Black Friday Record Store Day 2012 / Big Black Weekend Sale
The same people that brought you Record Store Day the last four Aprils are back this November with a little holiday shopping treat. Record Store Day is gathering up some more super-limited, extra-choice collectible records for release on Black Friday.
The list below includes just some of the titles being released. Like the regular Record Store Day, there are some stipulations. Because of the insanely limited nature of these releases, we cannot guarantee that we will have stock of every title. We may only get a fraction of what we order or we may not get any copies of some titles at all. Therefore, there will be no pre-orders taken, no holds, and in the sake of fairness, we will limit each customer to one copy of any title and reserve the right to set a limit of the total number of pieces. We want everybody to have a shot at getting some of this good stuff. We ordered a little of everything to try to make everyone happy, but there are some things we surely won't have enough of…but as far as I know of right now unless something weird happens we will have some copies of all of these titles.
History:
Scheduled (and some already cancelled or delayed) releases:
(Daniel Johnston LP & Widespread Panic "Deluxe Wood" DVD have been cancelled)
Today: 12 PM - 8 PM
WED: 12 PM - 6 PM
THURS: CLOSED gobble gobble
FRI: 9 AM - 9 PM
SAT: 10 AM - 9 PM
SUN: 1 PM - 6 PM
All Used CDs & DVDs On Sale
Starting today through the end of February - ALL USED CDs & DVDs are BUY 2 GET 1 FREE!
For those folks that always ask - it works like this: We sort your items in order by price and every third one is free. Simple enough, right?
Vinyl Sale from Matador/4AD/XL !!!!
Thanks to the fine folks at Matador, 4AD, and XL Records we have an awesome vinyl sale for you. 10 of their best selling (and ours too) albums of the year on sale from now until after Christmas. So now is your chance to get that record you wanted, grab a great gift for a loved one, try something new, or start your collection altogether! Our vinyl prices are already the cheapest in town and now these 10 titles are all $3 cheaper!!!!
4th ANNUAL 33 1/3 SALE SEPT 10-11th!!
The updates have been a little infrequent lately, but you can keep up to date with all of our new stock, both new and used, by checking our Facebook page. It's easier to update and you get instant satisfaction. We're hopefully planning some big things and lately have been buying more records than we can put out, so come by and say hello.
Anyway, now to the more important stuff...the return of the 33 1/3 sale!
This weekend marks the return of the now 4th annual 33 1/3 sale. Originally started on my 33 1/3 birthday (4 months after my real birthday), but no one really seemed to understand the relation and kept wishing me happy birthday all day. So now it has become more than that and an annual sale to show you my love. We need to clear things out and you need cheap records, what a great trade! Tell all of your friends because this is short notice and if you snooze that's too bad. We don't do many sales anyway, but we appreciate your business and want to show you with this awesome sale. This year we decided to make the sale even better by making it Saturday and Sunday. That way even if you go to Hopscotch Fest you can still check out the sale on Sunday!
EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS 20% OFF!
- LPs, CDs, DVDs, 7"s, 10"s, books, stickers, patches, everything! Saturday & Sunday ONLY!
IN ADDITION ALL USED LPs, CDs, & DVDs ARE BUY 2 GET 1 FREE! - This is combined with the 20% off, which basically amounts to buy one get one free (or a combined 47% off of all used if you want to get exact). Hopefully that makes sense. It's a lot easier for us to ring it up that way.
Record Store Day Is This Saturday, April 16th!
In case you haven't heard or read about this, this Saturday we'll be taking part in the fourth annual Record Store Day, which is actually being held across the globe. For some info on what it's all about -- although you can pretty much assume what its motivations are -- check out www.recordstoreday.com
WE WILL BE OPENING AT 10 A.M. SATURDAY
Last year was awesome and the enthusiasm for RSD seems to grow every year with even more tons of releases coming out that day that are limited this year. From the measly 10-20 releases the first year it has now ballooned into over 200 releases. We've participated every year and have tried to grow with it as well, although this is the first year that we've been the only shop in Charlotte taking part. This means we had to consider some things that before we wouldn't have even thought about, and it gives us a new opportunity to make new friends and customers with folks that normally would have gone to some other store across town before they got bought out by a corporation.
Now, what does this mean for you? Well, over the past week we've been receiving tons of freebie goodies to give away in honor of Record Store Day. If you stop by on Saturday, we'll have a bag full of free stuff for you. It's first-come, first-serve, so if we're out of them by the time you get here, we're sorry. So try to make it earlier rather than later. These includes free 7"s, CDs, posters, buttons, stickers, shirts, etc.
ALSO there are Record Store Day EXCLUSIVES for sale only at participating indie stores. These are almost all very limited in nature, and in many case we did NOT get that many or as many as we ordered, so be ready. There were way more labels participating this year so there are bound to be some things I didn't even know about as well. We're trying our best to get everything though, but sometimes things slip through the cracks and with this many releases we had to budget ourselves a bit as well. There are also a bunch of UK ONLY releases, such as the Radiohead 12". We WILL NOT have the UK releases and cannot get them. A lot of people keeping asking since there are some nice ones, but those are for UK stores only.
There is an extensive list of the releases coming out here. I encourage you to read it and maybe even print it out to make a checklist so you don't forget something in the excitement of it all.
PDF list of RSD releases:
From the RSD website:
"THEY’RE HERE! The thing a lot of you are looking forward to, of course, are the special pieces coming to your favorite record store on April 16. Here’s a list of them, one you can print out, check off and take to your local record store. We’re doing things a little differently this year, so you’ll see a few different categories here:
RECORD STORE DAY RELEASES These are titles that are only being released for this day. These are true Record Store Day Exclusives.
“WINDOWED” RELEASES These are titles that will only be available in record stores on Record Store Day, but will someday be available to other retailers down the line.
REGIONAL/SMALL RUN RELEASES These are titles that are being released only to a certain region of stores, or have such a small run or distribution that the majority of participating stores will not have access to them. We feel it’s important to include these releases and celebrate the spirit in which they are released.
And remember: LIMITED EDITION, BABY. A lot of these titles have limited runs. You may not get your hands on all the pieces you want. Your STORE may not get their hands on all the pieces they want. That’s the nature of limited releases. But that’s what makes them so exciting! "
You can also view the list as a webpage with pictures of the releases here.
To try to keep things more civil and manageable this year, we're going to have someone at the door so that 100 people don't try to cram in the store all at once. We are trying to make things run as smooth as possible and hopefully keep waiting to a minimum.
ALSO, we will be having a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to be drawn on Saturday night.
AND IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS...we're going to bring out as many posters (and trust us, we have billions of them) & whatever else we can find to give to you. It helps us, it helps you, it helps the world. Ok, maybe not the whole world. But we hope you'll enjoy what you can have.
The only requirement to get all this stuff is to stop by and buy something -- or, at the very least, look around and see if there's anything you want. We appreciate the year-round business that everyone in this community (and beyond) has brought us, year after year. Stop by on this new holiday and get a little something back.
AND most importantly, we are having a Record Store Day Sale. Or you can call it our 5.5 year anniversary sale. Anyhow, here's the deal:
EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS 15% OFF! - LPs, CDs, DVDs, 7"s, 10"s, books, stickers, patches, everything! Saturday only!
****Due to the limited nature of Record Store Day releases, however, those are not included in the sale.****
IN ADDITION ALL USED CDS & DVDS ARE BUY 2 GET 1 FREE! - This is combined with the 15% off.
And now for the stinky rules:
-Record Store Day items are limited to ONE PER CUSTOMER PER TITLE. I'm sorry if your cousin in Tuscaloosa doesn't have a record store nearby. We're looking out for locals first, and more importantly trying to discourage Ebay flippers.
-Please do not get mad at me if something is sold out or didn't come in. Several items have already been delayed or cancelled and several others I was never able to find. It's up to each store owner/buyer to order these things which means we have to hunt them down and also means we have to pay for them up front. Records are non-returnable which means this day is a stressful risk for us that usually works out. Also please realize that Lunchbox Records is run by one person 95% of the time. I try my hardest to order what regular customers buy and ask about first, then other items after that, but it's all a guessing game and I'm bound to guess wrong sometimes.
We will be having some bands play too, but a few things fell apart or were miscommunicated so it's just these two unless someone else offers in the next couple of days...
LIVE MUSIC BY (times are general targets):
SECRET HOSPITAL 7:30
SLED 6:30
See you Saturday!!
Now for my rant...(reprinted from year one of RSD for your convenience)
You're probably wondering what RECORD STORE DAY is anyway? I was at first too. But it's basically a revamped customer appreciation day where hopefully you the customer appreciates us as well and the fact that you live in or near a town that still has independent record stores. I personally don't like to buy things online, but lots of people do. But it's great to know that you can go to a store and browse and stumble on things you never would have thought of or heard of otherwise. You don't get too much of that online. We also do everything in our capabilities to sell you records as cheap as we can. This means buying direct whenever possible and searching for deals and unfortunately not bringing some stuff in because big labels like to give chain stores better deals than the little guy. Our prices for most things we stock are typically $2-$5 cheaper than the big store across town. We don't do sales often because we prefer to make it cheap all of the time. We stock tons of LPs and 7"s because we love the format and when I opened this store the other stores we're still busy trying to kill the format. I believe in independent music and labels and try to stock as much as I can which means a lot of lesser known indie, punk and metal titles.
I've been going to record stores since as long as I can remember, buying my first 7" in 1984 and getting into punk a couple years later. It wasn't until I moved to Atlanta that I had good stores that stocked underground releases and I've been addicted ever since. If I didn't love record stores I wouldn't own one. I'd go get a job that made a lot more money. People come in here a lot and tell me they love the store and it's great, and lots of out of town folks and bands do too. I really have no reference point on that anymore since I'm here seven days a week. There's only 2 other stores that sell vinyl in town, one is oldies oriented and the other banned me for life when I stopped working there and opened my own store. So I never get to go to any other stores and just try to make mine the one I would want to go to. I'm nowhere near that point yet and am working to improve it all of the time. I value people's suggestions and take them seriously, probably a little too seriously. But if you don't tell me what you want I can't read minds. The point of this being that I think the store is pretty good, and there are tons of folks that don't have a decent record store anywhere near them. So hopefully you'll support us. I realize the store isn't for everybody though.
We will continue to sell you lots of records we and you think are cool, and we will continue to have shows in the store as long as I can and bring awesome out of town bands to Charlotte. We are very thankful of those of you that have supported us for the last 5.5 years. And if you've never been here before, please come visit us.
-Scott
Record Store Day is April 16th
Record Store Day is coming and here is a list of most items that we are aware of that are coming out that day. We are trying to get as many of these as we can and as we think our customers would want, but due to the limited quantities we cannot guarantee anything. All items that day are limited to one person customer so that fans can get the records instead of Ebay flipper jerks. There are over 500 stores participating this year, and many releases have less than that quantity available so you do the math. But mostly we just want to sell you cool music and have fun!!!
These are almost all very limited in nature, and in many case we did NOT get that many or as many as we ordered, so be ready. There were way more labels participating this year so there are bound to be some things I didn't even know about as well. We're trying our best to get everything though, but sometimes things slip through the cracks and with this many releases we had to budget ourselves a bit as well.
From the RSD website:
"THEY’RE HERE! The thing a lot of you are looking forward to, of course, are the special pieces coming to your favorite record store on April 16. Here’s a list of them, one you can print out, check off and take to your local record store. We’re doing things a little differently this year, so you’ll see a few different categories here:
RECORD STORE DAY RELEASES These are titles that are only being released for this day. These are true Record Store Day Exclusives.
“WINDOWED” RELEASES These are titles that will only be available in record stores on Record Store Day, but will someday be available to other retailers down the line.
REGIONAL/SMALL RUN RELEASES These are titles that are being released only to a certain region of stores, or have such a small run or distribution that the majority of participating stores will not have access to them. We feel it’s important to include these releases and celebrate the spirit in which they are released.
And remember: LIMITED EDITION, BABY. A lot of these titles have limited runs. You may not get your hands on all the pieces you want. Your STORE may not get their hands on all the pieces they want. That’s the nature of limited releases. But that’s what makes them so exciting! "
Lots of Matador LPs Now Cheaper/Super Cheap
This is a heads up that A LOT of Matador LPs will be going on sale, effective March 1st:
Brightblack Morning Light – Motion To Rejoin - New cost: $8.99
Laura Cantrell – Humming By the Flowered Vine - New cost: $5.99
Condo Fucks – Fuckbook - New cost: $8.99
Delorean – Subiza - New cost: $9.99
Early Man – Closing In - New cost: $8.99
Fucked Up – The Chemistry Of Common Life - New cost: $17.99
Fucked Up – Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009 - New cost: $9.99
Guided By Voices – Alien Lanes - New cost: $9.99
Guided By Voices – Under The Bushes Under The Stars - New cost: $11.99
Interpol – S/T Dbl LP - New cost: $9.99
Jaguar Love – Take Me To The Sea - New cost: $5.99
Love Of Diagrams – Mosaic - New cost: $5.99 - this record also rules - get it cheap!!
Magic Kids – Memphis - New cost: $8.99
Matmos – Supreme Balloon - New cost: $8.99
Matmos – The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of The Beast - New cost: $5.99
Mission of Burma – The Obliterati - New cost: $8.99
The New Pornographers – Electric Version - New cost: $9.99
The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema - New cost: $9.99
A.C. Newman – Get Guilty - New cost: $8.99
Jennifer O’Connor – Here With Me - New cost: $5.99
Pavement - Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence… 4xLP - New cost: $39.99
Julian Plenti –Julian Plenti Is… Skyscraper - New cost: $9.99
Pretty Girls Make Graves – Elan Vital - New cost: $5.99
Jay Reatard – Watch Me Fall - New cost: $9.99
Shearwater – The Golden Archipelago - New cost: $9.99
Spiral Stairs – The Real Feel - New cost: $8.99
Times New Viking – Rip It Off - New cost: $8.99
Times New Viking – Born Again Revisited - New cost: $8.99
V/A – Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2009 - New cost: $8.99
Yo La Tengo – Electr-o-pura - New cost: $9.99
Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs - New cost: $11.99
Sufjan Stevens & Antony & the Johnson SALE
Hey, to celebrate the new releases of Sufjan Stevens "The Age of Adz" CD ($11.99) and Antony & The Johnsons "Swanlights" CD ($11.99) & LP ($14.99) we have put the following releases on sale:
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise, Michigan, Enjoy Your Rabbit, and Avalanche
Antony & the Johnsons - S/T, The Crying Light, I Am A Bird Now
are all on sale for $8.99 on CD!!!
The new Antony & the Johnsons is also available in a super deluxe hardcover book of his art with the cd.
3rd ANNUAL 33 1/3 SALE SEPT 25-26th!!
The updates have been a little infrequent lately, but you can keep up to date with all of our new stock, both new and used, by checking our Facebook page. It's easier to update and you get instant satisfaction. We've had some changes lately since Rob had to go and get a career, but we're still trudging along. Come by and say hello.
Anyway, now to the more important stuff...the return of the 33 1/3 sale!
This weekend marks the return of the now 3rd annual 33 1/3 sale. Originally started on my 33 1/3 birthday (4 months after my real birthday), but no one really seemed to understand the relation and kept wishing me happy birthday all day. So now it has become more than that and an annual sale to show you my love. We need to clear things out and you need cheap records, what a great trade! Tell all of your friends because this is short notice and if you snooze that's too bad. We don't do many sales anyway, but we appreciate your business and want to show you with this awesome sale. This year we decided to make the sale even better by making it Saturday and Sunday.
EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS 20% OFF!
- LPs, CDs, DVDs, 7"s, 10"s, books, stickers, patches, everything! Saturday & Sunday ONLY!
IN ADDITION ALL USED LPs, CDs, & DVDs ARE BUY 2 GET 1 FREE! - This is combined with the 20% off, which basically amounts to buy one get one free (or a combined 47% off of all used if you want to get exact). Hopefully that makes sense. It's a lot easier for us to ring it up that way.
Canadian Rifle will also be playing the store Saturday night to further the festivities. No local as of right now.
Thanks,
Scott
Record Store Day Is This Saturday, April 17th!
In case you haven't heard or read about this, this Saturday we'll be taking part in the third annual Record Store Day, which is actually being held across the globe. For some info on what it's all about -- although you can pretty much assume what its motivations are -- check out www.recordstoreday.com
WE WILL BE OPENING AT 10 A.M. SATURDAY
Last year was awesome and I guess people felt left out because there are tons of releases coming out that day that are limited. Now, what does this mean for you? Well, over the past week we've been receiving tons of freebie goodies to give away in honor of Record Store Day. If you stop by on Saturday, we'll have a bag full of free stuff for you. It's first-come, first-serve, so if we're out of them by the time you get here, we're sorry. So try to make it earlier rather than later. These includes free LPs, 7"s, CDs, posters, a couple Devo hats, stickers, etc.
ALSO there are Record Store Day EXCLUSIVES for sale only at participating indie stores. These are almost all very limited in nature, and in many case we did NOT get that many or as many as we ordered, so be ready. There were way more labels participating this year so there are bound to be some things I didn't even know about as well. We're trying our best to get everything though, but sometimes things slip through the cracks and with this many releases we had to budget ourselves a bit as well. There are also a bunch of UK ONLY releases. Those are listed here. but we WILL NOT have the UK releases. A lot of people keeping asking since there are some nice ones, but those are for UK stores only.
The releases include:
F*CKED UP • DAYTROTTER SESSION 7” (with limited LUNCHBOX RECORDS COVER!!!)
HOT WATER MUSIC "Live in Chicago" --7"
Soft Machine - Live at Henie Onstad Art Centre 1971 2xLP
REAL ESTATE Reality LP+tape
KURT VILE God Is Saying This To You LP+tape
PEARL HARBOR Something about the Chaparalls LP+tape
Beach House “Zebra” 12”
The Album Leaf “There Is a Wind” 12”
Dum Dum Girls/ Male Bonding 7”
Happy Birthday “Shampoo” 7”
Soundgarden “Hunted Down” 7” Reissue
CocoRosie “Lemonade” 7”
SP20: Casual Nostalgia Fest CD
MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD - MERCILESS LP (CLEAR VERSION LTD TO 100)
telekenesis - dirty thing 7"
superchunk -misfits & mistakes (AUTOGRAPHED) 7"
Hundred in the Hands-Undressed in Dresden 7"
Jamie Lidell-Compass 7"
Deerhoof-Apple O-LP
Deerhoof-Green Cosmos-LP
Daedelius-Righteous Fist of Harmony 12"
Bonobo-Eyesdown 12"
Josh Ritter-So Runs the World Away LP+CD
Dave Holland Octet-Pathways LP
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez-Solar Gambling LP
RX Bandits-Live at Park Avenue CD
Budos Band/Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Day Tripper/Money 7"
David Bazan-Live at Electrical Audio-LP - delayed until 5/4
David Bazan-Live at Electrical Audio-CD
Menomena+Helio Sequence-Pilgrim's Progress/Converter 7"
Thermals/Cribs - split 7"
Apples in Stereo-Future Vintage Covers of the Apples in Stereo-LP (with Ted Leo, Elf Power, Maps & Atlases, more...)
let's wrestle/love language 7"
*Integrity - brand new 7" w/etched B-side CANCELLED
*This Will Destroy You "Moving on the Edges of Things" 10" CANCELLED
*The All-American Rejects "Bad Eggs" 12" CANCELLED
Bouncing Souls - PICTURE DISC 7"
HOLD STEADY / HEAVEN IS WHENEVER LP
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY ( WYLDE,ZAKK ) / SKULLAGE LP
LENNON,JOHN / SINGLES BAG: 7 INCH BOXSET 7”
SEX PISTOLS / GREAT ROCK N ROLL SWINDEL LP
BIRD & THE BEE / INTERPRETING THE MASTERS 1: A TRIBUTE TO HALL & OATES LP
GABRIEL,PETER / BOOK OF LOVE 7”
GOLDFRAPP / HEAD FIRST LP
LACUNA COIL / SHALLOW LIFE: ACOUSTIC... 7”
MARY ONETTES / NIGHT BEFORE THE FUNERAL 7”
BAEZ,JOAN / JOAN BAEZ LP
MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT / TODAY LP
FAHEY,JOHN / YELLOW PRINCESS LP
WATSON,DOC / DOC WATSON LP
GUY,BUDDY / MAN & THE BLUES LP
PLANTS & ANIMALS / LA LA LAND LP
RADIO GALAXIA / VARIOUS LP
BIRD SONGS / VARIOUS LP
CYPRESS HILL / RISE UP LP
SPRINGSTEEN,BRUCE/WRECKING BALL,GHOST OF TOM JOAD 10”
COHEED AND CAMBRIA/GUNS OF SUMMER 7”
MATTHEWS,DAVE-REYNOLDS,TIM/SQUIRM-LYING IN… 7”
PRESLEY,ELVIS/THAT’S ALL RIGHT 7”
FUN/AIM AND IGNITE 12”
GOGOL BORDELLO/WE COMIN’ ROUGHER... 7”
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS/LEGION SESSIONS CD
DYLAN,JAKOB & COURTYARD HOUNDS/SEE YOU IN SPRING 7”
HENDRIX,JIMI/LIVE AT CLARK UNIV 1968 12”
COSTELLO,ELVIS / LIVE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH 7”
GODSMACK / GODSMACK RECORD STORE DAY 7”
LA ROUX / BULLETPROOF: LIVE & REMIXED 7”
OWL CITY / OWL CITY RECORD STORE DAY 7”
POTTER,GRACE & NOCTURNALS / LIVE IN SKOWHEGAN CD
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE / FEEL GOOD HIT... (PICTURE DISC) 10"
REM / CHRONIC TOWN LP
SONIC YOUTH / HITS ARE FOR SQUARES LP
THEM CROOKED VULTURES / MIND ERASER...(PICTURE DISC) 10"
TV ON THE RADIO / DEAR SCIENCE LP
WEEZER / WEEZER RADITUDE: HAPPY RECORD STORE DAY CD
WHITE LIES / REMIX EP CD
YEAH YEAH YEAH’S / SKELETONS 7”
PHOENIX / FENCES (X2) 12”
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS / YOUR WOMAN IS A LIVING THING... 7”
CAGE THE ELEPHANT / LIVE AT GRIMEY’S CD
JENNINGS,SHOOTER & HIEROPHANT / DON’T FEED... CD
WHITE RABBITS / ANTLERS / LIVE FROM DAYTROTTER 7”
ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR / FRUIT LP
KUTI,FELA / FELA KUTI (10”)
INFECTED MUSHROOM / KILLING TIME (X5) 12”
JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY / SENSATION OF SEEING LIGHT 7”
JENNINGS,MASON / FINGER PRINTS: SEPTEMBER 20 2009 CD
*GET UP KIDS / SIMPLE SCIENCE CD - DELAYED
ROYCE DA 5’9” / STREET HOP LP
DIFRANCO,ANI / LIVE AT BULL MOOSE 4-17-2009 CD
RODRIGUEZ / INNER CITY BLUES / I’M GONNA LIVE TILL I DIE 7”
DIOS / WE ARE DIOS CD
CASABLANCAS,JULIAN/11TH DIMENSION-LONG ISLAND BLUES 7”
MANCHESTER ORCH/LIVE AT PARK AVE CD
MGMT/SIBERIAN BREAKS 12”
MODEST MOUSE/MOON AND ANTARCTICA LP
HAWKINS,TAYLOR & COATTAIL RIDERS/RED LIGHT FEVER LP
PASSION PIT/LITTLE SECRETS 7”
VARIOUS ARTISTS • FRAGMENTS FROM A WORK IN PROGRESS 12”
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS • THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME: DVD
ARTHUR RUSSELL • CALLING OUT OF CONTEXT LP
TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS • THE OLDEST HOUSE 7”
PAVEMENT • QUARANTINE THE PAST: THE BEST OF PAVEMENT 2xLP
JASON COLLETT • TO WIT TO WOO CDEP
BADLY DRAWN BOY • IS THERE NOTHING WE COULD DO? CD
SONIC YOUTH-EVOL-LP
SONIC YOUTH-CONFUSION IS SEX-LP
VELVET UNDERGROUND-LIVE WITH LOU REED V.1-LP
VELVET UNDERGROUND-LIVE WITH LOU REED V.2-LP
BEASTIE BOYS-WHITE LABEL-12"
BON IVER/PETER GABRIEL - COME TALK TO ME B/W FLUME 7"
YEASAYER-O.N.E.-12"
VA-IT HAPPENED HERE-LP+7" (w/ Bonnie Prince Billy, Lou Barlow, Magnolia Electric Co., Entrance, Wovenhand, Maps & Atlases, Phosphorescent, more....)
BAND OF SKULLS-LIVE AT FINGERPRINTS-CD
COCONUT RECORDS-BORED TO DEATH THEME SONG 7"
STEEL TRAIN-LIKE A GHOST ON A TURNPIKE 7"
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW-EATING US-2XLP
I NEED THAT RECORD-DVD
WE FUN - ATLANTA, GA INSIDE/OUT-DVD
ALSO, we will be having a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to be drawn on Saturday night.
AND IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS...we're going to bring out as many posters (and trust us, we have billions of them) & whatever else we can find to give to you. It helps us, it helps you, it helps the world. Ok, maybe not the whole world. But we hope you'll enjoy what you can have.
The only requirement to get all this stuff is to stop by and buy something -- or, at the very least, look around and see if there's anything you want. I'm sure other stores will have more strings attached to get some of these free items, but we'd rather you have them then not, you know? We appreciate the year-round business that everyone in this community (and beyond) has brought us, year after year. Stop by on this new holiday and get a little somethin' back.
AND most importantly, we are having a Record Store Day Sale. Or you can call it our 4.5 year anniversary sale since we didn't even have a 4th Anniversary sale. Anyhow, here's the deal:
EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS 15% OFF! - LPs, CDs, DVDs, 7"s, 10"s, books, stickers, patches, everything! Saturday only! *Due to the limited nature of Record Store Day releases, however, those are not included in the sale.
ALL USED CDS & DVDS ARE BUY 1 GET 1 FREE! - This is combined with the 15% off.
FREE LUNCHBOX RECORDS CANVAS TOTEBAG WITH $50 PURCHASE - we had these made just for this and figured people might use this more than a shirt. We don't have pictures of these yet because they won't even be here until Friday, but they are cool. We ran out of our slipmats pretty quick last year, so if you want one, get here early. We'll also have new t-shirts in stock and stickers back in stock. It's been a while since we've had either and we have a new design and they are on nicer, softer shirts this time.
LIVE MUSIC BY (times are general targets):
GRIDS 8:30
YARDWORK 7:30
BRAIN FLANNEL 6:30
ANDY THE DOOR BUM - 5:30
BRENT BAGWELL & GUESTS - 4:45
HAWKS - 4:00 PM
and hopefully some vegan baked goods for you....
See you Saturday!!
Now for my rant...(reprinted from last year for your convenience)
You're probably wondering what RECORD STORE DAY is anyway? I was at first too. But it's basically a revamped customer appreciation day where hopefully you the customer appreciates us as well and the fact that you live in or near a town that still has independent record stores. I personally don't like buy things online, but lots of people do. But it's great to know that you can go to a store and browse and stumble on things you never would have thought of or heard of otherwise. You don't get too much of that online. We also do everything in our capabilities to sell you records as cheap as we can. This means buying direct whenever possible and searching for deals and unfortunately not bringing some stuff in because big labels like to give chain stores better deals than the little guy. Our prices for most things we stock are typically $2-$5 cheaper than the big store across town. We don't do sales often because we prefer to make it cheap all of the time. We stock tons of LPs and 7"s because we love the format and when I opened this store the other stores we're still busy trying to kill the format. I believe in independent music and labels and try to stock as much as I can which means a lot of lesser known indie, punk and metal titles. I'm not against major labels, but 99% of what they release is manufactured garbage, although they were all once viable indie labels.
I've been going to record stores since as long as I can remember, buying my first 7" in 1984 and getting into punk a couple years later. It wasn't until I moved to Atlanta that I had good stores that stocked underground releases and I've been addicted ever since. If I didn't love record stores I wouldn't own one. I'd go get a job that made a lot more money. People come in here a lot and tell me they love the store and it's great, and lots of out of town folks and bands do too. I really have no reference point on that anymore since I'm here seven days a week. There's only 2 other stores that sell vinyl in town, one is oldies oriented and the other banned me for life when I stopped working there and opened my own store. So I never get to go to any other stores and just try to make mine the one I would want to go to. I'm nowhere near that point yet and am working to improve it all of the time. I value people's suggestions and take them seriously, probably a little too seriously. But if you don't tell me what you want I can't read minds. The point of this being that I think the store is pretty good, and there are tons of folks that don't have a decent record store anywhere near them. So hopefully you'll support us. I realize the store isn't for everybody though.
We will continue to sell you lots of records we and you think are cool, and we will continue to have shows in the store as long as I can and bring awesome out of town bands to Charlotte. We are very thankful of those of you that have supported us for the last 4.5 years. And if you've never been here before, please come visit us.
-Scott
Big Black Weekend Sale
Hey - I've decided for the first time to actually participate in the capitalist phenomenon known as Black Friday! But I've decided to make it a Big Black Weekend! Unfortunately I couldn't get Big Black to play so we're just having a sale instead.
Everything in the store is going to be 10% off and anything that's been in the store more than a year is 25% off. Simple enough.
I have a bunch of new release stuff typed up, but I'll save that for next and keep this short. Also don't forget to visit our webstore.
Thanks for 4 years of support,
Scott
SEPTEMBER 2009 PT. 2 PLUS 33 1/3 SALE RETURNS!
Holy crap, 2 stock updates in one month. It's a miracle, but we're trying to keep up with stuff and there are a ton of new releases coming out. If you don't see something on these list just ask, and if there is something coming out in the future just ask and we'll get it for you. Wouldn't you rather order from us than some crappy website that sends your records in giant boxes or charges more than we do anyway? We can ship it to you as well if you don't want to drive here. We'll ship pretty much anything to you for a $3.00 flat rate.
We also now have a Facebook page and a Twitter page.
Anyway, now to the more important stuff...the return of the 33 1/3 sale!
We had this last fall although it was the week Wachovia crumbled so not the best timing (oops!), but it was still really successful and no one really understood that I was celebrating my 33.3rd birthday anyway, so we're doing it again. We need to clear things out and you need cheap records, what a great trade! Tell all of your friends because this is short notice and if you snooze that's too bad. We don't do many sales anyway, but we appreciate your business and want to show you with this awesome sale.
EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS 15% OFF!
- LPs, CDs, DVDs, 7"s, 10"s, books, stickers, patches, everything! Saturday 9-26-09 ONLY!
IN ADDITION ALL USED LPs, CDs, & DVDs ARE BUY 2 GET 1 FREE! - This is combined with the 15% off, which basically amounts to buy one get one free (or a combined 44% off of all used cds & dvds if you want to get exact). Hopefully that makes sense. It's a lot easier for us to ring it up that way.
Thanks again - lots more great stuff coming next week too like the new Avett Brothers on CD (LP is already out and waiting for you).
New stuff in stock for the last few weeks.
Online store coming soon! If you want to mailorder something, just send us an email with what you want!
We'll update as new stuff comes in, so check back. Prices can sometimes go up or down.
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New LPs:
Alice Donut - Ten Glorious Animals - new album - $12.99
Almighty Defenders - S/T - Black Lips, King Khan, & BBQ all in one band!!!! vinyl only release, includes MP3 download - $15.99
Amon Duul - Phallus Dei - - $25.99
Andrew WK - 55 Cadillac - instrumental solo piano concept album, limited to 750 copies - $21.99
Animal Collective - Danse Manatee - first time on vinyl, 180 gram DMM import pressing - $30.99
Animal Collective - Spirit They've Gone Spirit They've Vanished 2xLP - first time on vinyl, 180 gram DMM import pressing - $33.99
Antlers - Hospice - - $16.99
Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - includes MP3 download - $22.99
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty 2xLP - 180 gram remaster - $25.99
Big Pink - A Brief History of Love 2xLP + 12" - limited first pressing comes with a bonus 12" of a Gang Gang Dance remix, includes MP3 download - $18.99
Black Dice - Creature Comforts - back in print - $13.99
Blind Blake - Back Biting Bee Blues - import - $22.99
Blind Lemon Jefferson - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart - import - $22.99
Bob Marley - African Herbsman - - $19.99
Burning Star Core - Bright Summer Day - - $15.99
Carter Family - I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes - import - $22.99
Castanets - Texas Rose, The Thaw and The Beasts - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Catalyst - Swallow Your Teeth - - $11.99
Coconut Records - Davy - Jason Schwartzman of Phantom Planet, now on vinyl - $19.99
Coconut Records - Nighttiming - Jason Schwartzman of Phantom Planet, now on vinyl - $17.99
Congos - Heart of the Congos - back in stock - $9.99
Dodos - TIme To Die - includes MP3 download - $15.99
Doors - LA Woman - 180 gram - $24.99
Ducktails - Landscapes - back in stock - $18.99
Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity - colored vinyl - $17.99
Early Day Miners - The Treatment - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - S/T - - $13.99
Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill - back in stock - $17.99
Fugazi - The Argument - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Fugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Fugazi - End Hits - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Girls - Album - super catchy like Elvis Costello singing shoegaze pop, includes MP3 download - $13.99
Gong - Peel Sessions 2xLP - - $35.99
Grand Archives - Keep In Mind Frankenstein - includes MP3 download - $14.99
Great Architect - LP - local free jazz LP limited to 200 - $9.99
Greg Cartwright - Live At The Circle A LP + 7" - leader of Reigning Sound live in Milwaukee - $15.99
Hornet Leg - Ribbon of Fear - punk meets doo-wop, for fans of Captured Tracks releases - $11.99
Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight - back in print - $9.99
Jim O'Rourke - Visitor - new solo instrumental guitar album - $16.99
John Lee Hooker - Blues On Fire - - $19.99
John's Children - Smashed Blocked - Marc Bolan pre-T. Rex mod band - $23.99
Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues - back in stock - $11.99
Kaospilot - Shadows - new album! - $11.99
LA's - S/T - back in stock - $16.99
Lake of Dracula - Skeletal Remains - odds and ends collection from no-wave supergroup of members of Flying Luttenbachers, U.S. Maple, Scissor Girls - $15.99
Lard - Last Temptation of Reid - back in print - $9.99
Le Loup - Family - includes MP3 download - $11.99
Lee Perry - Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Cornbread - back in stock - $9.99
Left Lane Cruiser - All You Can Eat - repress - $13.99
Lisa Germano - Magic Neighbor - includes CD - $15.99
Litany For the Whale - Dolres - - $9.99
Magic Wands - Magic Love & Dreams EP - Picture Disc - $13.99
Make-Up - Destination Love - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Mayyors - Deads EP - back in print - hype hype hype - $12.99
Mercyful Fate - Evil - picture disc - $19.99
MIJ - Yodeling Astrologer (Aka Color By Numbers) - - $18.99
Muddy Waters - Lost Tapes - - $20.99
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff - resissued on colored vinyl, includes MP3 download - $10.99
Mudhoney - S/T - resissued on colored vinyl, includes MP3 download - $13.99
Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - resissued on colored vinyl, includes MP3 download - $13.99
Nation of Ulysses - Plays Pretty For Baby - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Neko Case - Canadian Amp - back in print - $14.99
Owen - New Leaves - - $13.99
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than the Stars - new EP on 3 formats - $7.99
Pearl Jam - Backspacer 2xLP - - $22.99
Pens - Hey Friend, What You Doing? - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg - colored vinyl - $14.99
Portishead - Dummy - import - $31.99
Q & Not U - Different Damage - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Q-Tip - Kamaal the Abstract - long lost album finally released - $16.99
Rachel Grimes (of Rachel's) - Book of Leaves - leader of Rachel's solo piano LP - $15.99
Rose Melberg - Homemade Ship - solo album by the leader of Go Sailor, Tiger Trap and The Softies - $11.99
Shangri-Las - Shangri-Las 2xLP - import - $39.99
Shitty Limits - Beware The Limits - - $8.99
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman - - $19.99
Skratchy Seal - Super Seal 3D - - $13.99
Sounds of Kaleidoscope - Heaven - - $14.99
Spider Bags - Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World - - $13.99
Stone Roses - Stone Roses - 20th anniversary 2xCD + DVD - $26.99
Strung Out - Agents Of The Underground - includes MP3 download - $10.99
Sun Ra - Sun Song - back in stock - $11.99
Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2 - colored vinyl includes MP3 download - $14.99
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary 2xLP - remastered on colored vinyl includes MP3 download - $15.99
Teenage Bottlerocket - They Came From The Underground - includes MP3 download - $10.99
Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited - includes MP3 download - $13.99
Tom Brosseau - Posthumous Success - - $12.99
Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead 2xLP - includes MP3 download - $16.99
Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone - back in stock - $14.99
Unrest - Imperial F.f.r.r. - reissue - $16.99
V/A - Porno Groove: Sound of the 70's - pink vinyl - $18.99
V/A - Ze 30: Ze Records Story 1979-2009 2xLP - - $21.99
V/A - D-Funk: Funk, Disco, And Boogie Grooves From Germany 1972-2002 2xLP - - $19.99
V/A - Last Kind Words 1926-1953 - compilation of early blues recordings back in stock - $13.99
V/A - Legends Of Benin 2xLP - compilation of Afro Beat recordings from 1969-1981 - $27.99
V/A - Rrr 1000 - 1000 Locked Grooves! - $24.99
V/A - Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest In Funk And Soul 1965-1975 2xLP - - $28.99
Volcano Choir - Unmap - Justin Vernon (BON IVER) plus COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES as his backing band. sparse and hypnotic, includes MP3 download - $12.99
White Shit - Sculpted Beef - Andy Coronado (Monorchid, Skull Kontrol, Wrangler Brutes) on guitar and concepts, along with Jared Warren (Karp, Big Business, Melvins) on vocals and Cody Willis (Murder City Devils, Big Business, Melvins) on drums and TITS on bass. As awesome as it sounds!!! - $9.99
Why - Eskimo Snow - - $13.99
Wilco - Summerteeth - 180 gram LP + CD - $25.99
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers - - $19.99
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head & The Sky 2xLP - - $22.99
New CDs
A Storm of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses - - $13.99
Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi - Friendly Pants - legendary Japanese saxophonist plus rhythm section of drummer Chris Corsano (Paul Flaherty Duo, Bjork, Jandek) and acoustic bassist Darin Gray (On Fillmore, Grand Ulena, Brise Glace). Sakata was a member of the Yosuke Yamashita Trio from '72 to '79 who were by far the best Japanese free jazz group and Yamashita is one of my favorite pianists to this day. Recommended for fans of Pharoah Sanders - $11.99
Andy The Door Bum - Art Is Shit - local artist - $9.99
Bahimiron / Unchrist - Last of the Confederates - black metal - $7.99
Big Pink - A Brief History of Love - - $11.99
Big Star - Keep An Eye On The Sky - 4xCD box set - $59.99
Bo White Duo Select - S/T - new cd by Yardwork/Calabi Yau/Kinnikinnik dude Bo plus vibraphone and drums. - $2.99
Brand New - Daisy - - $13.99
Castanets - Texas Rose, The Thaw and The Beasts - - $11.99
Crucifist - Demon Haunted World - - $12.99
Early Day Miners - The Treatment - - $11.99
Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic - - $15.99
Feelies - Crazy Rhythms - reissue - $13.99
Feelies - Good Earth - reissue - $13.99
Fun - Aim & Ignite - - $12.99
Girls - Album - super catchy like Elvis Costello singing shoegaze pop - $11.99
Grand Archives - Keep In Mind Frankenstein - - $12.99
Hornet Leg - Ribbon of Fear - punk meets doo-wop, for fans of Captured Tracks releases - $11.99
Islands - Vapours - - $14.99
J. Tillman - Year In The Kingdom - new album from Fleet Foxes member - $11.99
Jay-Z - Blueprint 3 - - $15.99
LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 Remixes - - $13.99
Le Loup - Family - - $10.99
Magic Wands - Magic Love & Dreams EP - - $5.99
Megadeath - Endgame - - $15.99
Mum - Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know - - $11.99
Muse - The Resistance - - $15.99
Muse - The Resistance - CD + DVD - $19.99
Nihill - Krach - - $14.99
Owen - New Leaves - - $10.99
Oxbow - Fuckfest - reissue - $12.99
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than the Stars - new EP on 3 formats - $7.99
Pearl Jam - Backspacer - indie store version in cool book style packaging - $15.99
Pens - Hey Friend, What You Doing? - - $12.99
Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg - - $13.99
Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract - - $13.99
Quieting Syrup - Sick Boy - ex-Pinebender - $10.99
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx pt. 2 - - $15.99
Rose Melberg - Homemade Ship - solo album by the leader of Go Sailor, Tiger Trap and The Softies - $11.99
Royal Bangs - Let It Beep - - $11.99
Rubik - Dada Bandits - - $10.99
Shitty Limits - Beware The Limits - on sale! - $4.99
Shudder To Think - Live From Home - - $13.99
Simian Mobile Disco - Temporary Pleasure - - $12.99
Simon Joyner - Out Into Snow - - $13.99
Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio - - $13.99
Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio - - $13.99
Squarepusher - Solo Electric Bass 1 - - $13.99
Stone Roses - Stone Roses - 20th anniversary 2xCD + DVD - $26.99
Struck By Lightning - Serpents - ex-Mouth of the Architect - $13.99
Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2 - remastered with 2 bonus tracks - $10.99
Thrice - Beggars - contains download with extra songs - $14.99
Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited - - $11.99
Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead - - $11.99
Tyondai Braxton - Central Market - - $13.99
Volcano Choir - Unmap - Justin Vernon (BON IVER) plus COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES as his backing band. sparse and hypnotic - $11.99
Why - Eskimo Snow - - $13.99
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers - - $13.99
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head & The Sky - - $14.99
New DVDs:
Beach Boys - Video Party - - $11.99
Belle & Sebastion - The Black Sessions - - $11.99
Elliott Smith - Pictures Of New York - - $11.99
Fugazi - 27 Songs - - $11.99
Kinks - TV-Concerts 1973-1977 - - $11.99
The Cure - In Orange - - $11.99
The Smiths - This Charming Matador - - $11.99
Zombies - Video Anthology - - $11.99
New 10"s:
Mum - Prophecies and Reversed Memories - - $13.99
New 7"s:
Aquarium - Performer - new single on Dischord - $4.99
Big Star - Feel - - $5.99
Grizzly Bear - While You Wait - limited import - $8.99
Kurt Vile - He's All Right - colored vinyl, limited - $4.99
Las Palabras - Mariposas - ex-El Guapo, Supersystem - $4.99
Magic Kids - Hey Boy - members of The Barbaras and Girls of the Gravitron - $4.99
Magnolia Electric Company - Rider, Shadow, Wolf - new limited single - $6.49
O Paon - S/T - - $6.99
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than the Stars - new EP on 3 formats - $4.49
Pigeon Religion - Scoprion Milk - new single on Parts Unknown - $4.99
Pizza - Midnight Creature Party - members of Pygmy Lush, includes MP3 download - $12.99
Pizza / Tideland - Split - members of Pg. 99, Pygmy Lush - $3.99
Shitty Limits - Here Are The Limits - - $3.99
Shitty Limits - Espionage - - $3.99
Velvet Underground - Singles 1966-1969 - 7x7" box set - $49.99
New Books and Magazines:
Mark Kemp - Dixie Lullaby - - $19.99
Maximum Rock'n'Roll - Issue #317 - the queer issue - $4.00
Razorcake - issue 52 - includes Coathangers interview by Charlotte's own Chris Peigler - $4.00
