RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 10 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 7, 2014)

418455626902-5001. Melophobia, Cage the Elephant
2. Idaho Ho Ho 2014, Various Artists
3. Rock or Bust, AC/DC
4. The Endless River, Pink Floyd
5. Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, Lucinda Williams
6. Talking is Hard, Walk the Moon
7. A Better Tomorrow, Wu-Tang Clan
8. Hooray for Love, Curtis Stigers
9. Nostalgia, Annie Lennox
10. Classics, She & Him

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY: SMASHING PUMPKINS, BEATLES 2LP VINYL REISSUES, GHOSTFACE KILLAH AND MORE, PLUS VINYL TUESDAY SAVINGS!

vinyl tuesday poster reduced 475It’s New Release Tuesday, and our new Vinyl Tuesday sale continues this week – customers receive up to $5 in used vinyl* with every $25 in new vinyl purchased all day long every Tuesday!

* Must be redeemed at time of purchase. Offer valid during regular business hours (10am-9pm) on Tuesdays only. The Record Exchange will not issue store credit for any unused portion of the Vinyl Tuesday used vinyl bonus.

Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases this week at The Record Exchange:

CD

Smashing Pumpkins – Monuments to An Elegy

Various Artists – The Music of Grand Theft Auto V

Ghostface Killah – 36 Seasons

Cracker – Berkeley to Bakersfield

The Knife – Shaken-Up Versions

NOFX – Backstage Passport Soundtrack

Little and Ashley – Dreamy Happy Sexy

E-40 – Sharp on All 4 Corners (two versions available)

Warren G – Regulate: G Funk Era 20th Anniversary Edition

Carrie Underwood – Greatest Hits: Decade #1

Prhyme – Prhyme

Sex Pistols – Spunk

Kris Kristofferson – An Evening With Kris Kristofferson: Live in London

Ex Cops – Daggers

Avatar – Avatar

Avatar – Schlacht

Avatar – Thoughts of No Tomorrow

Cretin – Stranger

Banner – Greying

Ceremony – Violence Violence

Elmore James – Final Sessions

Johnny Gill – Game Changer

Yes – Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome 2014

Supertramp – Crime of the Century 40th Anniversary Edition

Jose Feliciano – Duets

VINYL

The Beatles – 1

The Beatles – 1962-1966 (The Red Album)

The Beatles – 1967-1970 (The Blue Album)

The Beatles – Love

Various Artists – The Music of Grand Funk Auto V

Smashing Pumpkins – Monuments to an Elegy

Taylor Swift – 1989

Various Artists – Beck Song Reader

Brandi Carlile – The Story

The Knife – Shaken-Up Versions

The Rolling Stones – From the Vault: L.A. Forum

The Grateful Dead – Two from the Vault

Thompson – Family

Bonobo – Flashlight

Sleaford Mods – Chubbed Up

Sleep – Volume One

Spiritualized – Amazing Grace

Spiritualized – Songs in A&E

Warren G – Regulate: G Funk Era 20th Anniversary Edition

Bush – Sixteen Stone

Pig Destroyer – Book Burner

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn – Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn

Mark Kozelek – Sings Christmas Carols

LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out

Otis Redding – Dock of the Bay

Thelonious Monk – At Town Hall

T.I. – Paperwork

King Gizzard and the Lizard – I’m in Your Mind Fuzz

The Preatures – Blue Planet Eyes

Fang – Landshark

DVD/BLU-RAY

Guardians of the Galaxy DVD

Yes – Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome 2014

BONUS CLUB SALE MONDAY, DEC. 8: 20% OFF STOREWIDE 9AM-5PM AND 25% OFF DURING THE PARTY (5-9PM)! FREE CRAFT BEER, RAFFLES, GIVEAWAYS AND MORE!

It’s party time: The Record Exchange annual Bonus Club Customer Appreciation Sale will be held on Monday, Dec. 8, and yule not want to miss it.

As a thank you to our customers for supporting Idaho’s largest independent record store, The Record Exchange is offering 25% OFF STOREWIDE DURING THE PARTY (5 TO 9 P.M.) AND 20% OFF STOREWIDE DURING THE DAY (9 A.M. TO 5 P.M.).

And that’s just the start. To enhance your holiday shopping experience, the evening festivities also will include:

• FREE CRAFT BEER FROM PAYETTE BREWING CO. We’ll have cans of delicious, Boise-brewed craft beer from our partner Payette Brewing Co., and you’ll get to drink some for free (provided you’re 21 or older and show us a valid I.D.).

LIVE RADIO BROADCAST AND SILENT AUCTION FINALE. Once again, 94.9 FM The River’s Tim Johnstone will be broadcasting live from the store and emceeing the party, including the finale of our exclusive Concert for Cause Silent Auction.

archie's placeARCHIE’S PLACE. Our friends from one of Boise’s best food trucks will be at the store selling select favorites off their menu!

 

• GIVEAWAYS

• RAFFLE PRIZES

In addition to housing Boise’s Biggest and Best Gift Shop, this season The Record Exchange has more than 100 new Black Friday exclusives from our friends at Record Store Day, plus hundreds of new CDs under 10 bucks, including 60 hand-picked Give the Gift of Music titles!

If you’re not already a member of the RX Bonus Club, you can sign up at the Bonus Club Party and start saving! As a Bonus Club member, you get $10 in store credit every time you accrue $120 in store purchases.

If you want to sign up for the RX Bonus Club prior to the sale, visit The Record Exchange and ask a clerk for a free membership form!

GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC: 60 MUST-HAVE CDs $9.99, PLUS A SAMPLER FOR YOU AND A SAMPLER FOR A SOLDIER!

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The 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 60 titles for your holiday gift-giving and personal pleasure.

Starting Sunday, Nov. 23 and continuing through Sunday, Jan. 4, the CDs listed below will be sale-priced at $9.99 each.

And this year, we have an added bonus for you and a way to show our troops overseas some love. Our friends at RED Music assembled a 2014 CD sampler to give away free with purchase of any Give the Gift of Music title – one for you and one to send to a soldier currently serving our country overseas … literally giving them the gift of music. There’s a space on the CD package to write a note of gratitude, then we’ll send the CD to Operation Troop Aid for them to distribute to the troops.

GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC TITLES

Guy Clark – My Favorite Picture of You

Felice Brothers – Favorite Waitress

Shovels and Rope – Swimmin’ Time

Delta Spirit – Into the Wide

Shakey Graves – And the War Came

The Lumineers – The Lumineers Deluxe Edition

Atmosphere – Southsiders

Real Estate – Atlas

Arctic Monkeys – AM

Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else

Black Lips – Underneath the Rainbow

OFF! – Wasted Years

Danny Brown – Old

Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Days of Abandon

Mac Demarco – Salad Days

Tycho – Awake

Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness

Sharon Van Etten – Are We There

Kishi Bashi – Lighght

The Men – Tomorrow’s Hits

Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son

The War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream

Afghan Whigs – Do to the Beast

King Tuff – Black Moon Spell

Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty

Goat – Commune

J Mascis – Tied to a Star

Joe Bonamassa – Different Shades of Blue

Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory

Thievery Corporation – Saudade

Bombay Bicycle Club – So Long, See You Tomorrow

Black Angels – Clear Lake Forest

Raveonettes – Pe’ahi

Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals

Spanish Gold – South of Nowhere

Reverend Horton Heat – Rev

Pixies – Indie Cindy

The Both – The Both

Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues

St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Half the City

Keb’ Mo’ – BluesAmericana

String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head

Umphrey’s McGee – Similar Skin

Hozier – Hozier

Broken Bells – After the Disco

First Aid Kit – Stay Gold

Judas Priest – Redeemer of Souls

Bleachers – Strange Desire

Alt-J – This is All Yours

Coldplay – Ghost Stories

Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood

Fitz and the Tantrums – More Than Just a Dream

Young the Giant – Mind Over Matter

Jenny Lewis – The Voyager

Black Keys – Turn Blue

Tom Petty – Hypnotic Eye

Robert Plant – Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar

Prince – Art Official Age

14 OF ’14 VINYL SALE: FUTURE ISLANDS, NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, INTERPOL, SBTRKT, PERFUME GENIUS AND MORE!

14 of 14 vinylOur friends at Beggars Group — which includes such fine indie labels as Matador, 4AD, XL, Rough Trade and True Panther — released some great albums in 2014, and to celebrate, we’re offering 14 select titles on vinyl — all of which come with a code to download the digital version of the album for free — on sale through January 15!

The titles are as follows:

Future Islands – Singles

The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers

Interpol – El Pintor

Tune-Yards – Nikki Nack

SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Wig Out at Jagbags

Perfume Genius – Too Bright

Warpaint – Warpaint

Jungle – Jungle

EMA – The Future’s Void

FKA Twigs – LP1

Iceage – Plowing Into the Field of Love

Single Mothers – Negative Qualities

Merchandise – After the End