Well, it may not be Thanksgiving here today, but thanks to the fine folks at Record Store Day central, they’ve turned Black Friday into a mini-RSD event to drive shoppers to small mom & pop shops rather than just the big box stores. And of course they are doing that with a nice stack of exclusive releases, and fortunately pretty much all of them are available to us up here in Canada. Below you will find a list of all the exclusives (as well as some brand spankin’ new stuff we’re putting out with the RSD stuff) we’ll have on the shelf tomorrow when we open (10 am!).
While that’s exciting and all though, more exciting is that we are celebrating our 16th anniversary! 16 years of slinging wax. It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come, from our humble beginnings with a handful of half full bins to the overflowing bins and boxes of records everywhere we are surrounded with today. Thanks to our fine customers we’ve been able to grow in to what we like to think is a pretty darned fine shop with something for everyone. And so to thank you all for another year of support this weekend not only will we have RSD tomorrow, we’ll be having a big ol’ sale all weekend too! THANK YOU!
….picks of the week…..
To thank you all for another year of support we are giving you 20% off all new and used records and CDs all weekend long! Starting at 10am Friday until 5pm Sunday!
Rega RP1s are $399 (reg. $449)
*Sale excludes Record Store Day exclusives, Brand Fucking New Arrivals, special orders and holds, local releases, and consignment items. All other gear and accessories are 10%.
As usual, we’re giving away a Rega RP1 turntable to one lucky shopper this weekend! Come in buy everyone records for Christmas so you can win a turntable.
…..Record Store Day Releases…..
Dan Auerbach: Good Sound Comes Back Around (Warner) 7″
Chris Bell: Complete Chris Bell (Omnivore) 6LP Box
Big Star: Big Star’s Third Live Stroke It Noel (Concord) LP
Black Label Society: Room of Nightmares (Warner) 7″
Death From Above 1979: Freeze Me/Keep It Real Dumb (Last Gang) 7″
Doors: Absolutely Live (Elektra) LP
Steve Earle: El Corazon (New West) LP
Electric Wizard: Wizard Bloody Wizard (Spine Farm) LP
Fleet Foxes: Electric Lady Session (Nonesuch) 10″
Aretha Franklin: Respect (Atlantic) 7″
Free Design: Kites Are Fun (Light in the Attic) LP
Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead Records Collection (Grateful Dead Productions) 5xLP
Richard Hell & The Voidoids: Blank Generation (Rhino) LP
John Lee Hooker: Black Night is Falling (Justin Time) LP
Iggy Pop: New Values (Friday Music) LP
Julie & The Wrong Guys: s/t (Dine Alone) LP
Kreator: Hail to the Hordes (Nuclear Blast) 12″
Paul McCartney: Wonderful Christmastime (Capitol) 7”
Jason Molina: Black Sabbath Covers (Secretly Canadian) 7″
Willie Nelson: Spirit (Modern Classics) LP
Willie Nelson: Yesterdays Wine (Friday Music) LP
Nine Inch Nails: Broken (Nothing) LP
Nine Inch Nails: Downward Spiral (Nothing) LP
Nine Inch Nails: Fragile (Nothing) LP
Nine Inch Nails: Fragile Deviations (Nothing) LP
Nine Inch Nails: Not the Actual Events (Nothing) LP
OST: Alien (Mondo) LP
OST: Guardians Inferno (Disney) Pic Disc
Rush: Closer to the Heart (Ole) 7″
Son Volt: Straightways (Rhino) LP
Sparks: Check Out Time 11AM (BMG) 7″
Sufjan Stevens: Blue Bucket of Gold (Asthmatic Kitty) LP
Tangerine Dream: Electronic Meditation (Varese) LP
U2: Blackout (Third Man) 12″
Townes Van Zandt: Rear View Window (Fat Possum) LP
Venom: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Sanctuary) LP
Bernie Worrell: All the Woo In the World (Tidal Wave) LP
Hiroshi Yoshimura: Music for Nine Post Cards (Empire of Signs) LP
Neil Young: Harvest Moon (Reprise) LP
Various: Christmas On Death Row (Death Row) LP
Various: Jazz Dispensary Moon Rocks (Concord) LP
Late but on the way… maybe tomorrow…
Tori Amos: Native Invader Russia (Verve) 12”
Boris: Live @ Third Man (Third Man) LP
Bros: A Very Bros Christmas (Dine Alone) 7”
Don Cherry & Albert Ayler: Vibrations (ORG) LP
Earth: Live @ Third Man (Third Man) LP
Isaac Hayes: Spirit of Memphis (Concord) LP
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio: Concussion (Colemine) 7”
Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra: Tech Star (Silver Fox) LP
Madvillain: Four Tet Remixes (Stones Throw) 12″
OST: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Spacelab9) LP
Nathaniel Rateliff: Baby It’s Cold Outside (Stax) 7”
Various: Garage Daze (ORG) LP