines the Rainbow songs “A Light In The Black,” “Tarot Woman,” “Stargazer,” and “Kill The King,” Rob Halford’s collaboration with frequent Dio collaborators Vinny Appice, Doug Aldrich, Jeff Pilson, and Scott Warren for “The Man On The Silver Mountain,” Anthrax and Adrenaline Mob’s takes on “Neon Knights” and “The Mob Rules”, Corey Taylor’s (Stone Sour, Slipknot) cover of the classic “Rainbow In The Dark”, Tenacious D’s (Jack Black and Kyle Glass) spin on “The Last In Line,” and many, many others.

RONNIE JAMES DIO: This Is Your Life Track Listing:

1. “Neon Knights” – Anthrax*
2. “The Last In Line” – Tenacious D*
3. “The Mob Rules” – Adrenaline Mob
4. “Rainbow In The Dark” – Corey Taylor, Roy Mayorga, Satchel, Christian Martucci, Jason Christopher*
5. “Straight Through The Heart” – Halestorm*
6. “Starstruck” – Motörhead with Biff Byford*
7. “The Temple Of The King” – Scorpions*
8. “Egypt (The Chains Are On)” – Doro
9. “Holy Diver” – Killswitch Engage
10. “Catch The Rainbow” – Glenn Hughes, Simon Wright, Craig Goldy, Rudy Sarzo, Scott Warren*
11. “I” – Oni Logan, Jimmy Bain, Rowan Robertson, Brian Tichy*
12. “Man On The Silver Mountain” – Rob Halford, Vinny Appice, Doug Aldrich, Jeff Pilson, Scott Warren*
13. “Ronnie Rising Medley (Featuring A Light In The Black, Tarot Woman, Stargazer, Kill The King)” – Metallica*
14. “This Is Your Life” – Dio

* Previously unreleased

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