Vinyl soothing sounds lamenting over troubled times and rhythmic reminiscing, an exploration, a question; is something really missing, from one end of the vinyl groove to the other, a soulful examination of how they got over.

The Roots newest album How I Got Over is a worthy album for exploration. Although not necessarily an independent rock band they make a smooth transition further underground from mainstream hip-hop with its foray into experimental collaborations including Monsters of Folk and Joanna Newsom. With a full band including mc, live drums, bass, 2 keyboard players, percussion, guitar, and sousaphone.  The Roots are not only pioneers of this awakening genre but the masters of it as well. With little to no competition in the hip-hop world in terms of groups that have a full band, and almost no large hip hop artist making collaborations with independent musicians such as The Monsters of Folk and Joanna Newsom. The Roots are in a world of their own creation. Read the rest of this entry »

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…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is the Austin based art rock band that just happens to have one of the coolest names in the business.  And, their music is as cool as their name (which is often truncated to Trail of Dead).  The band came to fruition in 1994 when long time friends Jason Reece and Conrad Keely relocated to Austin from the indie breeding ground of Olympia, Washington.  Read the rest of this entry »

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We have just put out two large collections; one of mostly rock vinyl totaling over 2,500 titles and another of around 1,000 jazz LPs.  We have been almost overwhelmed with a steady stream of fine quality collections in the last couple of weeks and the store is packed! Read the rest of this entry »

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Producer/Engineer extraordinaire, Alan Parsons shows off his live cred. Photo by Lynn Vala

Bethlehem PA – The man, the myth, the legend, Alan Parsons playing his ONLY east coast appearance (to date) fifteen minutes from my back door.  A dream come true, right?

As Sarah Palin might say, you betcha!  But I had no idea just how much of a dream come true it would be.

I am not going into Parson’s history, save to say you have heard his work.  You may not have heard his voice, or his playing unless you have purchased his recent rerelease remastered series of most of his catalog.  You HAVE heard his work BEHIND the recording console.  Need further proof?

Read on and be amazed…

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The Best Record Stores in the USA: The top 25 spots for unique vinyl and CDs, from San Francisco to Boston

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PRINCETON RECORD EXCHANGE RANKED IN ROLLING STONE’S “BEST RECORD STORES IN THE USA!”

It is an honor to be in league with those other fine establishments.

Thanks to all you folks for keeping us humming along!

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New Arrivals: 1,000 Blues and Soul LPs! 

We have just put out a very nice collection of around 500 blues and 500 Soul records.  It’s been a hot and busy summer for us and the LPs have been flooding in, but it’s been a while since we reached out, and this collection seemed a good place to resume. 

While we often get blues records in, it’s rare to see such a large collection at one time.  These LPs are heavy on the Chicago style, but New Orleans and the more down-home country-blues are featured as well.  Great well-known artists like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Albert King, John Lee Hooker and others are fully represented.   And, as you would imagine from a collection this size, there are many less-common names;  Johnny Shines, Cary Bell, Willie Mabon, and Walter Horton just to name a few at random.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Broken Bells is the self titled debut album of the mash up of in demand producer Brian Burton (Gorillaz, The Black Keys, Beck) who is also known as Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley) and James Mercer (The Shins).  In 2004 the two met and decided to work together and four years later they actually got together and began recording.  You can’t rush greatness folks!  The album was released in March 2010.  The music has an experimental edge to it but it is also immersed in melody.  Read the rest of this entry »

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