On Saturday, we have an annual event occurring in Record Store Day. Record Store Day is a celebration of a store atmosphere, a location that we were able to walk into, amidst a hurricane of music and information that has since devolved into digital "stores" like Amazon, and iTunes. I have very warm memories of flipping through LPs in many stores that dotted the cities and towns of our world. Since, many have disappeared into oblivion. Troubling.

There are still stores here and there. Many of them are simply stores that house old LPs. Some of those also sell new LPs in a time that is seeing a resurgence of interest in the once thought dead format. Record Store Day is designed to get us back into the store, to once again rebuilt a dying coterie that visited these places.

I'll revisit these thoughts on Friday but if you live near a still working Record Store, get out to one on saturday and show your support. After that, keep visiting if only to just immerse yourself in the atmosphere. The benefit is that you'll once again regain a lost feeling of comfort that you once enjoyed in the past. If you're young, then create a habit and help us to make the Record Store a force yet again.

I have two reviews for you that include the just released Legacy Edition/Deluxe Edition of Raw Power by Iggy and the Stooges. Additionally, I have a review of Iconoclassic Records' recently released remastered and expanded reissue of Twice Removed From Yesterday, the excellent debut of Robin Trower.

As some of you know, I have recreated this MusicTAP website. It's in the process of being completed after 6 months of intensive work, I'm hoping that you'll like it as much as I do. Here's the link; take a peek. I'm continually updating it even though it is not live as of yet. If you have suggestions, let me know. I've already fielded a few and have made some changes. There are also some lids being closed on some things, most notably the review pages. I'm reducing the info (removing the Facebook, MySpace, Last FM buttons and links, produced by info, etc) that is found within the content of the pages. Click the lnk below to get a sneak peek.

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I want to alert TAP readers to the fact that I have finally put together a FaceBook fan page that you can access and join by clicking on the badge below.  What this offers is the exact same thing as my Twitter feeds provide and that is first buzz on upcoming releases and free offered downloads, many announcements  that beat our main post, sometimes by days.  We also provide a Google BUZZ page that expands on most of the Twitter/FB feeds. On Buzz, you can even hear the music stream if a stream is offered.  There are still things that I'm working on in the FB page, like calender notes as well as links to great sites like The Second Disc.  I invite you to join us at our FB page and bookmark it.  Visit it daily and you'll be rewarded with much news and info.  Of course, you'll still want to come to the main MusicTAP page for our noisy commentaries.  Remember, with our Twitter feeds, you can elect to receive the news bursts as text on your mobile phone keeping you effortlessly up to date with stuff.  Lots of choices.  Find one, or two, that fits.

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Atlantic and Rhino Records will reissue Can't Slow Down (2009) by Foreigner on May 18. Wal-Mart exclusivity has ended and now the CD will be available elsewhere.

Warner Brothers will release the new album by Everest called On Approach on CD and 180g LP. The album is planned for May 11.

We've already mentioned the upcoming Sea of Cowards release by The Dead Weather a few posts back but since I have a cover shot, I thought I'd get this back up. BTW, it's coming on May 11.

A while back, we had mentioned the assembly of a Wishbone Ash collection in the UK. The US now gets a crack at that compilation called Rock 'n' Roll Widowers: An MCA Travelogue, planned for June 8 by UMe Imports. Another 'best of' from UMe Imports include The Face - The Best of Visage, also planned for June 8. Both arrive as CD and DD (Digital Download).

Epic Records will release a Collector's Edition LP of Hourglass by Lamb of God on June 1.

Savannah Jo Lack will release Knitting Songs on July 27. Introduce yourself to her brand of Rock and Violin at her MySpace page.

Polydor Records will re-release a CD 'best of' for Abba called Forever Gold. This set is scheduled for May 4 by Polydor Records.

UMe Imports also plans a CD issue of The World Is Yours by Caravan on June 8.

Capitol Records will release a Soul title from Eli "Paperboy" Reed called Come and Get It on August 10. The album will be released first in the UK on May 10 via Parlophone/EMI.

Two more UMe Imports re-releases feature catalogue titles by Mike Oldfield. The two titles are Ommadawn (1975), and Hergest Ridge (1974). Both are scheduled for June 8.

Ours frontman, Jimmy Gnecco will release his first solo album through Bright Antenna Records called The Heart. The Heart will be released on July 20.

Fuel Records will reissue Rebel Road (2008) by Edgar Winter on June 15.

Hip-O Select Records will reissue Live at The Forum by The Jackson Five on CD and scheduled for June 22.