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Friday's Finale of Top Ones... and especially for The Trainspotters amongst you

Garbage 2.0 Version

Original 1998 UK Mushroom 12-track vinyl LP, includes I Think I'm Paranoid, Special and Push It, housed in a picture sleeve complete with lyric/picture inner sleeve MUSH29LP

 

THE TONY KINSEY QUINTET A 'Jazz At The Flamingo' Session

Incredibly rare 1957 UK 6-track mono live LP, recorded in London on May 16th that year in front of an appreciative & enthusiastic audience. The quintet at the time also featured Joe Harriot on Alto, Bob Efford on Tenor, Bill Le Sage on Piano & Vibes and Pete Blannin on Bass. Despite the flimsy constuction, the sleeve on this copy remains complete & free from major splits, although it has obviously seen better days. As is commonwith these flimsy fifties sleeves, the laminate has shrunk over time, resulting in some curl at the opening, with several areas scuffed & missing laminate. That said, with the exception of a small missing segment of the rear top scalloped flipback, the sleeve has remained clearly readable with just a little edge scuffing & a bit of general shelfwear to show for the past fifty five years. The vinyl is amazing & is a true testament to the quality of the pressing in that, despite some light surface marks, it plays through without skipping, burring or any sonic distortion. There is one scratch on side two which does make a 'click' during side two tracks two & three, but apart from that historic mishap the side plays through with the same high fidelity as side one. All in all a very respectable & playable copy of this great album at a fraction of the price of a 'mint' copy, so if you want to play it rather than frame it, this is a serious bargain LK4207

VARIOUS-TRANSPORT Steam On The Lickey Incline

Fabulous...1983 UK 6-track LP featuring the sounds of team locomotives at work on the Lickey Incline in the Summer of 1959. The record includes recordings of a Black Five, a Devonian, a Jubilee, a 4.F, Class 5s, a Crab, a 2.P & a 9.F, all in fantastic detail, issued as part of the very collectable 'Sounds Of The Steam Age' series, picture sleeve with extensive liner notes. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl is flawless ATR7026

Monday's Top Three - The Doors, Eraserhead & Seal!

THE DOORS Boot Yer Butt

Rare deleted 2003 official 4 x CD album box set limited to 5000 Copies. Comprising 56 Tracks of unreleased versions assembled from a variety of outstanding bootlegs by Doors guitarist Robby Krieger. Spanning 1967-1970, covering 25 venues in five countries including the earliest known live recordings of The Doors. Complete with detailed written commentary on each track, this set is a MUST for completists

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ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Eraserhead

Rare 1982 UK 5-track Alternative Tenticles Records label LP for the soundtrack to the first feature film from David Lynch who wrote, produced and directed the movie, featuring Fats Waller. Housed in a picture sleeve which has only a few light signs of age plus comes with the original inner sleeve; the viny is in near mint condition with only a couple of very light surface marks VIRUS30

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SEAL Seal - II

Out Of Print 1994 German 11-track vinyl LP - the second self-titled Seal album, including the singles Kiss From A Rose and Prayer For The Dying. Very hard to find now, especially in such beautiful mint conditon as this!

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Upcoming Killing Joke documentary due for 2011 release

Killing Joke are to feature in a new documentary film entitled 'The Death and Resurrection Show' scheduled for release this year. Trailers have been recently unleashed previewing the film which covers the past 30+ years of the band's career and will feature new and unseen footage!

The film is set to include both live work and studio sessions and features interviews with Jaz Coleman, Geordie and Youth, plus Jimmy Page, Peter Hook, Dave Grohl and more; discussing their sentiments on the band and just about everything else from religion to UFO's! Production comes from UK indie film-makers Coffee Films, New Zealand's ILC Productions and Jaz Coleman himself, with the multi-talented Shaun Pettigrew in the director's chair!

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Source: absoluteradio.co.uk

Creation Records documentary 'Upside Down' screening details announced

See the story of Oasis and Primal Scream's label next year



The Creation Records documentary 'Upside Down' is set to be screened next year.

Featuring interviews with Noel Gallagher, Bobby Gillespie and founder Alan McGee, the film tells the story of how the label that was home to Oasis and Primal Scream among others began, the bands it discovered and its financial dissolution in 1999. See below for screening details.

Speaking to NME, director Danny O’Connor described the film as, "A celebration of Creation, not an appraisal or review, a celebration of swagger and an attitude."

He also spoke of how the screenings won't be conventional viewing sessions. "Basically, it’s going to be like a night out," he said. "Everyone who buys a ticket gets an aftershow pass and we're going to
have DJs and hopefully a few bands playing. Also, at every single one of the parties, someone from the Creation story will be there. They might be from the bands or just a player in the story, like Irvine [Welsh] or Howard [Marks], but someone will be there.

Click here to read more and see clips of the interviews on the NME

Lemmy The Movie

It was inevitable, really. Directed and produced by Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski, the mutton chopped heavy metal icon will be the subject of a new rockumentary, setting the record straight on any number of Lemmy myths and legends. Interviews with friends, peers and admirers will include Dave Grohl, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, former Hawkwind bandmates Dave Brock and Stacia, Steve Vai and more.

Al Pacino to play Phil Spector in new biopic

Godfather star apparently saw 'a very interesting character' in music producer currently serving life sentence for murder


Al Pacino will reportedly take on the role of Phil Spector in a film about the music producer's life. According to the New York Times HBO Films plans to capture Spector's life in an as yet untitled movie, with Rain Man director Barry Levinson and writer David Mamet at the helm.

Spector was behind some of the biggest pop songs of the 1960s, notably the Ronettes' Be My Baby and the Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'. However, the producer, now aged 70, was found guilty in 2009 of murdering actress Lana Clarkson, for which he is serving a sentence of 19 years to life.

Clarkson was shot and killed at Spector's Los Angeles mansion in 2003. The producer was charged with her murder but a mistrial followed before he was eventually found guilty and sentenced last year. During
the 2009 trial, Spector racked up column inches for his outlandish choice of wigs and propensity for offering controversial soundbites, allegedly telling one reporter "she (Clarkson) kissed the gun".

Read the full story here on the Guardian.

Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury in Queen film

Shooting to begin next year on film that has co-operation of Mercury's estate and three surviving Queen members



He has played a mankini-wearing Kazakh and an Austrian fashion journalist with a penchant for anal bleaching, but Sacha Baron Cohen's next role might be his most outrageous yet – and for once, it's not fictional.

The Borat star will play Freddie Mercury in a film about the singer's glory days as the frontman of Queen, the band's guitarist Brian May confirmed today. "We have Sacha Baron Cohen, which will probably be a shock to a lot of people, but he's been talking with us for a long time," May told the BBC's
Hardtalk show.

The untitled film is being written by Peter Morgan, the British screenwriter behind The Queen, Frost/Nixon and The Last King of Scotland, producers said.

Read the full story on Guardian.co.uk

Sparks reveal plans for film based on their musical The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman

In an interview with Michael Silverblatt on his acclaimed KCRW radio show 'Bookworm', Ron and Russell Mael revealed that the award winning Canadian film director Guy Maddin is working with Sparks on the film realisation of their recent audio musical 'The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman' aided by Jason Schwartzman.

The interview reveals that Silverblatt, who has known Maddin since he was a teenager, gave a copy of the musical to Maddin who loved the material and, it turned out, is a fan of the band. ' am a big fan of Guy's films.he really is one of the best film makers in the world now. I was stunned when I first saw his films' declared Ron Mael in the interview

Click here to read the full story on Music News

Beatles director Richard Lester donates archives to BFI

The draft scripts for The Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night and Help have been donated to the British Film Institute by director Richard Lester.

Simply titled The Beatles and Beatles Two, they form part of Lester's archive, which is all going to the BFI. The treasures include correspondence from Hollywood stars Audrey Hepburn, Raquel Welch and Charlton Heston. The archive also contains a "begging letter" from Spike Milligan, who offers to do laundry in exchange for a job.

Click here to read the full story on the BBC

Liam goes to the movies

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, in collaboration with Revolution Films, is set to announce his first foray into movie production at Cannes next week. And yes, it’s Beatles related. Based on the old historic tale of the Fab Four’s final years as a group, as told by Richard DiLello in his 1972 book The Longest Cocktail Party, we're not sure who's playing Lennon yet, but here's some further details courtesy of The Guardian.

Audiophile OST Gets An Audiophile Makeover

Already an honorary entry in the 'TAS' audiophile list since its original release, Casino Royale is one zany soundtrack sound buffs go nuts for. And with good reason.

Recorded by super producer Phil Ramone with high grade tape for a much wider dynamic range than the norm, this is an LP that 43 years on still gives your stereo the ultimate workout.

Now we're proud to offer you the ultimate pressing. A 2009 US exclusive 4-LP limited edition on one-sided 45rpm 200gram Clarity Clear Virgin Vinyl - comprised of over 90% of the highest quality co-polymer available with NO carbon black additive meaning NO distortions and crystal clear playback.

As you bask in those rich Bacharach arrangements, it really will seem like Dusty is there in the room singing sweet nothings in your ear, just for you.

Björk & Gondry's 3D IMAX Project

Björk and Michael Gondry have an ambitious project up there sleeves, with "a few irons in the fire" in terms of its soundtrack. The Guardian divulge...

The Tale Of Creation Records

Directed by Danny O'Connor, Upside Down is set to tell the warts'n'all story of Alan McGee's notorious record label, founded with Dick Green and Joe Foster in 1983. No doubt a whole lot of debauchery was involved, but what else? The Guardian elaborate...

Hey Look Kids, There's Big Ben...

Apart from the classic pop music, dodgy haircuts and car crash fashion, the memories of us 80's teens are filled with classic movies of the decade. None are more memorable than those written or directed by John Hughes who sadly passed away last week.

Where would we be without greats such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Home Alone, Uncle Buck, the National Lampoon's Vacation movies and so many more...

Rest In Peace John and thanks for the movies that defined a generation.

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