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This box collects Bob Dylan’s first eight 12-inch LPs, his albums from Bob Dylan in 1962 to John Wesley Harding in 1968, as most people heard them, as they were expected to be heard, and as most often they were meant to be heard: in mono. — Greil Marcus, taken from the liner notes of Bob Dylan: The Original Mono Recordings

Bob Dylan’s first 8 studio albums pressed at RTI on the highest quality 180-gram audiophile vinyl. Also included are reproductions of the original LP artwork, including inner sleeve art and original inserts, all in heavyweight, wrapped jackets. Also includes beautiful 12×12” book with new liner notes, rare photos, memorabilia and more!

John Lennon – Signature Box

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Deluxe 11 CD box set from the Rock icon. Features digitally remastered editions of all his solo studio albums spanning the years 1971-84 plus a two CD collection of rarities entitled Lennon Home Demos. Includes 65 page book and commemorative John Lennon print all in special presentation box. Includes three new and very personal essays to John by Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Julian Lennon.

George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (180-gram vinyl)

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George Harrison’s solo debut, All Things Must Pass, is still considered by some (including some here at Record Store Day) to be one of the greatest records ever made. And now it’s been remastered to commemorate its 40th Anniversary, and released in a limited edition, numbered 180-gram vinyl set, with faithfully replicated monochromatic album art, poster and lift-top box packaging. And only available at indie record stores, starting 11/26 (otherwise known as Black Friday!) Harrison’s 1970 solo debut, released in a limited edition, numbered 180-gram vinyl set, with faithfully replicated monochromic album art, poster and lift-top box packaging. Newly remastered to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the release.

Rolling Stones – 1964-1969 – Limited Edition Remastered Vinyl Box Set

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The Rolling Stones 1964-1969 Vinyl Box Set is a limited edition numbered collection that encompasses the Stones’ early UK releases. The box set includes nine remastered Rolling Stones studio albums, two remastered EPs, plus two ‘Big Hits’ collections. The albums and EPs included are The Rolling Stones (EP), The Rolling Stones (UK), Five by Five (EP), The Rolling Stones No. 2, Out Of Our Heads (UK), Aftermath (UK), Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)(UK), Between the Buttons (UK), Their Satanic Majesties Request, Beggars Banquet, Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)(UK), Let It Bleed and Metamorphosis. The first five titles in the set are presented in their original mono format, affording, for the first time in years an opportunity for fans to enjoy remastered versions of the tracks “I Can’t Be Satisfied,” “Time Is On My Side” (Version 2) and “Down the Road Apiece” as originally released. It’s the first vinyl reissue in decades for The Rolling Stones (EP), The Rolling Stones, Five by Five (EP), The Rolling Stones No. 2, Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) and Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2). Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) is included with its original octagonal cover and artwork intact. Metamorphosis is a component of the set; the album was first released in 1975 but is wholly comprised of tracks recorded from the early-to-late sixties. The inclusion of the band’s original two `Big Hits’ collections was mandated by the fact that UK album releases in that era most often did not include contemporaneously released hit singles. Be to sure to also check out the companion to this release, The Rolling Stones 1971-2005 Vinyl Box Set. Both box sets are a must-have addition for any Stones collector.

Rolling Stones – 1971-2005 – Limited Edition Remastered Vinyl Box Set

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The Rolling Stones 1971-2005 Limited Edition Remastered Vinyl Box Set is an individually numbered collection that encompasses four decades of Stones classics and the vinyl complement to the recent CD Re-Masters set. The box set includes 14 remastered Rolling Stones studio albums all on heavyweight 180 gram virgin vinyl, and four of which are double LPs including the recently reissued Exile On Main Street double LP, subject of a recent documentary and expanded Deluxe and Super Deluxe Edition box set. The albums included are Sticky Fingers, Goats Head Soup, It’s Only Rock `n Roll, Black And Blue, Some Girls, Emotional Rescue, Tattoo You, Undercover, Dirty Work, Steel Wheels, Voodoo Lounge (2LP), Bridges To Babylon (2LP) and A Bigger Bang (2LP). It’s the first vinyl reissue in decades for Goat’s Head Soup, It’s Only Rock And Roll, Black And Blue, Emotional Rescue, Tattoo You, Undercover, Dirty Work and Steel Wheels. Be sure to also check out the companion to this release, The Rolling Stones 1964-1969 Vinyl Box Set. Both box sets are a must-have addition for any Stones collector.

Jimi Hendrix -West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology (4 CD/ 1 DVD Collectors Box)

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West Coast Seattle Boy – The Jimi Hendrix Anthology offers the most complete collection of Jimi’s pre-Experience R&B performances (including his singles with the Isley Brothers, Little Richard, Don Covay, King Curtis and more) to ever be officially anthologized while bringing together the most comprehensive and revelatory set of unreleased, fully realized songs, never before heard live performances, alternate studio takes, acoustic and electric demos and other rarities drawn from every chapter of Jimi Hendrix remarkable life and career.
West Coast Seattle Boy – The Jimi Hendrix Anthology includes the 90 minute DVD Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child, a new documentary directed by the Grammy award winning Bob Smeaton (Beatles Anthology, Festival Express, Beatles: The Studio Recordings). The acclaimed documentary tells Jimi’s incredible story in his own words. The documentary features some of Jimi’s greatest performances as well as rare and never before seen footage and photos. Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child also includes–for the first time ever—examples from the Hendrix family archive of the late guitarist’s personal drawings, postcards home to his father, song drafts, sketches, and lyrics. Jimi’s interviews and private writings shed new insights within the extraordinary life and career of the greatest guitarist of all time.

Limited Black Friday releases still in stock (get them while they last):

LP’s

The Black Keys/Brothers (180 Gram Vinyl LP)
The Doors/The Doors (Mono 180 Gram Vinyl LP)
Frank Sinatra/A Jolly Christmas (LP)
George Benson/White Rabbit (LP)
Deodato/Prelude (LP)
Freddie Hubbard/Red Clay (LP)
Stanley Turrentine/Sugar (LP)
Badly Drawn Boy/It’s What I’m Thinking (LP)
Clem Snide/Your Favorite Music (LP)
Southern Culture On The Skids/The Kudzu Ranch (LP & CD)
Cave In/Anomalies Vol. 1 (LP)
Daughters/Daughters (LP)
Harvey Milk/Harvey Milk (LP)

7″ Vinyl

Dr. Dog/Double (2 Disc 7″)
Soundgarden/The Telephantasm (7″)
Sick Puppies/That Time Of Year Again (7″)
Various Artists/7″ RECORD STORE DAY UK BOXSET (7″ Box Set)
MGMT/Congratulations (Gatefold 7″)
Slayer/World Painted Blood/Atrocity Vendor (7″)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers/Nowhere/

Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse- Dark Night of the Soul

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Dark Night Of The Soul is an album by audio auteur Danger Mouse and the already much-missed Sparklehorse. The record sees the pair joined by the following remarkable roll call of guests: The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), Julian Casablancas (The Strokes), Black Francis (The Pixies), Iggy Pop, David Lynch, James Mercer (The Shins/Broken Bells), Nina Persson (The Cardigans), Suzanne Vega and Vic Chesnutt. Rumors of this mysterious collaborative project began to circulate in early 2009 sparking widespread anticipation and excitement. Now, following months of talks, Danger Mouse and EMI are excited and proud to announce that Dark Night Of The Soul will be released worldwide in July.

While this beautiful, haunting record being made widely and legitimately available is undoubtedly a cause for celebration, the news is shadowed by sadness following the recent passing of Mark Linkous, who released and performed under the Sparklehorse pseudonym. Dark Night Of The Soul will now stand as a de facto tribute to this well-loved, stunningly talented yet often-overlooked artist. In addition to featuring on two songs, celebrated fi lm director David Lynch has created a series of original photographs for Dark Night Of The Soul adding a spectacular visual dimension that will be incorporated in to the artwork for this already unparalleled project.

The deluxe version includes: 2xLPs, CD, instrumental CD, poster, lobby cards and 48-page 12×12 booklet in box featuring the photography of David Lynch.

Eat Pray Love- Original Soundtrack featuring a new Eddie Vedder track!

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Official soundtrack to the film Eat, Pray, Love that is based on the memoir of the same name by American author Elizabeth Gilbert (featured on “Oprah and a HUGE Bestseller), co-written and directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup, James Franco… Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder has recorded a new song, “Better Days”, which will appear on the soundtrack as well as songs from Josh Rouse, Neil Young, Marvin Gaye and others.

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Wolf Parade- Expo 86

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Recorded during a matter of weeks, Expo 86 finds Wolf Parade slimming themselves down to a four-piece lineup and continuing to explore the intersection of indie rock and post-punk.

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The Gaslight Anthem- American Slang

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“American Slang” marks an extraordinary leap forward for the Gaslight Anthem, revealing a triumphant rock ‘n’ roll band honed by two years of nearly non-stop touring. Singer/guitarist Brian Fallon’s lyrical approach has grown more personal and introspective, his raw throated vocals stronger and more resonant against the band’s boundless dynamic force. American Slang is a classic rock and roll album, that will be a benchmark for other bands to measure themselves against and try to mimic for generations to come.

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M.I.A.- /\/\ /\ Y /\

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On /\/\ /\ Y /\, M.I.A. continues her musical exploration into new territory including rock, dubstep and more. She is not a typical artist and /\/\ /\ Y /\ pushes the envelope with controversial sounds, lyrics, and imagery. M.I.A is many things — a visual-artist, musician, revolutionary, and style-icon–and just when you think you have /\/\ /\ Y /\ pegged, it will surprise you.

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Out 7/27!

Shonen Knife- Live From the Mohawk Place 2009

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Osaka, Japan’s Shonen Knife perform a blazing set of their favorites from their nearly 3 decade reign as Japan’s first name in Indie Rock exports, recorded live in 2009 at Buffalo’s best rock ‘n’ roll club!

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The Beatles- Remasters

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Experience the entire Beatles legacy in this comprehensive CD collection: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles For Sale, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles (White Album), Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road, Let It Be, and Past Masters–each track of each album has been remastered by a dedicated team of engineers at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios, utilizing cutting-edge recording technology as well as vintage studio equipment meant to preserve the authenticity and integrity of the original analog recordings. And each album includes a four-minute mini-documentary about the making of the album–all of which have been compiled into a DVD that’s included in the set.
All titles are available seperately as well!

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Regarded as one of the greatest albums in rock ‘n’ roll history and one of the most defining of the Stones’ catalogue. Upon its release more than three decades ago, ‘Exile on Main Street’ innovatively wove varying musical genres, instruments and even artists into a compelling rhythmic masterpiece. The original 18-track double-album was recorded in various stages at multiple locations, including Olympic Studios in London, Keith Richard’s mansion Nellcote in France, and in Los Angeles where the literal “Main Street” influenced the album title. These atypical circumstances surrounding the recording process greatly affected the album’s outcome which was highly reflective and influenced by the sociopolitical turbulence that marked the late `60s and early `70s. The Stones nixed the influences of a flower-child era and directed their creative process with the edgier, excessive, “more is more” approach of the `70s. Exile reveals a sprawling mix of genres with undertones of blues, country, R&B and gospel mixed with lyrics that fervently demand for release and liberation. The 2-CD version is a 3-panel digi-pak, 2xCDs with a 12 page booklet. The Digipak is printed in reverse board double white to keep an ‘uncoated’ feel like the original LP release. The 2nd disc features 10 tracks originally recorded during the Exile era including ‘Plundered My Soul’, ‘Dancing in the Light’, ‘Following the River’ and ‘Pass The Wine’ plus alternate versions of ‘Soul Survivor’ and ‘Loving Cup’.

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Some time in the last few years Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers took a left turn. Maybe it was when Petty woke up in the night with the idea of reuniting his first band, Mudcrutch, to cut the album they never got a chance to make back in the early 70′s. Maybe it was when the Heartbreakers assembled the mammoth multi-disc ‘The Live Anthology,’ which detailed thirty years of concerts. Maybe it was when they gave all their home movies, outtakes and live footage to director Peter Bogdanovich to create the Grammy-winning four-hour career documentary ‘Runnin Down A Dream.’ There have been side projects and experiments since the band last went into the studio to cut a new Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers album. With ‘MOJO,’ they have taken their recent freedom and experimentation to heart. They have gone off the reservation and all signs indicate they aren’t coming back.

The first thing that hits you about ‘MOJO’ is that the spirit of the Mudcrutch sessions has carried on with the Heartbreakers. This is the sound of a band playing together in a room not a studio – facing each other, all singing and playing at the same time. The music is alive, with no overdubs or studio trickery. What you hear is what they created on the spot at that time.

Tom Petty says, ‘With this album, I want to show other people what I hear with the band. ‘MOJO’ is where the band lives when it’s playing for itself.’

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Recorded at film producer George Lucas’ infamous studios at Skywalker Ranch, ‘Bingo!’ is The Steve Miller Band’s first studio album in 17 years.

‘Bingo!’ is the album Steve Miller has waited his entire life to make. Reaching back to his apprenticeship as a young man on the Chicago blues scene, Miller and co-producer Andy Johns brought classic rhythm and blues numbers that have been at the foundation of his music throughout his career into the 21st century. A true return to Miller’s roots, ‘Bingo!’ echoes his early years in the Chicago music scene and features carefully chosen and crafted blues tracks performed in distinctive Steve Miller Band fashion.

‘Bingo!’ was co-produced by Andy Johns (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen), with artwork designed by the legendary Storm Thorgerson.

Drake- Thank Me Later

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Giving it an 8.4/10 rating, Pitchfork Media writer Ryan Dombal praised Drake’s “understated-yet-undeniable emotion” and performance with hip hop and R&B styles, stating “Thank Me Later presents its star as a bottle-serviced hip-hop headcase tirelessly searching for love and good times while caught up in his own thoughts… Drake manages to make his plight tugging and relatable thanks to a potent mix of empathy, candidness, and grandeur. This is mood music inspired by rap and R&B in equal measure”.

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High Violet, the new full-length record by the National, is a nervy, melodic, explosive and beautiful set of songs that find the band at the height of their collaborative powers. The music is wide-ranging in its moods, by turns intimate and rough, expansive and spare, full of stark angles and atmosphere. Berninger’s singing wild, half-broken, sly evokes a feeling of being haunted, by love, by paranoia, by something just out of reach. High Violet may be The National’s most thematically twisted record to date but it somehow also manages to be their most infectious and immediate.

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Alternative Press (p.122) – 4.5 stars out of 5 — “Expertly crafted and passionately played, there are enough hooks on FUTURE BREEDS to keep you singing along and new layers of aural intensity to keep discovering with each repeated listen.”

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Danger Mouse returned to co-produce ‘Tighten Up’ on ‘Brothers,’ but for the most part, the duo was on its own, spending ten days at the legendary Muscle Shoals studio in Alabama and coming up with the an even more intensely focused, deeply soulful set that includes a cover of Jerry Butler’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up.’ The performances are inventive and impassioned: Auerbach extends his vocal range to falsetto on the lead-off track ‘Everlasting Light’ and ‘The Only One’; ‘Howlin’ For You’ opens with a Gary Glitter-style drum riff and the chorus practically invites singing along. The tunes offer a surprising amount of lyrical candor and more than a little dark humor; the grooves alternate between ballsy swagger and bluesy rumination. The album reflects where Auerbach and Carney have been lately, most recently collaborating with a who’s who of New York City MC’s, including RZA, Q Tip, Mos Def and Raekwon on the 2009 BlakRoc super-session organized by hip-hop impresario and Black Keys fan Damon Dash. They’ve also pursued projects on their own, Auerbach with his solo ‘Keep It Hid’ album and tour, Carney with his band Drummer and its debut disc, ‘Feels Good Together.’ Their maturation didn’t happen just in the studio, though. Carney admits, ‘Dan and I grew up a lot as individuals and musicians prior to making this album. Our relationship was tested in many ways but at the end of the day, we’re brothers, and I think these songs reflect that.’

Paul Weller- Wake Up The Nation

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After an unparalleled career, characterized by constant musical experimentation, we should be used to Paul Weller’s relentless desire to chop and change his sound. But after the triumphant, Brit Award-bagging success of 22 Dreams (his third solo number one in the UK), his new album Wake Up the Nation sees one of rock’s most iconic songwriters expand and evolve once more.
A departure stylistically from the more pastoral sounds of his last album, Wake Up is lean, mean and as uncompromisingly focused as its maker. It also brings Paul Weller full circle: twenty-eight years on from The Jam’s split, two tracks feature the former bassist Bruce Foxton. The album also sees contributions from My Bloody Valentine guitar alchemist Kevin Shields, ELO’s Bev Bevan and legendary session drummer Clem Cattini.

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The New York City dou known as Sleigh Bells emerged in the Fall of 2009 with rhythmic pop songs that combine overdriven guitar riffs and sugary female vocal melodies. Derek Miller, who played in teh popular Florida hardcore outfit Poison the Well, teamed up with singer Alexis Krauss after he happened to serve her and her mother at a Brazillian restaurant in Brooklyn. As proof of their winning formula, Sleigh Bells quickly earned the adoration of critics at the New Yorker, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and the Village Voice. They are celebrated by both their hometown’s outer-borough lo-fi rock scene and international pop acts like Major Lazer andn MIA, who collaborated with Derek on her forthcoming third LP.

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The Doctor is back doing his funky jazz thing…this time with his touring trio of Jonathan Kreisberg and Jamire Williams. This band is tight and playing standard jazz tunes in a not so standard way. They’ll be out touring in support of this release, so do yourself a favor and get out to see the master at work.
Dr. Lonnie Smith is internationally known as one of the premier jazz keyboardists in the history of the idiom. A dominant talent and pace-setting proponent of the Hammond B3 Organ, Dr. Lonnie Smith has been at the forefront of the jazz scene since 1969 when he was first named Top Organist by Downbeat Magazine

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‘The ArchAndroid’ is an ‘EMOTION PICTURE’ brought to you by Janelle Monáe and the Mad Minds of the Wondaland Arts Society. The star-studded featured cast includes the legendary Big Boi of OutKast, renowned poet Saul Williams, psychedelic dance-punk troupe Of Montreal, punk prophets Deep Cotton, and the Wondaland Arch Orchestra. The album was recorded at Wondaland Studios in Atlanta, but written all over the world, including but not limited to Moscow, Prague, Istanbul, Berlin, Amsterdam, New York, and the Palace of the Dogs. ‘The ArchAndroid’ was inspired not only by the energy of these places, but by such revolutionary musicians and artistic visionaries as Salvador Dalí, Walt Disney, OutKast, Stevie Wonder, Octavia Butler, David Bowie, Andy Warhol, and John Williams. The album was Executive Produced by Nate Wonder, Chuck Lightning, Janelle Monáe, and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, with Co-Executive Production from Big Boi of OutKast.

Bring in your old stuff & turn it into cash!

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There’s an ease to his delivery that belies the album’s overblown title, but Bigger and Blackerer is indeed a bigger to-do than any of Cross’ previous projects, and not just because it was recorded at two consecutive shows at Boston’s Wilbur Theatre, a venue considerably larger than those that provided the staging grounds for Shut Up, You Fucking Baby! and It’s Not Funny. The two shows aren’t cut together into a seamless string of highlights, but rather presented as one CD and one DVD containing the two different performances, which turns out to be a bit of a godsend for comedy nerds who can now linger in the minute differences between the two performances, hearing how Cross twists the same material just a few hours later, following the different detours in each performance. No other comedy album or video has been presented like this, and it helps make Bigger and Blackerer something a little bit more than a very good comedy album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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With Have Blues, Will Travel, Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King take another giant step forward. Kubek and King wrote or co-wrote all twelve songs, and, along with their road-tested rhythm section, they ignite a blues fire with enough heat to fuel an all-night party. The chemistry between Kubek’s blistering fretwork and King’s savvy vocals and unpredictable, multifaceted guitar work creates a roadhouse blend of muscular blues-rock, hip-shaking shuffles and slow-burning blues that is simply impossible to resist. Each song is infused with deep, from-the-heart musicianship, carefully crafted, true-to-life lyrics and delivered with the occasional wry smile. King calls Have Blues, Will Travel the best record the band has ever made.

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Bill Kirchen’s sophomore release for Proper American, celebrating more than 40 years in the business with featured performances by longtime Kirchen collaborators Elvis Costello, Paul Carrick, Nick Lowe, Dan Hicks, Maria Muldaur, Chris O’Connell, Commander Cody, Norton Buffalo and Blackie Farrell, among others.

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When global bass music matriarch Mary Anne Hobbs recently told The Fader ”Flying Lotus, for me,is like the Hendrix of his generation”, it seemed more than an audacious opinion, and with the arrival of Cosmogramma, it’s revealed as a revelation. In the past couple of years since his debut album, Los Angeles, Flying Lotus has grown into the position of being far more than a producer, he has helped materialize a far-reaching strain of musical ideology that has encompassed not only a global family of like-minded artists, but also a nearly infinite palate of planetary (and interplanetary) sonics. No longer simply an outgrowth of Ellisona’s machines, the music here is also the product of live instrumentalists from the worlds that Cosmogramma engages. There’s the constant bass presence of ”Thundercat”, a cornerstone of Sa-Ra Creative; there’s Rebekah Raff’s harp connecting the dots between the music of Harry Partch and Ghostface Killah (both of which she’s performed); there’s an appearance by the tenor sax of Steven’s cousin and jazz royalty, Ravi Coltrane, and by the voice of one Thom Yorke, an Oxford bloke taking respite from singing in the most influential rock band of the 21st century.

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International Hip Hop superstar Nas and Grammy-winning artist Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley join creative forces to release this highly anticipated and exciting 2010 collaboration. This is an album created by the two serious artists to explore and celebrate the correlations and deep-rooted connections between reggae and Hip Hop, tracing both sounds back to the African motherland that is both the cradle of humanity and the wellspring of mankind’s music. The project features the signature instrumentation and musicianship of Marley with the hard-hitting beats and lyrics of Nas. Distant Relatives traces the direct line from Dancehall Reggae’s breakthrough moment 40 years ago to the rise of Hip Hop several years later.

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High Violet, the new full-length record by the National, is a nervy, melodic, explosive and beautiful set of songs that find the band at the height of their collaborative powers. The music is wide-ranging in its moods, by turns intimate and rough, expansive and spare, full of stark angles and atmosphere. Berninger’s singing—wild, half-broken, sly—evokes a feeling of being haunted, by love, by paranoia, by something just out of reach. High Violet may be The National’s most thematically twisted record to date but it somehow also manages to be their most infectious and immediate. Record Theatre’s CD stock has the “Limited Edition CD with Deluxe Foil Package & Bonus Poster Designed by the Band”. This title is aslo available on vinyl & is selling fast!

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Since 1997, Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek have achieved critical success as the rap & producer collaboration known as Reflection Eternal.
Talib Kweli has established himself as one of rap’s premier acts, delivering stunning, uplifting singles like ‘Get By’ and acclaimed, well-rounded and thought-provoking albums like 2007′s ‘Eardrum.’
Hi-Tek has become one of rap’s go-to producers, working extensively with Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, G-Unit, The Game and Ghostface Killah, among others.

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Bettye LaVette brings the British Invasion home to its American R&B roots on Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook. Produced by Bettye, Rob Mathes and Michael Stevens, the album is a 13 song journey through compositions by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd among others, concluding right where the very idea for Interpretations started: Bettye s visceral rendition of The Who’s Love Reign O er Me from the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors, which appears here as a bonus track. That performance which first brought Bettye together with Stevens (the event s producer) and Mathes (its musical director) showcased for a national television audience what her devoted fanbase already knew: Bettye LaVette is without parallel as an interpreter of popular song. The success of this performance lead to another astonishing moment on the national stage, her duet of Sam Cooke s Change Is Gonna Come with Jon Bon Jovi at the Obama Inaugural Concert.

This Tuesday one of the greatest albums in rock ‘n’ roll history gets remastered & adds 10 never-before-heard tracks! The Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street innovatively wove varying musical genres, instruments & even artists into a compelling rhythmic masterpiece. This new version features 10 tracks originally recorded during the Exile era & only recently discovered while working on the reissue project. The unearthed tracks include “Plundered My Soul”, “Dancing in the Light”, “Following the River” & “Pass The Wine”, which have undergone a unique evolution while staying true to the essence of the 1972 album. Alternate versions of “Soul Survivor” & “Loving Cup” also are a part of the Exile bonus materials.

Exile will be available in four different formats:
1. The “Deluxe Edition” (2CD Digipak) with the bonus tracks.
2. The “Super Deluxe Edition” – 12×12 Box with 2CD, 2LP & a DVD that boasts footage from Ladies & Gentleman…The Rolling Stones, Cocksucker Blues & Stones In Exile doc, as well as previoulsly unreleased interviews & performances.
3. 2LP Vinyl Editon – Original 18 track album on 180 Gram Vinyl.
4. Standard CD – Original 18 track album with 12 page expanded booklet.

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High Violet, the new full-length record by the National, is a nervy, melodic, explosive and beautiful set of songs that find the band at the height of their collaborative powers. The music is wide-ranging in its moods, by turns intimate and rough, expansive and spare, full of stark angles and atmosphere. Berninger’s singing—wild, half-broken, sly—evokes a feeling of being haunted, by love, by paranoia, by something just out of reach. High Violet may be The National’s most thematically twisted record to date but it somehow also manages to be their most infectious and immediate. Record Theatre’s CD stock has the “Limited Edition CD with Deluxe Foil Package & Bonus Poster Designed by the Band”. This title is also available on vinyl & is selling fast!

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Jackson Browne & David Lindley’s Love Is Strange is a chronicle of their 2006 Tour of Spain. Performing in Madrid, Barcelona, Oveido and Sevilla. The experience is expressed by Jackson Browne as “a CD of some recorded moments, or perhaps a bridge, or a small door, between a life lived mostly in America and time spent with some really good friends in Spain.”

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Hoodoo Gurus are back in the game with their latest album ‘Purity Of Essence’. A jam session at a Sydney rehearsal studio earlier this year produced eight songs and set the template for their ninth studio record.

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CocoRosie are two American-born sisters, Sierra and Bianca, who started making music together in Paris in 2003. The nomadic duo (currently and temporarily residing in New Mexico) spent much of 2008 writing and recording in Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Berlin, New York, and Paris, finding amazing and diverse musicians to collaborate along the way. The result is their 11-song Sub Pop debut, Grey Oceans. Also available on vinyl!

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The latest musical adventure by Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs), epitomizes the alt-rock ethic–do the music you love, do it yourself, and do it fast. The Dead Weather brings together lead singer Alison Mosshart (half of the London-based lo-fi post-punk duo The Kills), Queens Of The Stone Age guitarist Dean Fertita, The Raconteurs’ bassist Jack Lawrence, and White on drums and vocals.

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After announcing the departure of keyboardist Franz Nicolay, the Hold Steady decided to return to the more stripped-down sound of their earlier records with their fifth album, Heaven Is Whenever.
Rolling Stone gives it- 4 stars out of 5 — “On HEAVEN IS WHENEVER, the Hold Steady don’t just show us how much they love classic rock — they make some of their own. It’s their most polished record, nearly majestic at points…”

@ our University Plaza Location (3500 Main St.)(837-2090):
1:00 pm – Spirit Chief
2:00 pm – Son of the Sun
3:00 pm – Mike Vargovich
4:00 pm – Cassi Meyerhoffer
5:00 pm – Pennsylvania & Gold
6:00 pm – Wooden Waves
7:00 pm – The Stay Lows
8:00 pm – Tha Poet A.I.C. (Spoken Word)

@ our Main & Lafayette Location (1800 Main St.)(883-1355):
12:30 pm – Here Come the Comets
1:30 pm – DJ Cutler
2:30 pm – Kool Taj
3:30 pm – Bass Reeves
4:30 pm – Hunger Anthem
5:30 pm – Standard of Living

Wooden Waves

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Adventurous live music and visuals inspired by underwater space travel, Esther Williams, dub electro, and graffiti… Born from the ashes of the great Sleeping Kings of Iona, Wooden Waves brings more of dance party vibe, while maintaining the aesthetics that “Sleeping Kings of Iona” were so known for.

Here Come the Comets

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A blend of space rock, meets alt county, meets 70′s boogie woogie rock. Melodic, layered, quiet yet loud, soft yet chaotic. Songwriting inspired by some of the great story tellers of years past. Their 2008 release “Falling Anvils” has been one of our best selling & consistant sellers. Pick it up today!

Son of the Sun

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Originally conceived by multi-instrumentalist Joseph Stocker and guitarist/vocalist Zak Ward, Son of the Sun has fleshed out their already considerably lush sound with the addition of Jeremy Franklin on guitar, Steve Matthews on bass, and Brandon Delmont on drums. What was once a muted, sparse take on rock music has become a grandiose love letter to the driving heart of Kinks style harmonies and Velvet Underground guitars. SOTS is making the leap into the spotlight just as they set-up their newest release The Happy Loss coming in Spring of 2010.

DJ Cutler

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“DJ Cutler and Optimus Prime are record-crate scrapers, soundbox dumpster-divers who snip and clip and scratch from multiple disparate sources to put together a minimalist, funky, jittery set of joints that always seem to be moving in a different direction from where you might expect. Those of us who thought of Buffalo as a place you had to drive through to get to Niagara Falls will reconsider after hearing these joints. Highly recommended.” –music-reviewer.com
Pick up Cutler & Down’s “Blue Collar Funk” CDs & accompanying 7″ vinyl while they last!

Mike Vargovich/The Generic Brand

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Great combination of carefree fun and introspective honesty, all layered above punchy power chords, the occasional slow piano riff, and the desire to create simple, catchy, melodic music that hasn’t been heard since the late 90′s. Pick up Mike’s latest CD “Clark County Welcomes You.” today!

Kool Taj the Gr8

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Kool Taj has appeared on countless mixtapes, including the internationally-distributed Scion “Free Up You Mix” CD in 2007, which moved over 500,000 copies. Taj’s debut with indie-label DTR45, “Hip Hop in the Flesh” will be released Spring 2010 and represents a long awaited milestone for the true-school hip hop artist, whose effortless style stands out as a breath of fresh air amongst the abundance of monotony in today’s hip hop.

Cassi Meyerhoffer

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From Cassi’s MYSPACE page:
“i write songs because of those moments when i hear music and it hurts so much i can’t move or it moves me so much that i forget to hurt. i write songs because i have to put “it” somewhere. i write songs because i don’t know what i would do if i didn’t. i play with a drummer now, his name is ken culton and he is awesome. you should come watch us play.”

Bass Reeves

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After a career in the background as a writer, poet and creative force…S B Reeves has emerged as a dynamic performing artist…..Over the past decade he has impressed audiences with his mesmerizing presentations by himself or with his band everywhere from the street corner to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The album “If You Ignore the Truth” has steadily gained a worldwide recognition as one of the great lyrically driven storytelling style recordings in a generation. Purchase the CD at Record Theatre & get a FREE Bass Reeves T-Shirt compliments of Bass himself!

Pennsylvania and Gold

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Once upon a time in a land far, far away (that never actually existed) Mazzy Star, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Radiohead took a vacation to Spain (which does actually exist.) It wasn’t all of the members, silly, just the important ones that people remember like Hope Sandoval, David Roback, Nick, Barry and Blixa, Thom and Jonny and whomever the drummer in Radiohead actually is. After the funning and sunning, this curious and unlikely band of folks decided to play some music and what came out was their mutual affinity for Crazy Horse (the Neil Young backing band not the legendary Ogala Sioux leader, although I hear he had a lovely voice.) I might add that PA & Gold feature at least 4 ex-Record Theatre employees that you will instantly recocnize!

Hunger Anthem

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From Hunger Anthem’s Facebook page:
Hunger Anthem is an indie power rock trio from Buffalo, NY. We are rapidly approaching deafness, and have a great appreciation for the simpler things in life, such as split and bloody fingers and complete emotional upheaval. We have an s/t full length out.

Spirit Chief

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From Spirit Chief’s Facebook page:
Personal Information:
keepin’ you on your toes
Personal Interests:
hootin’
hollerin’
dreamin’
schemin’
movin’
groovin’

doin’ it man!

Standard of Living

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Born in 2004 in a basement along the shores of Lake Erie, Standard Of Living’s members have created and nurtured an impressive dynamic. Singer/songwriter Josh Rabenold totes an amazingly powerful voice and a writing style that speaks volumes about modern life within wonderfully melodic verses. On top of his vocal exclamation, Clayton Cobb, Ken Stiver, Dan Reedy and Mike Lindstrom construct contagious melodies with a wide palette of pop sounds and soaring vocal harmonies reminiscent of The Beach Boys. The band is currently working on material for their forthcoming album while touring extensively.

The Stay Lows

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Mostly instrumental, The Stay Lows embrace the concept of images through sound, and the existence of a midpoint between pretentious and geek. The Stay Lows blend elements of math-rock with symphonic song structures, all encased in a seemingly simple display of pop. The result is often compared to a film score or a movie yet to be made.