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2015 in Review

2015 has been a great year and we have our customers to thank!

The popularity of records continues to grow and in addition to our regulars, we also have new customers stop in all the time.

Many of you attended events here or came in to buy the latest releases and special Record Store Day titles. Let’s take a look back at some of the fun we had this year!

We screened great indie films with FirstGlance Film Festival and Film Festival Flix and Italian Cinema with Ciao Bella! Living Italian Style.

We hosted concerts in The Vault featuring original music as well as covers with local musicians Tommy Davis, Third Man In and Electric Fallback.

We had great new, exclusive, limited edition releases for Record Store Day and Record Store Day Black Friday, new releases from Kurt Vile and Jeff Lynne’s ELO plus hard to find vintage MFSL versions of Dark Side of the Moon and Magical Mystery Tour.

We also had books signings with authors Charlie Gracie, Jim Rosin, Wyatt Doyle, Andrew Biscontini and Richard Adelman.

As we look to 2016, we hope to offer a wider variety of new and vintage vinyl and program more unique events that you can enjoy in Lansdowne!

Record Store Day Black Friday November 27th

Record Store Day recently announced the list of special titles available at independent record stores on Record Store Day Black Friday, November 27th. Vinyl Revival will have some of these titles for the holiday shopping season for sale on the 27th when we open at 11 a.m. Below is a list of what we ordered. Quantities are limited so we’re not sure what we’ll end up getting.

The B-52’s, Live! 8-24-1979

Beck, Dreams [12″]

David Bowie, Earthling

Buzzcocks, Another Music In A Different Kitchen

The Cardigans, Long Gone Before Daylight

Johnny Cash, Man In Black : Live In Demark 1971

Chip Taylor & John Prine, 16 Angels Dancing ‘Cross The Moon

The Clash, The Clash

Coheed and Cambria, The Color Before The Sun: Official Band Demos

Phil Collins, In the Air Tonight

Egyptian Lover, Egypt, Egypt Girls

Ben Harper, Fight For Your Mind

Neal Hefti, Batman Theme / The Batusi

John Lee Hooker, Two Sides Of John Lee Hooker

Howlin’ Wolf, The London Howling’ Wolf Sessions

The Isley Brothers, Groove With You…Live!

Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Live at Winterland ’68

Jeff Buckley/Sly and the Family Stone, Everyday People

The Jesus And Mary Chain, Barbed Wire Kisses

Judas Priest, Painkiller

B.B. King, The Thrill Is Gone

The Kinks, Kwyet Kinks

The Kinks, Dedicated Kinks

Les Paul /Mary Ford, Christmas Cheer

Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis

Megadeth, The Threat Is Real

MGMT, Time To Pretend

Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Live at the Middle East

Rich Robinson, Oh, Sweet Nuthin

Outkast, Stankonia

Jaco Pastorius, JACO

Carl Perkins, Dance Album of Carl Perkins

Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody

Schoolly-D , P.S.K. What Does It Mean? / Gucci Time

Spoon, TV Set

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, A Legend In The Making

Animals As Leaders, Animals As Leaders

Dressy Bessy, Lady Liberty

The Offenders, Live at CBGB’s 1985

Royce da 5’9″, Skillz / Diamond D – One For The Money

The Arcs, The Arcs vs. The Inventors, Vol. 1

Jimi Hendrix, Burning Desire

Wes Montgomery, One Night In Indy (Feat. The Eddie Higgins Trio)

Frank Zappa, Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison

There may be a few more so check back here for updates.

We also have a couple of special in-store events planned for Black Friday, November 27th and Small Business Saturday, November 28th, so check the events tab at vinylrevivalrecords.com to find out what’s going on at our store.

Shop Small November 29th

Small Business Saturday is November 29th

We invite American Express cardholders to Shop Small with us on Small Business Saturday, November 29th. American Express card members can get up to $30 back. Visit ShopSmall.com for information on how to register and how it works.

Record Store Day Re-Cap

: Our Concert Promoters

: Historic Lansdowne Theater

: Wildrompit

: Big Tusk

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate Record Store Day with us last Saturday!

Thanks especially to our customers, concert promoters who worked hard to organize the day’s events, Jim Rosin for doing a book signing, and all the bands and performers who generously played at our celebration too!

I hope you found what you were looking for on RSD but if you’re still searching for a title, here’s a list of the RSD releases we still have in stock. These are mostly single copies so if you if’d like one, come in as soon as possible before we sell out.

Adventure Club – Calling All Hereoes

Aerosmith – Draw the Line

Aerosmith – Rocks

Allicara 2743

Joan Baez – Blessed Are

Bastille – Of the Night

Beauregarde – Testify

Bleachers – I Want to Get Better

Hollis Brown – Hollis Brown Gets Loaded

Neko Case & Jason Little – Satellite of Love

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – West of Memphis

Michael Chapman – Playing Guitar the Easy Way

Eric Church – The Outsiders

The Civil Wars – Live at Eddie’s Attic

Dillinger, Trinity, Wayne Wade, Al Campbell, Junior Tamlin – Five Man Army

Disclosure – Apollo

Ramblin Jack Elliott – Jack ElliottIce-T,

Everly Brothers – Roots

Frightened Rabbit – Live From Criminal Records

Mayer Hawthorne – Wine Glass Woman

Heavens to Betsy – Calculated

Ice -T – Greatest Hits

Rick James – You and I

Waylon & Shooter Jennings – Fenixon

Jimi Hendrix – Live at Monterey

Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes – Live at the Greek

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – She’s on It

Stephen John Kalinich – A World of Peace Must Come

Jorma Kaukonen – QUAH

Kings of Leon – Wait for Me

Kodaline – Coming Up

Ray Lamontagne – Supernova

Henry Mancini – Sountdrack to Pink Panther

Dean Martin – Dream with Dean

Jim McCarty – Frontman

Randy Newman

John Oates – Stone Cold Love

The Orwells – Righteous One

Outkast – SOUTHERNPLAYALISTICADILLACMUZIK

Nina Persson – Sometimes

Pussy Galore – PUSSY GOLD 5000

Rodion G.A. – Misuinea Spatiala Delta (Delta Space Mission)

Bobby Rush – Upstairs at United, Vol. 11

Gil Scott-Heron – Nothing New Slipknot – Vol. 3 The Subliminal Verses

Spanish Gold – Out on the Street

Regina Speckor – You’ve Got Time

Sun Ra – Outer Spaceways Incorporated

Tayla Lynn – Coal Dust

Tears For Fears – Ready Boys & Girls

Whirlwind Heat – Do Rabbits Wonder?

James Williamson, Carolyn Wonderland – Open Up And Bleed

Johnny Winter – Live Bootleg Special Edition

Record Store Day Schedule of Events

Vinyl Revival is proud to be participating in Record Store Day, an international day to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store, on April 19, 2014. Vinyl Revival will stock a selection of titles that are Record Store Day exclusive, limited edition and first releases. As part of the Record Store Day celebration, there will be free entertainment by indie/alternative musicians, a book signing, light refreshments and drinks during store hours from 10 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Record Store Day Schedule of Events

10 a.m. – Store opens

11 a.m. – Book signing with James Rosin, author of “Philly Pop, Rock, Rhythm & Blues”

11 a.m. – Performance by Aaron Hug

12 p.m. – Performance by Nina Marie

12:45 p.m. – Performance by Traffic Nightmare

1:30 p.m. – performance by Ghost Gum

2:15 p.m. – Performance by Family Vacation

3:00 p.m. – Performance by Tom Curtis Jr.

3:45 p.m. – Performance by The One2s

4:30 p.m. – Performance by Big Tusk

5:15 p.m. – Performance by Wild Rompit

6:00 p.m. Performance by DRGN King.

For a complete list of titles being released for 2014 Record Store Day, visit http://recordstoreday.com/.

We’re Now A Record Store Day Record Store

We are super excited to announce that Vinyl Revival is now a participating Record Store Day record store! This designation means that we will sell the special Record Store Day releases in our store on Record Store Day and on Black Friday.

Record Store Day is a celebration of music by independent record stores held on the third Saturday of April that features special releases, live performances, etc. We are so happy to be included in this group of indie retailers who truly care about keeping the spirit of the record store alive in the digital age. We plan on making our first Record Store Day a huge celebration for all of our customers and our community!