Mojo - The Music Magazine

Richard Hell has re-recorded his 1982 album Destiny Street after branding the original a "high-pitched sludge of guitar noise".

"At the time of the original recording I was so debilitated by despair and drug-need that I was useless," Hell revealed. "The record ended up being a high-pitched sludge of guitar noise. It was a shame because the songs were clean, simple, and well-constructed, but those values were sabotaged by the inappropriate arrangements and production."

Recruiting three guitarists - Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell and original Voidoid Ivan Julian - Hell re-recorded the vocals for each track after unearthing the master rhythm tracks.

Destiny Street Repaired will be released on September 1.

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Dinosaur Jr. have revealed that an audio problem with European copies of their new album, Farm, may have resulted in the record being too loud.

The band's latest press release reads:

"Whilst duplicating the original master, the software program 'doubled' the sound layers resulting in a 3dB increase in the overall sound volume.

Anyone that has bought a copy of the album with the bar code number 5414939004926, should go to http://media.pias.com/dinosaurjrfarmcd and will be told how to exchange their copy.

The band are 'bummed' that this happened and are not taking the situation lightly.  Both Dinosaur Jr. and their label PIAS would like to offer their fans something extra for this inconvenience, so in addition to a replacement CD, fans can download a free ringtone of the single Over It".

Dinosaur Jr. hit the UK in August and September. They are set to play:

Oxford Academy (August 19)
Cambridge Junction (20)
Brighton Concorde 2 (21)
Sheffield Leadmill (September 3)
Anson Rooms @ Bristol University (5)
London Koko (25)

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Tom Wilkes, the Grammy Award-winning album art designer, has died at his home in California at the age of 69.

Throughout his career he worked on album covers for the likes of the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin and Neil Young. In 1967, Wilkes became the art director for the Monterey Pop Festival, going on to create all of the event's psychedelic posters and prints. During his subsequent tenure at A&M Records, he designed the covers for the Stones' Beggars Banquet, Neil Young's Harvest, Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Janis Joplin's Pearl, George Harrison's All things Must Pass and Concert for Bangladesh.

Wilkes is survived by his daughter, brother and three grandchildren.

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Paul McCartney will return to the stage of The Beatles first US TV triumph when he appears on the Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday (July 13).

The show is broadcast from New York's legendary Ed Sullivan Theater, the venue for the Fabs' American television debut in 1964.

McCartney's next US tour begins on July 17 at CitiField in New York before coming to and end in Dallas on August 19.

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And finally...Happy Birthday Roger McGuinn! The Byrds' jingle-jangle guitar maestro is 67 today. Here he is with the quintessential west coast folk-rockers in 1965...