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It's this special time of the year again! It's Record Store Day ! On the 16th of April 2011 the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. On Record Store Day there are special releases on vinyl & CD and exclusive promotional products. It's more than 700 stores in the US and hundreds more worldwide. There are two releases I especially like to mention: Plasticsoul & Brandon Schott Celebrating Big Star 's Third (ltd edition vinyl) there will be a Plasticsoul & Brandon Schott collaboration - a cover of Thank You Friends . You can have it here - but it's limited to 200 (digital) copies! Featuring Steven Wilson (of Plasticsoul) on lead vocals and acoustic guitar & Brandon Schott on background vocals, ukulale and toy piano. Recorded completely live to 4-track cassette in the living room of Brandon's then empty new house on May 10, 2010. So get it - fast! Foo Fighters The Foo Fighters...

Ron Sexsmith has a kind of magic in his voice: I was introduced to him by his seventh record "Retriever". At first listen I thought "well, it's okay". I gave it a second listen and thought "not bad!", then there was a third turn ... To sum it up: now it's one of my top 10 records of all time. Ron Sexsmith - Retriever 1. Hard Bargain 2. Imaginary Friends 3. Not About To Lose 4. Tomorrow In Her Eyes 5. From Now On 6. For The Driver 7. Wishing Wells 8. Whatever It Takes 9. Dandelion Wine 10. Happiness 11. How On Earth 12. I Know It Well Highlights are Imaginary Friends , Whatever It Takes , Not About To Lose , How On Earth and Happiness (a perfect pop song for a sunny day) Listen here:  

So here's a new thing: I made mix tapes (one for each artist). Not very innovative, no. But a good start to listen to them. Starting with... The Jim Boggia Collection 01 - So Full 02 - Listening TO NRBQ 03 - Several Thousand 04 - Live The Proof 05 - 8track 06 - Annie Also Ran (live) 07 - Show My Face Around 08 - To And Fro 09 - Johnnies Going Down 10 - Shine 11 - (That's Not Why) I Hate New York (live) 12 - No Way Out 13 - Made Me So Happy 14 - Underground 15 - Once 16 - On Your Birthday 17 - Three Weeks Shy 18 - Somebody To love 19 - Penny Lane 20 - Annie Also Ran (4 Way Street Edit) 21 - Several Thousand (4 Way Street Edit) Listen to the songs here (except the songs that only exist as live version):