In news that might not be entirely surprising but is devastating nonetheless to anyone old enough to have owned Licensed to Ill on cassette, the great Adam Yauch aka MCA aka Nathanial Hörnblowér has died. He left behind a wife, a daughter and at least one truly stone-cold classic album. I fucking hate cancer.
Goddamnit. RIP MCA
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Forgive me for being more than a little excited about Light in the Attic Records‘ forthcoming Lee Hazlewood reissue campaign which got a soft kick off this past Saturday with the release of a double LP worth of Lee that looks and sounds just fantastic. The image above is what they chose for the cover which shows that they find absolutely nothing wrong with being sexy. Light in the Attic have already announced an absurdly affordable reissue of this limited edition LP to keep those who went without from being at the mercy of the enterprising individuals on ebay who take advantage of post-Record Store day demand, desperation and delusion. Well done, Light in the Attic, now get to work on the rest of those Lee LPs.
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Je t’aime… moi non plus. Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. 1969.
Portugese press of a Gainsbourg cover. Je t’aime by Sounds Nice.
French repress(?) of Comic Strip.
I came across this cassette—described by the ebay seller as a Jane Birkin demo—while looking for these 45s. It was priced at $70.00.
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The Band drummer/vocalist Levon Helm, pictured here with fellow Band-member (and now fellow dead man) Rick Danko, dead at age 71.
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Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand and America’s Oldest Teenager, dead at age 82.
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chained and perfumed 