Long Island, NY | PRONG Celebrates ‘State Of Emergency’ Album Release With Performance At Long Island Record Store: PRONG celebrated the release of its thirteenth studio album, “State Of Emergency”, last Friday (October 6) by playing a special set Record Stop in Patchogue, New York. Earlier today (Tuesday, October 10), PRONG shared photos of the performance on Instagram and included the following message: “THANK YOU! “Big shoutout to every that showed up at Record Stop last Friday and to every single one of you that has grabbed a copy of ‘State of Emergency’ or have listened via the different streaming platforms! “‘State of Emergency’ reached #5 in Amazon Metal Best Sellers in the US and in Germany over the weekend! “‘State of Emergency’ out now – Listen everywhere!”
Santa Monica, CA | A small coffee is the gateway to a lifetime of music at Endless Noise: It would take a lifetime to listen to all 10,000 vinyl albums available at Santa Monica’s Endless Noise but fortunately for audiophiles, the production studio also houses a hidden coffee shop to keep the mind spinning as fast as the records. For almost 30 years, Endless Noise studios has worked with varying artists, composers, companies, films, and more. Their work is wide-reaching and nuanced, while maintaining a very personal, community feel. During those decades, owner Jeff Elmassian amassed his massive record collection and always imagined a time where he would turn his hobby into a business but it wasn’t until he opened the collection to the clients of the production company and paired the experience with a strong Turkish coffee that co-Creative Director Dave Chapman said the time was right to expand Endless Noise into a fully functional vinyl record store and coffee shop. The combination recording studio/record store/cafe now provides an auditory oasis on the city’s southeast edge.
Peoria, IL | Indie record store gets a new lease on life in a Forgottonia farm shed: Most people wouldn’t expect to find a record store on a rural farm off of a gravel road in Fulton County. That’s why you may be surprised when there’s a sign for a local business called Shandi’s Music and More. Bob Long has owned and operated Shandi’s since its founding in 1999. The store used to be located in the nearby town of Canton, but had to close in 2016. After a hiatus, Long reopened Shandi’s this past August, with the store now located in a shed on his farm. “It was a building that was on the farm, and we needed a place to open, and so we just decided to just go ahead and do it here,” Long said. Long chose to reopen Shandi’s in the new location due to online demand from regular customers. “People asked all the time, ‘hey is the store gonna reopen? We want some music,’” Long said, illustrating how his customers were willing to drive from anywhere to shop at the store.
Dundee, UK | Boxes of vinyl from legendary Dundee record shop Groucho’s fetch £17k+ at auction: Some of the displays were bought by those hoping to convert the Nethergate site into a music-themed bar. Boxes of vinyl records from legendary Dundee record shop Groucho’s have fetched more than £17,000 at auction. A total of 460 lots made up of remaining stock from the shop went under the hammer with Curr and Dewar on Tuesday. Lots included hundreds of boxes full of records, shop displays, memorabilia, electrical items, phonographs and stereos. Lasting more than three hours, the auction attracted more than 650 dealers, collectors and bargain hunters alike online and in person. Auctioneer Steven Dewar said: “Auctions like this one are always exciting because no two lots are the same. “There were lots of unique items in the Groucho’s sale. “It’s a real feather in the cap for us to be asked and it was a privilege to be the auctioneer.”
Cleveland, OH | Historic Vinyl Disc Cutting Lathe from Cleveland’s SUMA Recording Studio Undergoes Restoration: A YouTube series will document the machine’s transformation. Back in 2018, Clint Holley III, who runs Bristol, VA-based Well Made Music, was contacted to decommission an AM32b lathe at SUMA Recording Painesville while renovations at the famed recording studio were completed. The lathe sat idle at SUMA for five years. Until now. Recently, Holley and Well Made Music Senior Mastering Engineer Dave Polster drove up to SUMA to move the lathe out of the studio for the first time in over 45 years. “The lathe definitely needs a lot of work, but we are up for the challenge and confident about a successful outcome,” says Holley, who intends to restore the rare piece of machinery, in a press release. Holley, Polster and a crew of Neumann lathe experts aim to make the instrument into one of the finest disc cutting lathes in the whole wide world.
Black Sabbath to re-release Ozzy-era ’70s albums on picture disc vinyl: Black Sabbath’s classic first eight albums will be released together via Hand Of Doom, a lovely new limited-edition picture disc box set… Black Sabbath have just announced a new picture disc box set, Hand Of Doom. The limited-edition release—which drops on December 1—consists of the band’s classic first eight albums with Ozzy Osbourne, from their legendary self-titled debut in 1970 through to 1978’s Never Say Die!. (If you need a reminder, between them came 1970’s Paranoid, the following year’s Master Of Reality, 1972’s Vol 4, 1973’s Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, and then 1975’s Sabotage and the following year’s Technical Ecstasy). As well as all this iconic music, Hand Of Doom features the artwork printed on Side A of each record. For Black Sabbath, Vol 4, Technical Ecstasy and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath there’ll be ‘original back album artwork on Side B’, whereas on the other LPs it’ll feature era-specific photos of the band on the flip side.
Best of The Corrs set for limited edition vinyl reissue: Iconic Irish band The Corrs have announced that Best of The Corrs will be made available on vinyl for the first time, with a special limited edition reissue, featuring three newly recorded Fleetwood Mac cover tracks. Set for release on December 1st, the record will be reissued in a limited edition 2LP gold vinyl format and expanded 2 CD collection. Released in 2001, Best Of The Corrs is an impressive 21-track double platinum hits collection, compiling tunes from the band’s first three records; with tracks such as Breathless, Runaway, What Can I Do, Radio and Dreams — amongst many more. Originally from Dundalk, The Corrs—Andrea, Sharon, Caroline and Jim—started their career gigging in in local pubs around Ireland, releasing their debut album Forgiven, Not Forgotten in 1990. Since then, the band has seen sustained international renown, releasing seven records throughout their lengthy career, including their platinum selling 1997 sophomore effort, Talk on Corners.
Stone Temple Pilots Are Reissuing ‘Nº 4’ on Vinyl: The release is part of Atlantic Records’ 75th anniversary celebrations. Stone Temple Pilots are reissuing their seminal album Nº 4 on vinyl. The release coincides with Atlantic 75 – the 75th anniversary celebrations for the label. The record arrives October 19 on exclusive Black and White Cornetto vinyl with lacquers cut by Barry Grint at AIR Mastering. The band’s hit album Nº 4 originally came out on October 26, 1999. Produced by Brendan O’Brien (AC/DC, The Killers, Bruce Springsteen), the album produced two hit singles—“Down” and “Sour Girl.” The ultra-heavy “Down” garnered the band a GRAMMY® Award nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. The music video for the Billboard Hot 100-charting “Sour Girl” was in constant rotation on MTV and VH1, and earned the band a VMA nomination for Best Cinematography. Both songs became Top 5 Mainstream Rock hits for the group. In addition to the the album’s two hit singles, other songs like “Heaven & Hot Rods” and “No Way Out” also dominated the radio waves.
