Vinyl to buy

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Dry is PJ Harvey’s stark, seminal 1992 debut album… a fully-formed call-to-arms! Features “Dress” and “Sheela-Na-Gig”.  The minute I heard this I knew PJ Harvey was going to make a LOT of great music…this one was a game changer and now on vinyl?  Had to get it. Have to play it loud.  -John Richards

The Ascension is the eighth studio album from singer, songwriter and composer Sufjan Stevens and is the long awaited follow-up to Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell. The Ascension is musically expansive and sweeping in thematic scope.  It’s a glorious combination of what made his last few records so great.  Must be heard on vinyl.

What record sounds the best at the bar on vinyl?  This record.  Every single time someone puts it on you watch people light up, feel good and be in the moment.  That’s what groundbreaking seminal moments like this record do and that’s why music is life. Released in 1977 it sounds better than ever.

The debut album from The Talking Heads recorded and released in…you guessed it, 1977.  Fun fact, when Lou Reed saw them he invited them over and gave them advice including telling David Byrne to wear long sleeves to hide his hairy arms.  We all need more Lou Reed advice in our life.  One of the most not punk, punk records in one of the greatest years and scenes we will ever know in music history.

Some would say one of the 5 greatest albums ever made.  If “some” was “John Richards”.  This album saved my life. I was depressed, living in Spokane and so lost.  I put this on and everything changed.  Everything. If THIS was out there, what else was?  I put the poster up on my wall and…well that didn’t go over well with my Mom. Buy this record and remind yourself that music discovery IS life.  -John Richards

One of the most famous shows in the history of Seattle music took place on Oct 31st, 1991 at The Paramount Theatre. This is that show.  Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Includes a 12 x 24″ poster insert and a cloth sticky VIP pass replica plus digital download. The band dive headlong into key cuts from across their discography: the grunge-rock shot heard ’round the world.

Deluxe double vinyl LP. The original issue of the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe’s 1992 film Singles features 13 songs from Various artists including Alice In Chains, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, and The Smashing Pumpkins. This deluxe edition (which has been rumored for a long time) adds 18 tracks to this, including much more from Chris Cornell and Paul Westerberg, as well as tracks like Truly’s ‘Heart and Lungs’.  Ahhh, simpler grunge times.  I mean Amazon and Microsoft are almost as uh…fuck it.

If you don’t own this you should probably own this. We have to say, it gets picked at the bar a LOT and man do we miss drinking and getting lost to this perfect record.  4 copies in house right now.  We can’t wait to send this to you.

The debut studio album by one of Seattle’s favorite sons.  Released in 1967, it is considered one of the greatest debuts in the history of rock music. It changed music.  It changed recorded music.  It changed everything.  It opens with “Purple Haze” and ends with “Are You Experienced?”  How was there a world before this record?

This reissue is everything and will bring you back to the 80’s when we dreamed of 1999 and now live in a dumpster fire called 2020.

SALE!  We have just 3 copies left of this groundbreaking album for the low price of $25. It’s a stunning debut and the song “Gloria” crackling loud on the turntable?  Dear lord.

2019 was the band’s 35th anniversary and they celebrated with a 180-gram translucent red and gold vinyl reissue of one of the greatest NW albums of all time.  On sale and we have a few copies left.  Listen to what Seattle used to be.

The long and winding road ended here.  The perfect ending to the perfect band…not to mention the perfect album cover.  A must own record.

Hælos’ Any Random Kindness examines the search for connection in an increasingly fractured world. It speaks of the different facets that affect the modern world – the isolating nature of technology and social media, looming climate change, and corrupt politics.  Guitarist Daniel Vildósola joined as a full-time member of the band. He became a neutralizing force when tempers become frayed, and his classical background and technical prowess brought a new level of musicality to the band.