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VINTAGE TURNTABLE SPOTLIGHT: LINEAR-TRACKING TECHNICS

February 5, 2019 - The Record Exchange Blog , The Vinyl Word - by - No Comments

This week’s Vinyl Tuesday Vintage Turntable Spotlight features a snazzy early-80s Technics SL-DL1.

The Technics SL-DL1 is a fully automatic turntable with a direct-drive motor. The unique thing about this turntable is the linear-tracking tonearm, which is actually housed in the dust cover and fitted with a high-performance moving-magnet cartridge. Other features include auto record size selection, 2-speed forward and reverse search function, and auto cueing with muting and repeat facility.

In short, this turntable has an elegant electronic design complemented by a sleek visual aesthetic. Popular all over the world upon its release, the Technics SL-DL1 remains a durable, reliable turntable and a bargain at $249.

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ENTER TO WIN A RHINO RECORDS ‘START YOUR EAR OFF RIGHT’ PRIZE PACK: AUDIO TECHNICA HEADPHONES AND VINYL!

January 29, 2019 - Contests , The Record Exchange Blog , The Vinyl Word - by - No Comments

Rhino Records has unleashed some fantastic vinyl reissues this month, and the Start Your Ear Off Right celebration continues with a sweet prize pack including the following items:

Audio-Technica ATH-SR30BT Wireless Headphones
Joni Mitchell – Blue vinyl LP
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Deja Vu vinyl LP
Little Village – Little Village vinyl LP
2018 Rhino Records calendar

To enter the drawing, send an email* with the subject “Rhino” HERE by midnight Thursday, Feb. 7. We will draw a name and notify the winner on Friday, Feb. 8.

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

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VINTAGE TURNTABLE SPOTLIGHT: FRONT-LOADING SONY PS-FL1

January 8, 2019 - The Record Exchange Blog , The Vinyl Word - by - No Comments

Starting this week, we’re spotlighting a vintage turntable every Vinyl Tuesday, and we’re kicking it off with one of our current favorites.

This Sony PS-FL1 is a retro-futuristic beauty with a rare and insatiably cool feature: The fully-automatic turntable has a slide-in/slide-out powered drawer as opposed to the more common top-loading/dust cover type deck. Simply press the open button, load a record, press the close button and away you go.

In addition to looking awesome, the PS-FL1 offers another benefit: Being front-loading, you can stack the turntable under a receiver or other component to save space.

This particular model comes with a Shure M95ED cartridge and runs $249. It won’t last long.

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NEW RELEASE FRIDAY: FATHER JOHN MISTY, JOEY BADA$$, FUTURE ISLANDS, NEW PORNOGRAPHERS AND MORE!

April 7, 2017 - The Record Exchange Blog , The Vinyl Word - by - No Comments

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

CD:

Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Joey Bada$$ – All-Amerikkkan Badass
Future Islands – Far Field
The New Pornographers – Whiteout Conditions
Cold War Kids – La Divine
Western Daughter – Driftwood Songs
Deep Purple – Infinite (deluxe edition available)
Mike and the Mechanics – Let Me Fly
Arca – Arca
Clark – Death Peak
Gonjasufi – Mandela Effect
Tech N9ne – Dominion (deluxe edition available)
Migos – Culture
K. Flay – Every Where is Some Where
The Weeks – Easy
Timber Timbre – Sincerely Future Pollution
The Wild Reeds – The World We Built
Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer – Bach Trios
Jeb Loy Nichols – Country Hustle
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits
Various Artists – Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album
Various Artists – Outlaw: Celebrating the Music of Waylon Jennings
The Flatliners – Inviting Light
San Fermin – Belong
Falling in Reverse – Coming Home
Andrew Combs – Canyons of My Mind
Michelle Branch – Hopeless Romantic
Sun Ra – Thunder of the Gods
Royal Thunder – Wick
White Reaper – The World’s Best American Band
Diet Cig – Swear I’m Good at This
Ecstatic Vision – Raw Rock Fury
Sean Rowe – New Lore
Porcupine Tree – Voyage 34
The Obsessed – Sacred
Krokus – Big Rocks

VINYL:

Father John Misty – Pure Comedy (deluxe edition available)
Future Islands – Far Field
The New Pornographers – Whiteout Conditions
Cold War Kids – La Divine
Joey Bada$$ – All-Amerikkkan Badass
Elliott Smith – Figure 8
Elliott Smith – XO
Rihanna – Various Reissues
Strfkr – Vault 1
Clark – Death Peak
Gonjasufi – Mandela Effect
Various Artists – Gimme Danger Soundtrack
Timber Timbre – Sincerely Future Pollution
Woods of Ypres – Woods 5: Grey Skies and Electric Light
Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July
Hauschka – What If
The Flatliners – Inviting Light
Wire – Silver/Lead
? and the Mysterians – 96 Tears
X-Ray Spex – Germfree Adolescents
50 Cent – The Best Of
Royal Thunder – Wick
Angel Witch – Angel Witch
The Wild Reeds – The World We Built
Loreena McKennitt – Book of Secrets

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SUN BLOOD STORIES ALL AGES RSD17 ALBUM RELEASE PARTY FRIDAY, APRIL 21

April 5, 2017 - Live Shows , Live@RX , The Record Exchange Blog , The Vinyl Word - by - No Comments

In celebration of the release of “It Runs Around the Room With Us,” Sun Blood Stories will perform a special all-ages Record Store Day Eve album release set at 7:30pm Friday, April 21, at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St.). As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages.

“It Runs Around the Room With Us” will be available for purchase at the event (CD, vinyl and cassette). Sun Blood Stories’ official album release party is Saturday, April 22 at Neurolux and we have tickets for sale at the store.

“It Runs Around the Room with Us” is the third album from Sun Blood Stories. It’s a collage of echo fuzz feedback melodies; super chunk forever drums; sometimes pretty songs too.

Sun Blood Stories appears in trio form while still maintaining full orchestral textures that guide you on a journey through that space between wake and sleep. Alternating between ghostly, heavy and goofy, this album creates a solid vision from the opening note to the ending laughter.

ABOUT SUN BLOOD STORIES

Sun Blood Stories is a mass of harmonic noise distilled into occasionally delicate, but always haunting songs. The band is comprised of three equal members: Amber Pollard, Ben Kirby and Jon Fust; this current arrangement is the realization of a sedulous refining process that has guided them into trio form.

Sun Blood Stories has been called “high desert psychedelia” (thanks, Wolvserpent), sonically compared to early Pink Floyd (thanks, random patron at Hogan’s) and flatteringly referred to as “Neil Young in a cave on acid” (thanks, Talkative).

Sun Blood Stories is dreamy, aware, personal, open, fuzzed out, and loud af.

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