RX BLACK FRIDAY INDIE EXCLUSIVES, PLUS THE LOWDOWN ON OTHER DEALS!

Black Friday is back, and The Record Exchange will have a sleigh-filling assortment of vinyl and CD exclusives you can’t get anywhere else in the Treasure Valley on Friday, Nov. 25.

Call it Record Store Day 2.0. Black Friday exclusive releases include titles from the Beatles, Black Keys, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Wilco and dozens more artists.

The exclusives will be available by 9 a.m. on the 25th, but you can line up in The Record Exchange Gift Shop as early as 7:30 a.m. and we’ll treat you to a free drip coffee while you wait! The Gift Shop also will feature 30% off hats and mittens all day long and a killer coupon for your return visit when you buy a 2012 calendar!

We also have some killer Black Friday freebies with purchase of select titles. To wit:

Black Friday exclusive Ozzy Osbourne Metal Club trading card with purchase of the Diary of a Madman or Blizzard of Oz reissue!
Black Friday exclusive Kills postcard flexi disc (it’s a cardboard 45 that actually plays!) with purchase of Blood Pressures.
Black Friday exclusive Jimmy Cliff 7-inch (cover of The Clash’s “Guns of Brixton” plus a dub version on the b-side) with purchase of the Jimmy Cliff Sacred Fire 12-inch.
Bloodshot Records, Daptone Records or New West Records sampler CD with purchase of any Black Friday exclusive title — first customers in the door on Friday, Nov. 25 get them; once they’re gone they’re gone!

In addition to the exclusives, Black Friday music deals at The Record Exchange include new CDs as low as $6.99, 60 $9.99 Give the Gift of Music CDs, Sub Pop Tops Flash Sale and more — get here early because quantities are limited, and once they’re gone, they’re gone!

BLACK FRIDAY EXCLUSIVES

Back-Wash Rhythm Band
The Golden Breed Soundtrack
Format: Vinyl
One of the rarest surf soundtrack albums of all time. Released in 1968, The Golden Breed was hailed as a magnificent, gorgeous film that captured surfing at the height of its longboard era. But it came out on the wave of shortboard competition and was quickly lost to history. The soundtrack is just as evocative and vivid as the aquatic footage and now, sourced from the original Capitol analog tapes, it sounds better than ever. Strictly limited, and will soon be catching a big wave outta here.

Beastie Boys
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Format: Book/BLU-RAY/DVD/CD
The latest Beastie Boys album in a deluxe edition, packaged with 60 page hardbound book (featuring photos from the FFYR–Revisited video shoot, “chalk full of more stars than a Judd Apatow film”, with 5.1 version of album, videos and more on both DVD and Blu-ray

Beatles
The Singles
Format: 7″ Vinyl Box Set
Box-set of four 7″ picture sleeve singles in heavy flip-top box, includes RSD branded adapter and poster, all tracks are newly remastered and are appearing on vinyl for the first time
1. “Ticket To Ride” / “Yes It Is”
2. “Hey Jude” / “Revolution”
3. “Something” / “Come Together”
4. “Yellow Submarine” / “Eleanor Rigby”

Black Keys
Lonely Boy
Format: Vinyl
A 12” single with new music from The Black Keys
TRACK LISTING:
“Lonely Boy” b/w “Run Right Now”

 

Bob Dylan
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
Format: 7″ Vinyl Box Set
Box set of four 7″ singles, limited, numbered, includes Dylan sticker.
Track listing:
“Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window/Highway 61”
“Positively 4th St.”/”From A Buick Six”
“Like a Rolling Stone/Gates of Eden”
“Subterranean Homesick Blues”/”She Belongs To Me”

 

Brendan Benson
Upstairs at United, Vol 1
Format: Vinyl
Four cover songs recorded live on August 16th, 2011 direct to quarter inch tape upstairs in the historic United Record Pressing party room. All analog and cut at 45RPM for the ultimate listening experience. 12″ vinyl EP with custom jacket, stickered and enclosed in polybag.
TRACK LISTING:
1. “Candidate (David Bowie)
2. Strangers (Kinks)
Side B:
1. Beyond Belief (Elvis Costello)
2. Love Story (Randy Newman)

Byrds
Eight Miles High
Format: 7″ 45
The versions of the classic Byrds tracks here were recorded at RCA Studios. The band’s label, Columbia, wouldn’t release them, so they were re-recorded at Columbia studios. These are the rare mono RCA Studios versions.

Byrds
The Times They Are A Changin
Format: 7″ 45
These Dylan covers were recorded to be released as singles, but never were. Forty years later, this release marks the first time they’ve ever appeared in their intended format.

Cory Chisel
Upstairs at United, Vol 2
Format: Vinyl
Three originals and two cover songs recorded live on August 17th, 2011 direct to quarter inch tape upstairs in the historic United Record Pressing party room. All analog and cut at 45RPM for the ultimate listening experience. 12″ vinyl EP with custom jacket, stickered and enclosed in polybag.
TRACK LISTING:
“Old Love”
“Never Meant to Love You “Rosie” (Tom Waits)
“The Change Is Made”
In The Deep End

Craig Finn
Honolulu Blues/Rented Room
Format: 7″ 45
First solo music from the lead singer of the Hold Steady

Crowded House
Intriguer Live: Start To Finish
Format: CD
Intriguer Live – Start To Finish follows Crowded House from their first performance of the Intriguer Tour in Auckland, NZ to their last show of the US Tour in Denver, CO. Gearing up for the release of their sixth album “Intriguer” Crowded House performed to a sold out crowd at the Town Hall in Auckland on April 8th, 2010. Neil Finn selected some of the stand out performances from that night and compiled into a 50 minute DVD. Also included in this package is a 2 CD set of the final show of the 2010 tour which took place in Denver Colorado on Sept 9th, 2010.

Doors
LA Woman singles box set
Format: 7″ Vinyl Box Set
Doors 7″ box set includes “The Changling,” “Riders on the Storm,” “Love Her Madly” and fourth single of studio banter, artwork will include the original image of the naked woman nailed to the telephone pole

Dr. Dog
Dr. Dog
Format: 7″ 45
New music from Dr. Dog, each single colored by the band

Dream Theater
Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory
Format: Vinyl
Dream Theater’s best album available on vinyl for the very first time! Two album set special gatefold sleeve. 180 gram. Limited Edition.
Track listing
Act I/LP 1
1. “Scene One: Regression” 2:06
2. “Scene Two: I. Overture 1928” 3:37
3. “Scene Two: II. Strange Déjà Vu” 5:12
4. “Scene Three: I. Through My Words” 1:02
5. “Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy” 6:49
6. “Scene Four: Beyond This Life” 11:22
7. “Scene Five: Through Her Eyes” 5:29
Act II/LP 2
8. “Scene Six: Home” 12:53
9. “Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity” 6:13
10. “Scene Seven: II. One Last Time” 3:46
11. “Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On” 6:38
12. “Scene Nine: Finally Free” 11:59

Ellie Goulding
Live at Amoeba
Format: CD
Recorded live at Amoeba Records San Francisco on April 14, 2011

Fear
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Format: 7″45
The classic Christmas song “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” given the FEAR treatment, along with a classic FEAR Christmas carol: “Another Christmas Beer”

Grateful Dead
Live Europe ‘72 Vol. 2
Format: Vinyl
The vinyl release of the CD, with one additional track
4 LP set

Iron and Wine
Morning Becomes Eclectic
Format: Vinyl
An LP and bonus CD of tracks recorded at KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic show

Jamey Jasta/All That Remains split
Some of the People, All of the Time/Mourn the Allusion
Format: 7″ 45
7 Inch Split Single

Janis Joplin
Move Over!
Format: 7″ Vinyl Box Set
One box that collects four previously unreleased picture sleeve singles, including six never-before-released tracks and two rarities; the box includes photo print of Janis and a temporary tattoo replica of her tattoo.
TRACK LISTING:
Big Brother and the Holding Company:
“Magic of Love/Call On Me”
Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band:
“Piece Of My Heart/Summertime”
Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band:
“Raise Your Hand/Bo Diddley”
Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band
“Move Over/My Baby”

Janis Joplin
The Classic LP Collection
Format: Vinyl
Janis’ celebrated albums, on 180 gram vinyl. Sourced from the original masters. Includes Janis Joplin’s Pearl, I Got Dem’ Kozmik Blues Again Mama, and Big Brother and the Holding Company’s self-titled release and Cheap Thrills. Exclusive to indie record stores and the artist’s website until 12/31.

Jimmy Cliff
Sacred Fire EP
Format: Vinyl
12” EP of tracks Jimmy did with Tim Armstrong. Dead wax of the EP contains info on how fans can win limited edition Jimmy Cliff t-shirts.
Track Listing:
“Guns of Brixton”
“World Upside Down”
“Ruby Soho”,
“Ship Is Sailing”
” A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”
“Guns Of Brixton (version)”

John Cale
EP: Extra Playful
Format: CD
This is the first American release of the bonus tracks that were originally only on the European version.

John Lennon
Imagine 40th Anniversary Box Set
Format: Vinyl
2010 Remastered LP. Includes 6 track White vinyl 12″ and a poster

Justin Townes Earle
Slippin’ and Slidin
Format: 7″ 45
“Slippin’ and Slidin”‘/”Louisiana 1927” The A-side is from the album Harlem River Blues, the B-side is a Randy Newman song Earle has been performing live for quite a while.

Kings of Leon
The Early Vinyl
Format: Vinyl
A box set bringing together the band’s early albums Youth & Young Manhood, Aha Shake Heartbreak, Because of The Times, and a 4th LP made up of unreleased studio and live tracks picked by the band themselves. Also includes a 20 page booklet and a collectible poster.

Lovin Spoonful
Alley Oop
Format: 7″ 45
This ‘single that never was’ brings together two tracks that came out of the petri dish that was The Albert Hotel in Greenwich Village, where The Lovin’ Spoonful and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band traded licks, influences and ideas. “Night Owl Blues” contains the original extra 1:38 of harmonica honking madness.

Matisyahu
Miracle
Format: 7″ 45
A new holiday song and its rock remix from Matisyahu

Miles Davis
Miles Davis Quartet
Format: 10″ LP
Reissue of the original 10” on blue vinyl


Misfits
The Devil’s Rain
Format: Vinyl
The latest album from the Misfits with a special lenticular cover.

Mr Gasser and the Weirdos
Surfink!
Format: CD
The third of three releases built around the characters of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (who took the nom du disc “Mr Gasser” and was the creator of Rat Fink and other special monsters and hot rods). The Weirdos are a group of stellar studio musicians and the records are every bit the sonic equal of their peers in 1963. This and the other releases fell out of print after the crest of the hot rod craze, but they’re back in a limited run on vinyl and compact disc, with retina-searing reproductions of Roth’s original jackets.

Mr Gasser and the Weirdos
Surfink!
Format: Vinyl
The third of three releases built around the characters of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (who took the nom du disc “Mr Gasser” and was the creator of Rat Fink and other special monsters and hot rods). The Weirdos are a group of stellar studio musicians and the records are every bit the sonic equal of their peers in 1963. This and the other releases fell out of print after the crest of the hot rod craze, but they’re back in a limited run on vinyl and compact disc, with retina-searing reproductions of Roth’s original jackets.

Mr Gasser and the Weirdos
Rods N Ratfinks
Format: CD
The second of three releases built around the characters of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (who took the nom du disc “Mr Gasser” and was the creator of Rat Fink and other special monsters and hot rods). The Weirdos are a group of stellar studio musicians and the records are every bit the sonic equal of their peers in 1963. This and the other releases fell out of print after the crest of the hot rod craze, but they’re back in a limited run on vinyl and compact disc, with retina-searing reproductions of Roth’s original jackets.

Mr Gasser and the Weirdos
Rods N Ratfinks
Format: Vinyl
The second of three releases built around the characters of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (who took the nom du disc “Mr Gasser” and was the creator of Rat Fink and other special monsters and hot rods). The Weirdos are a group of stellar studio musicians and the records are every bit the sonic equal of their peers in 1963. This and the other releases fell out of print after the crest of the hot rod craze, but they’re back in a limited run on vinyl and compact disc, with retina-searing reproductions of Roth’s original jackets.

Mr Gasser and the Weirdos
Hot Rod Hootenanny
Format: CD
The first of three releases built around the characters of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (who took the nom du disc “Mr Gasser” and was the creator of Rat Fink and other special monsters and hot rods). The Weirdos are a group of stellar studio musicians and the records are every bit the sonic equal of their peers in 1963. This and the other releases fell out of print after the crest of the hot rod craze, but they’re back in a limited run on vinyl and compact disc, with retina-searing reproductions of Roth’s original jackets.

Mr Gasser and the Weirdos
Hot Rod Hootenanny
Format: Vinyl
The first of three releases built around the characters of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (who took the nom du disc “Mr Gasser” and was the creator of Rat Fink and other special monsters and hot rods). The Weirdos are a group of stellar studio musicians and the records are every bit the sonic equal of their peers in 1963. This and the other releases fell out of print after the crest of the hot rod craze, but they’re back in a limited run on vinyl and compact disc, with retina-searing reproductions of Roth’s original jackets.

Nirvana
Nevermind -The Singles
Format: 10″ Vinyl Box Set
All the 10″ official singles from Nevermind collected together for the first time, housed in an individually numbered slipcase.
TRACK LISTING:
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT single: “Smells Like Teen Spirit”/”Drain You”/”Even in His Youth”/”Aneurysm”
COME AS YOU ARE SINGLE: “Come As You Are”/”Endless, Nameless”/”School (live)”/”Drain You (live)”
LITHIUM SINGLE: “Lithium”/”Been A Son (live)”/”Curmudgeon”/”D-7” (taken from a John Peel Session)
IN BLOOM SINGLE: “In Bloom”/”Silver (live)”/”Polly (live)”

Pete Townsend
The Quadrophenia Demos, Vol. 1
Format: 10″ LP
The first of two 10″ Eps featuring six demos from the Director’s Cut re-release of Quadrophenia, produced, authorized and overseen by Pete Townshend. This individually numbered 10″ EP and the one scheduled for Record Store Day 2012 provide a unique insight into the creation of this landmark album.
TRACK LISTING:
“The Real Me (demo)”
“Cut My Hair (demo)”
“Punk (demo)”
“Dirty Jobs (demo)”
“Is In In My Head? (demo)”
“Anymore (demo)”

Phish
Party Time
Format: Vinyl
Party Time was originally released as part of the deluxe version of the band’s most recent studio album, and the band wanted this disc of outtakes and previously released material to come out as its own disc.
DOUBLE LP
TRACK LISTING:
“Party Time”
“Alaska”
“Windy City”
“In A Misty Glade”
“Gone”
“Only A Dream”
“The Birdwatcher”
“Let Me Lie”
“If I Told You”
“Splinters of Hail”
“Can’t Come Back”
“Shrine”
“Liquid Time”

Phish
The White Tape
Format: Vinyl
Created from four-track recordings which the band mixed, dubbed and circulated as demos. Trey has said The White Tape exemplifies, perhaps more than any other studio effort, the band’s unbridled creative freedom of the day.

Pinback
True North
Format: 7″ 45
Part 2 of a trilogy of RSD-branded, numbered, limited edition vinyl singles. Both songs are exclusive to this release. They will be packaged in the same style and format as TRR177

Pink Floyd
The Wall
Format: 7″ Vinyl Box Set
Box set of three 7” singles, the first vinyl remasters from The Wall
1. “Another Brick in the Wall”/”One of My Turns”
2. “Comfortably Numb”/”Hey You”
3. “Run Like Hell”/”Don’t Leave Me Now”

Rainbow
Long Live Rock N Roll (rescheduled for Record Store Day 2012)
Format: Vinyl
12” Picture Disc. Each deluxe picture disc will be house in a deluxe heavy poly bag sleeve with Metal Club Mktg Sitcker and special numbered hologram sticker in lower right corner

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Format: Vinyl
Red double vinyl reissue of one of the RHCP’s most loved albums.

Rolling Stones
No Spare Parts (arrival delayed until next week!)
Format: 7″ 45
An individually numbered single with unreleased track from the Some Girls sessions (“No Spare Parts”), with the remastered “Before They Make Me Run”, nowhere else on vinyl and both from the upcoming Some Girls expanded editions.

Ryan Adams
Do I Wait/Darkness
Format: 7″ 45
Two demo tracks that Ryan recorded at Electric Ladyland studios during his sessions for Ashes & Fire

Sea Wolf
Song of the Magpie/Where The Wind Blow
Format: 7″ 45
unreleased tracks, Produced by Mike Mogis ( Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk, M Ward)

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Soul Time!
Format: CD
The funkier side of SJDK. The undisputable reigning champions of soul give 12 blazing hot tracks-made famous in their infamous soul revue their long overdue album debut. Majority unreleased—several tracks from 45’s and from Daptone Gold.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Soul Time!
Format: Vinyl
The funkier side of SJDK. The undisputable reigning champions of soul give 12 blazing hot tracks-made famous in their infamous soul revue their long overdue album debut. Majority unreleased—several tracks from 45’s and from Daptone Gold.

Silversun Pickups
Seasick
Format: 10″ LP
Unreleased tracks from the Swoon sessions

Soundgarden
Live on I-5—Before the Doors Soundcheck EP
Format: 10″ LP
10″ Colored Vinyl
Rare soundcheck performances from Soundgarden’s 1996 tour, available for the first time on numbered 10″ colored vinyl. Includes a freaked out version of The Doors’ “Waiting For The Sun”
TRACK LISTING:
“No Attention” live in Oakland 12/5/1996
“Never The Machine Forever” live in Oakland 12/5/1996
“Waiting For The Sun” live in Oakland 12/5/1996
“Room A Thousand Years Wide” live in Vancouver 12/7/1996
“Somewhere” live in Sacramento 12/4/1996

Syd Barrett
Mick Rock: Syd Barrett – The Photographs of Mick Rock
Format: 7″ 45
Featuring incredible, era defining images of Syd at his most enigmatic, taken by legendary photographer Mick Rock. The box also contains an exclusive 7” single ‘Octopus’ b/w ‘Golden Hair’ in a picture bag and on yellow heavyweight vinyl’.

The Civil Wars
Tracks in the Snow
Format: Vinyl
Two holiday tracks and two live tracks on 10” white vinyl

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Kiss My Amps Live
Format: Vinyl
Vinyl release of seven live tracks from the Mojo tour

Type O Negative
Type O Negative Vinyl Box Set
Format: Vinyl
The vinyl box includes all Roadrunner released Type O Negative material contained within one collector’s box. Each album will be issued on double green vinyl, with the album art recreated, including the controversial, rarely seen original cover of The Origin of the Feces. Type O fans know all about that cover and the anatomy which it features. Each album will also have new, branded liner notes documenting the genesis and completion of each album. An exclusive sticker sheet with six mini bumper stickers will also be included in this “must own” set for Type O Negative diehards. It’s an instant collector’s item. This set includes the following releases: Slow, Deep and Hard, The Origin of the Feces, Bloody Kisses, October Rust, World Coming Down, Life Is Killing Me

Various Artists
Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-79
Format: Vinyl Box Set
+ Only 2,000 hand-numbered copies worldwide
+ Ten 45rpm singles featuring original label art and housed in a gorgeous custom made magnetic flip-top box
+ 96 page book with new liner notes interviewing the musicians and key players, unseen photos, endless ephemera, replica Seattle SuperSonics trading card, countless photos, and loads of other archival gems
+ CD of “lost” Robbie Hill’s Family Affair session, circa 1975
+ Meticulously remastered
+ Free Download Card for all songs
In 2004, Light In The Attic and DJ Supreme La Rock compiled the first ever set of vintage Pacific Northwest soul, funk, and R&B, Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest In Funk & Soul 1965-75 (LITA 009). Nearly a decade on, the Wheedle still grooves and with this we give you our most ambitious release to date.
Over three years in the making, Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest In Funk & Soul 1965-79 is a lavishly packaged vinyl singles box set featuring ten impossibly rare 45s (some fetching thousands on the collector’s market) from Seattle’s vintage soul scene. Limited to only 2,000 hand-numbered copies worldwide, the ten 45 RPM set is housed in a gorgeous custom made magnetic flip-top box and features meticulously re-mastered audio and original label art. For those who must hear these vintage tunes and can’t relax with a tipple at the turntable, we’ve even included a free download card for all tracks.
But wait, our love for Seattle soul could not rest there… we’ve included a massive 7″×7″ glossy 96-page book with new liner notes by Jonathan Zwickel that features new interviews with the regional musicians and key players, along with never before seen photos—from smokey Seattle clubs to Patrinell Staten singing at Jimi Hendrix’s funeral. Plus, a treasure trove of local music ephemera, a replica Seattle SuperSonics trading card, and countless archival gems.
To round out this lavish set, we’ve also added a very special CD by Seattle soul titans Robbie Hill’s Family Affair: Gotta Get Back: The Unreleased L.A. Sessions, which though originally recorded in 1975, remained lost until the recent discovery of the original multi-track masters. The tapes were carefully mixed by renowned engineer and producer Steve Fisk. To say it’s a miracle that these tapes surfaced would be a massive understatement.

Warren Haynes
Rivers Gonna Rise
Format: 7″ 45
A live recording of tracks from a radio station concert.
TRACK LISTING:
“Rivers Gonna Rise”/”Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday”

Wilco
Speak Into the Rose
Format: 10″ LP
4 track 10″ vinyl, with two previously unreleased tracks
TRACK LISTING: “Art Of Almost (ALT Version)”,
“I Might (demo)”
“Speak Into The Rose”
“Message From Mid-Bar”

Yardbirds
Ten Little Indians
Format: 7″ 45
A 1967 US single that sank quickly, this re-issue, sourced from the original analog mono masters, showcases Jimmy Page’s use of reverse echo on the A-side track, in an attempt to salvage an “extremely silly song”, transforming it into a swelling, psychedelic melange.

Yardbirds
Ha Ha Said The Clown
Format: 7″ 45
A 1967 US single that was never released in the UK. The B-side marks Jimmy Page’s first use of a bow on a recording.

All That Remains
Some of the People/Mourn the Illusion
Format: 7-inch

Autopsy
Acts of the Unspeakable
Format: Vinyl LP
First time ever available on Vinyl – limited to 300 units

Autopsy
Macabre Eternal
Format: Vinyl LP
First time ever available on Vinyl – limited to 200 units

Autopsy
Mental Funeral
Format: Vinyl LP
First time ever available on Vinyl – limited to 300 units

Beach Fossils
Beach Fossils
Format: Vinyl LP

Best Coast
Crazy for You w/ bonus track
Format: CD

Candlemass
Nightfall
Format: Vinyl LP
First time ever available on Vinyl – limited to 200 units

Darkthrone
Panzerfaust
Format: Vinyl LP
First time ever available on Vinyl – limited to 250 units

Darkthrone
Total Death
Format: Vinyl LP
First time ever available on Vinyl – limited to 300 units

Katatonia
Viva Emptiness
Format: Vinyl LP
First time ever available on Vinyl – limited to 300 units

Mobb Deep
Black Cocaine
Format: CD

Ozric Tentacles
Paper Monkeys
Format: Vinyl LP
First time ever available on Vinyl – limited to 200 units

Pink Floyd
London 66-67
Format: Vinyl LP
Very Rare recording of Pink Floyd – single LP – limited to 500 units

Porcupine Tree
Voyage 34
Format: Vinyl LP
Double LP set – gatefold sleeve – limited to 300 units

Soft Moon
Soft Moon
Format: Vinyl LP

Boris
New Album
Format: CD

BUY STUFF, GET FREE STUFF: THE BLACK FRIDAY GOODIES ARE A-ROLLING IN!

At The Record Exchange, you give a little, you get a little, and we have tons of free stuff to give away when you slap your dirty money down on the barrelhead.

NEW FREEBIES THIS WEEK:

Black Friday exclusive Ozzy Osbourne Metal Club trading card with purchase of the Diary of a Madman or Blizzard of Oz reissue!
Black Friday exclusive Kills postcard flexi disc (it’s a cardboard 45 that actually plays!) with purchase of Blood Pressures.
Black Friday exclusive Jimmy Cliff 7-inch (cover of The Clash’s “Guns of Brixton” plus a dub version on the b-side) with purchase of the Jimmy Cliff Sacred Fire 12-inch.
Bloodshot Records, Daptone Records or New West Records sampler CD with purchase of any Black Friday exclusive title — first customers in the door on Friday, Nov. 25 get them; once they’re gone they’re gone!
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. sampler CD — absolutely free, no purchase necessary! America’s Got Talent winner’s debut album That’s Life (out now) has an R&B-tinged Frank Sinatra vibe. Get a taste with this free sampler, then come back and pick up the full-length at the RX!

OTHER RECENT FREEBIES:

• Limited-edition patch (pictured) with purchase of Childish Gambino‘s Camp.
• Six-song Brushfire Records sampler EP (A Few Tunes for the New Year) with purchase of This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2.
Medium Rarities EP with purchase of GenerationalsActor/Caster.
• 11×17 color poster with purchase of Disturbed‘s The Lost Children.
• Custom Scott Weiland wrapping paper with purchase of Weiland’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
• Limited-edition patch (pictured) with purchase of Childish Gambino‘s Camp.
• Six-song Brushfire Records sampler EP (A Few Tunes for the New Year) with purchase of This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2.
Medium Rarities EP with purchase of GenerationalsActor/Caster.
• 11×17 color poster with purchase of Disturbed‘s The Lost Children.
• Custom Scott Weiland wrapping paper with purchase of Weiland’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
• 7-inch (“This City”/”Saturday Night Again”) with purchase of Patrick Stump‘s Soul Punk.
• Metal Club trading card with purchase of Megadeth‘s Thirteen.
• Luggage tag with purchase of Miranda Lambert‘s Four the Record.
• Limited-edition color photo/interview booklet with purchase of Pearl Jam‘s Twenty DVD.
• Stencil set with purchase of Deer Tick‘s Divine Providence.
• Signed and numbered (limited to 300) lithograph with purchase of The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams.
• Autographed lithograph with purchase of Mason JenningsMinnesota.
• Stainless-steel water bottle with any Comedy Central Records purchase (more info HERE).
• Limited-edition lithograph with purchase of Evanescence‘s self-titled third album (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Four-song Llama Blues CD EP with purchase of Rich Robinson‘s Through a Crooked Sun (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Lyric book with purchase of Ryan Adams’ Ashes & Fire (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Lithograph with purchase of Peter Gabriel‘s New Blood (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Lithograph with purchase of Five Finger Death Punch‘s American Capitalist (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• 7-inch with purchase of Dum Dum GirlsOnly in Dreams.
• Paint-by-numbers lithograph with purchase of Feist‘s Metals.
• Large (24″x36″) poster with purchase of Mastodon‘s The Hunter.
• Four-pack of postcards with purchase of Nirvana‘s Nevermind 20th Anniversary Edition.
• Lithograph with purchase of Kasabian‘s Velociraptor.
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Grateful Dead‘s Europe ’72 Volume 2.
• Magic playing cards with purchase of Nick Lowe‘s The Old Magic. READ MORE HERE.
• Exclusive DVD with purchase of Ladytron‘s Gravity the Seducer.
• Covers EP (Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Talking Heads and The Rolling Stones) with purchase of Umphrey’s McGee‘s Death By Stereo.
• Lenticular asterisk logo pin with purchase of Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ new album I’m With You and any RHCP Warner Bros. catalog title!
• T-shirt with purchase of a Volbeat Knitting Factory ticket (show is Sunday, Aug. 28). Tee is only available at the RX!
• Two-track 7-inch (featuring two live acoustic tracks) with purchase of Zee Avi‘s Ghostbird.
• T-shirt with purchase of All Shall Perish‘s This is Where it Ends.
• Lithograph with purchase of We Are AugustinesRise Ye Sunken Ships.
• Color lithograph with purchase of Drive-By TruckersUgly Buildings, Whores and Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009.
• Leather keychain with purchase of the Wood BrothersSmoke Ring Halo.
• 5-song ‘Roarities’ EP with purchase of The Joy Formidable‘s The Big Roar.
• 7-inch (non-album tracks) with purchase of Release the Sunbird‘s (Rogue Wave) Come Back to Us.
• T-shirt with purchase of All Shall Perish‘s This is Where It Ends.
• 7-inch (featuring two non-album tracks) with purchase of Washed Out‘s Within and Without.
• Lithograph with purchase of Incubus If Not Now, When?
• Button pack with purchase of Rave On Buddy Holly compilation.
• Button pack with purchase of Taking Back Sunday‘s self-titled album.
• Seven-track EP (six exclusive demos, one unreleased b-side) with purchase of Gomez‘s Whatever’s on Your Mind.
• Limited-edition letterpress print with purchase of Arctic MonkeysSuck It and See.
• Indie-store-only 12-inch EP (exclusive tracks) with purchase of 3CD Deluxe Edition of Depeche Mode‘s Remixes 2: ’81-’11.
• Three-track Suitcase EP (exclusive tracks) with purchase of DawesNothing is Wrong.
• Signed CD booklet and two-sided glossy poster with purchase of Peter Murphy‘s Ninth.
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Tedeschi Trucks Band‘s Revelator.
• Limited-edition postcard pack (featuring artwork by Tessa Farmer) with purchase of Amon Tobin‘s ISAM.
Color lithograph with purchase of Ben Harper‘s Give Till It’s Gone.
Fan with purchase of Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi‘s Rome.
T-shirt with purchase of Peter Bjorn and John’s Gimme Some. Have a look!
Silkscreen poster (pictured) with purchase of Fleet FoxesHelplessness Blues.
Tour photo scrapbook with purchase of The Head and the Heart‘s self-titled album.
• Five-song EP with purchase of Low‘s C’mon
• Color lithograph with purchase of Panda Bear‘s Tomboy.
• Color movie poster with purchase of TV on the Radio’s Nine Types of Light
• Color lithograph with purchase of Paul Simon’s So Beautiful or So What
• 19×19 inch lithograph with purchase of Radiohead’s “The King Of Limbs” album (available 3/29).
• Lithograph with purchase of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart‘s Belong (available 3/29).
• Download card for a cover of System Of A Down’s “Aerials” with purchase of Amon Amarth’s “Surtur Rising” album (available 3/29).
• 7-inch with purchase of Elton John and Leon Russell’s Grammy-nominated album The Union.
• 7′ with picture sleeve featuring two non-CD tracks when you buy G. Love’s Fixin’ to Die
• Hand-written lyric book with purchase of Adele’s 21
• Limited edition 7″ with vinyl. Free with purchase of PJ Harvey‘s new album, “Let England Shake”. Limited edition 7″ with vinyl includes the songs “The Words That Maketh Murder” and “The Guns Called Me Back Again”! (If you purchased the album Monday or Tuesday and did not receive this just bring your receipt in and we will provide you with one.)
• Six track EP (Sometimes Late at Night) with purchase of the Drive By TruckersGo Go Boots (available Tuesday).
•Limited edition color lithograph with purchase of The JayhawksHollywood Town Hall or Tomorrow the Green Grass. Available on CD and Vinyl.
•Button pack with purchase of Bob Marleys Live Forever.
• Button pack with purchase of Iron and Wine‘s Kiss Each Other Clean.
• Color lithograph with purchase of Deerhoof‘s Deerhoof vs. Evil.
• Color lithograph with purchase of the Get Up Kids’ There are Rules.
• Color poster with purchase of Cloud Nothings‘ self-titled album.
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of The DecemberistsThe King is Dead.
• Extremely limited sticker/button set with purchase of Social Distortion‘s Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.
• Career-retrospective sticker set (all album covers and other images) with purchase of any Weezer album!
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Cage the Elephant‘s Thank You Happy Birthday.
• Hand-numbered, extremely limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Tapes ‘n TapesOutside.
• CD single featuring a collaboration with The Cure’s Robert Smith with purchase of Crystal CastlesCrystal Castles.
• Fall 2010 Anti- Records sampler CD with purchase of select Anti- titles (on sale for $9.99 each).
Nobunny/Jacuzzi Boys Scion A/V 7-inch absolutely free — just come in and ask for one. No strings attached!
Band of Horses “Dilly” movie poster with purchase of Infinite Arms.
• CTI 40th Anniversary sampler CD with purchase of one of four 180-gram vinyl CTI Black Friday reissues (DeodatoPrelude, George BensonWhite Rabbit, Freddie HubbardRed Clay, Stanley TurrentineSugar).
• Psychiatric ward ID bracelet with purchase of Disturbed‘s Asylum.
• Black and white 8×10 lithograph with purchase of Bruce Springsteen‘s The Promise — indie store exclusive!
• Large, two-sided color poster with purchase of Underoath‘s O (Disambiguation).
• 7-inch with purchase of Matt and Kim‘s Sidewalks.
• Remix EP with purchase of N.E.R.D.‘s Nothing.
• Color lithograph with purchase of Good Charlotte‘s Cardiology.
• Button pack with purchase of Four Year Strong‘s Enemy of the World.
• T-shirt with purchase of Rise Against‘s Another Station: Another Mile DVD.
• 7-inch (two non-album tracks) with purchase of Belle and Sebastian‘s Write About Love.
• Turntable mat or lithograph with purchase of Slayer‘s The Vinyl Conflict box set or any Slayer catalog title!
• T-shirt with purchase of David Bowie‘s Station to Station Deluxe Edition.
• Postcard set with purchase of Soundgarden‘s Telephantasm.
• 7-inch with purchase of Jimmy Eat World‘s Invented.
• Poster and button pack with purchase of The PosiesBlood/Candy.
• 7-inch with purchase of Salem‘s King Night.
• Plastic beer cup and paper koozie with purchase of Billy Currington‘s Enjoy Yourself.
• Puffy sticker set and red balloon with purchase of Maximum Balloon‘s self-titled debut.
• 7-inch (two live tracks) with purchase of Matt Costa‘s Mobile Chateau.
• 7-inch with purchase of Les Savy Fav‘s Root for Ruin.
• Yep Roc/Bella Union CD sampler with purchase of Jukebox the Ghost‘s Everything Under the Sun or The Acorn’s No Ghost.
• Lithograph with purchase of Serj Tankian‘s Imperfect Harmonies.
• Numbered, appropriately psychedelic lithograph with purchase of The Black AngelsPhosphene Dream.
• Jean jacket-ready button with purchase of Of Montreal‘s False Priest.
• Extremely limited cloth wall banner with purchase of Justin Townes Earle‘s Harlem River Blues.
• Two-track 7-inch with purchase of The Walkmen‘s Lisbon.
• Lanyard redeemable for a free mix CD with purchase of Cloud Cult‘s Light Chasers.
• Lithograph with purchase of The Drums‘ self-titled album.
• Autographed poster or CD booklet with purchase of The Gracious Few‘s self-titled album.
• Rare single — one side vinyl, one side CD/DVD (no kidding) — of “Impossible,” featuring an unreleased track and video, with purchase of Anberlin‘s Dark Is the Way. Light Is a Place.
• 45 adapter with purchase of limited-edition 45-rpm vinyl version of Interpol‘s new self-titled album.
• 4-song 12-inch vinyl EP (including Four Tet and Born Ruffians remixes) with purchase of The Acorn‘s No Ghost.
• Button pack with purchase of Jenny & Johnny‘s I’m Having Fun Now.
Arts & Crafts sampler CD with purchase of any Arts & Crafts title.
• Calendar with purchase of Hey Monday‘s Beneath It All.
• Hand fan with purchase of Katy Perry‘s Teenage Dream (extremely limited).
• Lithograph with purchase of Disturbed‘s Asylum.
• Free split 7-inch featuring Cheap Time and Bad Sports, courtesy of Vice Records and Scion AV — no purchase necessary, just come in and ask for it!
• 7-inch with purchase of Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah DogsGod Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise.
• Lithograph with purchase of Brian Wilson‘s Reimagines Gershwin.
• Limited-edition 7-inch (with non-album tracks) with purchase of The Budos BandsIII.
• Out-of-print Casual Nostalgia Fest Sub Pop 20th anniversary live compilation with purchase of any August Sub Pop Sale title.
• Sassy large-sized lithograph with purchase of Queens of the Stone Age‘s Rated R Deluxe Edition.
• Sticker with purchase of Los LobosTin Can Trust.
Range mixtape (hosted by DJ Drama) with purchase of any hip-hop title.
• Lithograph with purchase of Sky Sailing‘s (Owl City) An Airplane Carried Me to Bed.
• Mixtape with purchase of Capone-N-Noreaga‘s The War Report 2.
• Magnet with purchase of Wolf Parade‘s Expo 86.
• Full-sized movie poster with purchase of Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse‘s Dark Night of the Soul.
• Free pink vinyl 7-inch featuring two versions of “XXXO” (the album cut plus a Blaqstarr remix) with purchase of M.I.A.‘s Maya (only $9.99!)
• Hand-numbered lithograph with purchase of Paul Thorn‘s Pimps and Preachers.
• Autographed CD booklet with purchase of Jackie Greene‘s Till the Light Comes.
• 7-inches with purchase of Sleigh BellsTreats or Tokyo Police Club‘s Champ.
• Autographed lithograph with purchase of Local NativesGorilla Manor — seriously limited quantities!
• Lithograph with purchase of Derek Trucks Band‘s Roadsongs.
• Indie-exclusive numbered lithograph with purchase of Ozzy Osbourne‘s Scream.
• Sticker with purchase of The Chemical BrothersFurther.
• Lithograph with purchase of Nas and Damian Jr. Gong Marley‘s Distant Relatives.
• Indie-exclusive lithograph with purchase of the Iron Man 2 soundtrack.
• Postcard set with purchase of The Gaslight Anthem‘s American Slang.
• Poster with purchase of The Cure’s Disintegration Deluxe Edition.
• Limited-edition concert poster with purchase of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals‘ new self-titled album.
• Etched blue vinyl 7-inch with purchase of Jack Johnson‘s To the Sea.
• White vinyl 7-inch with purchase of The FutureheadsThe Chaos.
• Lithograph with purchase of Marina and the DiamondsThe Family Jewels.
• 3D lenticular poster (5×5 for CD buyers, 12×12 for vinyl buyers) with purchase of Widespread Panic‘s Dirty Side Down.
• Limited-edition lithograph with purchase of LCD Soundsystem‘s This is Happening.
• Button set or laminate card with purchase of The Dead Weather‘s Sea of Cowards.
• Two-sided color poster with purchase of Everest‘s On Approach.
Record Exchange exclusive autographed Josh Ritter CD booklet with purchase of So Runs the World Away.
Togetherness 7-inch, featuring three covers of songs by the Detroit band Outrageous Cherry, with purchase of The New PornographersTogether.
• Limited-edition autographed poster with purchase of Minus the Bear‘s Omni.
• Limited-edition autograph poster with purchase of Plants and AnimalsLa La Land.
La Blogotheque: A Take Away Show Barcelona, Spain limited-edition DVD with purchase of Josh Rouse‘s El Turista.
• Whoopee cushion — that’s right, a whoopee cushion — with purchase of comedian Brian Posehn‘s Fart and Wiener Jokes. Whoopee!
• 12-inch, six-track EP with purchase of The Apples in Stereo‘s Travellers in Space and Time.
• 7-inch with purchase of Freelance WhalesWeathervanes.
• Numbered lithograph with the purchase of MGMT‘s Congratulations.
• Numbered lithograph with purchase of Coheed and Cambria‘s Year of the Black Rainbow.
• Lithograph with purchase of Rogue Wave‘s Permalight.
• Lithograph with purchase of LiarsSisterworld.
MVD Visual DVD sampler with purchase of any new music DVD or Blu-ray disc.
• Poster with purchase of John Butler Trio‘s April Uprising.
• 7-inch with purchase of Sharon Jones and the Dap-KingsI Learned the Hard Way.
Gorillaz postcard set with purchase of Plastic Beach.
• Lithograph with purchase of FlobotsSurvival Story.
• Lithograph of original Jimi Hendrix artwork with purchase of Valleys of Neptune.
• Lithograph and sticker with purchase of Johnny Cash‘s American VI.
• Mixtape CD (choose from two) with purchase of RDJ2‘s The Colossus.
• 7-inch with purchase of Hot Chip‘s new album One Life Stand.
• Digital download card for a free bonus EP (“Mistake” remixes) with purchase of Moby‘s Wait For Me.
• Many more — just ask an RX clerk!

BUY STUFF, GET FREE STUFF: CHILDISH GAMBINO, GENERATIONALS, SCOTT WEILAND, DISTURBED AND MORE!

At The Record Exchange, you give a little, you get a little, and we have tons of free stuff to give away when you slap your dirty money down on the barrelhead.

NEW FREEBIES THIS WEEK:

• Limited-edition patch (pictured) with purchase of Childish Gambino‘s Camp.
• Six-song Brushfire Records sampler EP (A Few Tunes for the New Year) with purchase of This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2.
Medium Rarities EP with purchase of GenerationalsActor/Caster.
• 11×17 color poster with purchase of Disturbed‘s The Lost Children.
• Custom Scott Weiland wrapping paper with purchase of Weiland’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

OTHER RECENT FREEBIES:

• 7-inch (“This City”/”Saturday Night Again”) with purchase of Patrick Stump‘s Soul Punk.
• Metal Club trading card with purchase of Megadeth‘s Thirteen.
• Luggage tag with purchase of Miranda Lambert‘s Four the Record.
• Limited-edition color photo/interview booklet with purchase of Pearl Jam‘s Twenty DVD.
• Stencil set with purchase of Deer Tick‘s Divine Providence.
• Signed and numbered (limited to 300) lithograph with purchase of The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams.
• Autographed lithograph with purchase of Mason JenningsMinnesota.
• Stainless-steel water bottle with any Comedy Central Records purchase (more info HERE).
• Limited-edition lithograph with purchase of Evanescence‘s self-titled third album (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Four-song Llama Blues CD EP with purchase of Rich Robinson‘s Through a Crooked Sun (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Lyric book with purchase of Ryan Adams’ Ashes & Fire (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Lithograph with purchase of Peter Gabriel‘s New Blood (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Lithograph with purchase of Five Finger Death Punch‘s American Capitalist (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• 7-inch with purchase of Dum Dum GirlsOnly in Dreams.
• Paint-by-numbers lithograph with purchase of Feist‘s Metals.
• Large (24″x36″) poster with purchase of Mastodon‘s The Hunter.
• Four-pack of postcards with purchase of Nirvana‘s Nevermind 20th Anniversary Edition.
• Lithograph with purchase of Kasabian‘s Velociraptor.
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Grateful Dead‘s Europe ’72 Volume 2.
• Magic playing cards with purchase of Nick Lowe‘s The Old Magic. READ MORE HERE.
• Exclusive DVD with purchase of Ladytron‘s Gravity the Seducer.
• Covers EP (Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Talking Heads and The Rolling Stones) with purchase of Umphrey’s McGee‘s Death By Stereo.
• Lenticular asterisk logo pin with purchase of Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ new album I’m With You and any RHCP Warner Bros. catalog title!
• T-shirt with purchase of a Volbeat Knitting Factory ticket (show is Sunday, Aug. 28). Tee is only available at the RX!
• Two-track 7-inch (featuring two live acoustic tracks) with purchase of Zee Avi‘s Ghostbird.
• T-shirt with purchase of All Shall Perish‘s This is Where it Ends.
• Lithograph with purchase of We Are AugustinesRise Ye Sunken Ships.
• Color lithograph with purchase of Drive-By TruckersUgly Buildings, Whores and Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009.
• Leather keychain with purchase of the Wood BrothersSmoke Ring Halo.
• 5-song ‘Roarities’ EP with purchase of The Joy Formidable‘s The Big Roar.
• 7-inch (non-album tracks) with purchase of Release the Sunbird‘s (Rogue Wave) Come Back to Us.
• T-shirt with purchase of All Shall Perish‘s This is Where It Ends.
• 7-inch (featuring two non-album tracks) with purchase of Washed Out‘s Within and Without.
• Lithograph with purchase of Incubus If Not Now, When?
• Button pack with purchase of Rave On Buddy Holly compilation.
• Button pack with purchase of Taking Back Sunday‘s self-titled album.
• Seven-track EP (six exclusive demos, one unreleased b-side) with purchase of Gomez‘s Whatever’s on Your Mind.
• Limited-edition letterpress print with purchase of Arctic MonkeysSuck It and See.
• Indie-store-only 12-inch EP (exclusive tracks) with purchase of 3CD Deluxe Edition of Depeche Mode‘s Remixes 2: ’81-’11.
• Three-track Suitcase EP (exclusive tracks) with purchase of DawesNothing is Wrong.
• Signed CD booklet and two-sided glossy poster with purchase of Peter Murphy‘s Ninth.
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Tedeschi Trucks Band‘s Revelator.
• Limited-edition postcard pack (featuring artwork by Tessa Farmer) with purchase of Amon Tobin‘s ISAM.
Color lithograph with purchase of Ben Harper‘s Give Till It’s Gone.
Fan with purchase of Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi‘s Rome.
T-shirt with purchase of Peter Bjorn and John’s Gimme Some. Have a look!
Silkscreen poster (pictured) with purchase of Fleet FoxesHelplessness Blues.
Tour photo scrapbook with purchase of The Head and the Heart‘s self-titled album.
• Five-song EP with purchase of Low‘s C’mon
• Color lithograph with purchase of Panda Bear‘s Tomboy.
• Color movie poster with purchase of TV on the Radio’s Nine Types of Light
• Color lithograph with purchase of Paul Simon’s So Beautiful or So What
• 19×19 inch lithograph with purchase of Radiohead’s “The King Of Limbs” album (available 3/29).
• Lithograph with purchase of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart‘s Belong (available 3/29).
• Download card for a cover of System Of A Down’s “Aerials” with purchase of Amon Amarth’s “Surtur Rising” album (available 3/29).
• 7-inch with purchase of Elton John and Leon Russell’s Grammy-nominated album The Union.
• 7′ with picture sleeve featuring two non-CD tracks when you buy G. Love’s Fixin’ to Die
• Hand-written lyric book with purchase of Adele’s 21
• Limited edition 7″ with vinyl. Free with purchase of PJ Harvey‘s new album, “Let England Shake”. Limited edition 7″ with vinyl includes the songs “The Words That Maketh Murder” and “The Guns Called Me Back Again”! (If you purchased the album Monday or Tuesday and did not receive this just bring your receipt in and we will provide you with one.)
• Six track EP (Sometimes Late at Night) with purchase of the Drive By TruckersGo Go Boots (available Tuesday).
•Limited edition color lithograph with purchase of The JayhawksHollywood Town Hall or Tomorrow the Green Grass. Available on CD and Vinyl.
•Button pack with purchase of Bob Marleys Live Forever.
• Button pack with purchase of Iron and Wine‘s Kiss Each Other Clean.
• Color lithograph with purchase of Deerhoof‘s Deerhoof vs. Evil.
• Color lithograph with purchase of the Get Up Kids’ There are Rules.
• Color poster with purchase of Cloud Nothings‘ self-titled album.
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of The DecemberistsThe King is Dead.
• Extremely limited sticker/button set with purchase of Social Distortion‘s Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.
• Career-retrospective sticker set (all album covers and other images) with purchase of any Weezer album!
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Cage the Elephant‘s Thank You Happy Birthday.
• Hand-numbered, extremely limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Tapes ‘n TapesOutside.
• CD single featuring a collaboration with The Cure’s Robert Smith with purchase of Crystal CastlesCrystal Castles.
• Fall 2010 Anti- Records sampler CD with purchase of select Anti- titles (on sale for $9.99 each).
Nobunny/Jacuzzi Boys Scion A/V 7-inch absolutely free — just come in and ask for one. No strings attached!
Band of Horses “Dilly” movie poster with purchase of Infinite Arms.
• CTI 40th Anniversary sampler CD with purchase of one of four 180-gram vinyl CTI Black Friday reissues (DeodatoPrelude, George BensonWhite Rabbit, Freddie HubbardRed Clay, Stanley TurrentineSugar).
• Psychiatric ward ID bracelet with purchase of Disturbed‘s Asylum.
• Black and white 8×10 lithograph with purchase of Bruce Springsteen‘s The Promise — indie store exclusive!
• Large, two-sided color poster with purchase of Underoath‘s O (Disambiguation).
• 7-inch with purchase of Matt and Kim‘s Sidewalks.
• Remix EP with purchase of N.E.R.D.‘s Nothing.
• Color lithograph with purchase of Good Charlotte‘s Cardiology.
• Button pack with purchase of Four Year Strong‘s Enemy of the World.
• T-shirt with purchase of Rise Against‘s Another Station: Another Mile DVD.
• 7-inch (two non-album tracks) with purchase of Belle and Sebastian‘s Write About Love.
• Turntable mat or lithograph with purchase of Slayer‘s The Vinyl Conflict box set or any Slayer catalog title!
• T-shirt with purchase of David Bowie‘s Station to Station Deluxe Edition.
• Postcard set with purchase of Soundgarden‘s Telephantasm.
• 7-inch with purchase of Jimmy Eat World‘s Invented.
• Poster and button pack with purchase of The PosiesBlood/Candy.
• 7-inch with purchase of Salem‘s King Night.
• Plastic beer cup and paper koozie with purchase of Billy Currington‘s Enjoy Yourself.
• Puffy sticker set and red balloon with purchase of Maximum Balloon‘s self-titled debut.
• 7-inch (two live tracks) with purchase of Matt Costa‘s Mobile Chateau.
• 7-inch with purchase of Les Savy Fav‘s Root for Ruin.
• Yep Roc/Bella Union CD sampler with purchase of Jukebox the Ghost‘s Everything Under the Sun or The Acorn’s No Ghost.
• Lithograph with purchase of Serj Tankian‘s Imperfect Harmonies.
• Numbered, appropriately psychedelic lithograph with purchase of The Black AngelsPhosphene Dream.
• Jean jacket-ready button with purchase of Of Montreal‘s False Priest.
• Extremely limited cloth wall banner with purchase of Justin Townes Earle‘s Harlem River Blues.
• Two-track 7-inch with purchase of The Walkmen‘s Lisbon.
• Lanyard redeemable for a free mix CD with purchase of Cloud Cult‘s Light Chasers.
• Lithograph with purchase of The Drums‘ self-titled album.
• Autographed poster or CD booklet with purchase of The Gracious Few‘s self-titled album.
• Rare single — one side vinyl, one side CD/DVD (no kidding) — of “Impossible,” featuring an unreleased track and video, with purchase of Anberlin‘s Dark Is the Way. Light Is a Place.
• 45 adapter with purchase of limited-edition 45-rpm vinyl version of Interpol‘s new self-titled album.
• 4-song 12-inch vinyl EP (including Four Tet and Born Ruffians remixes) with purchase of The Acorn‘s No Ghost.
• Button pack with purchase of Jenny & Johnny‘s I’m Having Fun Now.
Arts & Crafts sampler CD with purchase of any Arts & Crafts title.
• Calendar with purchase of Hey Monday‘s Beneath It All.
• Hand fan with purchase of Katy Perry‘s Teenage Dream (extremely limited).
• Lithograph with purchase of Disturbed‘s Asylum.
• Free split 7-inch featuring Cheap Time and Bad Sports, courtesy of Vice Records and Scion AV — no purchase necessary, just come in and ask for it!
• 7-inch with purchase of Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah DogsGod Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise.
• Lithograph with purchase of Brian Wilson‘s Reimagines Gershwin.
• Limited-edition 7-inch (with non-album tracks) with purchase of The Budos BandsIII.
• Out-of-print Casual Nostalgia Fest Sub Pop 20th anniversary live compilation with purchase of any August Sub Pop Sale title.
• Sassy large-sized lithograph with purchase of Queens of the Stone Age‘s Rated R Deluxe Edition.
• Sticker with purchase of Los LobosTin Can Trust.
Range mixtape (hosted by DJ Drama) with purchase of any hip-hop title.
• Lithograph with purchase of Sky Sailing‘s (Owl City) An Airplane Carried Me to Bed.
• Mixtape with purchase of Capone-N-Noreaga‘s The War Report 2.
• Magnet with purchase of Wolf Parade‘s Expo 86.
• Full-sized movie poster with purchase of Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse‘s Dark Night of the Soul.
• Free pink vinyl 7-inch featuring two versions of “XXXO” (the album cut plus a Blaqstarr remix) with purchase of M.I.A.‘s Maya (only $9.99!)
• Hand-numbered lithograph with purchase of Paul Thorn‘s Pimps and Preachers.
• Autographed CD booklet with purchase of Jackie Greene‘s Till the Light Comes.
• 7-inches with purchase of Sleigh BellsTreats or Tokyo Police Club‘s Champ.
• Autographed lithograph with purchase of Local NativesGorilla Manor — seriously limited quantities!
• Lithograph with purchase of Derek Trucks Band‘s Roadsongs.
• Indie-exclusive numbered lithograph with purchase of Ozzy Osbourne‘s Scream.
• Sticker with purchase of The Chemical BrothersFurther.
• Lithograph with purchase of Nas and Damian Jr. Gong Marley‘s Distant Relatives.
• Indie-exclusive lithograph with purchase of the Iron Man 2 soundtrack.
• Postcard set with purchase of The Gaslight Anthem‘s American Slang.
• Poster with purchase of The Cure’s Disintegration Deluxe Edition.
• Limited-edition concert poster with purchase of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals‘ new self-titled album.
• Etched blue vinyl 7-inch with purchase of Jack Johnson‘s To the Sea.
• White vinyl 7-inch with purchase of The FutureheadsThe Chaos.
• Lithograph with purchase of Marina and the DiamondsThe Family Jewels.
• 3D lenticular poster (5×5 for CD buyers, 12×12 for vinyl buyers) with purchase of Widespread Panic‘s Dirty Side Down.
• Limited-edition lithograph with purchase of LCD Soundsystem‘s This is Happening.
• Button set or laminate card with purchase of The Dead Weather‘s Sea of Cowards.
• Two-sided color poster with purchase of Everest‘s On Approach.
Record Exchange exclusive autographed Josh Ritter CD booklet with purchase of So Runs the World Away.
Togetherness 7-inch, featuring three covers of songs by the Detroit band Outrageous Cherry, with purchase of The New PornographersTogether.
• Limited-edition autographed poster with purchase of Minus the Bear‘s Omni.
• Limited-edition autograph poster with purchase of Plants and AnimalsLa La Land.
La Blogotheque: A Take Away Show Barcelona, Spain limited-edition DVD with purchase of Josh Rouse‘s El Turista.
• Whoopee cushion — that’s right, a whoopee cushion — with purchase of comedian Brian Posehn‘s Fart and Wiener Jokes. Whoopee!
• 12-inch, six-track EP with purchase of The Apples in Stereo‘s Travellers in Space and Time.
• 7-inch with purchase of Freelance WhalesWeathervanes.
• Numbered lithograph with the purchase of MGMT‘s Congratulations.
• Numbered lithograph with purchase of Coheed and Cambria‘s Year of the Black Rainbow.
• Lithograph with purchase of Rogue Wave‘s Permalight.
• Lithograph with purchase of LiarsSisterworld.
MVD Visual DVD sampler with purchase of any new music DVD or Blu-ray disc.
• Poster with purchase of John Butler Trio‘s April Uprising.
• 7-inch with purchase of Sharon Jones and the Dap-KingsI Learned the Hard Way.
Gorillaz postcard set with purchase of Plastic Beach.
• Lithograph with purchase of FlobotsSurvival Story.
• Lithograph of original Jimi Hendrix artwork with purchase of Valleys of Neptune.
• Lithograph and sticker with purchase of Johnny Cash‘s American VI.
• Mixtape CD (choose from two) with purchase of RDJ2‘s The Colossus.
• 7-inch with purchase of Hot Chip‘s new album One Life Stand.
• Digital download card for a free bonus EP (“Mistake” remixes) with purchase of Moby‘s Wait For Me.
• Many more — just ask an RX clerk!

MASTODON SIGNING MONDAY, NOV. 7 (4:30 P.M.); PURCHASE ‘THE HUNTER’ CD OR PRE-ORDER THE VINYL AND GET A WRISTBAND TO LINE UP FIRST!

Mastodon will visit The Record Exchange for a CD signing at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7. As always, this Record Exchange event is free and all ages. The band is performing at Knitting Factory later that night and we have tickets for sale here at the RX.

Purchase Mastodon’s new album The Hunter or pre-order the vinyl (out Nov. 15) prior to the signing and we’ll give you a wristband granting you priority placement in line the day of the event! We expect a big crowd, and wristband holders will get to line up and meet the band before anyone else! (One wristband per CD purchased.)

ABOUT THE HUNTER

 

Mastodon (mastodonrocks.com) have never really done anything the “conventional” way. The Atlanta-based band formulated their own brand of highly-skilled hard rock over a decade ago when others were rehashing 80s metal, and went on to mastermind a string of complex concept albums while much of the music world was centered on making digestible singles. The fact that Mastodon has received an outpouring of critical kudos along with public praise from respected icons from Metallica to The Melvins, The Flaming Lips and CeeLo Green and back, they’ve been humbled by the magnitude of appreciation. But rather than taking time to revel, they prefer to focus their attention on pushing musical boundaries even deeper by exploring their own creative process to the fullest.

The Hunter is yet another universe bending, high energy masterpiece from the band that helped shape hard rock for the 21st century with their previous albums: Remission, Leviathan, Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye. Though each consecutive album has transcended the one before it in terms of expectations, musical innovation and sales, The Hunter is the band’s most ambitious to date. Guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor, bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders and guitarist Bill Kelliher all continue to explore the outer limits of their own imaginations and as a result, deliver an album that stands apart — even in Mastodon terms. While their last four CDs explored complex themes rooted in earth’s elements, The Hunter is more about following one’s free will than a particular storyline. “We’ve always had this umbrella or a theme that we’ve written everything under,” says Troy. “To us, it made sense as one cohesive story. This time, we freed ourselves up to try something new. It was really the next step for us, and I’m glad we took it.”

That new-found spontaneity can be felt throughout The Hunter, from the melodic yet pummeling “Blasteroid” to the frenetic, muscled single “Curl the Burl.” The album is full of surprises—from melodic, close harmonies to downright demonic growls—but predictably, the musicianship is leagues beyond what anyone would expect to find on such a hard-hitting album. The Hunter is also the band’s most emotionally charged record to date, largely due to the difficult events that surrounded its making. Tragically, Brent Hinds’ brother died of a heart attack in December of 2010 while on a hunting trip. Not long after, a friend of the bands died after a drawn out battle with cancer. “There were a lot of stressful things going on while we were making this record,” says Brann. “I wanted to ignore all the stress, which felt like it was threatening our band’s existence. We were kind of waiting to see where everything landed. But Brent didn’t want to sit and wallow in it. He wanted to do the exact opposite. So we started coming up with all these really triumphant moments for the record. It was like, fist up in the air. Like fuck that – here we go.” And they dedicated the album to Hinds brother, an avid hunter.

The material for the record was largely written on the road when the band was touring with Alice in Chains, and was recorded between Los Angeles and Atlanta over a six-week period earlier this year. Continuing their tradition of breaking tradition, Mastodon decided to team up with Mike Elizondo, a highly respected producer more synonymous with hip hop than metal. “After meeting him and hearing his ideas and unique perspective on our band we thought ‘This could be really interesting,’” says Brent. “We’re all about doing things that other people don’t, so let’s do an album with the guy who just worked with 50 Cent and Eminem. How crazy is that? We always try and embrace the unexpected.” And again, Mastodon’s penchant for taking risks paid off.

The Hunter is at once space age yet earthy, aggressive but thoughtful, articulate and guttural. The guitar work here is, of course, masterful as always, as is the band’s ability to flip musical directions on a dime. All of Mastodon contributed to writing the album, and Sanders is now singing on considerably more than on previous recordings (“I never thought I’d be one of the main vocalists . . . on any record,” he laughs.) Following some fine vocal performances on the last album, Dailor’s role also as a contributing vocalist has become more prominent on The Hunter as well, adding even greater freedom to the sonic textures and overall expansiveness inherent of the new album.

As an example of the themes behind some of the new songs? They’re best described first hand by Brent and Brann:

Brann on “Curl of the Burl”: It’s about meth heads in the woods of West Virginia who look for certain types of knots in a tree. That would be the curl of the burl. They cut it out of the tree, drive it into town, sell it to furniture makers then go buy more meth. It’s like crackheads who steal copper from Lowes and sell it. We really couldn’t think of a better subject matter. It fascinated us.

Brent on “Blasteroid”: It was the name of a video game that was in the studio where we recorded. We thought it was hilarious—asteroids mixed with hemorrhoids. It had this crazy star that crapped out these asteroid looking thingees. So we mixed that ridiculous name with this sugary melody, then pushed it all up against, uh, somewhat aggressive lyrics. [Sings] ‘I wanna break some fucking glass, I wanna drink some fucking blood . . .’ Fun stuff.

Brann on “Stargasm”: It’s about having sex in space, or maybe not in space, just great sex where the orgasm brings you into space. When we sing ‘You’re on fire!,” I imagine swirling flames around these two people enjoying this sexual experience so good that they end up in outer space. Very Barbarella.

Brent on “The Sparrow”: It’s about Susie Polay, our accountant’s wife, who passed away of stomach cancer when we were recording the album. Her motto was pursue happiness with diligence, and that motto became the lyrics to the song. It’s such a pretty song, and it’s so sorrowful as well. It’s in her memory and for her husband Robert, to pass on her inspiration to the listener.

One of the many ways in which Mastodon challenged itself on The Hunter was in simplifying their otherwise complex way of making music. In the past the band thrived on squeezing as much as possible in one space, and then making sense of it. With this record, they challenged themselves to pare back and let the songs breathe on their own. The result is an album where sublime interludes prove just as powerful as dense layers of sound. “Our last album Crack The Skye was such a deep, long record,” says Bill. “It was very heavy. We thought, let’s make a spontaneous record based off music that comes off our fingertips in the moment. We didn’t over think it—like Hey, we gotta really dazzle the kids!  It’s like, let’s not overdo it. Just let it fall naturally, and we did.”

By following their instincts, Mastodon has come up with the best record of their career. But then, should we really be all that surprised? Their slow-growing trajectory from flat-broke obscurity to the stages of Coachella, Europe’s Sonisphere and Bonnaroo has presented Mastodon to an inordinately eclectic cross-section of music fans who have embraced the band as much as any audience who are more interested in the quality of the music rather then fall into the trappings of narrow-mined genre dwellers. This is the result of taking the road less traveled with nothing more than their instincts—and love of a good riff—to guide them. “We can never go in the studio saying we’re gonna make a heavy record because that’s what people expect,” says Brann. “Or a progressive record, because that’s what they want to hear. You can talk all day about what you’ll do artistically, but once you sit down and it starts coming out, you find out it’s not really in your control. Things move in the direction they move in — much like life. It might not go the way you want, but that’s when great things come out that you had no idea were there. That’s when you tap the unexpected.”

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