I’ve finally upgraded the Message Boards software. We are now using bbPress, a free and open source forum software.
I was able to bring over all the old posts and user accounts, so you should be able to log on and start chatting. Just GO HERE:
The New Judy Henske Fan Message Boards
Enjoy!
http://www.myspace.com/judyhenskemusic
Is this official? Awaiting confirmation…
Thanks to Goatview from our message board for alerting us to these new clips.
“Wade in the Water” from Hootenanny Hoot
“God Bless The Child” from the Judy Garland Show
What is last.fm? I like Wikipedia’s description the best:
Last.fm is … a music recommendation system … that builds a detailed profile of each user’s musical taste, also recommending artists similar to their favorites, showing their favourite artists and songs on a customizable profile webpage, comprising the songs played on its stations selected via a collaborative filter, or optionally, recorded by a Last.fm plugin installed into its users’ music playing application.
Basically, if you listen to music on your computer or iPod, you can report every song played to last.fm, which keeps track of all your listening habits and produces charts. Beyond that, it allows people with similar tastes to become “friends” and form groups.
Hence, the Judy Henske fan group.
Registered last.fm users can join by going to the Judy Henske Fan group and clicking “join.”
People are starting to receive their copies of Big Judy. Here are some photos sent in by a fellow fan.
Harp Magazine has a short article/announement about Big Judy.
Henske Gets “Big Judy” Treatment from Rhino Handmade
Folk-rock pioneer Judy Henske is getting the big treatment. Rhino Handmade has released the career-spanning Big Judy: How Far This Music Goes (1962-2004)—a two-disc, 41-track anthology dedicated to Henske’s long, strange, trip from her early days with The Whiskeyhill Singers up through her comeback in 1999. The limited edition set (only 5,000 copies available) features four previously unreleased tracks, rare singles, and songs pulled from all of Henske’s other studio efforts.
Hopefully this is just the beginning of the Big Judy media blitz. I’m subscribed to Google Alerts, so I’ll post ‘em as I see ‘em.
Craig was kind enough to scan some of the artwork for Big Judy. These are scans of the artwork that they approved, so you’ll see writing and notes too. The packaging looks fantastic, and I can’t wait to see and hear it.
For those keeping score, the set was mastered by Dan Hersch at Digiprep.
Some words from Craig:
We are very excited about BIG JUDY, and I am urging her to do all she can to get out the word and do interviews etc. We’ve noticed some nice activity based around clips from Hootenanny on either My Space or You Tube. She wants to get her Garland appearance on You Tube as well- all of that type exposure being very good.
(I want to write more songs, make more records. and do more performing). So, the Rhino Handmade release is good for us both, imo. 2007 should be a year filled with heightened recognition of Judy’s talents, and opportunities for us to promote them via cds and live performing.
I’m told that Rhino is shipping the set now. Remember, you won’t be able to buy this in stores, and it’s limited to 5000 copies. To purchase it, go to the Rhino Handmade site and order now.
As mentioned last week, Rhino Handmade has released Big Judy: How Far This Music Goes (1962-2004). It’s limited to 5000 numbered copies. ORDER NOW!
Here’s the tracklist:
This is a fantastic tracklist. We get the original Judy Hart single, all the Reprise sides, a couple Mercury tracks, Rosebud, tracks from Farewell Aldebaran, four unreleased tracks and the cream of the crop from the last two CDs. I couldn’t ask for anything better!
Craig tells me the packaging is really nice, and features some rarely-seen photos.
Thanks to Robin, who posted this in the comments of the iTunes article.
Has anybody noticed this? There’s a 2CD item titled ‘Big Judy - How Far This Music Goes (1962-2004)’ which has shown up on amazon.co.uk for pre-order, with a tentative release date of February 19, 2007. No track listing, and further Googling has yet to yield any results. Anyone else got any info??
Amazon.uk lists it here, and also a “Limited” version here. Also listed as a 2-CD set at Townsend Records in the UK.
This must be the rumored collection from Rhino Handmade. Finally! Release date is supposed to be February 19. Still no mention of it on the Rhino Handmade website though…
Also of note, a vinyl edition of Farewell Aldebaran from Radioactive. So you’re telling me that they created the LP from an LP dub? Gee, thanks…
UPDATE: Just received word from Craig that Disc 1 will contain 18 tracks, and Disc 2 will contain 19. Disc 2 will feature 11 tracks from Loose in the World and She Sang California.
NOTE: ALL RHINO HANDMADE RELEASES ARE LIMITED EDITION. You’ll be able to order from the Rhino Handmade website. I’d go there instead of Amazon… you never know how quickly these will sell out.
In case you did not notice, the Message Board is offline. We’ve been bombarded with fake registrations, spam attempts and more. I’ve been putting it off until I have time to deal with it, which should be within the week. I apologize for the inconvenience, but those spammers make it tough, don’t they?
UPDATE: Still down… things have been crazy around here! I hope to update everything later this week.
UPDATE 2: The Message Board is OPEN.
