FATHER’S DAY AT RECORD EXCHANGE!

Father’s Day (June 20) will be here before you know it, and The Record Exchange wants to make sure all the Dad Rockers out there get the kind of treatment they deserve.

In addition to our new collection of Father’s Day cards, The Record Exchange Gift Shop is well-stocked with Dad-itude, including tons of Beatles gifts: T-shirts, hats, mugs, Beatles Trivial Pursuit, Beatles Monopoly, album cover puzzles, stickers, patches, key chains, books, etc.

Oh yeah, and Beatles music on CD, DVD and vinyl — new, used and collectible. Speaking of collectibles, on June 8, The Record Exchange will have a brand-new indie store exclusive Beatles 7-inch, the first of the newly-remastered Beatles material to be put on wax! This delicious 45 features “Paperback Writer” and “Rain” and is limited to 4,000 copies worldwide. Fab!

If you’re thinking clothing, well, let’s just say your dad would probably rather rock one of our rock T-shirts than some crappy Sears pastel polo shirt.

No matter his listening tastes, we have your dad’s torso covered: Built to Spill, Josh Ritter, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Black Flag, U2, Pearl Jam, Pixies, Nirvana, Radiohead, etc. etc. We also have custom Record Exchange and Record Store Day tees!

Is your dad into John Wayne? So are we. As American icons go, John Wayne is right up there with Elvis, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. Dude was simply badass. And really, can you think of anything better than a set of Duke playing cards to say “I’m a badass, too?”

And that’s just one example of the John Wayne gift badassitude we have here at The Record Exchange. Here’s what else we have in the arsenal:

• John Wayne coffee mug.
• John Wayne DVD film collections.
• John Wayne pilsner glass and pilsner glass/coaster set.

RX INDIE STORE EXCLUSIVES: NIRVANA VINYL, ONLINE EXCLUSIVES PAGE!

What is a Record Exchange exclusive? It’s a CD, vinyl LP, 7-inch, DVD or other product you can only find at the RX — no big box, corporate record store chain or uncle’s basement will have it. Well, unless your uncle’s cool and bought it at The Record Exchange.

We have tons of new exclusives (Nirvana vinyl reissues!), and we’ve just updated our online exclusives page to include recent arrivals and catalog favorites, including a slew of Josh Ritter titles. Check it out HERE.

NEW EXCLUSIVES:

• Mz Streamz It’s Alive CD
• Shannon McNally Coldwater CD
• Snow and Voices Anything That Moves CD
• Toots and the Maytals Flip and Twist CD

OTHER RECENT EXCLUSIVES:

• Record Store Day exclusives. We still have limited quantities left of select titles! Click HERE to see what remains of the day.
• Nirvana In Utero 180-gram yellow colored vinyl LP
• Nirvana MTV Unplugged 180-gram red colored vinyl LP
• Nirvana Nevermind colored vinyl LP.
• Slacktone Warning: Reverb Instrumentals CD
• Randall Bramlett The Meantime CD.
• Jason Collett To Wit To Woo CD.
• Badly Drawn Boy Is There Nothing We Can Do? import CD.
• LoveLikeFire Tear Ourselves Away CD.
• Lou Reed Satellite Of Love 7-inch.
• The Replacements I’ll Be You 7-inch.
• The Ramones California Sun 7-inch.
• The Feelies Fa Ce-La 7-inch.
• Kate Nash My Best Friend is You Indie Store Version with bonus track.
• David Hidalgo and Louie Perez The Long Goodbye CD and vinyl LP.
• Arc Angels Living in a Dream 2CD/dual-sided DVD set.
• Lifehouse Smoke & Mirrors Indie Store Version with bonus CD.
• Hot Chip One Life Stand 200-gram numbered vinyl LP — only 250 pressed!
• Will Kimbrough Wings CD.
• Juliana Hatfield Peace and Love CD.
• Stockholm Syndrome Live at Streetlight Records CD.
• The Ravenna Colt Slight Spell CD and vinyl LP.
• Vampire Weekend Contra indie-store version bundled with a limited-edition bonus CD featuring three exclusive tracks!
• BlakRoc BlakRoc CD and vinyl LP, ONLY VERSION WITH LUDACRIS/ODB TRACK “COOCHIE” and it’s going quickly! Get it while you can — very limited quantities remaining of this first pressing!
• Old Crow Medicine Show Greetings From Wawa limited-edition CD reissue.
• DJ Shadow In L.A. 10-31-09 CD.
• Jack Johnson Brushfire Fairytales limited-edition CD.
• Josh Ritter Hello Starling vinyl/double CD reissue
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones Pin Points and Gin Joints CD
• The Beastie Boys Ill Communication and Hello Nasty limited-edition vinyl box sets
• Rob Zombie Presents Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures CD
• The Beatles Abbey Road vinyl box (w/ t-shirt and poster)
• Zac Brown Band Live From Bonnaroo CD EP

NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: TRUE BLOOD VOL. 2

True Blood‘s second season, with episodes involving a new cast of monsters invading Louisiana swamp town Bon Temps, is notably gorier and more camp than the first season. While thematically the central focus in these 12 exciting episodes still revolves around faith and loyalty, these questions are complicated by displays of pagan ritual and obsession.

Though the vampire/human relationship dilemma continues, spearheaded by lovers Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), there is less emphasis on addiction to V, or vampire blood, and more time dedicated to outsiders whose supernatural talents make some episodes feel like superhero battles.

BUY THE DVD HERE

MORE DVD/BLU-RAY RECOMMENDATIONS:

David Cross Bigger and Blackerer DVD
2PAC Live at the House of Blues DVD
The Road DVD
Various Artists Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live Legends DVD
Various Artists Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Start Me Up DVD
By Brakhage: An Anthology Vol. 2 (Criterion Collection) DVD
Spartacus Blu-ray
Transporter Blu-ray
Dear John DVD

NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: TECH N9NE REPS HOME TOWN WITH NEW LIVE DVD

After scoring another No. 1 with K.O.D., Tech N9ne hit the road for 44 shows in 49 days. One of the hardest touring performers in the game invites you to his triumphant hometown show in Kansas City at the Independence Events Center in front of a crowd of thousands. Shot entirely in high-definition and energized by the fans who helped make him the most successful independent hip-hop artist in history, Tech N9ne and his Strange family deliver one of their most ambitious and impressive live shows to date on this new DVD.

Tech N9ne comes alive on stage. Backed by DJ Chill and pumped with high voltage energy, the rapid-firing emcee delivers hit after hit from his extensive catalog, lighting up the stage and inspiring audience participation with crowd-pleasers like “Caribou Lou,” “Crybaby” and “Einstein.” It’s a truly special night in Kansas City. Die-hard Strange fans pack the venue, and Tech N9ne does not disappoint. He yells to the frenzied crowd, “You are the reason I go everywhere I go,” and is met with a roar of applause. Tech N9ne is thrilled to be home. “I’ma never let you down,” he assures his supporters. “I won’t stop rapping till I’m dead in the ground.”

While Kansas City sparked the Strange Music phenomenon, today fans around the world can’t get enough of Tech N9ne. Secure a front row seat at Strange Music’s hottest live show. The K.O.D. Tour: Live in Kansas City DVD includes bonus footage from the K.O.D Tour: Live in Seattle stop.

BUY THE DVD HERE

NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: (RE)DISCOVER ‘M’ ON CRITERION COLLECTION BLU-RAY

On moratorium since the end of March, Fritz Lang‘s serial killer thriller M, starring Peter Lorre, debuts on Blu-ray in a fully restored, special edition double-disc set.

A simple, haunting musical phrase whistled off-screen tells us that a young girl will be killed. “Who is the murderer?” pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann. In his harrowing masterwork, Lang merged trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller.

The Criterion Collection is proud to present a new restoration of this landmark film in an all-new two-disc set, also including audio commentary by two German film scholars; an interview film conversation with Fritz Lang, directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection); a short film inspired by M by director Claude Chabrol (La Ceremonie, Les Biches); classroom tapes of M‘s editor discussing the film and its history; and much more.

BUY THE BLU-RAY HERE.

OTHER NEW DVD/BLU-RAY RECOMMENDATIONS:

High Anxiety Blu-ray
Hang ‘Em High Blu-ray
Celine Dion Taking Chances World Tour DVD
Celine Dion Through the Eyes of the World DVD and Blu-ray
Legion DVD
Clutch Live at the 9:30 DVD
Carly Simon Live from Martha’s Vineyard DVD
North Face DVD
Malice in Wonderland DVD
Edge of Darkness DVD