As mentioned in my last post, a bunch of new used vinyl will hit the floor shortly as we had multiple customers promising to bring in lots of titles over the coming days. Indeed, some came in today and has been priced and put out. Among them were multiple

Rolling Stones
Grateful Dead
John Mayall
Beatles
Allman Brothers
The Band
Miles Davis
Cream
Hendrix
Clapton

There were also some nice near-mint 5- and 6-LP box sets: Clapton, Allman Brothers, Dylan, and a Muddy Waters on Chess, all with their booklets and wax in great shape.

In addition, there are some nice new vinyl pieces which came in last week that I forgot to post about:

Joy Division
Doris Duke
Mono
Hendrix

and a few others I can't remember off the top of my head.

The Soft Machine 2LP that came out ltd to 500 on Record Store Day has now come out domestically so we've lowered the price of the ones we have on hand. Just 23.99 for the German import.

And... an update on the Classical section. I had initially said it would be gone by last Friday but the combination of heatwave and soccer made it a slow week so we're keeping it a bit longer, still at 50% off. However, it'll probably be gone very soon (less than a week, I'd guess).

We haven't completely decided what we're going to do with the space made available by the classical, but we'll probably be putting together the long-requested R&B/Soul and Ambient sections. We're also open to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), so please send any you have along.

So I've been resting pretty much since the sale ended but am back in the shop tomorrow. We should have some new vinyl in this week, as well as some good used pieces.

In the meantime, I offer this for your enjoyment:

We've decided to get rid of our Classical Music. Simply put, it sells almost as poorly as hip hop and cajun music--though it takes up 20 times the space.

So, from July 2 to July 9, Classical Music will be offered at 50% off. Get it while you can. After that, it's gone.

Thanks to all who came out to the Annual Summer Sale. Sorry if you had to wait in line too long. Sorry if you tried to sneak in after 8pm yesterday and were tossed out.

In other news... some new vinyl coming in in the next week or so:

Sonic Youth - Goo
Tracey Thorn - Love and Its Opposite
Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune
Fennesz - Transition 7"
Doris Duke - I'm a Loser

And two acoustic gems:

Jack Rose - Kensington Blues
"An inventive and self-taught player on acoustic six-string, 12-string, and lap steel guitar, Jack Rose was considered part of the so-called Takoma revivalist movement that echoes the often Eastern-tinged acoustic guitar experiments of John Fahey, Robbie Basho, and others..." -- Allmusic

Glenn Jones - Barbecue Bob in Fishtown
"The third full solo release by Glenn Jones finds the scholarly, carefully elegant performer continuing to stake out his own style on not only acoustic guitar, but banjo... the focus on shorter pieces and immediate, joyful thrills helps situate the release as both a showcase for his abilities and a way to introduce a new listener to possibilities of experimental acoustic performance on the instruments." -- Allmusic (4 stars)

and restocks of:

Bob Dylan - Another Side Of, Bringing It All Back Home, and Highway 61 Revisited
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
James Carr - A Man Needs a Woman and You Got My Mind Messed Up
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Tina Brooks - True Blue
Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
Tool - 2LP Picture Disc

Just a reminder that the Annual Summer Sale starts this Saturday. Here's a breakdown:

Sale runs Saturday June 26 - Wednesday June 30. Each day the discount will increase 5% on remaining used stock.

June 26 - 30% off
June 27 - 35% off
June 28 - 40% off
June 29 - 45% off
June 30 - 50% off

Discount is good on all used CDs, DVDs, Vinyl, and Blu-Ray discs. 10% off the new inventory.

We expect it to be very busy. If you've been to our annual summer sale before or our boxing week sale, you'll know what I mean. As we did last boxing week, if you're buying a huge qty of cds, we may take your items and ask that you come back hours or days later to pick them up so that fulfilling your order doesn't force the massive line behind you to wait a crazy amount of time. However, this decision will be up to the staff. We don't want people handing us a 10 cds and saying they'll be back in an hour.