Wisconsin Vinyl Collective: Vol. 3 (LP release)

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Record Store Day has included a local music component for the last three seasons, thanks to Wisconsin Vinyl Collective co-founders Erik Kjelland and Butch Vig. Volume Three, available at local stores Saturday and at the release show, includes music by Michael Perry (pictured) & the Long Beds, Bascom Hill and Lost Lakes, who are all playing the Madison release show, along with The Mascot Theory (of which Kjelland is a member). The project is a benefit for the Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund.

press release: For the third year in a row, the Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund will benefit from the efforts of a group of committed Wisconsin musicians who are providing new recordings and playing live shows to raise money for a fund that helps Wisconsinites in need keep the heat on.

The Wisconsin Vinyl Collective Volume Three album officially drops on Record Store Day — April 13, 2019 — but a quartet of album release shows starts on Thursday, April 11, and runs through Sunday, April 14.

The vinyl album — it’s a limited run, so grab one while you can — consists of previously unreleased recordings from Wisconsin artists including: Michael Perry and the Long Beds (of Big Top Chautauqua fame); Bascom Hill (you’ve heard their music on MTV’s The Real World);  Kerosene Kites; Derek Pritzl and the Gamble; Lost Lakes; Madison Malone; Christopher Gold; The Belle Weather; LASKA; and Craig Baumann feat. OSG.

Perry, by the way, is also well known as a New York Times bestselling author, humorist, singer/songwriter, and intermittent pig farmer.

There will be shows in Viroqua, Appleton, Madison and Milwaukee. All shows will be headlined by Michael Perry and the Long Beds; regional bands The Mascot Theory and Bascom Hill also will play all four shows. Each show will feature a guest opening artist from their area of the state:  LASKA (Viroqua), Christopher Gold (Appleton), Lost Lakes (Madison), and Craig Baumann (Milwaukee).

Proceeds from the sale of the album go to the Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund, a statewide nonprofit charity that assists low-income households who cannot afford to pay their energy bills. Albums will be available at most indie record stores in Wisconsin, as well as select stores across the country.

THE RUNDOWN ON SHOWS

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019, Temple Theatre, 116 S. Main St., Viroqua, WI 54665

- Sponsored by Heat For Heroes

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE:  https://www.facebook.com/events/861287197375002/

LINEUP:  Michael Perry and the Long Beds, The Mascot Theory, Bascom Hill, Laska 

FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019, Gibson Music Hall, 211 W College Ave, Appleton, WI 54911

Sponsored by Heat For Heroes, Gibson Music Hall, Spat’s Restaurant, and Mile of Music

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE:  https://www.facebook.com/events/580729882389038/

LINEUP:  Michael Perry and the Long Beds, The Mascot Theory, Bascom Hill, Christopher Gold 

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2019, High Noon Saloon, 701 E Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53703 

- Sponsored by Heat For Heroes

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1038296166294174/

LINEUP:  Michael Perry and the Long Beds, The Mascot Theory, Bascom Hill, Lost Lakes 

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019, Anodyne Coffee Roastery (Walker’s Point), 224 W Bruce St, Milwaukee, WI 53204

- Sponsored by Heat For Heroes and Anodyne Coffee

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE:  https://www.facebook.com/events/612174505899955/

LINEUP:  Michael Perry and the Long Beds, The Mascot Theory, Bascom Hill, Craig Baumann