RECORD EXCHANGE 2014 STAFF PICKS: MATT

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2014 Staff Picks!

mattTake a gander at Matt‘s list:

DAVE ALVIN AND PHIL ALVIN
Common Ground
IMELDA MAY
Tribal
GOAT
Commune
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Link of Chain: A Songwriters Tribute to Chris Smither
STURGILL SIMPSON
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
THE OLD 97’S
Most Messed Up
ROBERT PLANT
Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar
MARIANNE FAITHFULL
Give My Love to London
LEONARD COHEN
Popular Problems/Live in Dublin
GARY CLARK JR.
Live

RECORD EXCHANGE 2014 STAFF PICKS: ELIZABETH

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2014 Staff Picks!

elizabethTake a gander at Elizabeth‘s list:

SLEEPY SEEDS
Sleepy Seeds
TYCHO
Awake
WITH CHILD
Totally Glowing Opening
LUCIUS
Wildewoman
AKA BELLE
The Devil Loves You
K.FLAY
Life As A Dog
STRANGER DANGER
Stranger Danger
SLOW MAGIC
How To Run Away
KEVIN DREW
Darlings
STURGILL SIMPSON
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

ENTER TO WIN A ‘MUSIC OF GRAND THEFT AUTO V’ 6LP VINYL BOX SET!

GTAV361_Soundtrack_PromoPoster_V03_NoBleedLimited-edition CD and vinyl box sets of The Music of Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack just hit the shelves, and one lucky customer will win one of the 6LP vinyl box sets!

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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