Black Friday Record Store Day 2012 / Big Black Weekend Sale / 8th Anniversary Sale

Along with all of the super limited Black Friday Record Store Releases we did get we also have this nifty sale going on. Everything is on sale 15% off. Things in the store over a year (little number on price tag ends in "2") are 25% off. Anything older than that (little number ends in "1" or god forbid an "0") is 50% off!!!!

*Due to the limited nature of the Black Friday Releases and some of their very high costs to us, they are not included in this sale. Sorry. The limited releases are first come, first served and many things we got much less than we ordered, and some stuff isn't here yet so I'm still crossing my fingers. Used turntables are not included in the sale either because many of them are on consignment.

Oh yeah, I guess this is sort of our 8th Anniversary too since we opened on the day after Thanksgiving in 2005 (November 25th). So this is our present to you. We enjoy the present of your presence. And vegan treats too if you have them!

8 years ago Lunchbox Records started! It's been a very long, hard ride but has been rewarding the whole way. Of course there are good days and bad days and stressful days and fun days. I never really thought I'd make it this far in the beginning. The plan was just to roll with it and see what happened and if I had to close in a few years then so be it. Luckily thanks to the wonderful people of Charlotte I have not had to close and business has been better every year since we opened. 

I need thank all of the people that helped me along the way: those who for pushed me to do this in the first place, believed in me and put up with the long hours and no time off (in the early years I once worked 189 days straight without a day off). Kelly Keith for being my first employee and understanding when I was still finding my footing. Rob Davis for helping for years, booking shows, working lots of hours for those shows. Michael, Lee, and Brett for putting up with me as things get busier and stressful as we continue to grow. And of course everyone that has ever bought anything from us, whether it was just once or you are a regular. It's very hard running a business, and running a niche-market business with very slim profit margins makes it even harder. Thank you Charlotte for all the love for the last 8 years and we hope to be here for at least 8 more!!!

Anyway, I could write about stuff all day long but have too much work to do in order to get ready for Black Friday. I just wanted to say thanks and actually acknowledge the anniversary on the day it falls for once!

We will open at 9 AM on Friday.

Thanks for a wonderful 8 years - Scott, Michael, & Brett (and sometimes Lee when he's not on tour)

Tag us on Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook etc. #RSDBF #lunchboxrecords

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Scheduled (and some already cancelled or delayed) releases:

more detailed lists here

Andy Starr – Rockin’ Rollin’ Stone (7” Vinyl)

Atlas Genius – So Electric! When It Was Now (The Remixes) (LP)

Aztecs - World of Woe (7" Vinyl)

Bad Things - Anybody (7" vinyl)

Band of Horses – Live at The Ryman (7” Vinyl)

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (2LP 180 Gram Vinyl)

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue vol. II (2LP 180 Gram Vinyl)

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue vol.III (2LP 180 Gram Vinyl)

Blackberry Smoke/Lynyrd Skynyrd – Lynyrd Skynyrd & Blackberry Smoke Live 12 (12” Vinyl)

Blind Boys of Alabama/Jason Isbell & John Paul White – Christmas in Dixieland/Old Flame (7” Vinyl)

Blood Ceremony - The Eldritch Dark (LP)

Bob Dylan – Side Tracks (LP)

Brandi Carlile/The Lone Bellow – Live Split (7” Vinyl)

Brendan Benson – You were Right (LP)

Carcass - Reek of Putrefication (LP)

Charles Bradley ft. Budos Band and the Bullets – Changes B/W Ain’t It a Sin (7” Vinyl)

Cheap trick – _The Classic Albums 1977-79 – (Vinyl Box Set)

Chocolate Milk – Action Speaks Louder Than Words (12” Vinyl) DELAYED

Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Betty's Blends (4xLP box set)

Church Of Misery - They Kingdom Scum (LP)

Civil Wars – Between the Bars (10” Vinyl)

Clash – Combat Rock (CD)

Clash – Give ‘Em Enough Rope (CD)

Clash – London Calling (2xCD)

Clash – Sandinista! (3xCD)

Clash – The Clash (CD)]

Cold War Kids - Tuxedo EP (10" vinyl)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - The Speed of Things  ( LP )

Dave Matthews Band – Live Trax Vol 2: 9-12-04 Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA (5xLP Vinyl Box Set)

Dave Matthews Band – Live Trax Vol 3: 8-27-00 Meadows Music Theater, Hartford CT (4xLP Vinyl Box Set)

Dawes – Stripped Down at Grimey’s (CD)

Dawes – Stripped Down at Grimey’s (LP)

Devin Townsend Project – Lucky Animals (10” Vinyl)

Doors – Curated by Record Store Day (LP)

Duran Duran – No Ordinary EP (10” Vinyl)

Elvis Costello & The Roots – Wise Up: Thought Remixes and Reworks (CD)

Ernie Kovacs – A Percy Dovetonsils Chrithmath (10” Picture Disc)

Failure – Magnified (LP)

Fall Out Boy – Paxam Days (7” Vinyl)

Flaming Lips – Peace Sword (CD)

Flaming Lips – Peace Sword (LP)

Flaming Lips / Tame Impala "Peace and Paranoia 12" EP

Fleshtones – Available B/W Let’s Live (7” Vinyl)

Foals – CCTV Sessions (LP)

Gene Clark – Here Tonight: The White Light Demos (LP)

Ghost - Opus Eponymous 50/50 white/blue vinyl (LP)

Grateful Dead – Family Dog at the Great Highway (LP) 

Hard Working Americans – Don’t Wanna Hurt Nobody (7” Vinyl)

Harry Nilsson – Rareties Collection (LP)

Jack Johnson – Live at Third Man Records 6-15-13 (LP)

Jackie Greene – Small Tempest (10” Vinyl)

Jethro Tull- Benefit (LP)

Jimi Hendrix Experience – Fire/Foxy Lady (7” Vinyl)

John Denver & The Muppets – A Christmas Together (12” Picture Disc)

Joseph Arthur – The Ballad of Boogie Christ (CD)

Joseph Mansfield – Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession (Book)

Josh Tillman (Father John Misty)– The History of Caves (Soundtrack) (LP)

Lady Gaga – Applause Remix Picture Disc (12” Picture Disc)

Ladytron - Gravity The Seducer Remixed - (LP)

Lana del Rey – Born to Die (Picture Disc Edition) (12” Picture Disc)

Lee "Scratch" Perry & the Upsetters - Super Ape (RSD Black Friday Etched Version 2xLP)

Life of Agony – River Runs Red (LP)

Low/Shearwater – Stay/Novacane (7" Vinyl)

Lumbar - The First and Last Days of Unwelcome LP (Orange Vinyl)

Metallica – Through the Never Soundtrack Special Edition (3xLP black, red, and white viny lLP)

Michael Hurley – One Little Drink/Black & Yellow Bee (10” Vinyl)

Miles Davis – Jazz Track (LP)

Miles Davis – Kind of Blue - Mono (LP)

Miles Davis – Miles & Monk at Newport (LP)

Mystical Weapons – Crotesque (LP)

Nas – Halftime (12” Vinyl)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Live from KCRW (CD/2xLP)

Nick Lowe – Quality Street (12’ Picture Disc)

Nirvana – In Utero 2013 Mix (LP)

NONONO - Pumpkin Blood EP (CD)

Noothgrush/Coffins - Split Album LP 

Paul Simon - S/T (LP)

Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years (LP)

Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (LP)

POISON IDEA / ANGRY SNOWMANS SPLIT "SANTA CLAUS IS BACK IN TOWN B/W SUGAR PLUM" 7" vinyl

Puscifer – Puscifer’s 8-Ball Bail Bonds—The Berger Barns Live in Phoenix (LP)

Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork (Black on Black Edition) (LP)

Red Hot Chili Peppers – I’m Beside You (LP)

Replacements - All Shook Down (LP)

Robbie Hill’s Family Affair – Gotta Get Back: The Unreleased L.A. Sessions (12” Vinyl)

Robert Glasper Experiment – Porter Chops Glasper (10” Vinyl)

Rockabye Baby! - Lullaby Renditions of Pearl Jam LP

Rolling Stones – Got Live If You Want It (7” Vinyl)

Roy Orbison – The Monument Vinyl Box (Vinyl Box Set)

Rush – The Garden (10” Picture Disc)

Silversun Pickups – Let it Decay/Working Title (10” Vinyl)

SKATERS - Deadbolt (7" vinyl)

Sly & The Family Stone – Sexy Situation B/W Mother is a Hippy (7” Vinyl)

Sondre Lerche – Public Hi-Fi Sessions (12” Vinyl)

Standells – Zebra in the Kitchen/Someday You’ll Cry (7” Vinyl)

Stone Temple Pilots – Core colored vinyl (LP)

STREET DOGS - "CROOKED DRUNKEN SONS" + "RUSTBELT NATION" (square picture disc vinyl)

Sunn O))) - Black One 2xLP (Grey Vinyl)

Surfaris – Wipe Out/Surfer Joe (7” Vinyl)

Tegan & Sara – Guilty as Charged/I Run Empty (7” Vinyl)

Trigger Hippy - Trigger Hippy (7" vinyl)

Uncle Tupelo – I Wanna Be Your Dog/Commotion (7” Vinyl)

U2 - Ordinary Love (10" Vinyl)

Van Dyke Parks – Come to the Sunshine/Farther Along (7” Vinyl)

Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus and Lucy (7” Vinyl)

Vitamin String Quartet - Performs Radiohead's In Rainbows LP

Walker, Ryley - The West Wind LP

Widespread Panic – Poster Children—The Artwork of Widespread Panic (Book)

Wolves In The Throne Room - BBC Sessions 2011 Anno Domini LP -(Purple Vinyl)

Various Artists – A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein (LP)

Various Artists – Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (LP)

Various Artists – Hot Wacks – Vinyl Fall Compilation 2013 (LP)

Various Artists – I Am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey (LP)

VARIOUS ARTISTS - MATADOR 2013: IT’S BEEN A BUSINESS DOING PLEASURE WITH YOU - LP

Various Artists – Ten Big Stiffs (7” Vinyl Box Set)

Various Artists – Truth and Soul Records Presents the Soul Fire Box Set (Rarities from the Soul Fire Catalog) (7” Box Set)

Various Artists – Zabriskie Point Original Motion Picture Soundtrack_ (LP)

Holiday hours at Lunchbox Records:

WED: 12 PM - 6 PM

THURS: CLOSED gobble gobble

FRI: 9 AM - 9 PM

SAT: 10 AM - 9 PM

SUN: 1 PM - 6 PM