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NEW RELEASE MONDAY 11/10: PINK FLOYD, FOO FIGHTERS, DAMIEN RICE

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November 9, 2014 - DVD and Blu Ray , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

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

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Pink Floyd – The Endless River (three versions available)

Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways

Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy

The New Basement Tapes – Lost on the River (deluxe edition also available)

Queen – Forever (deluxe edition also available)

Zac Brown – Greatest Hits So Far

Garth Brooks – Man Against Machine (deluxe edition also available)

Hail Mary Mallon – Bestiary

Marianne Faithfull – Give My Love to London

Sylvie Simmons – Sylvie

Big Krit – Cadillactica (deluxe edition also available)

Vince Staples – Hell Can Wait

G-Unit – The Beauty of Independence

Bobby Shmurda – Shmurda She Wrote

Antemasque – Antemasque

Royksopp – The Inevitable End

Machine Head – Bloodstone and Diamonds (deluxe edition also available)

The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies Legacy Edition

Job for a Cowboy – Sun Eater

Carcass – Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel

Drowning Pool – Sinner Unlucky 13th Anniversary Edition

King Diamond – Dreams of Horror

Swordwielder – Grim Visions of Battle

Swingin’ Utters – Fistful of Hollow

Ingrid Michaelson – Lights Out

Pat Metheny – Travels

Juan Luis Guerra – Todo Tiene su Hora

Various Artists – The Wild Soundtrack

… And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead – IX

Antony and the Johnsons – Turning

Siouxsie and the Banshees – Through the Looking Glass Deluxe Edition

Spiders – Shake Electric

Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair Deluxe Edition

Status Quo – Aquostic (Stripped Bare)

Whitney Houston – Live: Her Greatest Performances

The Downfall of Gaia – Aeon Unveils the Thrones of Decay

Whitesnake – Live in 84: Back to the Bone

Devilment – The Great and Secret Show

Nick Jonas – Nick Jonas (deluxe edition also available)

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Pink Floyd – The Endless River

Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways

Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy

Dream Theater – Awake

Hail Mary Mallon – Bestiary

Chrissie Hynde – Stockholm Tour Edition

Portishead – Dummy

Swingin’ Utters – Fistful of Hollow

Keb Mo – Americana

Daniel Lanois – Flesh and Machine

Douglas Pipes – Trick R Treat Soundtrack

Various Artists – Pop Ambient 2015

Sleaford Mods – Fizzy

Gang Starr – Hard to Earn

Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair

Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction

Megadeth – Peace Sells: But Who’s Buying

Megadeth – Rust in Peace

Megadeth – So Far So Good So What

Megadeth – Youthanasia

Emmure – Eternal Enemies

Pianos Become the Teeth – Keep You

Comeback Kid – Die Knowing

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Album

Iggy Azalea – New Classic

Springtime Carnivore – Springtime Carnivore

Logic – Under Pressure

John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillun

Sonny Rollins – Freedom Suite

Stan Getz – Stan Getz Quartets

Cannonball Adderley – In New York

Keith Jarrett – The Koln Concert

Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden – Last Dance

The Three Sounds – Out of This World

Clifford Brown – Memorial

DVD/BLU-RAY

The Doors – Feast of Friends DVD and Blu-ray

Colt Ford – Crank It Up: Colt Ford Live at Wild Adventures

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NEW RELEASE TUESDAY: NEIL YOUNG, BOB DYLAN, PAUL MCCARTNEY, MODEST MOUSE PLUS VINYL TUESDAY SAVINGS!

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November 3, 2014 - The Record Exchange Blog , The Vinyl Word - by - No Comments

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

Neil Young – Storytone (deluxe edition also available)

Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Raw (deluxe box set also available)

Deerhoof – La Isla Bonita

Calvin Harris – Motion

Paul McCartney and Wings – At the Speed of Sound

Paul McCartney and Wings – Venus and Mars

Bette Midler – It’s the Girls

Mineral – The Complete Collection 1994-1998

Isis – Oceanic

Ani DiFranco – Allergic to Water

Doobie Brothers – Southbound

Mariachi El Bronx – III

Thelonious Monk – Round Midnight: The Complete Blue Note Recordings

Theophilus London – Vibes

Teyana Taylor – VII

T-Pain – T-Pain Presents Happy Hour: The Greatest Hits

Mark Kozelek – Sings Christmas Carols

Over the Rhine – Blood Oranges in the Snow

Cavalera Conspiracy – Pandemonium (deluxe edition also available)

Various Artists – Uncompromising Expression: The Singles Collection (Blue Note)

Wax Tailor – Phonovisions Symphonic Orchestra

Spain – Sargent Place

Gruff Rhys – American Interior

Big Star – Live in Memphis

Pvris – White Noise

John Denver – All of My Memories

Arca – Xen

Clark – Clark

Psychostick – IV: Revenge of the Vengeance

Eric Bibb – Blues People

Major League – There’s Nothing Wrong With Me

Close Talker – Flux

VINYL

Modest Mouse – Too Many Fiestas For Rueben/Cowboy Dan

Paul McCartney and Wings – At the Speed of Sound

Paul McCartney and Wings – Venus and Mars

Various Artists – Music from the Motion Picture Elf

Dean Blunt – Black Metal

Deerhoof – La Isla Bonita

Kode9 and Spaceape – Killing Season

Clark – Clark

Mariachi El Bronx – III

Big Star – Live in Memphis

JD McPherson – Bossy/Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day

JD McPherson – I Wish You Would/Steal Away

Can – Future Days

Can – Soon Over Babaluma

Ultramarine – Every Man and Woman is a Star

The Dismemberment Plan – Change

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans – The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album

DVD/BLU-RAY

Rolling Stones – From the Vault: Hampton Coliseum – Live in 1981 DVD

Eric Clapton – Planes, Trains and Eric DVD and Blu-ray

Genesis – Three Sides Live DVD and Blu-ray

Big Star – Live in Memphis DVD

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RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 10 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 2, 2014)

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November 3, 2014 - The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

418455929831-5001. You Can’t Stop Me, Suicide Silence
2. Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin
3. 1989, Taylor Swift
4. Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin
5. Primus and the Chocolate Factory, Primus
6. Honor is All We Know, Rancid
7. This is All Yours, Alt-J
8. Where the Pavement Grows, Kimm Rogers
9. Kings and Queens, Billy Idol
10. Hang, Lagwagon

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NEW RELEASE MONDAY 10/27: SECOND ROUND OF LED ZEPPELIN REISSUES, FLAMING LIPS DO SGT. PEPPER, TAYLOR SWIFT, MODEST MOUSE VINYL REISSUES

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October 26, 2014 - DVD and Blu Ray , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

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

CD

Led Zeppelin – IV (2CD reissue and deluxe box set with unreleased material)

Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy (2CD reissue with unreleased material)

Taylor Swift – 1989

Yusuf/Cat Stevens – Tell ‘Em I’m Gone

Flaming Lips and Fwends – With a Little Help From My Friends

The Who – The Who Hits 50! (deluxe edition also available)

Paul McCartney – New Collector’s Edition (2CD/1DVD)

Jerry Lee Lewis – Rock & Roll Time

Daniel Lanois – Flesh and Machine

Misfits – Horror Xmas

Misfits – Project 1950

Obituary – Inked in Blood (deluxe edition also available)

Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2

Black Veil Brides – Black Veil Brides

At the Gates – At War With Reality (deluxe edition also available)

Pianos Become the Teeth – Keep You

Partynextdoor – Partynextdoor Two

Lagwagon – Hang

Negativland – It’s All in Your Head

Underworld – Oblivion with Bells

Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants

Dave Davies – Rippin’ Up Time

Ray Price – New Place to Begin

Devin Townsend Project – Z (deluxe edition also available)

Dillon Francis – Money Sucks, Friends Rule

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – The Complete Epic Albums Collection

Eric Johnson and Mike Stern – Eclectic

Grouper – Ruins

Siouxsie and the Banshees – Peepshow

Siouxsie and the Banshees – Rapture

Siouxsie and the Banshees – Superstition

Suicidal Tendencies – No Mercy: Widespread Bloodshed (Love Runs Red)

Dawnbringer – Night of the Hammer

Gretchen Wilson – Still Here for the Party

Dionne Warwick – Feels So Good

Branford Marsalis – In My Solitude: Live in Concert at Grace Cathedral

Jason Marsalis – 21st Century Trad Band

Leighton Meester – Heartstrings

Radio Riddler – Purple Reggae

Stalley – Ohio

Mike Mictlan – Hella Frreal

Barry Manilow – My Dream Duets

Bessie Jones – Get in Union

Dave Ray – Legacy

Secondhand Serenade – Undefeated

Abysmal Dawn – Obsolescence

Arsis – Diamond for Disease

Anaal Nathrakh – Desideratum

Annihilated – XXIII Steps to Ruination

Necrophagia – White Worm Cathedral

Flight Facilities – Down to Earth

Mystery Skulls – Forever

Giant Squid – Minoans

Sam Hunt – Montevallo

Lily & Madeleine – Fumes

Haerts – Haerts

VINYL

Led Zeppelin – IV (2LP reissue with unreleased material)

Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy (2LP reissue with unreleased material)

Ryan Adams – Vampires

Modest Mouse – This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About

Modest Mouse – White Lies Yellow Teeth / Buttons to Push the Buttons

Flaming Lips and Fwends – With a Little Help From My Friends

Miles Davis – Young Man With a Horn

Iron Maiden – 2 Minutes to Midnight

Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind

Grouper – Ruins

Isis – In the Absence of Truth

Minus the Bear – Planet of Ice

Marble Sky – Marble Sky

Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart

Suicidal Tendencies – No Mercy: Widespread Bloodshed (Love Runs Red) [deluxe edition also available]

Lagwagon – Hang

Frightened Rabbit – Midnight Organ Fight

Bell Gardens – Slow Dawns for Lost Conclusions

Cass McCombs and Meat Puppets – Tour Single

The Field – From Here We Go Sublime

Slash/Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators – World on Fire

John Mayall – Special Life

Thelonious Monk – Genius of Modern Music Volume 1

Hank Mobley – No Room For Squares

Cathedral – Carnival Bizarre

Kylesa – Spiral Shadow

Various Artists – From the Rabbit Hole

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JOHN FULLBRIGHT IN-STORE TUESDAY, OCT. 21 (6PM) – OPENING FOR PATTY GRIFFIN AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE!

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Grammy-nominated Americana artist John Fullbright will perform live at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St.) at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21. As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages. Fullbright is opening for Patty Griffin at the Egyptian Theatre later that evening and we have tickets for sale at the store!

ABOUT JOHN FULLBRIGHT

“What’s so bad about happy?” John Fullbright sings on the openfullbrighting track of his new album, ‘Songs.’ It’s a play on the writer’s curse, the notion that new material can only come through heartbreak or depression, that great art is only born from suffering.

“A normal person, if they find themselves in a position of turmoil or grief, they’ll say, ‘I need to get out of this as fast as I can,’” says Fullbright. “A writer will say, ‘How long can I stay in this until I get something good?’ And that’s a bullshit way to look at life,” he laughs.

That plainspoken approach is part of what’s fueled the young Oklahoman’s remarkable rise. It was just two years ago that Fullbright released his debut studio album, ‘From The Ground Up’ to a swarm of critical acclaim. The LA Times called the record “preternaturally self-assured,” while NPR hailed him as one of the 10 Artists You Should Have Known in 2012, saying “it’s not every day a new artist…earns comparisons to great songwriters like Townes Van Zandt and Randy Newman, but Fullbright’s music makes sense in such lofty company.” The Wall Street Journal crowned him as giving one of the year’s 10 best live performances, and the album also earned him the ASCAP Foundation’s Harold Adamson Lyric Award. If there was any doubt that his debut announced the arrival of a songwriting force to be reckoned with, it was put to rest when ‘From The Ground Up’ was nominated for Best Americana Album at the GRAMMY Awards, which placed Fullbright alongside some of the genre’s most iconic figures, including Bonnie Raitt.

“I never came into this with a whole lot of expectations,” says Fullbright. “I just wanted to write really good songs, and with that outlook, everything else is a perk. The fact that we went to LA and played “Gawd Above” in front of a star-studded audience [at the GRAMMY pre-tel concert], never in my life would I have imagined that.”

But for Fullbright, it hasn’t been all the acclaim that means the most to him, but rather his entrance into a community of songwriters whose work he admires.

“When I started out, I was all by myself in a little town in Oklahoma where whatever you wanted, you just made it yourself,” he explains. “I didn’t grow up around musicians or like-minded songwriters, but I grew up around records. One of the most fulfilling things about the last two years is that now I’m surrounded by like-minded people in a community of peers. You don’t feel so alone anymore.”

If there’s a recurring motif that jumps out upon first listen to ‘Songs,’ it’s the act of writing, which is one Fullbright treats with the utmost respect. “When I discovered Townes Van Zandt, that’s when I went, ‘You know, this is something to be taken pretty damn seriously,’” says Fullbright. “‘This is nothing to do with business, it has to do with art and identity.’ You can write something that’s going to outlast you, and immortality though song is a big draw.”

But just as important to Fullbright as writing is careful editing. “I can write a first verse and a chorus fairly easily, and it’s important just to document it at the time and come back to it later,” he explains. “That’s the labor, when you really get your tools out and figure out how to craft something that’s worthwhile.”

Fullbright inhabits his songs’ narrators completely, his old-soul voice fleshing out complex characters and subtle narratives with a gifted sense of understatement.

“My songwriting is a lot more economical now,” he explains. “I like to say as much as I can in 2 minutes 50 seconds, and that’s kind of a point of pride for me.”

The arrangements on ‘Songs’ are stripped down to their cores and free of ornamentation. Fullbright’s guitar and piano anchor the record, while a minimalist rhythm section weaves in and out throughout the album. That’s not to say these are simple songs; Fullbright possesses a keen ear for memorable melody and a unique approach to harmony, moving through chord progressions far outside the expected confines of traditional folk or Americana. The performances are stark and direct, though, a deliberate approach meant to deliver the songs in their purest and most honest form.

“I’m a better performer and writer and musician now, and I wanted a record that would reflect that,” he says. “We tracked a lot of it live, just me and a bass player in a room with a few microphones. The basis is a live performance and everything else supports that. I think you just get as much energy and skill as you can into a take, and then start building from there. And what we found is that you don’t have to add too much to that.”

The songs also reflect how drastically Fullbright’s life has changed since the release of ‘From The Ground Up,’ which launched him into a rigorous schedule of international touring. “Going Home” finds him appreciating the simple pleasure of heading back to Oklahoma, which he likens to The Odyssey. “When you’re gone for so long, once you know you’re headed in the right direction to your own bed and your own home, that’s one of the greatest feelings you can have,” he says.

“I Didn’t Know” is a song he premiered live at concert hosted by Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, a story he tells still somewhat incredulously, while “When You’re Here” is a somber piano love song, and “The One That Lives Too Far’ is a raw account of the strain that distance can put on a romantic relationship. “All That You Know,” which features just voice and Wurlitzer, implores listeners to appreciate what’s right in front of them, and the finger-picked “Keeping Hope Alive” is a song of resilience through hard times.

To be sure, ‘Songs’ has its moments of darkness, tracks born from pain and heartbreak, but for a craftsman like Fullbright, there are few greater joys than carving emotion into music, taking a stab at that lofty goal of immortality through song. It makes him—and his fans—happy, and there’s nothing bad about that.

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