ATTEND A BLACK CROWES SOUNDCHECK PARTY!!!

Vintage Vinyl is excited to be the proud host of an exclusive "Black Crowes Soundcheck Listening Party" on August 27th at 5:30PM at The Pageant! The band has a brand new release coming out, "Croweology", and if you pre-buy a copy of it on LP or CD from Vintage Vinyl you will receive one free pass to the band's soundcheck at their last show at The Pageant before their extended hiatus. 

To attend this special event, you must have the extremely limited pass that comes with pre-buying "Croweology".  Due to the schedule at this time, there is no meet & greet however this is a unique opportunity and extremely limited capacity event so don't delay, pre-buy your copy of "Croweology", which will be released on August 3rd!

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

GET YOURS WHILE THEY LAST AND “DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB”

We still have a few copies left of our self-produced Record Store Day release, “Don’t Quit Your Day Job”. Featuring Vintage Vinyl employees/owners, pressed on beautiful pink vinyl and a CD of the full album enclosed. Only $9.99!  Drop by the store for yours today or click here to buy one online right now!

VERILY! THE HILLS AND STREETS AND LOOP WERE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF RECORD STORE DAY
 
A huge collective thank you THANK YOU!! to all our good friends and participants in RECORD STORE DAY Saturday April 17^th, our once-a-year all day celebration of Music Store Culture…
 
All of us did it right---thanks to everyone who stood in line before we opened,
as well as all our later-arriving customers, friends, well-wishers and musical guests through the day-long celebration.
 
We are your ‘local-grown, internationally known’ Music Store, and doing this in our Delmar Loop location underlines our 30 years of serving one of the great
foundation cities in American music---as you know, we take our job as a serious and enjoyable calling, and this Annual event has become when we celebrate how stores such as Vintage Vinyl through the nation bring an experience no website or download can equal.
 
A special Shout-Out to our libation savior PABST BLUE RIBBON BEER for the complimentary brew as well as Monster Energy Drink, Yelp and to all of our guest DJs, Artists and Musicians.
 
Oh, I think we gotta do this again in 2011, yes yes yes….

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. 91

3/18/10 SXSW Thursday.  After a sleepless Wednesday night and an uneventful Thursday morning flight, I took my rented car (my first ever, at SXSW) through some intense, bumper-to-bumper traffic, arriving at Jovita’s right before the first band was to take the stage for the Twangfest/KDHX party.  It was a relief to be out of the traffic and all set for an afternoon of live music.  But almost as soon as I got out of the car, I was sent back out to get a few cases of bottled water and $100 in small bills.  On the plus side, I got to hear “Ballad Of El Goodo” by Big Star (R.I.P. Alex Chilton) on the radio.
 
By the time Nicole and I got back to Jovita’s, Tim Easton was almost done with his opening set.  Backed by drums, guitar and bass (Alex from Grand Champeen), they closed things out with a bluesy rock

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