GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC: 50 $9.99 CDs, SELECT SALE VINYL THROUGH JAN. 8!

give-the-gift-of-music-2016-wordpressThe name says it all: Give the Gift of Music. Our annual $9.99 holiday CD sale is back, and a top-drawer coalition of record store people across the country (including The Record Exchange) hand-picked 50 titles for your holiday gift-giving, plus this year we’ve added 40 vinyl LPs into the mix!

Now through Sunday, Jan. 8, the CDs listed below are sale-priced at $9.99 each. Prices vary on the vinyl titles.

GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC TITLES

CDs ($9.99 EACH)

AnthraxFor All Kings

St. Paul and the Broken BonesSea of Noise

J DillaThe Diary

DJ ShadowThe Mountain Will Fall

Run the JewelsRun the Jewels 1

Run the JewelsRun the Jewels 2

John PrineFor Better, Or Worse

Margo PriceMidwest Farmer’s Daughter

RadioheadA Moon Shaped Pool

Twenty One PilotsBlurryface

Sturgill SimpsonA Sailor’s Guide to Earth

Green DayRevolution Radio

Red Hot Chili PeppersThe Getaway

Panic! at the DiscoDeath of a Bachelor

Young the GiantHome of the Strange

The Head and the HeartSigns of Light

Mac MillerThe Divine Feminine

Regina SpektorRemember Us to Life

Fitz and the TantrumsFitz and the Tantrums

The MonkeesGood Times!

Tegan and SaraLove You to Death

Lake Street DiveSide Pony

WeezerWeezer (White Album)

Eric ClaptonI Still Do

Blood OrangeFreetown Sound

The KillsAsh and Ice

Shovels and RopeBusted Jukebox Vol. 1

The LumineersCleopatra

The Julie RuinHit Reset

DawesWe’re All Gonna Die

Nick WaterhouseNever Twice

BadbadnotgoodIV

Bon Iver22, A Million

The BanglesLadies and Gentlemen … The Bangles

Bonnie RaittDig in Deep

Thao and the Get Down Stay DownA Man Alive

Beach HouseDepression Cherry

Father John MistyI Love You, Honey Bear

GoatRequiem

Dinosaur Jr.Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not

Angel OlsenMy Woman

Explosions in the SkyThe Wilderness

DIIVIs The Is Are

Bob WeirBlue Mountain

Wille NelsonFor the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price

Roy OrbisonThe Ultimate Collection

David BowieLegacy

Elvis PresleyThe Wonder of You

Mike WattRing Spiel Tour ’95

Modern BaseballHoly Ghost

Cage the ElephantTell Me I’m Pretty

Ray LaMontagneOuraboros

SiaThis is Acting

VINYL (PRICES VARY)

John PrineFor Better, Or Worse $17.99

John PrineIn Spite of Ourselves $17.99

WeezerWeezer (White Album) $17.99

Panic! at the DiscoDeath of a Bachelor $17.99

Sturgill SimpsonA Sailor’s Guide to Earth $19.99

The Head and the HeartSigns of Light $18.99

Green DayRevolution Radio $18.99

Twenty One PilotsBlurryface $23.99

Conor OberstRuminations $19.99

Margo PriceMidwest Farmer’s Daughter $15.99

Eric ClaptonI Still Do $23.99

Shovels and RopeBusted Jukebox Vol. 1 $19.99

The LumineersCleopatra $23.99

The Julie RuinHit Reset $14.99

TacocatLost Time $13.99

Nick WaterhouseNever Twice $17.99

BadbadnotgoodIV $17.99

Holy FuckCongrats $19.99

Bon Iver22, A Million $22.99

Beach HouseDepression Cherry $17.99

Father John MistyI Love You, Honey Bear $17.99

GoatRequiem $19.99

Dinosaur Jr.Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not $18.99

Angel OlsenMy Woman $18.99

John CarpenterLost Themes II $18.99

Wild NothingLife of Pause $23.99

Cymbals Eat GuitarsPretty Years $21.99

Explosions in the SkyThe Wilderness $22.99

Bon IverFor Emma, Forever Ago $16.99

Bon IverBon Iver $16.99

Miles DavisKind of Blue $21.99

The StrokesIs This It $16.99

Michael JacksonThriller $16.99

Wu-Tang ClanEnter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) $16.99

A Tribe Called QuestMidnight Marauders $16.99

Bob WeirBlue Mountain $23.99

Wille NelsonFor the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price $16.99

Roy OrbisonThe Ultimate Collection $21.99

Elvis PresleyThe Wonder of You $21.99

Mike WattRing Spiel Tour ’95 $21.99

Modern BaseballHoly Ghost $17.99

PREORDER THE NEW CURTIS STIGERS ALBUM (OUT 1/20) BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

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There’s a new Curtis Stigers album coming January 20, and you can preorder it at The Record Exchange before Christmas!

The genre-hopping singer/songwriter/saxophonist celebrates the 50th anniversary of Sinatra at the Sands with the Danish Radio Big Band on new live recording One More for the Road.

50 years ago, magic was made on the stage of the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, when the timeless cool of Frank Sinatra met the robust swing of the Count Basie Orchestra. Sinatra at the Sands has remained a beloved classic ever since, the perfect marriage of old-school pop and big band jazz.

Singer, songwriter and saxophonist Curtis Stigers has been bringing those worlds together in his own music for the last three decades (along with touches of nearly every other genre one could call to mind), which makes him an ideal candidate to reinterpret Ol’ Blue Eyes’ cherished repertoire for modern ears. On his twelfth album and ninth release for Concord Records, One More for the Road, Stigers captures the rare alchemy of hipness, elegance, playfulness and feeling that made Sinatra’s renditions of these songs immortal while adding his own unique twist.

On One More for the Road, Stigers finds his own version of that elusive Sinatra-Basie chemistry with the virtuosic and ebulliently swinging musicians of the Danish Radio Big Band. Recorded in the band’s headquarters, the acoustic marvel that is the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, the bristling live recording features the DRBB playing vibrant takes based on the original Nelson Riddle and Billy May arrangements, which can’t help but spark inspired vocal performances from Stigers.

RECORD EXCHANGE 2016 STAFF PICKS: MICHAEL

michaelTis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2016 Staff Picks!

Here’s Michael’s picks:

LEONARD COHEN
You Want It Darker
HAYES CARLL
Lovers & Leavers
DAVID BOWIE
Blackstar
PARQUET COURTS
Human Performance
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
Burn Something Beautiful
PAUL SIMON
Stranger To Stranger
ROKIA TRAORE
Ne So
JOSHUA REDMAN & BRAD MEHLDAU
Nearness
BLACK MOUNTAIN
IV
JACK DEJOHNETTE, MATTHEW GARRISON & RAVI COLTRANE
In Movement