2008 Record & CD Show
Date/Time: Saturday, August 16, 2008 (9AM-5PM) and Sunday, August 17, 2008 (10AM-4PM)
Location: The Cedars Club, 301 Green Springs Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205 Admission: $3.00

Dealer Information
Dealer Set-Up is Friday, August 15, 2008 ... 12:00 NOON and Limited early admission (MEMBERS ONLY) 2:00 p.m. . For info on reserving dealer table(s), contact Ben Saxon.

Hi Everyone:
I'm looking for airchecks of WVOK from the 1960s or 1970s. Please view my website at http://wvok-memories.tripod.com

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Most of us spend our time with recorded music. We buy and trade CDs, download music files and search for old 45s and LPs. Most of our concerts come to us via DVD or cable. It's convenient and available but it leads us away from something that I know we once valued highly.

I'm talking about live music. Maybe you first heard it in a tent revival or at picnic or an armory. Maybe in your own home, if you were lucky. It's a whole different thing from something that comes from tiny ipod earphones.

On February 24th, Hip-O Select.com, a division of Universal Music Enterprises, will release the fourth volume of "The Complete Motown Singles." The new installment, entitled "The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 4: 1964," showcases the early history of the classic soul label on a 6-CD, 163-track set. It will feature the A-side and B-side of every single released by Motown (and its subsidiaries) during the label's sixth year of existence; this volume is highlighted by hits -- from The Temptations, The Marvelettes, Martha & The Vandellas, Brenda Holloway, Marvin Gaye and more, plus a few fascinating obscurities. This collection will not be available at traditional retail; it will be sold exclusively online at www.hip-oselect.com and via Apple's iTunes site for electronic download.

Today marks the 47th anniversary of [w:The Day The Music Died], when a plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper. Below are links to some related articles that were recently published:

• How Buddy lives on
• Music legend's meteoric rise ended in a frozen Iowa farm field
• Ritchie Valens lives!

[w:Wilson Pickett] died of a heart attack at the age of 64 near his home in Virginia. The legendary soul singer was born on March 18, 1941 in Prattville, AL. Picket made his first mark in the music industry with [w:The Falcons] in late 1950s. In the 1960s, Pickett recorded several hits for Atlantic Records, including "In the Midnight Hour," "Mustang Sally," "I'm In Love" and "Land of 1000 Dances." This story is being by covered by Rolling Stone, News Day, and others.

Univeral Music is planning to release over 100,000 discontinued recordings from their vaults. Coverage from The Guardian: Record firms are now keen to attract both casual, older fans who like online shopping, and enthusiastic record collectors who hanker after long-lost recordings. The story is being covered by several other news outlets including Billboard, Reuters, and Bloomberg.