National Record Store Day 2011 Black Friday Releases List - More Coming in 2012
The Organizers of Record Store Day Celebrates Black Friday 2011
Black Friday will be celebrated by approximately 900 independently owned record stores/shops in the USA,
Canada, France, Germany, Holland and the UK. Similar to Record Store Day in April. Black Friday's Record Store Day will again feature many limited special editions, often numbered, from some
of the most respected musicians of our time; an excuse to celebrate the specialness of music in our lives by putting out these unique releases. And in 5 months, we look forward to Record Store
Day 2012, with another long line outside Princeton Record Exchange.
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" (record store day.com).
As one of the leading independent record stores in the country, Princeton Record Exchange is pleased to participate in this exciting event.
On this day, November 25th, around 40 limited edition titles, including many once in a lifetime box sets, 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 distributors do like us, so keep your fingers crossed.
This list is preliminary, that is, this is the best we can come up with for now. There may be a few items on here we decide not to bring in, and there may be add-ons as we get closer to the date, so please check back with us. Where info is available, we have listed what makes these Record Store Day releases special and the quantities available in the U.S.
Hope you get a chance to visit us on this very special day!
Record Store Day Celebrates Black Friday 2011 Limited Edition Vinyl
| Beatles, The | The Singles Box Set | Apple | 7" vinyl box set | 10,000 US; 5700 International | | Description: Box-set of four 7" picture sleeve singles in heavy flip-top box, includes RSD branded adapter and poster, all tracks are newly remastered and are appearing on vinyl for the first time | | Track listing: 1. "Ticket To Ride" / "Yes It Is" 2. "Hey Jude" / "Revolution" 3. "Something" / "Come Together" 4. "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" |
| Pink Floyd | The Wall--Singles Box Set | Capitol | 7" vinyl box set | 7500 US; 4000 international | | Description: Box set of three 7" picture sleeve singles in box, incudes RSD branded adapter and poster, all tracks are newly remastered and are appearing on vinyl for the first time. | | Track listing: 1. "Another Brick in the Wall"/"One of My Turns" 2. "Comfortably Numb"/"Hey You" 3. "Run Like Hell"/"Don't Leave Me Now" |
| Lennon, John | Imagine--40th Anniversary Box Set | Apple/ Capitol | 12" vinyl | 5000 US; 1700 international | | Description: 2010 Remasterd LP. Includes 6 track White vinyl 12" and a poster | | Track listing: |
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two Deluxe Edition | Capitol | 12" vinyl | 5000 US | | Description: The latest Beastie Boys album on vinyl, packaged with 60 page hardbound book (featuring photos from the FFYR--Revisited video shoot, "chalk full of more stars than a Judd Apatow film", with 5.1 version of album, videos and more on both DVD and Blu-ray | | Track listing: |
| Barrett, Syd | Mick Rock: Syd Barrett, The Photography of Mick Rock | Capitol | 7" and photographs box | 2000 US | | Description: Featuring incredible, era defining images of Syd at his most enigmatic, taken by legendary photographer Mick Rock. The box also contains an exclusive 7" single ‘Octopus’ b/w ‘Golden Hair’ in a picture bag and on yellow heavyweight vinyl’. | | Track listing: "Octopus"/"Golden Hair" |
| Adams, Ryan | "Do I Wait"/"Darkness" | Pax-Am | 7" vinyl | 3000 US | | Description: Two demo tracks that Ryan recorded at Electric Ladyland studios during his sessions for Ashes & Fire | | Track listing: "Do I Wait"/"Darkness" |
| Cliff, Jimmy | Sacred Fire EP | Collective Sounds | 12" vinyl | 5000 US | | Description: 12" vinyl EP. The dead wax of the vinyl contains info on how fans can email to win limited edition Jimmy Cliff shirts. NOTE: Vinyl is exclusive to indie reecord stores, but this will be available on CD everywhere on the same day. | | Track listing: "Guns of Brixton", "World Upside Down", "Ruby Soho", "Ship Is Sailing"," A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall", "Guns Of Brixton (version)" |
| Fear | "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" | The End | 7" vinyl | 700 US | | Description: The classic Christmas song given the FEAR treatment, along with a classic FEAR Christmas carol | | Track listing: "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"/"Another Christmas Beer" |
| Matisyahu | "Miracle" | Thirty Tigers | 7" vinyl | 1500 US | | Description: A new holiday song and its rock remix from Matisyahu | | Track listing: "Miracle"/"Miracle (rock remix)" |
| Dream Theater | Metropolis PT2: Scenes from a Memory | Brookvale Records | 12" vinyl | 3000 US | | Description: Reissue of the album in a double LP on 180 gram vinyl | | Track listing: |
| Dylan, Bob | Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? | Columbia/Legacy | 7" vinyl box set | 5000 US | | Description: Box set of four 7" singles, limited, numbered, includes Dylan sticker | | Track listing: "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window/Highway 61", "Positively 4th St."/"From A Buick Six", "Like a Rolling Stone/Gates of Eden", "Subterranean Homesick Blues"/"She Belongs To Me" |
| Kings of Leon | The Early Vinyl | Legacy | 4 LP Vinyl box set | 3250 US; 1200 international | | Description: Consists of Youth & Young Manhood, Aha Shake Heartbreak, Because of The Times, and a 4th LP made up of unreleased studio and live tracks picked by the band themselves. Also includes a 20 page booklet and collectible poster. | | Track listing: |
| Joplin, Janis | The Classic LP Collection | Legacy | 4 LP Vinyl box set | 2000 US, 1200 international | | Description: Janis' celebrated albums, on 180 gram vinyl. Sourced from the original masters. Includes Janis Joplin's Pearl, I Got Dem' Kozmik Blues Again Mama, and Big Brother and the Holding Company's self-titled release and Cheap Thrills. | | Track listing: |
| Joplin, Janis | Move Over! | Legacy | 7" vinyl box set | 2000 US, 1200 international | | Description: One box that collects four previously unreleased picture sleeve singles, including six never-before-released tracks and two rarities; the box includes photo print of Janis and a temporary tattoo replica of her tattoo. | | Track listing: Big Brother and the Holding Company: "Magic of Love/Call On Me", Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band: "Piece Of My Heart/Summertime", Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band: "Raise Your Hand/Bo Diddley", Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band "Move Over/My Baby" |
| Davis,Miles | Miles Davis Quartet | Prestige | 10" vinyl | 1800 US, 1200 international | | Description: Reissue of the original 10" on blue vinyl | | Track listing: |
| Nirvana | Nevermind--The Singles | Ume | 10" vinyl set | 5000 US | | Description: All the 10" official singles from Nevermind collected together for the first time, housed in an individually numbered slipcase. | | Track listing: SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT single: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"/"Drain You"/"Even in His Youth"/"Aneurysm" COME AS YOU ARE SINGLE: "Come As You Are"/"Endless, Nameless"/"School (live)"/"Drain You (live)" LITHIUM SINGLE: "Lithium"/"Been A Son (live)"/"Curmudgeon"/"D-7" (taken from a John Peel Session) IN BLOOM SINGLE: "In Bloom"/"Silver (live)"/"Polly (live)" |
| Soundgarden | Live on I-5--Before The Doors Soundcheck EP | Ume | 10" vinyl | 4000 US | | Description: Rare soundcheck performances from Soundgarden's 1996 tour, available for the first time on numbered 10" colored vinyl. Includes a freaked out version of The Doors' "Waiting For The Sun" | | Track listing: "No Attention" live in Oakland 12/5/1996; "Never The Machine Forever" live in Oakland 12/5/1996; "Waiting For The Sun" live in Oakland 12/5/1996; Room A Thousand Years Wide" live in Vancouver 12/7/1996; "Somewhere" live in Sacramento 12/4/1996 |
| Townshend,Pete | The Quadrophenia Demos Volume 1 | Ume | 10" vinyl | 4000 US | | Description: The first of two 10" Eps featuring six demos from the Director's Cut re-release of Quadrophenia, produced, authorized and overseen by Pete Townshend. Individually numbered. | | Track listing: "The Real Me (demo)"/"Cut My Hair (demo)"/"Punk (demo)"/"Dirty Jobs (demo)"/"Is In In My Head? (demo)"/"Anymore (demo)" |
| Haynes,Warren | Rivers Gonna Rise | Concord | 12" vinyl | 1800 US | | Description: A live recording of a radio show | | Track listing: "Rivers Gonna Rise"/"Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday" |
| Iron & Wine | Morning Becomes Eclectic | Warner Bros. | 12" vinyl | 3000 US | | Description: An LP and bonus CD of tracks recorded at KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic show | | Track listing: |
| Black Keys, The | "Lonely Boy" | Nonesuch | 12"vinyl | | | Description: | | Track listing: "Lonely Boy"/"Run Right Back" |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Blood Suger Sex Magik | Warner Bros. | double 12" vinyl | 5170 US | | Description: A red double vinyl reissue of one of their most loved albums. NOTE: This is exclusive to indie stores for one month. | | Track listing: |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Kiss My Amps Live | Warner Bros. | 12" vinyl | 5000 US | | Description: Vinyl release of seven live tracks from the Mojo tour. | | Track listing: |
| Doors, The | LA Woman singles box set | Rhino | 7" vinyl box set | 3000 US, 2850 international | | Description: Doors 7" box set includes "The Changling," "Riders on the Storm," "Love Her Madly" and fourth single of studio banter, artwork will include the original image of the naked woman nailed to the telephone pole | | Track listing: "Love Her Madly"/"The Changling"/"Riders on the Storm" |
| Grateful Dead, The | Live Europe '72, Vol 2 | Rhino | 4 LP vinyl | 3000 US, 2850 international | | Description: This is an exclusive vinyl version of the CD release, with one additional track | | Track listing: |
| Civil Wars, The | Tracks in the Snow | Sensibility Music | 10" vinyl | 2000 US | | Description: Two holiday tracks and two live tracks on 10" white vinyl. | | Track listing: "Tracks in the Snow"/"Oh Come Emmanuel"/Girl With The Red Balloon (Live at Turner Hall)"/"My Father's Father (Live at Turner Hall)" |
| Pinback | Information Retrieved, Pt. B | Temporary Residence Ltd. | 7" vinyl | 1700 US, 200 international | | Description: Part 2 of a trilogy of RSD-branded, numbered, limited edition vinyl singles. Both songs are exclusive to this release. They will be packaged in the same style and format as TRR177 | | Track listing: "True North"/"CLOAD Q" |
| Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings | Soul Time! | Daptone Records | CD | 20,000 US | | Description: 12 blazing hot tracks made famous in their infamous soul revue their long overdue album debut. Majority unreleased---several tracks from 45’s and from Daptone Gold. | | Track listing: |
| Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings | Soul Time! | Daptone Records | 12" vinyl | 5000 US | | Description: 12 blazing hot tracks made famous in their infamous soul revue their long overdue album debut. Majority unreleased---several tracks from 45’s and from Daptone Gold. | | Track listing: |
| Wilco | Speak Into The Rose | dBpm | 10" vinyl | | | Description: 4 track 10" vinyl, with two previously unreleased tracks | | Track listing:Art Of Almost (ALT Version), "I Might (demo)", "Speak Into The Rose", "Message From Mid-Bar" |
| Earle, Justin Townes | "Slippin' And Slidin'" | Bloodshot | 7" vinyl | 1000 US | | Description: The A-side is from the album Harlem River Blues, the B-side is a Randy Newman song Earle has been performing live for quite a while | | Track listing: "Slippin' and Slidin"'/"Louisiana 1927" |
| Phish | Party Time | Jemp | double 12" vinyl | | | Description: Party Time was originally released as part of the deluxe version of the band's most recent studio album, and the band wanted this disc of outtakes and previously released material to come out as its own disc. | | Track listing: "Party Time", "Alaska", "Windy City", "In A Misty Glade", "Gone", "Only A Dream", "The Birdwatcher," "Let Me Lie", "If I Told You", "Splinters of Hail", "Can't Come Back", "Shrine", "Liquid Time" |
| Phish | The White Tape | Jemp | CD | | | Description: Created from four-track recordings which the band mixed, dubbed and circulated as demos. Trey has said The White Tape exemplifies, perhaps more than any other studio effort, the band's unbridled creative freedom of the day. | | Track listing: |
| Cale, John | EP: Extra Playful | Domino/Double 6 | CD | 1600 US, 400 UK | | Description: This is the first American release of the bonus tracks that were originally only on the European version. | | Track listing: |
| Crowded House | Intriguer Live: Start to Finish | Kuafala | Double CD/DVD | 2000 US | | Description: Intriguer Live - Start To Finish follows Crowded House from their first performance of the Intriguer Tour in Auckland, NZ to their last show of the US Tour in Denver, CO. Gearing up for the release of their sixth album "Intriguer" Crowded House performed to a sold out crowd at the Town Hall in Auckland on April 8th, 2010. Neil Finn selected some of the stand out performances from that night and compiled into a 50 minute DVD. Also included in this package is a 2 CD set of the final show of the 2010 tour which took place in Denver Colorado on Sept 9th, 2010. | | Track listing: |
| Cory Chisel | Upstairs at United, Vol 2 | 453 Music | 12" vinyl | | | Description: Three originals and two cover songs recorded live on August 17th, 2011 direct to quarter inch tape upstairs in the historic United Record Pressing party room. All analog and cut at 45RPM for the ultimate listening experience. 12" vinyl EP with custom jacket, stickered and enclosed in polybag. NOTE: This is exclusive to indie stores for six months | | Track listing: "Old Love" "Never Meant to Love You "Rosie" (Tom Waits) "The Change Is Made" 3. In The Deep End |
| Brendan Benson | Upstairs at United, Vol 1 | 453 Music | 12" vinyl | | | Description: Four cover songs recorded live on August 16th, 2011 direct to quarter inch tape upstairs in the historic United Record Pressing party room. All analog and cut at 45RPM for the ultimate listening experience. 12" vinyl EP with custom jacket, stickered and enclosed in polybag. | | Track listing: "Candidate (David Bowie) 2. Strangers (Kinks) Side B: 1. Beyond Belief (Elvis Costello) 2. Love Story (Randy Newman) |
| Various Artists | Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-79 | Light In the Attic | 7" box set | 2000 US | | Description: Over three years in the making, Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest In Funk & Soul 1965-75 is a lavishly packaged vinyl singles box set featuring ten impossibly rare 45s (some fetching thousands on the collector’s market) from Seattle’s vintage soul scene. Limited to only 2,000 hand-numbered copies worldwide, the ten 45 RPM set is housed in a gorgeous custom made magnetic flip-top box and features meticulously re-mastered audio and original label art. For those who must hear these vintage tunes and can’t relax with a tipple at the turntable, we’ve even included a free download card for all tracks. | | Track listing: 1. Ron Buford & Ural Thomas - "Deep Soul Pt. 1 b/w Deep Soul Pt. 2" 2. Patrinell Staten - "I Let A Good Man Go b/w Little Love Affair" 3. Soul Swingers - "Brighter Tomorrow b/w Ca’-Ba’-Dab’" 4. Woody Carr - "Peace Dance b/w Undecided Woman" 5. Cookin’ Bag - "This Is Me b/w The Song I Sing" 6. Stringfellow - "Grooving Is Easy b/w Poor Fool" 7. Acapulco Gold - "You And Me b/w My Funky Feeling" 8. Seattle Pure Dynamite - "I Wonder Love b/w I Wanna Love You" 9. Unfinished Business - "Holding On b/w Oh Girl" 10. "Priceless - Love In Your Life b/w Look At Me" |
| Cornell, Chris | Songbook | Friday Music | Double LP | 2000 US | | Description: Live acoustic solo performances from Cornell's songwriting history plus a few covers | | Track listing: "As Hope and Promise Fade", "Scar on the Sky", "Call Me A Dog", "Ground Zero", "Can't Change Me", "I Am The Highway", "Thank You" (Led Zeppelin), "Cleaning My Gun", "Wide Awake", "Fell On Black Days", "All Night Thing", "Doesn't Remind Me", "Like A Stone", "Black Hole Sun", "Imagine" (John Lennon), "The Keeper" |
| Dr. Dog | "Warrior Man" | Anti | 7" single | | | Description: new music from Dr. Dog, each single colored by the band | | Track listing: "Warrior Man"/"Control Yourself" |
| Mr. Gasser and the Weirdos | Hot Rod Hootenanny | Sundazed | 12" vinyl | 1200 US, 800 international | | Description: The first of three releases built around the characters of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (who took the nom du disc "Mr Gasser" and was the creator of Rat Fink and other special monsters and hot rods). The Weirdos are a group of stellar studio musicians and the records are every bit the sonic equal of their peers in 1963. This and the other releases fell out of print after the crest of the hot rod craze, but they're back in a limited run on vinyl and compact disc, with retina-searing reproductions of Roth's original jackets. | | Track listing: |
| Mr. Gasser and the Weirdos | Hot Rod Hootenanny | Sundazed | CD | 1200 US, 800 international | | Description: Same as LP | | Track listing: |
| Mr. Gasser and the Weirdos | Rods N Ratfinks | Sundazed | 12" vinyl | 1200 US, 800 international | | Description: The second of three releases built around the characters of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (who took the nom du disc "Mr Gasser" and was the creator of Rat Fink and other special monsters and hot rods). The Weirdos are a group of stellar studio musicians and the records are every bit the sonic equal of their peers in 1963. This and the other releases fell out of print after the crest of the hot rod craze, but they're back in a limited run on vinyl and compact disc, with retina-searing reproductions of Roth's original jackets. | | Track listing: |
| Mr. Gasser and the Weirdos | Rods N Ratfinks | Sundazed | CD | 1200 US, 800 international | | Description: Same as LP | | Track listing: |
| Mr. Gasser and the Weirdos | Surfink! | Sundazed | 12" vinyl | 1200 US, 800 international | | Description: The third of three releases built around the characters of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (who took the nom du disc "Mr Gasser" and was the creator of Rat Fink and other special monsters and hot rods). The Weirdos are a group of stellar studio musicians and the records are every bit the sonic equal of their peers in 1963. This and the other releases fell out of print after the crest of the hot rod craze, but they're back in a limited run on vinyl and compact disc, with retina-searing reproductions of Roth's original jackets. | | Track listing: |
| Mr. Gasser and the Weirdos | Surfink! | Sundazed | CD | 1200 US, 800 international | | Description: Same as LP | | Track listing: |
| Back-Wash Rhythm Band, The | The Golden Breed Band | Sundazed | 12" vinyl | 1200 US, 800 international | | Description: One of the rarest surf soundtrack albums of all time. Released in 1968, The Golden Breed was hailed as a magnificent, gorgeous film that captured surfing at the height of its longboard era. But it came out on the wave of shortboard competition and was quickly lost to history. The soundtrack is just as evocative and vivid as the aquatic footage and now, sourced from the original Capitol analog tapes, it sounds better than ever. Strictly limited, and will soon be catching a big wave outta here. | | Track listing: |
| Yardbirds, The | "Ha Ha Said The Clown" | Sundazed | 7" vinyl | 1600 US, 1200 international | | Description: A 1967 US single that was never released in the UK. The B-side marks Jimmy Page's first use of a bow on a recording. | | Track listing: "Ha Ha Said the Clown"/"Tinker Tailor Soldier Dreamer" |
| Yardbirds, The | "Ten Little Indians" | Sundazed | 7" vinyl | 1600 US, 1200 international | | Description: A 1967 US single that sank quickly, this re-issue, sourced from the original analog mono masters, showcases Jimmy Page's use of reverse echo on the A-side track, in an attempt to salvage an "extremely silly song", transforming it into a swelling, psychedelic melange. | | Track listing: "Ten Little Indians"/"Drinking Muddy Water" |
| Byrds, The | The Times They Are A Changin' | Sundazed | 7" vinyl | 1200 US, 1000 International | | Description: These Dylan covers were recorded to be released as singles, but never were. Forty years later, this release marks the first time they've ever appeared in their intended format. | | Track listing:The Times They Are a Changin'/"She Don't Care about Time" |
| Byrds, The | "Eight Miles High" | Sundazed | 7" vinyl | 1200 US, 1000 International | | Description: The versions of the classic Byrds tracks here were recorded at RCA Studios. The band's label, Columbia, wouldn't release them, so they were re-recorded at Columbia studios. These are the rare mono RCA Studios versions. | | Track listing: "Eight Miles High"/"Why" |
| Lovin' Spoonful, The | "Alley Oop" | Sundazed | 7" vinyl | 1200 US, 1000 International | | Description: This 'single that never was' brings together two tracks that came out of the petri dish that was The Albert Hotel in Greenwich Village, where The Lovin' Spoonful and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band traded licks, influences and ideas. "Night Owl Blues" contains the original extra 1:38 of harmonica honking madness. | | Track listing:Alley Oop b/w Night Owl Blues |
| Misfits, The | The Devils Rain | MRI | 12" vinyl | 1500 US | | Description: The latest album from the Misfits with a special lenticular cover. | | Track listing: |
| Rainbow | Long Live Rock N Roll | Niji Entertain-ment | 12" vinyl picture disc | 2500 US | | Description: Each deluxe picture disc will be house in a deluxe heavy poly bag sleeve with Metal Club Mktg Sitcker and special numbered hologram sticker in lower right corner | | Track listing: |
| Elf | Elf | Niji Entertain-ment | 12" vinyl Picture disc | 2500 US | | Description: "Elf" original album on picture disc, limited, numbered, features Metal Club hologram | | Track listing: |
| All That Remains/Jasta, Jamey | Some of the People, All of the Time/"Mourn The Allusion" | Razor & Tie | 7" split single | 1000 US | | Description: | | Track listing: |
| Type O Negative | Type O Negative Vinyl Box Set | Road-runner | 12" vinyl box set | 1000 US | | Description: A box set containing all six Type O Negative albums | | Track listing: |
See a list of Record Store Day vinyl that was available in-store on April 16, 2011 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!). For you folks who are not familiar with us, please know that we are a bricks-and-mortar, walk-in store only; sorry, no mail order.
Below are a number of articles in the press written about both our 30 year anniversary and record store day.
"At 30, Princeton Record Exchange Is Still Groovy"
Published in US 1, April 2010
"The store will draw nearly 800 people before closing this night — and this is just on an otherwise unremarkable, non-shopping-season weekday. On a normal Saturday there might be 1,500 customers wending their way through 4,300 square feet of entertainment at 20 South Tulane Street, just off Nassau Street in downtown Princeton. [...And] how low are the store’s prices? “People make a living off us,” Lambert says. The few used record and CD dealers (including people who sell online or still make the flea market circuit) often come in to buy items that they in turn sell for a profit. It doesn’t bother Weisfeld, and if it did, it wouldn’t change anything" .... Read the full article.
"Prex, the Shop Heard Round the World, Celebrates Thirty Years Next Weekend"
Published in Town Topics, April 2010
"Prex will be raffling away eight days of prizes, starting small with T-Shirts and gift cards, ramping up to a USB turntable and a grand prize of both the stereo and mono Beatles box sets (a $400 value). These free raffle tickets will be available at the library concert and at the store throughout the week. Read the full article.
"No One You Can Save That Can’t Be Saved"
Published in Town Topics, April 2010
"In putting together the store’s impressive stock of merchandise, Mr. Weisfeld travels to collectors’ homes for bigger purchases. One huge purchase took place earlier this year on the NFL’s championship Sunday. He and a buyer left for Manhattan at 6 a.m., arriving at a Park Avenue apartment at 7:30, and purchased about 10,000 CDs, 2,000 DVDs and 2,500 records."... Read the full article.
"Record Day attracts a record crowd "
Published in Princeton Packet / Central Jersey, April 2010
The event was the third annual National Record Store Day, a nationwide celebration of independent record stores. At the Record Exchange, buyers volleyed to get their hands on some of the 150 limited edition releases that were distributed exclusively to independent stores Saturday. Recently named the nation’s best college town record store by Phil Gallo in USA Today, the Record Exchange attracts buyers from throughout the East Coast with its extensive vinyl offerings. Mr. Gallo, co-author of the new book, “Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again,” called the store “the best place between New York and Philadelphia.”... Read the full article.
"Fidelity for record stores still runs high"
Published in USA Today, April 2010
TOP COLLEGE-TOWN STORE IN THE US: The 30-year-old Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton, N.J., opened in an alley, then operated as a proper store before moving into a trailer in a parking lot. "It's the best place between New York and Philadelphia," Gallo says... Read the full article.
"Record stores fading out? 'Day' says no"
Published in Philadelphia Enquirer, April 2010
"Princeton Record Exchange, a legendary store, plans to use RSD to help celebrate its 30th anniversary. Jon Lambert, general manager at the Exchange, attributes its success not only to the number of heavily discounted CDs and resale opportunities, but, again, to the sense of community"... Read the full article.
"In the Groove: Record Store Day and Princeton Record Exchange celebrate 30 years"
Published in Princeton Packet / Central Jersey, April 2010
" It’s an unusually hot April day and Mr. Lambert is in one of the store’s back rooms. Classical music CDs are stacked on a long counter, and vinyl LPs line a wall of shelves. The iPad was released days earlier, yet another new device to tempt music lovers away from CD players and turntables, but Mr. Lambert speaks confidently of the store’s place in the market as it celebrates its 30th anniversary"... Read the full article.
Other Recent Articles
For a nearly-complete list of articles written about Princeton Record Exchange, visit the articles section of our website.
From the Holiday, 2009:
It was a blast in 2009, with Richard Barone at Princeton Record Exchange jamming out. Click on the above images to watch the videos. We've also included our 2009 post in full below, so feel free to read about the lead up too!
Mark the date - on April 18th, National Record Store Day takes on a new life at Princeton Record Exchange. Now with the backing of major labels, we'll have 75 record store day only promotional items. Between vinyl samplers, Beatles Lithograph, a special edition of Decibel magazine, posters, green reusable shopping bags, iron-ons and turntable mats, the place is going to be crazy! Come revel in the moment with fellow vinyl afficionados at one of the best independent record stores, and celebrate the day.
Record Store Day is the brainchild of Chris Brown and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. It's about the intimacy and the overall experience of going to your local record store and supporting these hard working musicologists.
This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores band together with artists to celebrate the art and influence of music in our culture. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products will be made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the US and in various countries across the world will make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off the first RSD at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and it is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.
PREX is a proud participant in the celebration as are hundreds of musicians who remember and appreciate this historical audio medium:
"Immersing yourself in the environment of a real record store where music is celebrated and cherished adds real value to the experience of buying music. In some ways, that retail experience is as important as the music." John Mellencamp
“There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store. When I recently played Amoeba in LA, I realized what fantastic memories such a collection of music brings back when you see it all in one place. This is why I’m more than happy to support Record Store Day and I hope that these kinds of stores will be there for us all for many years to come. Cheers!” Paul McCartney
"I buy CDs all the time. I'll go into a record store and just buy $500 worth of CDs. I will! I am singlehandedly supporting what's left of the record business. I hate to see record stores disappear, and I'm old-school in that I think you should pay for your music. But what my kids do is download a lot of things, pay for them, and then if they love something, they'll get the CD. That may be the future.” Bruce Springsteen
However if you thought RSD was going to be a once a year event, think again! The fine folks in charge have come up with another dynamic to help keep the independent record store bottom line workable. "Vinyl Saturday" will take place the third Saturday of each month and will offer music fans special vinyl releases that are limited and exclusive, along with highlighting non-exclusive but new vinyl releases and reissues.
The first Record Store Day Presents "Vinyl Saturday" was on Saturday, June 20th and it featured a special Green Day 7" single that was limited to 4,000 copies and other special releases. Each single was numbered. The 7" single featured two tracks. Side A is "Know Your Enemy" and Side B is "Hearts Collide" (a previously unreleased track.)
Other specials have followed and we are now proud to celebrate “Vinyl Saturday” this November 7th with a special 40th Anniversary edition of Abbey Road that includes the vinyl album, and a t-shirt that featuring the original artwork for the “Come Together”/”Something” 7”single, along with a corresponding poster. This limited edition deluxe package will limited to 5,000 copies, check with your local store for availability.
Quotes from 2009:
Jon Lambert (GM)
"I cut my music-retail teeth managing a couple of mall chain record stores in the early eighties. Keeping abreast of the top pop charts for a couple of years, I thought I knew most of what there was to know about music. Then I got a job in a large independent record store and was absolutely blown away. The staggering scope of genres, musicians and titles that flew (and continue to fly) through our place humbled, excited and overwhelmed me. 20 odd, and I do mean odd, years later, not a day goes by when I don’t see something I have never seen before. I love working with the dedicated and knowledgeable staff, the incredible customers with their passions and loyalties, and the never-ending adventure of discovery. The climate is exhilarating….long may we (all) rock!"
Jersey Beat Magazine
"I love trolling the used CD bins and discovering new or half-forgotten treasures, which you can pick up for as little as 99 cents. [Princeton Record Exchange is] also a great place to look for used vinyl as well as pick up all those new releases you just can’t live without. The staff is friendly and helpful, and yes, they will buy your used CD’s and vinyl. All record stores deserve our support, but Princeton Record Exchange is a very special place that feels as much a part of the New Jersey music scene as Maxwell’s or the Court Tavern. I can’t imagine life without it, and I hope I never have to."
CentralJersey.com
The Princeton Record Exchange will offer giveaways with loads of stickers, buttons, iron-ons, reusable tote bags, promotional 7-inches and CD samplers from music labels such as Merge, UMG, Motown and Red Eye. The store will also sell exclusive 7-inch vinyl recordings from artists including Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Flaming Lips, Flight of the Conchords and Modest Mouse.
NJ.com
"There were 30 people waiting outside when I opened the store," said Lambert on April 11. Some of that may have been the allure of limited edition records from famous artists only available during RSD. "Springsteen was gone in half an hour, Bob Dylan was gone in half an hour."
Browse through over Five-Hundred 180 Gram recordings when you visit our Independent Record Store. Whether it's RSD or not, our store has the widest collection on the east coast with over 140,000 music and movie titles, many of which are at used prices and in mint condition. RSD is being celebrated at over 1,000 stores across 16 countries, but the one place you'll want to be is the store with the best selection - Princeton Record Exchange.
Get First Dibbs on 2009 Releases
For example, Queen's first EP, unavailable until now in the United States, will be issued as an exclusive, while an autographed Brian May guitar will be raffled from the RSD web site. Meanwhile, Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Slayer and Brandi Carlile will each be releasing an exclusive 7-inch single.
Have you been watching the indie sensation Flight of the Conchords on HBO lately? Get ready for their limited-edition single, which is to be released by Sub Pop along with Blitzen Trapper, Obits and Vetiver, as well as an 18-track CD featuring a live set from Iron & Wine's 2005 tour in support of "Woman King".
Epitaph is joining with Anti to issue Tom Waits, Booker T. Jones and Bad Religion 45s. Wilco's got an exclusive advance of its DVD, and Jane's Addiction, the Pretenders, Elvis Costello and Pavement will all be joining in with their own exclusive releases.
We look forward to doing business with you.
PRINCETON RECORD EXCHANGE, INC
20 South Tulane Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
www.prex.com
1.609.921.0881
We are passionate about recycling unwanted CDs, DVDs and Records into the hands of music and movie lovers who can appreciate them all over again.
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