FREE SIGNED JOSH RITTER BOOKLET WITH CD PURCHASE (ON SALE $12.99)!

VIEW PHOTOS FROM JOSH RITTER’S RECORD EXCHANGE RECORD STORE DAY IN-STORE HERE!

Purchase Josh Ritter‘s new CD So Runs the World Away at The Record Exchange and we’ll give you a free signed CD booklet!

Our friend Josh has signed a limited quantity of booklets from the new CD, and they’re available exclusively to Record Exchange customers who buy the CD this week for a special sale price of $12.99. If you live out of town and want to get your hands on a signed booklet, order online HERE, call us (208.344.8010) or email us and we will facilitate the order for you.

So Runs the World Away is being hailed as another step forward in Ritter’s artistic evolution. NPR says So Runs the World Away “doesn’t defy categorization so much as it creates its own. Ritter’s category lacks a name, but it has a sound, a vision and a sense of poetic determination that puts So Runs the World Away on a level reserved for records such as Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind, Tom Waits’ Rain Dogs and Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water. … With startling detail, distinctive storytelling, compelling subject matter and astonishing musicianship, Ritter’s new album has reset the singer-songwriter bar.”

Paste magazine says “Josh Ritter hits a beautiful stride on his sixth album, a soulful combination of conversational folk ballads and powerful gut punches. He’s not the only one channeling the greats, but he does it better than almost anyone else today.”

RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVES UPDATE: FLAMING LIPS, OTHERS GONE

Happy Hump Day, y’all, time for another Record Store Day exclusives update.

We are now sold out of The Flaming LipsDark Side of the Moon vinyl, along with Deerhoof‘s Apple O’ vinyl and Fun.‘s Aim and Ignite picture disc. We’ve also added a couple titles to the “seriously limited” list.

For the complete list of what’s left, visit our Record Store Day page. Still got us some Godsmack 7-inches, yee haw!

RECORD EXCHANGE CUSTOM PLAYLIST IN OUR THINKINDIE DIGITAL STORE!

Did you know that The Record Exchange ThinkIndie Digital Store features a custom playlist that we compile each week for you — for you! — to stay hip to all the fab new releases featured in the store?

Our playlist includes recommended new releases, ThinkIndie exclusives and select tracks from ThinkIndie’s large collection of free downloads. And what’s more, all downloads are high-quality 320KB, DRM-free files!

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

• The ongoing My Morning Jacket Benefit Sale for ear X-tacy just got expanded to include two additional MMJ titles at special sale prices!

If you believe in the importance of the independent record store, go to The Record Exchange ThinkIndie Digital Store today and purchase these fine titles:

Okonokos ($9.99/double album)
Acoustic Citsuoca ($2.99)
Celebracion de la Cuidad Natal ($4.99)

My Morning Jacket and ATO Records are donating all proceeds to ear X-tacy, the storied Louisville independent record store where Celebracion was partially recorded.

The store is struggling to survive and in danger of closing, but after the owner announced that ear X-tacy might close, a group of supporters, including My Morning Jacket, went into action. Read about ear X-tacy’s situation HERE.

OTHER GOODIES:

• Check out our new Vinyl Rip Exclusives, which deliver vinyl-quality sound in a 320KB digital file (you have to hear them to believe it). We have two titles from two buzz-worthy indie bands, UME’s Sunshower and Dark Dark Dark‘s Bright Bright Bright for under 6 bucks apiece!
• Exclusive Gaslight Anthem Live at Park Ave. EP for a special $4.99 sale price! Recorded at Orlando ThinkIndie store Park Ave. CDs, this live recording was taken during the band’s tour with Rise Against, Thrice and Alkaline Trio. This is a full-band recording that includes a cover of the Robert Bradley’s Black Water Surprise song “Once Upon a Time.”

FULL ALBUM STREAMS:

fun. Live at Fingerprints. Acoustic performance at Long Beach indie record store Fingerprints, now available for a special $7.49 sale price!
LISTEN HERE
BUY HERE
DOWNLOAD FREE TRACK HERE

Greg Laswell Covers EP. Special $2.99 sale price!
LISTEN HERE
BUY HERE

FREE STUFF:

The National Afraid of Anyone
Futureheads Struck Dumb
Steve Mason (Beta Band) All Come Down
Deer Tick 20 Miles
Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers Sin Eater
Very Be Careful La Furgoneta
Univox Pi
Solex vs. Jon Spencer vs. Christina Martinez Galaxy Man
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore Live at CD Central 2-17-10
Blitzen Trapper Heaven and Earth
Elliott Smith ThinkIndie Sampler
She & Him Thieves
Many, many more HERE!

EXCLUSIVES:

Various Artists Louisville is for Lovers 2010 compilation only $6.99
Lisa Hannigan Live at Fingerprints only $3.99!
Mountain Goats The Life of the World to Come with bonus demos $9.99
Paper Bird Live at Twist and Shout $5.99

NEW RELEASES:

fun. fun. Presents Selected Selections …
Roky Erickson with Okkervil River True Love Cast Out All Evil (Deluxe Edition available)
Willie Nelson Country Music
Rodriguez Record Store Day 7-inch
The Apples in Stereo Travellers in Space and Time
Sweet Apple Love and Desperation
Doves The Places Between: The Best Of (Deluxe Edition available)
Gotan Project Tango 3.0
The Thermals/The Cribs Record Store Day 7-inch

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RECORD STORE DAY 2010 EXCLUSIVES UPDATE: THE ‘SERIOUSLY LIMITED’ LIST

As promised, we’re regularly updating our list of remaining Record Store Day 2010 exclusives, and this update features exclusives of which we have 1 or 2 copies left in the store. Translation: Get here soon if you want ’em.

If you happen to live out of town, out of state, on the moon, whatever, y0u don’t have to physically visit the store to purchase these titles. In short, we do mail orders. Unfortunately, the exclusives are not available through our online store, so you have to call us (208.344.8010), or better yet, email us and we will facilitate the order for you.

Keep in mind that this list is not updated after each sale, so no whining if we no longer have what you’re looking for even if it’s listed here.

And now, the list, with quantities remaining in parentheses:

Against Me! I Was a Teenage Anarchist 7-inch (1 COPY)
Apples In StereoTravellers in Space and Time vinyl 2LP (1 COPY)
Avenged SevenfoldUnholy Confessions 12-inch (2 COPIES)
The Black KeysTighten Up/Howlin’ For You 12-inch (2 COPIES)
Black Label SocietySkullage 2LP 180-gram green vinyl (1 COPY)
Bonobo featuring Adriana Triana “Eyes Down” 12-inch (1 COPY)
Coheed and Cambria “Guns Of Summer”/”Pearl of the Stars (Big Beige Demo Version)” 7-inch picture disc  (1 COPY)
DA Exclamation Point vinyl LP (2 COPIES)
Dan ZanesHello Dolly, I Am What I Am/76 Trombones 7-inch (2 COPIES)
Dave Holland Octet Pathways LTD CD box (1 COPY)
David BazanLive at Electrical Audio CD (2 COPIES)
DevoDuty Now For The Future CD (2 COPIES)
DevoDuty Now For The Future vinyl LP (1 COPY)
Gogol Bordello “We Comin’ Rougher”/”Trans-Continental Hustle” 7-inch green vinyl (2 COPIES)
Goldfrapp – Head First vinyl LP (2 COPIES)
Happy BirthdayShampoo/Alien 7-inch (1 COPY)
Hundred in the Hands “Undressed in Dresden” 7-inch (2 COPIES)
Jakob Dylan/Courtyard Hounds“See You in the Spring” (CYH’s duet with Jakob Dylan)/Jakob Dylan’s “Everybody’s Hurting” 7-inch (2 COPIES)
Jeff Beck Emotion & Commotion vinyl LP (1 COPY)
Joan Baez – Self-titled debut album vinyl LP (1 COPY)
JuiceheadRotting From The Inside/Death of Democracy 7-inch (2 COPIES)
Let’s Wrestle/Love LanguageI’m So Lazy/Brittany’s Back 7-inch (2 COPIES)
Magnetic Fields69 Love Songs 10-inch vinyl box set (1 COPY)
Mary OnettesThe Night Before The Funeral 7-inch (2 COPIES)
Menomena/Helio Sequence – “Pilgrim’s Progress”/”Converter” 7-inch (1 COPY)
Modest Mouse The Moon and Antarctica 2LP 180-gram vinyl (1 COPY)
Mountain Goats Life of the World To Come DVD (2 COPIES)
Omar Rodriquez Lopez Solar Gambling 12-inch (2 COPIES)
One EskimoLive EP CD (1 COPY)
PanteraCowboys From Hell vinyl LP (1 COPY)
PanteraVulgar Display of Power vinyl LP (1 COPY)
Pantera Far Beyond Driven vinyl LP (1 COPY)
Paolo Nutini Live @ Preservation Hall EP CD (1 COPY)
RamonesRamones Mania vinyl LP (1 COPY)
RX Bandits Live @ Park Avenue CD (2 COPIES)
Sex Pistols Great Rock N Roll Swindle 180-gram 2LP (2 COPIES)
Sonic YouthHits Are for Squares 180-gram 2LP compilation (2 COPIES)
Thermals/The Cribs – Split 7-inch (2 COPIES)
Tutu & the Pirates Sub-Urban Insult Rock For the Anti-Lectual vinyl LP (2 COPIES)
TV on the RadioDear Science vinyl LP reissue (1 COPY)
Various Artists We Fun: Atlanta GA Inside Out DVD (1 COPY)

THE VINYL WORD: RECORD STORE DAY LEFTOVERS DISAPPEARING QUICKLY

If you made it to The Record Exchange right at 9 a.m. on Record Store Day, congratulations — not only for getting out of bed on a Saturday morning, but for scoring some of the RSD exclusive vinyl releases before all the other record geeks woke up and realized they slept through Christmas.

It was a crazy scene after we opened the store at 9. Around two dozen or so customers gobbled up our stock of several exclusives within minutes. Those two Hold Steady albums didn’t have a chance yo.

That said, we do have some Record Store Day vinyl exclusives left — but not many. And of those that remain, many number as little as one or two copies. If you’re curious what we have left, visit the Record Exchange Record Store Day page HERE.

We’re updating the online list daily, but your best bet is visiting the Wall of Vinyl in person and seeing what we have left. Because no sooner than we update the list, a couple of vinyl junkies will be in here jockeying for our last copy of R.E.M.’s Chronic Town on numbered blue vinyl. And we don’t want you singing the blues.

NEW VINYL RELEASES

Rufus Wainwright All Days Are Nights
Liars Sisterworld
Meth, Ghost and Rae Wu Massacre
Peter Gabriel Scratch My Back
Pixies Purple Tape
Merle Haggard I Am What I Am
Ozomatli Fire Away
Moby Grape Live
Dick Dale Various Reissues
Dire Straits Making Movies
Rotting Christ Aealo