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YIP-YIP!
Dinner is served!
VELVETONE
See Yip-Yip! at Velvetone's website
CCD 12010
CrossCut Records/In-Akustik
Buy this CD at CrossCut Mailorder – a division of Bear Family Records
This menu was opened on vinyl with two culinary taste-sensations - now the complete album is served on CD!
This combo-plate disc emerges from Velvetone's collective creative kitchen, played 100% live, seasoned with a pinch of overdubs.
Soul food, that blends the snottiness of early Rock'n'Roll with the flavors of Rhythm & Blues and Country Music - - Celebrity chefs like Morricone and Neil Young are saluting from the background.
Fourteen new songs, auto-bio-fictional, dealing with 'Heart & Soul': atmosphere substituting 50s-style-authenticity, dark, moody and soulful.
The satisfaction of a great meal minus all the unnecessary frills.
Like good home cooking, it'll leave you wanting more.
3rd Millennium Rock'n'Roll!
Here, the forgotten elementary power of a timeless sound is conjured - atmosphere counts more than authenticity. Gloomy, soulful and sly, and always with a crafty smile they demonstrate that not only bands like Los Lobos keep this musical style fresh & alive. Willy DeVille, The Stray Cats and others recognized and appreciated Velvetone's quality and invited them on their respective tours as special guests. Wanda Jackson, "America' s first female rock'n'roll singer", engaged them as her touring band.
Velvetone is the soundtrack to a Sam Peckinpah flick, a road movie just waiting to be shot.
Greasy Rock'n'Roll ,R&B, Rockabilly, Soul, Country... Roots Rock á la Velvetone!
1995
Velvetone get started
1996
Bear Family Records release the band's debut 10"-vinyl record
"Velvetone" (B10 10002).
Gigs with James Intveld, The Paladins a.o. in Europe follow.
1998
One Million $ Records release Velvetone's first CD
"Vari-O-Sonic" (OMD $ 031.
2001
CrossCut Records , Europe's finest record label for roots & blues related music, gets to be the band's new musical home, starting with
"Dark Blossom" (CCD 12003).
Wanda Jackson joins the band in the studio and contributes her vocals to the band's own version of 'Funnel Of Love', and takes the guys on the road as her touring band in Germany.
The video 'Violent Man' is released, and Velvetone play support shows for the Brian Setzer Trio, Willy DeVille a.o., all over Germany.
2004
'Switchback Ride' is released, and the band shows up in May 2005 at the Hemsby Rock'n'Roll Weekender, the Belgian Sjock Festival in 2006, and many, many places along and off the German autobahn and accross the borders.
2007
To deliver a foretaste of our forthcoming full CD album release on CrossCut Records, "Yip-Yip!" (CCD 12010) CrossCut Records have decided to offer a special vinyl - yes: VINYL! - edition featuring two soulful tracks from the album, "Lil' Bad Thing" / "Seven".
The sound is pure Velvetone, wild and rough, sweet and soulful at the same time.
The 45 single is available as a regular release on black vinyl (CCR 4501). The white vinyl version is limited to 250 copies, numbered (CCR 4501 LTD).
2008
CrossCut Records release the CD 'Yip-Yip' on January 25, 2008.