Giveaway: Win a Copy of the Remastered Version of Paul & Linda McCartney's Ram

Here's your chance to win a copy of the remastered version of Paul & Linda McCartney's 1971 album Ram.

Just issued by Hear Music/Concord, this album sounds better than in any previous version and captures McCartney in the early days after the breakup of the Beatles. Included are the number 1 hit Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey along with other classic tracks like Too Many People, Heart of the Country and The Back Seat of My Car.

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Chart Watch Britain: Death of Robin Gibb Pushes Bee Gees 34 to 5; Tom Jones In at 8; Cult Have Biggest Studio Album in 20 Years

The passing of Robin Gibb has pushed the Bee Gees album Number Ones from 34 to 5 this week giving them the biggest selling album by a veteran artist in England. Now in its third run on the chart, that's the highest the album has ever been. It had previously made it to 7 in 2004 and 29 in 2006.

There are a number of new albums by veteran artists this week topped by Tom Jones' Spirit in the Room which starts at number 8. That's off from 2010's Praise and Blame which started at number 2.

At number 20 is Choice of Weapon by the Cult. That's their highest they've been with a new studio album since 1991's Ceremony reached number 9.

Slash premiers at 27 with Apocalyptic Love.  His last album started at 17.

Finally, at 41 is the new remastered version of Paul & Linda McCartney's Ram, an album that originally topped the charts in 1971.

Chart of June 2, 2012

Top 100 Albums

TW	LW	Title	Artist
1	3	Our Version of Events	Emeli Sande
2	N	Driving Towards the Daylight	Joe Bonamassa
3	4	21	Adele
4	N	Born and Raised	John Mayer
5	34	Number Ones	Bee Gees
8	N	Spirit in the Room	Tom Jones
20	N	Choice of Weapon	Cult
27	N	Apocalyptic Love	Slash
35	R	Ultimate	Bee Gees
37	21	Release Me: The Best of	Engelbert Humperdinck
41	N	Ram	Paul & Linda McCartney
56	36	MDNA	Madonna
62	69	Legend	Bob Marley & the Wailers
68	50	Wrecking Ball	Bruce Springsteen
71	53	18 Hits	ABBA
76	58	Greatest Hits	Bon Jovi
81	62	Rumors	Fleetwood Mac
87	80	Greatest Hits	Guns N' Roses
90	81	Greatest Hits	Bruce Springsteen
97	R	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
98	78	The Very Best of	Bread
99	63	Like Comedy	Proclaimers
100	110	Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA
		Dropped Out:
49	49	Shapshifter	Santana
67	67	The Journey: The Very Best of	Donna Summer
73	73	Heroes	Willie Nelson
84	84	Take Me Home	John Denver
85	85	Soup: Cream of	Beautiful South / Housemartins
97	97	Gold: Greatest Hits	Carpenters

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Listen: Dayglo Reflection by Bobby Womack (Featuring Lana Del Rey)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Bobby Womack is about to release The Bravest Man in the Universe, his first studio album in over ten years. Previously, he has released videos to promote the tracks Please Forgive Me and the title song from the album and now here's the third preview, Dayglo Reflection featuring last year's "it" girl, Lana Del Rey.

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Robin Gibb to Have Public Memorial in September

Robin John and Robin Gibb

The family of Robin Gibb have announced that there will be a public memorial for the late singer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London this coming September. He will be buried in a private ceremony in the coming days.

Gibb died on May 20 and his son, Robin-John, told Britain's Sunday Express that "The end was peaceful and dignified. It was only later that I cried and cried."

The younger Gibb also said that his father died of kidney failure. "Dad had actually gone into remission and the cancer was completely unrecognizable. No scan could see it. He was then dosed with sedatives to deal with the side effects of his chemotherapy and his liver just couldn't process them. He deteriorated to the point where it started to affect his kidneys as well … It was a really sudden downturn."

RJ went on to say a last effort was made through a blood transfusion but, twelve hours later, he died.

Robin-John will continue to make appearances at performances of The Titanic Requiem which he composed with his father.

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Julien's Auctions Selling Elvis' Original Crypt, Items From the Estate of Les Paul

Julien's Auctions has two big sales coming up in June, one focusing on the guitar and technology wizard Les Paul and the other on a variety of memorabilia including Elvis Presley's original crypt.

The Les Paul Estate Auction will be held on June 8 and 9 in Beverly Hills and include 741 lots of items from throughout the innovator's career. Among the big items:

• Late-1950's Gibson Les Paul Custom Guitar. Signed. (est. $60,000 - 80,000)
• Late-1960's/early-1970's Mixing Console (est. $40,000 to 60,000)
• 1968 Gibson Prototype Les Paul Guitar. Signed (est. $40,000 to 60,000)
• 1951 Fender No-Caster. Gift from Leo Fender to Paul. Signed by Fender. (est. $40,000 to 60,000)
• 1982 Gibson Les Paul Prototype Recording Model Serial No. 001 (est. $20,000 to 30,000)

Two weeks later, on June 23 and 24, Julein's will hold a Sports Legends/Music Icons auction with almost 1,000 lots. 

Probably the strangest lot of the auction is number 796A, Elvis Presley's Original Crypt. It is located in Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis and, for a time, was the resting place of both Presley and his mother Gladys while Vernon Presley worked with the city to allow the two bodies to be buried on private property at the Graceland mansion. The auction is for the crypt, the internment, an inscription on the vault and the internment ceremony. Auction estimate is set at $100,000.

Also up for auction:

• Elvis Presley owned motorcycle jacket and pants (est. $30,000 - 50,000)
• Elvis Presley's 14k gold medallion necklace inscribed with "E.P." (est. $25,000 - 30,000)
• John Lennon signed registration card for his 1965 Rolls Royce Phantom V (est. $20,000 - 30,000)
• David Bowie's Gibson Chet Atkins Country Gentleman guitar (est. $20,000 - 40,000)
• Amy Winehouse's robe from the Rehab video (est. $15,000 - 17,000)
• Elvis Presley signed acoustic guitar (est. $15,000 - 20,000)

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