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Record Store Day 2011 at Princeton Record Exchange
Author: Andre Veloux
Editor’s note: we are happy to add Andre to our blogging roster. Below is his first-hand account of RSD 2011 as a customer. We look forward to seeing what he comes up with next! So….here’s Andre…
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I’m on a bandwagon, I admit it. Like many others I recently got back into vinyl a few months ago. In fact after setting up my turntable, it was on a rainy trip to Prex in February that I bought my first new vinyl LP in more than twenty years. The thrill of flicking through the covers in the store was too much, I was eighteen again and I was hooked yet again.
So when I discovered Record Store Day was coming up, I got pretty excited. Thinking it would be a relatively low key event, I rather foolishly went for breakfast in Small World Coffee beforehand, and by the time I lined up at ten to ten, the line was stretching all the way down Tulane Street and I was round the corner outside the Italian deli! Note to self, next year I’ll eat my breakfast in line. Read the rest of this entry »
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Say YES to acoustic versions from your favorite progressive band's lead singer. Photo courtesy of Glass Onyon.
4/5/2011 – Asheville, NC - Much to the excitement of fans across the country, Music icon Jon Anderson, best known for his work with Yes, Vangelis, Kitaro and other notable music artists, as well as his innovative solo efforts, is preparing to tour the US in support of his forthcoming CD release ‘Survival and Other Stories‘. Jon recently completed a successful European tour with former Yes member and keyboard virtuoso Rick Wakeman on the heels of their critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Living Tree‘. The upcoming Spring tour “An Acoustic Evening With Jon Anderson” touts an exciting mixture of material from Jon Anderson’s prolific solo career, collaborations with Vangelis and classic Yes songs, along with new compositions from his pending CD, and promises a magical and memorable evening of enchanting music for all who attend!
We are still putting together the complete list of titles that are being issued for Record Store Day, but enough of you are asking, so we thought you’d want to see this list.
For those of you who don’t know, Record Store Day (RSD) is a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA.
On this day, the third Saturday in April, hundreds of limied edition titles are allotted only to independent record stores (no chain or “big box” locations). The quantities of many of these pieces are extremely limited, so we’re not making any promises about stock levels. We have ordered heavily on the titles we expect to be in high-demand, and our distibutors do like us, so keep your fingers crossed 
These items will be available on in-store on April 16, first come first served. Please do not call us to ask for something to be held…we want to be fair to everybody. Along those lines, please note that we will be limiting purchases to 2 of each title per person (on the first day…after that whatever we have left over is fair game!). Read the rest of this entry »
Hank Mobley Blue Note records BLP-1568. 1957 pressing, 47 W.63rd address, deep groove, RVG stamp, “ear”, VG+ condition $1,800!
We have, of course, many rare records, of all types, flowing through here on a regular basis, but this is about as rare as it gets even by our standards
For over 30 years, Princeton Record Exchange has been one of the leading record stores in the U.S. Collectors and dealers visit us from around the country, and the world, to shop our fine selection of vinyl.
Jazz is one of our specialties here at Princeton Record Exchange, and it is a pleasure to feature one of these fine early rarities.This Hank Mobley record is a spectacular example of the reason they keep coming back!.
Please note that we are a bricks-and-mortar, walk-in store only. Sorry, no mail order.
Princeton Record Exchange
20 S.Tulane St., Princeton, NJ, 08542
http://www.prex.com
info@prex.com
http://www.prex.com/sell-jazz-cds.html
Happy New Year!
Author: jon
Happy New Year from all of us here at Prex! Thanks to all of you for making this a great 30th anniversary.
We’re open today until 4:00 pm, closed tomorrow, and will re-open at 11:00 am Sunday.
As a final look back, below are some staff picks for the best of 2010. We hope you’ve all had as much fun as we have exploring …those sounds that move mankind 
So…it’s been an interesting year for music. We tried asking you folks what the best albums were but there was no real consensus; out of 40 or so comments, you guys named 40 or so different choices!
So….instead, here are some of our favorites of the year (in no particular order).
1. Arcade Fire – Suburbs
2. Bastard Noise – Culture of Monsters
3. Crystal Castles s/t
4. Dark Throne – Circle the Wagons
5. Dungen – Skit I Allt
6. Jonsi – Go
7. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
8. Puffy Areolas – In the Army 1981
9. Quasi – American Gong
10. The Roots – How I Got Over
11. Sun City Girls – Funeral Mariachi
12. Margaret Tan – She Herself Alone
Top Selling CDs for 2010 here at Princeton Record Exchange!
It’s the time of year for looking back, so….Big winner for the year…Vampire Weekend, closely followed by Mumford & Sons and Arcade Fire.
Hope you all had as much fun as we did listening to great music old or new!
New CDs:
1) Vampire Weekend – Contra
2) Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
3) Arcade Fire – Suburbs
4) Black Keys – Brothers
5) The National – High Violet
6) Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune
7) The XX -XX
Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
9) Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love
10) LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening
Used CDs:
1) Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
2) The Beatles – White Album
3) The Beatles – Rubber Soul
4) The Beatles – Sgt Peppers
5) The Beatles – Abbey Road
6) The Beatles – Revolver
7) Colbie Caillat – Breakthrough
The Beatles – Let It Be
9) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle
10) The Beatles – Beatles 1
We have just purchased a diverse collection of over 2,000 CDs: World, Folk, Avant & other Esoterica!
It includes a huge assortment of world music from all over, some fairly common like the Rough Guides compilations, but also many imported obscurities from all over the world. There is a huge amount of Indian and Nordic folk music (not together!); tango, with many Astor Piazzolla; Sublime Frequency compilations; a few heavy/stoner Japanese CDs, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
We hope this season finds you all safe, happy and having fun!
Please check out our video for some gift ideas for the music and movie lovers in your life.
The staff here at Prex wishes you all happy holidays !
Princeton Record Exchange
20 S.Tulane St.
Princeton, NJ, 08542
Black Friday = Record Store Day Pt.2!
Author: jon
On Fri. Nov. 26, a large slate of titles are being released only to independent record stores. For that hard-to-shop-for music lover, there are singles by Dylan and Springsteen, Hendrix green vinyl 10″, new Metallica live LP, and much more. See notes below. Sorry, did not get any U2, Soundgarden…, or Slayer. Hope you get a chance to visit…Happy Thanksgiving!
Below is a partial listing of the indie-only titles slated to be released on Black Friday, Nov.26, 2010
Please note that while we have ordered heavily on most of these, many of these items are very limited, and we won’t know what we get until we get ‘em. Read the rest of this entry »
3 Day Customer Appreciation Sale!
Author: jon
5% off all store merchandise this Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
Did you shop here this last summer? If so, you may have noticed that the store was uncomfortably warm. Due to a series of escalating problems with our power supply, we were essentially without air-conditioning for around six weeks.
We try hard to make your experiences here pleasurable and feel badly that some of your visits this summer were made less so by this problem. We worked unceasingly to correct the situation, but there was much that was out of our control, and it took an unhappily long time to fix. Thankfully everything has now been repaired.
To reward those who suffered through the heat, and to entice back those who ran away, we are holding one of our very rare sales this weekend, Fri. Nov. 5 – Sun. Nov. 7, 2010.
We will take 5% off your entire in-store purchase; no quantity limit. Every new or used CD, DVD, LP, 45, laser disc, t-shirt, turntable, video game, accessory, etc. is on sale!*.
Many of you have been shopping with us for years, and we are happy to offer this sale as a way of saying thanks for your patience with us and your loyal support.
Hope to see you this weekend!
Princeton Record Exchange
20 S Tulane St.
Princeton, NJ, 08542
www.prex.com
*Not valid on the purchase of gift cards. May not be combined with any other additional discount.
The Roots, How I Got Over (2010 Def Jam)
Author: Gabriel Barrio
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 »
New Rock and Jazz LP Arrivals
Author: jon
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 »
Prex in Rolling Stone’s top 25 Record Stores!
Author: jon
The Best Record Stores in the USA: The top 25 spots for unique vinyl and CDs, from San Francisco to Boston
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/28431/201795/13
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!
ISN’T IT TIME YOU HAD SOME FUNKY KNIGHTS?
Author: Jeff Boule
Every once in a while you gotta take a leap of faith. Just give something a listen to that may not be up your alley. For me, that leap of faith was The Funky Knights. I have some R&B appreciation in my background. One of the slickest produced artists I remember (and just plain old liked) was the late Luther Vandross. His albums were always clean, tight and had that smooth sheen.
I have to say, The Funky Knights come awfully close. At least when it comes to the instrument production.
An important album from an important artist. Cover reprinted with permission of Nonesuch records.
You’re reading a review.
About someone you’ve never heard of.
But…
You should know her.
You should know her work.
You should know her work is.
You should know her work is for… YOU!
She is a performance artist, music, dance, theater, comedy, drama, love, hate, technology… She is a political activist. But I don’t go near politics and I don’t go near music artists when they sit between their wives and ex-wives.
New Jazz LP Arrivals
Author: jon
Hello from Princeton Record Exchange
You jazz lovers out there might have noticed that it’s been a little while since we had a large jazz collection come in. Today we are pleased to announce a beauty of over 2,100 titles. Read the rest of this entry »
Berlin poses with a neon copy of his Dean bass. A sweet sounding instrument as evidenced on his new album, "High Standards".
There used to be a blogger I worked with a while ago. Anthony Medici, whom I admired for his tenacity, work ethic and integrity. I especially respected him once he started to take on the major jazz publications and took them to task! He also had some harsh words for a local public radio outlet near his hometown (Washington DC area). But he knew his stuff about jazz, and were he still working for the blog, I would ask him to review Jeff Berlin’s new disc, and most likely ask him to do this interview.
It isn’t as though I am totally foreign to Berlin’s work. I was first exposed to Jeff Berlin during his tenure with Bill Bruford’s fusion band, Bruford in the late 70’s. Having recently purchased the “Bruford – Rock Goes To College ” DVD, I was able to watch a young Jeff Berlin toss around riffs with the likes of Bruford, Allan Holdsworth, among others.
Berlin has come a long way…
New Arrivals-Classical CDs
Author: jon
New Arrivals: Over 10,000 Classical and Opera CDs!
Just when we were starting to get caught up with the huge 9,000 piece classical collection from a couple of months ago, we have been graced with two more very large collections totaling over 10,000 titles! In the last two weeks, amongst many other smaller, we have purchased one of around 3,000 and another of over 7,000 CDs. Read the rest of this entry »
BOSCH ARE MORE THAN GERMAN CAR PART MANUFACTURERS. MUCH MORE!
Author: Jeff Boule
BOSCH are (from l to r) Christopher Brown, Charles Greenleaf, and Kevin Sims. I dig `em daddy-o!
I find it hard to find new music I LIKE. Yeah, yeah, there are satellite channels, pay-radio, web-radio, TV “music” channels, friends, etc. But just because there are multiple sources of input does not necessarily yield categorical output.
I like BOSCH.
Princeton Record Exchange kicks off their 30th anniversary celebration on Record Store Day!
2010 marks the 30th year of the Princeton Record Exchange, one of the leading independent music and movie stores in the USA. We are happy to invite our fans, friends and families to join us in a weeklong celebration including live music, raffles with prizes awarded every day, scores of freebies and a huge amount of limited edition merchandise. The party begins on Saturday April 17 with the 3rd annual Record Store Day, and continues through the week, culminating on Saturday April 24 at Princeton’s Communiversity festival. Read the rest of this entry »
