Update: Note that we'll be closed this coming Monday (Aug 2) for the holiday.

First, some store news: Classical is now GONE. All of it. We were going to offer 50 percent off remaining stock for one week and we did it for five, which I think is more than fair. Even at that only about 30 percent of it sold, which says a lot about the remaining inventory. Those upset about this deletion, I feel your pain, but there simply was no other solution. The reason we do no longer carry classical is that none of the staff listens to the genre which makes buying it and pricing it very difficult and a zero sum game. We recommend Second Vinyl (10 Wellesley Street) or Amoroso (4 St. Patrick) for your Classical fix.

We have now moved Jazz into Classical's old home. This may be temporary--we're thinking of some other solutions as that space is not quite big enough for Jazz. Until another solution comes up, it'll be under the window.

New sections are coming as soon as I get a chance to wrangle them together. We're thinking Soul/R&B, Ambient/Experimental/Electronic, and maybe Metal. If you have suggestions for what you'd like added, by all means mention them and we'll see if we can accommodate.

Some new vinyl arrived yesterday (both new and used), including a bunch of jazz (Coltrane, Blakey, Gordon, Moncur III, Pepper). Here's a list of what I can remember:

Tool - 2LP ltd ed. picture disc
Panda Bear 7"
Husker Du - Metal Circus
Beck - Guerro
Eminem - Recovery
Tina Brooks - True Blue
The National - High Violet, s/t, and Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
Joy Division - Closer
Svarte Greiner - Penpals Forever (Digitalis; in on CD as well; vinyl is ltd to 450 copies and is already sold out from the label)
Soundway's two 3LP sets: The World Ends Part A and Part B
Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974 (2LP on Sublime Frequencies)

A bunch of you have asked about the new Mississippi Records releases I mentioned a few posts previous. They're on order but have not arrived. Those who have emailed about them will get a heads-up when we've got them in-hand. MR are somewhat notorious for announcing titles early, so we may have these very soon or not for a while--it's impossible for me to say. However, I can say with certainty that there's no doubt we'll get them as soon as they're available. Of course, I'll announce their arrival here on the site as well. We have a different (faster, cheaper) source for MR titles than anyone else in the city so should have them first and a couple bucks cheaper than everyone else, just like we do with all other MR vinyls.

We also received a heap of nice used LPs of some contemporary artists (Cat Power, Paul Weller, Tom Petty, and a few others).

Someone brought in a bunch of Emerson, Lake and Palmer Japanese CDs as well as a complete set of those UK Rolling Stones CDs with the miniature album art repros.

Lastly, we also got stock on the Roll the Dice album on CD (it's out of print on vinyl), as well as stock of the latest CDs by The Gaslight Anthem, National, Great Big Sea, Stars, Nirvana, Dum Dum Girls, Discovery, Black Keys, Tom Petty, Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, Jonsi, Sting, Sun Burned Hand of the Man, Jimmy Webb, New Pornographers, Melissa Etheridge, KD Lang, and a few others I can't recall off the top of my head.

A bunch of DVDs in in the last few days. TV stuff, recent Hollywood releases, a bunch of film noir, etc. etc.

A couple hundred new used vinyl pieces have hit the floor since Friday, including three milk crates today alone. They completely run the gamut for genre (blues, jazz, folk, calypso, rock, pop). I'm not gonna list them all but here's some. A great many of them are less common editions (colored vinyl, promos, picture discs, 10"s, 12"s, and imports from Japan, Belgium, UK, US), and compilations from labels like Sympathy for the Record Industry, SST, Amphetamine Reptile, Metal Blade:

Hendrix (3 diff imports including Italy and Brazil)
Jeff Beck
Babe Ruth
Prince (1999 import 12")
Breeders
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Jane's Addiction (Been Caught Stealing 12" import box set)
New Order (import 12")
Sisters of Mercy
Catherine Wheel (double clear vinyl)
REM (promos, pic discs, colored vinyl)
Husker Du, Jesus Lizard (on compilations)
Iggy Pop
Bowie
Allman Bros.
Atomic Rooster
Caravan
Lou Reed
Eagles (colored vinyl)
Marilyn Manson (Pic Disc)
Nirvana 12"
Offspring
Soundgarden 12"
Soul Asylum (colored vinyl)
Multiple CTI releases
Sturm Group
The Gits
Crass
Charlie Byrd
Aretha Franklin
Freddie Hubbard
Motley Crue
The Necros (split LP)

and dozens and dozens more.

The majority of these are in fantastic shape so will probably move fast.

Due to a lack of space in New Arrivals, some titles have been put in other places so please ask.

Lastly, I've coded the site so that when you click on a category you'll now get a full listing of blog entries under that category.

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

Buncha soul CDs in, along with a heap of other stuff from various genres:

Shirley Brown - The Soul of a Woman and Diva of Soul and For the Real Thing
Denise LaSalle - Right Place, Right Time
William Bell - Wow/Bound to Happen
Mad Lads - Complete Early Volt
Anson Funderburge and the Rockets featuring Sam Myers - Live at Grand Emporium
Carla Thomas - Love Means / Memphis Queen
Johnnie Taylor - Raw Blues / Little Bird and There's No Good in Goodbye
Tyrone Davis - Simply
ZZ Hill - s/t
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers - s/t
Eddie Floyd - Down to Earth / California Girl
King Floyd - Choice Cuts

Speaking of Soul, Kent is releasing Doris Duke's Southern/Deep Soul classic, I'm a Loser on vinyl in June. We have it on order but if it's a title you're keen on, give me a .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) so I make sure I've ordered enough.

Got a bit of stuff in today, some of it rather limited:

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (live) - 10" - (UK pressing of this ltd vinyl release featuring "Wrecking Ball" and "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" (with TOM MORELLO), both recorded at Giants Stadium on his last tour.)
Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs
Decemberists - Her Majesty The Decemberists... (180g)
Grouper / Pumice - New Zealand Tour Single (7", obviously out of print and I only managed to find 2 of 'em)
Husker Du - Makes No Sense / Love is All Around (7"; Husker covering the theme from Mary Tyler Moore. Aww yeah.)
Thorr's Hammer - Dommedagsnatt (The very first album Southern Lord released, marking the very 1st time that Stephen O'Malley (BURNING WITCH, SUNN0))), KHANATE) & Greg Anderson (SUNN0))), GOATSNAKE) & Teeth of Lions Rule the divine.)
Earth - Radio Live (Deluxe 180 gram, vinyl-only release comes in a cloth-like textured heavy-weight cardboard sleeve with metallic silver foil printing. Limited to 3000. From a live radio broadcast on KFJC & tracks from a live performance in Vienna.)
Jack Rose - Kensington Blues
Dead Meadow - Three Kings (2LP + DVD - Feature-length live movie w/ short vignettes combined w/ the soundtrack of the movie.)
Caribou - Odessa (UK release for RSD featuring 3 new mixes of the title track - Junior Boys, David Wrench, & Nite Jewel - plus the original album version. Limited to 500.)

And we got the new Mike Patton in on CD.

I also lowered the price on two recent box sets: Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs and Wilco's Kicking Television. There was an error on the original invoice when they came in which resulted in a slightly higher price than they shoulda been.