This week CD soundtracks are on sale for 40% off. There are rules, but they're simple:

1) Only titles from the soundtrack wall and soundtrack bin, not from the new arrivals.
2) Titles in artist's sections are not elligble (ie, no Philip Glass, Mike Nyman, Sakamoto, etc.)
3) Movie soundtracks only--not broadway shows and musicals.

Sale runs up to and inclusive of Saturday November 14, 2009. Again, those on the mailing list got an extra day's notice on the sale (email was sent early Sunday morning). Sign up so you can get the jump on future sales.

Okay, so our first order of Numero Group LPs has arrived and will hit the shelves tomorrow (Saturday)!

With a couple of exceptions, we basically brought in two of each of the titles and we're offering them at what we think is the best price in the city. If you know of someone selling them cheaper, we'd love to hear about it.

We've even managed to beat the big box stores and of course you don't have to pay shipping. For instance, Amazon offers the Light: On the South Side 2LP + Book for $58. We've got it for $54.99 Canadian. The 3LP Don't Stop: Recording Tap (AMG review) is $36.99 plus shipping from Amazon or $34.99 from us. We're also matching the label's prices on all the double LPs, but in local funds, so they're just $19.99 each, which is about $5 cheaper than any place I've seen them around town.

I can say with a heap of certainty and a total lack of hyperbole that if, on your Christmas list, you've got a fan of the blues who's got a turntable, there is no finer gift than the Light: On the South Side box set. It's a stunning piece of work. Two terrific albums and a glorious book of black and white photos. The book also has an afterward by photographer Michael Abramson and an introductory essay by novelist Nick Hornby.

Check out the trailer for Light: On the South Side. A video of the box and book itself is also below.

Time for another visit to the CD New Arrivals Bin. Here are the standout or rarely-seen items that are currently there. Click for reviews where appropriate.



Barbara Acklin - Greatest Hits
Barbara Lynn - The Jamie Singles Collection
The Hustle and the Best of Van McCoy
Don Bryant - s/t
Maxine Brown - Something You Got
Syl Johnson - Back for a Taste
Delfonics - Best Of
Various - Blue Rock Records Story
Millie Jackson - Feelin' Bitchy (Import)
Wheedle's Groove - Seattle's Finest in Funk and Soul
Banda Uniao Black - s/t
Willie Mitchell - Ooh Baby, You Turn Me On
Joe Meek - Freak Beat
Ike and Tina Turner - Live, Raw and Funky
Trampps - s/t




Various - 2131 South Michigan Ave - 60s Garage and Psychedelia (on Sundazed)
Magazine - Real Life



Vincent Gallo - Recordings of Music for Film
Yo La Tengo - Prisoners of Love (2cd best of) and Popular Songs
Dead Man's Bones - Featuring the Silverlake Conservatory of Music Children's Choir
St. Vincent - Actor
Grand Archives - Keep In Mind Frankenstein
Le Loup - Family
Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions (singer from Mazzy Star) - Through the Devil Softly
Antlers - Hospice
Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Flying Saucer Attack - Outdoor Miner / Psychic Driving
Future of the Left - Travels With Myself and Another
Orenda Fink - Ask the Night
Megafaun - Gather, Form & Fly and Bury the Square
FanFarlo - Reservoir
Taken By Trees - East of Eden
The XX - s/t
Hidden Cameras - OriginOrphan
Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - And the Horse They Rode In On and s/t
John Cale - Island Years



Boards of Canada - Hi Scores
Fripp and Eno - No Pussyfooting



Mance Lipscomb - You Got To Reap What You Sow
Robert Pete Williams - Great Louisiana Bluesman
Keb Darge and Cut Chemist Present: Lost & Found: Rockabilly and Jump Blues



Anti-Pop Consortium - Flourescent Black
Jay-Z - The Black Album

So we've got the new vinyl re-issue of Nirvana's first album, Bleach. The first pressing of this 20th Anniversary Edition is on white 180g vinyl. In addition to the original material, which is remastered from the original tapes, a second LP of a never-before-released live performance (complete!) from Feb 9, 1990 is included.

But wait! There's more... a 16-page booklet with some great photos, and a download code so you can listen on your portable!

Get yours for $27.99 or pick it up at our competition for $30.

Okay, so compact disc box sets are on sale all this week, until Saturday, November 7, inclusive. 40% off.

They were actually on sale starting this morning (Sunday), but you'd only know that if you were smart enough to already have joined our mailing list. I gave people on the mailing list an extra day's heads-up. That's what you get for being on the downlow. So sign up if you want to swing with the hip kids for our next sale. Otherwise, get your bad self into the store to save a heap o' cash on some great soul, jazz, folk, pop, rock, blues...

Fine print: Compact disc sets only (dvd sets not on sale); stuff currently behind the counter only (no multi-disc sets that are on the floor in the artist sections; no opera, etc.); no holds whatsoever--first come first served.