RECORD EXCHANGE 2015 TOP SELLERS

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What were Record Exchange customers into in 2015? Here’s a look at our top sellers for 2015, including the Top 25 CD and vinyl sellers.

2015 TOP SELLERS – OVERALL

1. Adele – 25
2. Josh Ritter – Sermon on the Rocks
3. Built to Spill – Untethered Moon
4. Belinda Bowler – Trumpet Vine
5. Alabama Shakes – Sound and Color
6. Lord Huron – Strange Trails
7. Various Artists – Idaho Ho Ho 2015
8. Brandi Carlile – The Firewatcher’s Daughter
9. Mumford and Sons – Wilder Mind
10. Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves
11. Youth Lagoon – Savage Hills Ballroom
12. Matt Nathanson – Show Me Your Fangs
13. Leon Bridges – Coming Home
14. Eilen Jewell – Sundown Over Ghost Town
15. Josh Ritter – Acoustic Live Vol. 1
16. Tame Impala – Currents
17. James Taylor – Before This World
18. Taylor Swift – 1989
19. The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
20. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
21. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell
22. Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
23. Calexico – Edge of the Sun
24. Ryan Bingham – Fear and Saturday Night
25. Amuma Says No – Gatz and Berakatz

2015 TOP SELLERS – CD

1. Adele – 25
2. Josh Ritter – Sermon on the Rocks
3. Belinda Bowler – Trumpet Vine
4. Various Artists – Idaho Ho Ho 2015
5. Alabama Shakes – Sound and Color
6. Built to Spill – Untethered Moon
7. Lord Huron – Strange Trails
8. Brandi Carlile – The Firewatcher’s Daughter
9. Matt Nathanson – Show Me Your Fangs
10. Mumford and Sons – Wilder Mind
11. Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves
12. Eilen Jewell – Sundown Over Ghost Town
13. James Taylor – Before This World
14. Leon Bridges – Coming Home
15. The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
16. Amuma Says No – Gatz and Berakatz
17. Josh Ritter – Acoustic Live Vol. 1
18. Calexico – Edge of the Sun
19. Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
20. Ryan Bingham – Fear and Saturday Night
21. Bob Dylan – Shadows in the Night
22. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
23. Taylor Swift – 1989
24. Stratos Felix – Are We Live?
25. Hillfolk Noir – Pop Songs for Elk

2015 TOP SELLERS – VINYL

1. Built to Spill – Untethered Moon
2. Josh Ritter – Sermon on the Rocks
3. Youth Lagoon – Savage Hills Ballroom
4. Adele – 25
5. Lord Huron – Strange Trails
6. Alabama Shakes – Sound and Color
7. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
8. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell
9. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
10. Taylor Swift – 1989
11. Arctic Monkeys – AM
12. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
13. Tame Impala – Currents
14. Leon Bridges – Coming Home
15. Beach House – Depression Cherry
16. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
17. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
18. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
19. Mumford and Sons – Wilder Mind
20. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
21. Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves
22. Hozier – Hozier
23. Josh Ritter – Acoustic Live Vol. 1
24. Brett Netson and Snakes – Scavenger Cult
25. Purity Ring – Another Eternity

RECORD EXCHANGE 2015 STAFF PICKS: SEVERED ARM

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2015 Staff Picks!

severed armHere’s Severed Arm’s list:

AIMEE MANN
The Forgotten Arm
DIRE STRAITS
Brothers in Arms
ARM
Universal Standard Time
ISLANDS
Arm’s Way
STRONG ARM STEADY
Arms and Hammers
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS
A Forest of Arms
THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES
Easter
BAND OF HORSES
Infinite Arms
THE LAWRENCE ARMS
Metropole
MUDHONEY
Piece of Cake

WIN A GRATEFUL DEAD ‘FARE THEE WELL’ GICLEE PRINT; FREE DEAD KITE, GIFT WRAP AND MORE WITH PURCHASE!

band_GD_frame418456814805-500Grateful Dead‘s Fare Thee Well shows were one of the music events of the year, and Rhino Records just released the concerts on CD, DVD, Blu-ray and CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray combos.

To celebrate, Rhino sent us a rare framed giclee print (one of only 30 in the country) to give to one lucky customer!

To enter the drawing, send an email* with the subject “Grateful Dead” HERE by midnight Thursday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve, fittingly). We will draw a name at random and notify the winner on Monday, Jan. 4.

Pick up Fare Thee Well at The Record Exchange and get a Grateful Dead kite, holiday gift wrap, coasters and more free with purchase!

* One entry per person, NOT per email address. If you have 16 email addresses and you enter with each address, we’ll just delete 15 of them. We have the technology. To be eligible to win, you must live in the Boise metro area and be able to pick up your prize at the store.

TREEFORT PASS WITH GIFT PACKAGING AND A ZIPLINE UPGRADE CONTEST!

12289553_10153212326283144_9078635126524883184_nOur friends at Treefort Music Fest gave us a nice exclusive for gift-related pass purchases along with a contest to win a Zipline upgrade!

Buy a 5-day Treefort 2016 pass at The Record Exchange by Dec. 31 and we’ll give you exclusive gift packaging and stickers designed by Team Treefort. You’ll also be entered to win a Zipline upgrade – the winner will be drawn the first week of January!

While you’re here, check out Treefort merch, including shirts, sweatshirts, festival essentials and the new Treefort beanie!

More info on Treefort, including initial artist announcement, HERE.

CLARKE AND THE HIMSELFS VINYL RELEASE PARTY IN-STORE DEC. 27!

Clarke and the Himselfs

Clarke and the Himselfs will perform a special album release in-store set in celebration of the vinyl release of The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27, at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St., Downtown Boise). As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages!

The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs will be available for purchase at the in-store!

TheWellRoundedClarkeandtheHimselfsABOUT CLARKE AND THE HIMSELFS

Clarke and the Himselfs is the sonically extended portion of Clarke Aleksandr Howell. What originally began with multi-track records transmographied into the full band it is today, with Howell using the drums, guitar, his voice and no loops, creating catchy, dark, powerful sounds that are supported ultimately by the gravity of the songs themselves.

The Himselfs are regularly on the road and have extensively toured the South, Midwest and East Coast. Clarke and the Himselfs opened for Built to Spill on two different month-long North American tours. He has played with the likes of Colleen Green, No Bunny, Paleo, Sad Horse, La Luz, Naomi Punk and many more.

Their latest release, The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs, is the cumulative LP debut from Clarke and the Himselfs. Recorded in Portland, Oregon, on half-inch tape at Fluff and Gravy in early spring of 2014. Engineered and mixed by David Strackany (Paleo). Mastered by Mell Dettmer (Sunn O))), Boris, Earth) Featuring brand new cuts as well as re-done classics, all recorded, mixed and mastered to audiophile quality.

“Songs like ‘Asteroid’ and ‘Toxic World’ are infectious, fuzzed-out earworms that are sure to get trapped in your head for days.” – Chipp Terwilliger/Portland Mercury

“..Clarke Howell’s not simply working a stripped aesthetic, he’s a single player going for a full sound. Unlike most one-man bands who play drums with just their feet, one of his hands handles both guitar and stick on a practically full drum kit. Drape all that with the kind of gorgeously groaning guitar effects that Pink Mountaintops used to specialize in and a weird trilling vocal effect and you’ve got an impressively lush solo act. Perhaps most importantly though, the actual quality of his songs proves he’s more than just some novelty act.” – Bao Le-Huu/Orlando Weekly