STREET WEEK CD RELEASE PARTY AND SPECIAL ACOUSTIC SET WITH LUDO

After time served at Warped Tour, SXSW, Lollapalooza and every late night TV show you can think of, St. Louis' LUDO are back and are ready to deliver to you "Prepare the Preparations", the incredible follow up to their national breakout release "You're Awful, I Love You" . To celebrate the release of "Prepare the Preparations" which includes the new single "Whipped Cream", LUDO will be performing a very special acoustic set inside Vintage Vinyl at 8:00PM on September 8th. Come in and pre-buy the record before street date and receive your pass into the instore performance by LUDO that will start up at 8:00PM. The band will be hanging out after their performance to meet & greet and sign copies of their new CD. The acoustic instore performance is a "private" show and to gain entry you must purchase "Prepare the Preparations" from Vintage Vinyl and the acoustic instore is a "to capacity" event so pre-buy your CD today!!!

VINTAGE VINYL HAS AMAZING ART FROM STEVE KEENE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!!!

Though you may not know his work by name, you most definitely know Steve Keene's art by sight. Having done art for such artists as Pavement, Silver Jews, Apples in Stereo, Dave Matthews Band and many more, Keene is internationally known for his inspired yet economical art and Vintage Vinyl is proud to be able to offer Steve Keene art for sale! Stop by Vintage Vinyl and see the amazing selection of Steve Keene originals that are now available for sale!

KETC CHANNEL NINE CAPTURES VINTAGE VINYL IN ACTION!

Check this clip for the wonderful feature that recently ran on KETC television highlighting our store---we can’t disagree with anything they said! Big thanks to Ms. Angela Antkowiak with KETC’S local origination show Living St. Louis for really getting the story and bringing the camera right down front for Record Store Day 2010! CLICK HERE TO WATCH

VINTAGE VINYL IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF MUSIC BY TWO GREAT ARTISTS, OLIVER SAIN and U-ROY: St. Louis Breakdown: The Best Of Oliver Sain on Sain Sound Records, and Foundation Skank: Rare Sides By The DJ Originator, on Sound System Records.

Both are available on CD and 180-gram vinyl presses, and from the time we announced plans for their release in 2008 there were inquiries and expressions of interest both here in our hometown as well as from friends nationally and around the world. This is fitting, for both men have created a body of work that over time only grows in reputation around the globe.

	1. Oliver Sain - Soul Serenade 2. Oliver Sain - St. Louis Breakdown 3. Oliver Sain - Bus Stop
	OLIVER SAIN ST. LOUIS BREAKDOWN-BEST OF OLIVER SAIN
	LP $14.99	CD $12.99

OLIVER SAIN was the single most influential musician in the St. Louis area from 1960 to his death in 2003; no one had as great an impact as this bandleader/songwriter/producer/studio owner in nearly a half-century of dominance. But beyond his hometown, Sain gained international respect and admiration for his distinctive sound as an alto saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist.

Yes, he wrote material for which others (Fontella Bass, Ann Peebles) achieved chart hits, with a telling gift for crafting songs for female vocalists (blues singer Tracy Nelson has been quoted as saying his song “Walk Away” being as fine a lyric ever written for a woman), and always had the best working band St. Louis could boast, but as a soloist in the blues/soul/funk realm, only Maceo Parker is comparable as having such a signature sound and original tone. His influence on no less than St. Louis native David Sanborn is obvious, and the recordings on St. Louis Breakdown show a master of the studio world framing his great playing over original compositions as well as songs by others that became so transformed by Oliver, his versions are arguably definitive. Specifically, his stirring, strutting version of ‘Soul Serenade’ was a rallying cry for his fans in our city----his four-note introduction to this King Curtis number would evoke standing ovations and cheers at the shows and club appearances he made throughout his career.

We are so proud of making available again the music of Oliver Sain, a man we admired and loved as one does your best of friends. PERHAPS one day, our city will posthumously recognize this cultural icon; in the meantime, listen to his music, and be amazed and gladdened. Give a listen, and you will understand.

	1. U Roy - Foundation Skank 2. U Roy - Rhytm Train 3. U Roy - Creation Rebel
	U ROY FOUNDATION SKANK-1971-75 RARE SIDES BY THE DJ ORIGINATOR
	LP $14.99	CD $12.99

“YOU CAN BEAT ME, BUT YOU JUST CAN’T BEAT THE WORD”

At this point, U-ROY inhabits a status similar in reggae as Louis Armstrong did in his later years: The unchallenged innovator, so responsible and influential on those who followed his ground-breaking achievements, it’s impossible to imagine how the music of their respective nations would exist without them. Still in full possession of his musical skills and in demand on stages around the world, Jamaica’s greatest DJ has received his nation’s highest cultural award, The Order Of Distinction, in the rank of Officer. As one of the most enduring of Jamaican artists, his influence extends to non-reggae forms; as Leroy Pierson noted in the liner notes for Foundation Skank: 1971-1975 Rare Sides by the DJ Originator,

“To the extent that Hip Hop owes a debt to Jamaican music, that debt is owed equally to U Roy.”

This is our second release by U Roy on our label devoted to Jamaican music, Sound System (the first, The Lost Album: Right Time Rockers being rated as ‘essential’ in ‘The Rough Guide To Reggae’), and it gathers the very rarest of his recorded music, almost entirely from releases on his various labels in Jamaica between the years 1971-75. These include Roy’s personal choices of hits by producers such as Lee Perry, Bunny Lee, and others, transformed by him into dialogues with the top vocalists of that time: Ken Booth, Delroy Wilson, Slim Smith, Dennis Brown, Linval Thompson, and Johnnie Clarke. Top producers were so desirous of having the #1 DJ record for them they readily allowed him use of their best sides, and today these records stand as the equal to Roy’s best work in the 1970s. Anyone who wishes to hear one of the greatest of reggae’s founders in full-flight of his talents should give Foundation Skank a listen; we anticipate there will not be as impressive an example of 70s reggae made available in 2009, and a Grammy Nomination would not be out of place.

Yes, it’s that good----Who Feels It Knows It.

Rick Wood's Concert Diary - Vol. 92

4/21/10 Anders Parker/Will Johnson, House Concert.  This was show number 23 on the current house concert tour by this pair of indie/cult band front men.  Their booking agency has lined up host houses all over the country and sells printable tickets online.  Since these guys do an acoustic, unamplified thing, just about anyone can host a show.  It’s a very cool grass-roots/homegrown, alternative-model, community-based thing.  Dave and I followed the mapquest directions that were emailed to me and ended up standing among about fifteen dudes (and two women) standing out on the sidewalk, each with our printout tickets in hand (and a six-pack in the other), waiting for the hosts to open the gate in their fence and let us in. 
 
A few minutes later, the gate opened and we all filed in to this high-ceilinged,

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