Tomorrow night (Saturday) should see a small heap of Soul / R&B, Blues, Funk, and Rockabilly CDs. Titles from great labels like Kent, Ace, (old) Rhino, Duke-Peacock, Vanguard, Goldband, Crypt, Arock, and Okeh. Most will be various compilations but there'll also be collections for Linda Hopkins, Barry Goldberg, Jimmy Witherspoon, Tyrone Davis, and others.

Speaking of Soul, I'm hoping to have some Candi Staton and Bettye Swann vinyl arrive in the next week or two. They'll be double LPs imported from the UK and on the expensive side but worth every penny. Each collection got a 10 outta 10 from NME and Vice and five stars from The Guardian and MOJO. I was originally just bringing them in for myself as I can't find them anywhere in the city but I brought a few extras for the soul lovin' vortexans. However, chances aren't high that I'll bring them in again as it's always a pain dealing with customs and whatnot.

In the same order should be some Moondog, Simone White, and Elmore Judd.

And speaking of Funk, the first two Betty Davis LPs should be back in stock soon. Sold out within hours last time I brought them in.

Last but not least I'm trying to get my hands on some Bishop Perry Tillis. Only a 1000 got pressed and they quickly sold out when WFMU's Beware of the Blog mentioned them. Check him out below. Certainly among the rawest guitar blues gospel you'll ever hear. From that same label, also limited to 1000 copies, I have some Skip James and a terrific comp of gospel blues called Life is a Problem.

Should be getting a shipment later today which will include AC/DC's Dirty Deeds, Highway to Hell, and Back in Black, all on 180g vinyl. Also in the box is Bob Marley's Legend and Exodus. These titles sell right away whenever we get them in used so we thought we'd bring in some new copies.

I also brought in one copy of Robert Gordon & Chris Spedding's last record--I know some of you went to the concert last Saturday night.

I think there's also some Octopus Project and a copy of Neil Young's Harvest on vinyl and a lone CD: Jacaszek's Treny, which we've done well with on vinyl and I've been asked repeatedly for on compact disc.

Some cat brought in a ton of 70s funk on CD, most of it Japanese imports. Ohio Players, Don Blackman, Curtom Soul, Foxy Brown and Super Fly OSTs, Norman Feels, The Artistics, Rufus & Chaka, Love Jones, Lloyd Price, Thelma Jones, 9th Creation... and more.

It's been a while since I've updated because I moved apartments and have been busy with that nonsense. Things should be back to normal now.

As mentioned in previous posts, we have a ton of great stock in at the moment: vinyl, cd, dvd, blu-ray, Criterions. This week we brought in a heap of opera cds as well.

As for new vinyl, I received a shipment today with some nice jazz (Sonnies Rollins and Criss, and Tina Brooks), more Sundazed titles (Paul Butterfield), the new Jay Reatard, the new Lhasa (ltd 2LP), and some indie rock staples (NMH, Nick Drake, Slint, Interpol).

Of course they're all at our kick-ass low prices.

I've been getting comments from people that they'd appreciate some... context regarding some of the more obscure titles I've been bringing in. Anyone who's talked to me at length knows that I hate talking about music, though I don't mind talking about musicians. I've never been very good at describing music--I'd much rather just play it and let you judge for yourself. This is mostly because I find terms like "electronic" and "ambient" mean different things to different people.

So we received a few vinyl titles on Sundazed: Dylan, Love, Paul Butterfield, The Byrds. $21.99 each. We have access to their full catalog and will bring in more over the coming weeks and months.

We also received one copy of Jacaszek's Treny. If you're not familiar with the title, and I imagine that's most people, it's a unique oddity. Released in 2008 on CD, it only recently got a very limited release on vinyl. Rather than fail at describing it myself, here are some things others have said about it that I found on the Google: "one of the most affecting and beautiful records I’ve heard, of any genre" (17dots); "surely one of the most impressive, mystical and astonishing albums of the year - we just cannot imagine that anyone listening to it will fail to be utterly bowled over and taken in" (boomkat); "Simply put, vocalist Maja Sieminska, violinist Stefan Wesolowski, cellist Ania Smiszek-Wesolowska, and arranger/producer Michal Jacaszek have created a tour de force, and most likely my pick for album of the year" (Coke Machine Glow), "a modern classical marvel that immediately jumps to the top of my favorites for this year" (mog.com).

As with most of the non-mainstream vinyl titles I've been bringing into the store, I'm a big fan of this record, and recommend it to any music lover. I think anyone into modern / 20th century classical, ambient, or electronic music will love the record, or at the very least find it a worthwhile purchase. $25.

The album is best appreciated as a whole, but here's a video of the band performing one of the album tracks live.