Empty Cellar and Secret Seven at Vinyl In The Woods This Weekend

Empty Cellar is heading down to Big Sur this Saturday (July 3rd) with Secret Seven for the first annual Vinyl In The Woods record fair at the Henry Miller Library, co-sponsored by (((folkYEAH!))).

Described by the promoters as an all-day vinyl fair with a listening party, live music, surprise Rock’n’Roll movie, food and drink, and holiday weekend fun. It should indeed be… fun.

Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA
July 3, 2010, 11 am – 11 pm
$3 donation at door

In a press release, Magnus Toren, the Library’s Executive Director explained his longstanding love of vinyl as motivation for the event:

“When I was 14 years old in 1968 vinyl was the only way to buy music. I learned the English language through reading liner notes and translating lyrics because I was very interested in music. It’s nostalgia on one level and it also makes me think it’s too bad that young people now don’t get to have that.”

Babaloo, a Cuban food truck from Carmel Valley, will be providing eats, alongside many DJs and musical performances by Mystery Lights (Salinas) and SF’s Seventeen Evergreen.

Confirmed vendors at the fair include (in alphabetical order):

* Amoeba Records (SF/LA)
* B Music/Finders Keepers (LA)
* Burger Records (Fullerton, CA)
* Drag City (Chicago, IL)
* FutureRecordings (San Diego, CA)
* Vinyl Revolution (Monterey, CA)
* Vinyl Isle (Morro Bay, CA)
* Origami Vinyl (Los Angeles)
* Kemado/Mexican Summer (Brooklyn)
* Metamusic (Santa Cruz)
* Secret Seven (San Francisco)
* Empty Cellar (San Francisco)
* Plus many independent vendors too!

It will certainly be a rad time. If you are still need convincing, then check out this stirring promo vid:



Tim Cohen – Laugh Tracks, Out Now on Captured Tracks


11 Small Things Matter
Tim Cohen’s second solo outing is now available from Captured Tracks! It features a slightly tighter and more fleshed-out rock and roll vibe than The Two Sides of Tim Cohen… and is BALLIN’!!! Tim’s dad is the guest vocalist on the poignant closing track, “Small Things Matter” (listen above). Pick up a copy directly from Captured Tracks.



Pillars and Tongues – Lay of Pilgrim Park, in Signal To Noise

We at Endless Nest love Signal To Noise, so naturally we are stoked to see Pillars and Tongues – Lay of Pilgrim Park reviewed in the lastest issue (Issue #58 | Summer 2010). Swing by your local independent record shop or book store to pick up a copy and support one of the few great music quarterlies still in print.



Secret Seven Announces Reissue of Classic Michael Yonkers LP – Goodby Sunball



Secret Seven Records is proud to release the first ever reissue of the lost psych-folk LP ‘Goodby Sunball’ by cult favorite, Michael Yonkers. Privately released in 1974, ‘Goodby Sunball’ was recorded at Yonkers’ home studio a few years after ‘Microminiature Love’ and just before ‘Lovely Gold’. Remastered from the original LP by Ben Tuttle. Limited to 500 copies.

This record is amazing. Full of simple beauty and quiet heartbreak. So good in fact, that Grace Sings Sludge (Grace Cooper of The Sandwitches) felt compelled to record a cover of the album track “Oh Can You Tell Me” (listen to the Yonkers original HERE).

Oh can you tell me, as performed by Grace Sings Sludge

“The music for ‘Goodby Sunball’ was written during the recovery period following serious spine surgery. The surgery had not gone well, i was laid up for months, and had to learn to walk again. So, the music was written using an acoustic guitar, while laying in bed. When i was able to be up and around more, i started recording the songs…a little at a time.It took about 7 months. i recorded the tracks in the little studio i had in my place. It was all recorded on two-channel, tube type machines (back and forth between machines). The vocals were done in the bathroom, to give an expanded sound.”
– Michael Yonkers

Side One: Goodby Sunball / Tell Me Of Love / The Day Of Jubilee / Angel Of The Snow / The Swamp Of Love / Anne Is My Lassie / Another Day / Morning Of Love / Someone Like You

Side Two: Early Wakin’ Morning / Strange And Lonely Land / Oh Can You Tell Me / Time Honored Love / Goodby Sunball

It will be available in stores on July 7th, but you can pick it up early from Secret Seven or the Endless Nest Store. All orders will ship shortly before the release date.



Announcing The Sandwitches – Duck, Duck, Goose! 12″ EP!

Empty Cellar and Secret Seven Records are excited to announce The Sandwitches new One-Sided 12″ EP – Duck, Duck, Goose!

On their latest Vinyl release, Heidi and Grace from San Francisco’s The Sandwitches perform four heartbreaking acoustic lullabies interwoven with the spookiest sessions of Duck, Duck, Goose! ever caught on tape. Recorded and Produced by Wymond Miles (The Fresh & Onlys) and The Sandwitches, Duck, Duck, Goose! features haunting renditions of Tim Cohen’s “Rock of Gibraltar” (a bonus track from the Two Sides of Tim Cohen), and of the Oscar-nominated ballad “Baby Mine”, from what some say is the most heartbreaking moment in Disney cartoon history. Stamped on one-sided 12″ vinyl, the initial pressing of this EP is limited to 500 copies brought to you by Empty Cellar and Secret Seven Records.

The record will be released on July 13th and is currently available for presale at the Empty Cellar and Secret Seven Records stores.

Check out this devastating video of The Sandwitches’ rendition of “Baby Mine” for a sneak preview:

The Sandwitches – “Baby Mine” from Empty Cellar on Vimeo.


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