RX RECOMMENDS: SARA BAREILLES’ LATEST CD ‘KALEIDOSCOPE HEART’

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Critics are praising Kaleidoscope Heart — the new release from Grammy-nominated Epic recording artist Sara Bareilles — across the board.

The Wall Street Journal raved, “Kaleidoscope Heart plants Sara in Billy Joel territory.” The New York Daily News wrote, “Bareilles holds the keys to a pop world gone gaga.” The New York Times praised Sara, quoting, “Deliberately or not, Ms. Bareilles has figured out a singer-songwriter’s response to the ascendance of Glee. Now she’s her own glee club,” while People Magazine applauds the album, saying, “In 2007 the singer-songwriter rocketed from obscurity with her album Little Voice and the Grammy-nominated pop-rock gem ‘Love Song.’ How does she follow up on that? Impeccably.”

Kaleidoscope Heart — which Sara wrote and the renowned Neal Avron produced — is the follow up to her massive Grammy nominated debut, Little Voice, which has sold over 1 million copies worldwide and garnered the singer/songwriter two Grammy nominations for the triple platinum hit single “Love Song.”

RX RECOMMENDS: SANTANA’S ‘GUITAR HEAVEN: GREATEST GUITAR CLASSICS’

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The longest-running, most successful partnership in the history of rock takes flight anew, as legendary Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductees Carlos Santana and Clive Davis collaborate on the brand new concept album, Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time. The album was co-produced by Carlos Santana and Clive Davis with tracks produced by Matt Serletic and Howard Benson.

Working from their collective encyclopedic knowledge of rock, Carlos Santana and Clive Davis devised a list of guitar-centric titles and then invited a who’s who of guest vocalists to perform on every track. Singers include Chris Cornell (on Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love), Pat Monahan (on Van Halen’s Dance the Night Away), Chester Bennington and Ray Manzarek (on The Doors’ Riders on the Storm ), Rob Thomas (on Cream’s Sunshine Of Your Love), Scott Weiland (on the Rolling Stones’ Cant You Hear Me Knocking), Chris Daughtry (on Def Leppard’s Photograph), Gavin Rossdale (on T. Rex’s Bang A Gong ), Nas (on AC/DC’s Back In Black ), Joe Cocker (on Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing) and more.

A very special dedication to George Harrison comes together on Guitar Heaven with While My Guitar Gently Weeps, featuring singer india.arie and master cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Listening to the song, Olivia Harrison told Carlos, “It made me jump for joy and cry at the same time.”

The Deluxe Edition includes a DVD featuring the making of Guitar Heaven and an interview with Carlos Santana and Clive Davis.

RX RECOMMENDS: LEONARD COHEN’S ‘SONGS FROM THE ROAD’ ALBUM/VIDEO

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Songs From the Road collects twelve performances of some of Leonard Cohen‘s most iconic songs from across all of those many miles and performances.

The performances were recorded in High Definition 16:9 and 5.1 Surround Sound and are available in three separate formats:

• CD/DVD in oversized 2-disc softpack
• Blu-Ray in standard Amray case
• 180gm vinyl LP in a gatefold cover

The DVD and Blu-Ray also have a twenty-minute backstage interview with the various band members conducted by Leonard’s daughter, Lorca Cohen.

All of the sets contain album liner notes by Leon Wieseltier, editor of the New Republic, and track-by-track insider’s commentary written by Ed Sanders, who produced, edited and directed both the CD and DVD versions

TRACK LIST:

Lover, Lover, Lover (Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 24, 2009)
Bird On the Wire (Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland, November 6, 2008)
Chelsea Hotel (Royal Albert Hall, London, England, November 17, 2008)
Heart With No Companion (Oberhausen King Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany, November 2, 2008)
That Don’t Make it Junk (O2 Arena, London, England, November 13, 2008)
Waiting for the Miracle (HP Pavilion, San Jose, California, November 13, 2009)
Avalanche (Gothenburg Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 12, 2008)
Suzanne (MENA Arena, Manchester, England, November 30, 2008)
The Partisan (Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland, October 10, 2008)
Famous Blue Raincoat (O2 Arena, London, England, November 13, 2008)
Hallelujah (Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California, April 17, 2009)
Closing Time (John Labatt Centre, London, Ontario, May 24, 2009)

Note: The O2 Arena performances on this release are from November 2008 and not the July 17, 2008 show that was documented on the Live From London CD/DVD.

IT’S FIRST THURSDAY AT THE RX!

It’s a new month, and that means it’s time for another First Thursday at The Record Exchange!

All day long on Thursday, Nov. 4, The Record Exchange is offering customers $2 off any used CD or DVD $5.99 and above!

In the coffee shop, all 12-ounce espresso drinks are only $2, while sale gift items over $5.99 are $2 off!

Happy November!

RX INDIE STORE EXCLUSIVES: KEITH RICHARDS CD, JILL CUNNIFF VINYL LPs!

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.

NEW EXCLUSIVES:

Jill Cunniff City Beach vinyl LP, available on red/yellow or orange/pink colored vinyl; both versions come with a bonus 7-inch! Limited to 250 copies (that’s in the entire universe).
Keith Richards Vintage Vinos CD (retrospective from out of print studio albums, plus live tracks)

OTHER RECENT EXCLUSIVES:

Matisyahu Shake Off the Dust … ARISE CD (reissue of out-of-print, fan-favorite indie debut!
Biffy Clyro Only Revolutions CD
Broken Spindles Document No. 2 (handmade CD, extremely limited)
Dapose Positive Feedback limited-edition vinyl LP
Touch People Everyone Is Not Alive limited-edition vinyl LP
Brendon Benson Well & Goode 7-inch
Paul McCartney and Wings Band on the Run 7-inch. Taken from the forthcoming Paul McCartney Archive Collection reissue of Band On The Run, this limited-edition, highly-collectible vinyl 7-inch replicates the original U.S. single release that shot to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 back in June of 1974. Housed in a deluxe picture sleeve and digitally re-mastered from the original tapes, this is sure to become a sought after Paul McCartney single release for years to come.
Elvis Costello This Year’s Model 180-gram half-speed master vinyl LP (only 5,000 made!)
Elvis Costello Armed Forces 180-gram half-speed master vinyl LP (only 5,000 made!)
Pixies Bossanova 180-gram half-speed master vinyl LP (only 5,000 made!)
Klaxons Surfing the Void CD
Puscifer “C” is for … vinyl LP
Wingless Angels (Keith Richards) Volume I and II
Shadow Shadow Shade Shadow Shadow Shade CD
Soundgarden Telephantasm 3LP vinyl version. Read more HERE.
Amy Correia You Go Your Way CD
Darden Smith Marathon CD
Fever Ray Mercy Street 7-inch
Lloyd Cole Broken Record CD
Nicole Atkins Vultures 7-inch
Cee Lo F**k You CD single, only 99 cents! Read more HERE
Maroon 5 Hands All Over Indie Store Version with bonus tracks
Weezer Raditude Photos 144-page color photo book
Puscifer Sound Into Blood Into Wine CD
Puscifer “C” is For … CD
Sea Wolf Turn the Dirt Over 7-inch
Hayley Taylor One Foot in Front of the Other CD
Mason Jennings Live at First Ave. CD
Brad Best Friends? vinyl LP
Corinne Bailey Rae The Sea vinyl LP
Paper Bird When the River Took Flight CD
Record Store Days book
Coconut Records Nighttiming vinyl LP
Crooked Fingers Forfeit/Fortune vinyl LP
Josh Ritter Golden Age of Radio CD
Josh Ritter S/T CD
Patton Oswalt 222 CD
Right Away, Great Captain! The Eventually Home CD
Warren Haynes The Lone EP
William Fitzsimmons Derivatives CD
Brad Best Friends? CD
The Coral Butterfly House standard/deluxe CD
The Damnwells Golden Days DVD
John Wesley Harding Sings to a Small Guitar Vol. 1 CD
Kristin Hersh Crooked CD
Neu! Vinyl Box Set
Earl Greyhound Suspicious Package CD
Shonen Knife Live at Mowawk Place 2009 DVD
Donavon Frankenreiter Revisited vinyl LP
Various Artists Eat, Pray, Love soundtrack CD
Beck Sea Change half-speed master vinyl LP
Cowboy Junkies Whites Off Earth Now! half-speed master vinyl LP
Elvis Costello My Aim Is True half-speed master vinyl LP
Faith No More Angel Dust half-speed master vinyl LP
Megadeth Countdown to Extinction half-speed master vinyl LP
Pixies Surfer Rosa half-speed master vinyl LP
Pixies Doolittle half-speed master vinyl LP
Bad Brains Live at CBGB 1982 vinyl LP
Builders and the Butchers Where the Roots All Grow CD
Earl Greyhound Soft Targets CD
Filter Inevitable Relapse 7-inch
Junip (Jose Gonzalez) Rope and Summit vinyl LP
Matthew Ryan Dear Lover Acoustic Version CD
Via Audio Animalore CD and vinyl LP
William Fitzsimmons Derivatives CD
Donavon Frankenreiter Revisited CD
Guggenheim Grotto Universe is Laughing CD
Hurricane Bells Tonight is the Ghost CD
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody’s Business The World We Know CD
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds The Mercy Seat 12-inch (limited edition white vinyl!)
STS9 Ad Explorata vinyl LP
The Glitch Mob Drink the Sea CD
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
Record Store Day exclusives. We still have limited quantities left of select titles!
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
Lou Reed Satellite Of Love 7-inch
The Replacements I’ll Be You 7-inch
The Ramones California Sun 7-inch
Kate Nash My Best Friend is You Indie Store Version with bonus track.
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
The Beatles Abbey Road vinyl box (w/ t-shirt and poster)
Zac Brown Band Live From Bonnaroo CD EP