905 Tapes Basement / Record Fair

This week has been crazy good. It has been the kind of week that I will look forward to next year as soon as this one is over. Luckily, it doesn't end until tomorrow evening. A full week culminates in a massaging wash of noise, drone, ambience,... cathartic walls of sound, etc.

I'm sorry to say that Halflings is not playing as was originally planned. Nor is Poison Fingers. All is well that ends well as the lineup is now:
Roman Wolfe w/ D. Gookin (Collaboration)
Colorguard (Kryssi B.)
and Matt Grem (of Medhammer) possibly?

This is starting at 6PM which is a little early for a show like this, but after this week it's going to feel like 4AM to me. Don't go to sleep tonight. Stay up. Forget your first name. Show up and get blissed.

Roman Wolfe has a new tape out on 905 Tapes too. Check it!

In the morning from 11AM-4PM I (Rick) will be at the WESU Record Fair as well. Feel free to come by and join in on that fun too.

RECORD STORE DAY Stock Update

RECORD STORE DAY TOMORROW! In accordance with that I've broken the update into 2 sections.
The first is all the RSD items and then the second is the newest of regular stock.

(If you don't see it, I'm sorry, we didn't get it for one reason or another. The Hold Steady we didn't get because there are over 1000 stores participating and only 700 of those were made in total. Ouch!)

RECORD STORE DAY ITEMS
LPs & 12"s
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Album Leaf "There Is A Wind"
Asteroids Galaxy Tour "Fun"
Avenged Sevenfold "Unholy Confessions"
Beach House "Zebra"
Beck, Jeff "Emotion & Commotion"
Bird & The Bee "Interpreting The Masters V.1"
Black Keys "Tighten Up/Howlin' For You"
Black Moth Super Rainbow "Eating Us"
Deerhoof "Apple O"
Deerhoof "Green Cosmos"
Devo "Duty Now For The Future"
John Fahey "The Yellow Princess"
Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs "Dark Side of the Moon"
Flogging Molly "Devil's Dance Floor, (No More) Paddy's Lament"
Goldfrapp "Head First"
Jimi Hendrix "Live @ Clark University"
Japandroids (JPNRDS) "Posting Nothing"
LCD Sound System "Pow Pow"
Magnetic Fields "69 Love Songs (6x10")"
Mastodon "Blood Mountain"
MGMT "Siberian Breaks"
Modest Mouse "Moon & Antarctica"
Monsters Of Folk
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Pantera "Far Beyond Driven"
Pantera "Vulgar Display Of Power"
Pavement "Quarantine The Past: The Best Of... (RSD Color)"
Phoenix "Fences"
Plants & Animals "La La Land"
R.E.M. "Chronic Town EP"
Ritter, Josh "So Runs The World..."
Roky Erickson & Okkervil River "True Love Cast Out All Evil"
Russell, Arthur "Calling Out Of Context"
Sea Wolf "Get To The Rivers Before The River Runs Too Low"
Sonic Youth "Confusion Is Sex"
Sonic Youth "EVOL"
Sonic Youth "Hits Are For Squares"
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros "Global A Go-Go"
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros "Streetcore"
TV on the Radio "Dear Science"
Various Artists "Fragments From A Work In Progress(Ariel Pink, Blonde Redhead, Tune-Yards, Gang Gang Dance, The Big Pink)"
Tom Waits "Mule Variations (11th Anniversary)"
Doc Watson "Doc Watson"
Wilco "Kicking Television, 4 LP"


10"s
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Fela Kuti "Fela Kuti 10" EP"
Gorillaz "White Flag"
Queens of the Stone Age "Feel Good Hit of the Summer EP"
Bruce Springsteen "Wrecking Ball"
Them Crooked Vultures "Mind Eraser, No Chaser"/"Hwy 1"


7"s
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Against Me "I Was A Teenage Anarchist"
Bitchin' Bajas / Moon Duo
Built To Spill "Water Sleepers/Linus & Lucy (Live)"
Coconut Records "Bored To Death Theme Song"/"Nighttiming"
Coheed and Cambria "Guns Of Summer," b/w "Pearl of the Stars"
Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Live at Hollywood High EP"
Julian Casablancas "11th Dimension (WXRP live recording)" b/w "Long Island Blues"
Deftones "Rocketskates"
Devo "Fresh, What We Do"
The Doors "People Are Strange, The Crystal Ship"
Drive-By Truckers "Your Woman is a Living Thing"/"Just Maybe"
Dum Dum Girls/Male Bonding "Pay For Me/Before It's Gone"
Jakob Dylan/Courtyard Hounds "See You In the Spring"
Fucked Up "Daytrotter Session"
Peter Gabriel/Stephen Merritt
Charlotte Gainsburg "Heavan Can Wait," "IRM"
Godsmack "Cryin Like A Bitch" b/w "Whiskey Hangover"
Gogol Bordello "We Comin Rougher"/"Trans Continental Hustle"
Juicehead "Rotting From The Inside, Death of Democracy"
Lacuna Coil "Shallow Live - Acoustic @ Criminal Records"
La Roux "Bulletproof"/"In For the Kill"
John Lennon "7 inch box set"
Let's Wrestle/Love Language "I'm So Lazy, Brittany's Back"
Of Montreal "Back To School, Subtext Read, Nothing New"
One A.M. Radio "Credible Threats"
Owl City "Fireflies"/"Vanilla Twilight"
Elvis Presley "That's Alright Mama," b/w "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
Rodriguez
Rolling Stones "Plundered My Soul, All Down the Line"
Seasick Steve "Diddley Bo"
Sick Of It All
Surfer Blood / Holiday Shores
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists "The Oldest House/North Coast"
Telekenisis "Dirty Thing/Non-Toxic, The Drawback"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Skeletons"


CDs
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Band Of Skulss "Live @ Fingerprints"
Cage The Elephant "Live @ Grimey's"
Devo "Duty Now For The Future"
Ani DiFranco "live @ Bull Moose"
Manchester Orchestra "Live @ Park Avenue (acoustic EP)"
Nada Surf "If I Had A Hi-Fi"
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals "Live In Skowhegan"
Shooter Jennings & Hierophant "Don't Feed The Animals"
Sick Puppies "Live & Unplugged"
Tegan & Sara "AOL Sessions EP"
Various Urban Artists "On The Radar"
Various Artist "Sub Pop 20: Casual Nostalgia Fest"
Weezer "Ratitude Happy Record Store Day"
White Lies "The Remix EP"
Neil Young "Heart Of Gold"


DVDs
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Mountain Goats, The "The Life Of The World To Come..."
Nonpoint "Miracle"


16th of April 2010 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records


LPs & 12"s
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Avey Tare / David Grubbs "Avey Tare / David Grubbs - Split Series #16 (Numbered)"
Beach House "Beach House"
Benga & Walsh "Biscuit Factory / Bass Face"
Besnard Lakes "Are The Roaring Night (+ D/L)"
Bianchi, Maurizio "The Plain Truth"
Bonobo "Black Sands (+ D/L)"
Caribou "Swim (+ D/L)"
Child Abuse "Cut And Run"
Circus Devils "Mother Skinny"
Desto "Disappearing Reappearing Ink"
Disassociate "Imperfect World"
Eddy Current Suppression Ring "Rush To Relax (+ D/L)"
Gabriel, Peter "Scratch My Back"
Gordon, Edward Larry "Celestial Vibration"
Holiday Shores "Columbus'd The Whim"
Home Blitz "Out Of Phase"
Internal Tulips, The "Mislead Into A Field By A Deformed Deer"
Javelin "No Mas"
Jesus And Mary Chain, The "Darklands (180 Gram)"
Kalmah "12 Gauge"
Kelly, Brendan And McMahon, Joe "In Wasted Potential"
Liars "Sisterworld (Deluxe Ed., 180 Gram, + 2xCD)"
Lifetime "Jersey's Best Dancers"
Madlib "Medicine Show No. 3 - Beat Konducta In Africa"
Meatmen "War Of The Superbikes"
Mekuria, Getatchew, The Ex & Guests "Moa Anbessa (+ 28 Page Magazine)"
Meth, Ghost, Rae "Wu-Massacre (Limited Edition Cover Artwork)"
Nice Face "Immer Etwas"
Nice Nice "Extra Wow (+ D/L)"
Ninja Sonik "Art School Girlz"
N-Type & Seven "Unity"
Reed, Lou "Metal Machine Music"
Reverend Bizarre "In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend"
Rhapsody "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret"
Roska "Rinse Presents V1"
Sightings "City Of Straw (+ D/L)"
Slackers "The Great Rock-Steady Swindle"
Starkey "Stars (Ft. Anneka)"
Smith, Elliott "Roman Candle (180 Gram)"
Statues "New People Make Us Nervous"
Sweet Apple "Love & Desperation (+ D/L)"
Trans Am "Thing (+ D/L)"
Trembling Bells "Abandoned Love"
Vex'd "Cloud Seed"
Von D "Miss Maui"
Von D & DJ Madd "U / It's Over"
Wainright, Rufus "All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu"
Wetdog "Frauhaus!"
Wiese, John "Circle Snare"
XXX Maniak "Gorebortion"
Yorke, Thom "The Eraser (Single)"
Young, Neil "Will To Love / Cortez The Killer (Live)"


7"s
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Boston Spaceships "Camera Found The Ray Gun"
Deathstorm (Bong-Ra & Maruosa) "Bringers Of The Apoc..."
Dirty Girls "Murder Mountain"
End Of A Year / Segwei
Ha Ha Tonka "Walking on the Devil's Backbone"
Happy Birthday "Shampoo, Alien"
Harm's Way "No Gods..."
Home Blitz "Perpetual Night"
Ladyscraper
Russell, Arthur / Can't
Soft Moon, The "Breathe The Fire"
White Lung "Atlanta"
Wild Nothing "Cloudbusting"


CDs
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Akitsa "Au Crepuscule"
Bison BC "Dark Ages"
Blacklisted "No On Deserves..."
Boston Spaceships "Camera Found The Ray Gun"
Coffinworm "When All Became None"
Criminal Element "Crime & Punis..."
Danny Diablo "International HC Super..."
Dengue Fever "Sleepwalking Through... (CD+DVD)"
Dosh "Tommy"
Goatsnake "Flowers Of Disease"
Gut Instinct "1989-1992 Discog."
Hooded Menace "Never Cross The Dead"
Horse Feathers "Thistled"
Internal Tulips "Mislead Into A Field..."
Johannsson, J. "And In The..."
Kayo Dot "Coyote"
Lair Of The Minotaur "Evil Power"
Lightning Swords Of Death "Gold..."
Madlib "Medicine Show No. 4: 420 Challice Jamaica"
Nokturnal Mortum "Voice Of..."
Ocean, The "Heliocentric"
PE Hewitt Jazz Ensemble "Winter Winds..."
Tinsel Teeth "Trash As The Trophy"
Unleashed "As Yggdrasil"
Various Artists "Musik Oblik"
Various Artists "Afro Tropical V.1 (Soundway)"
Vex'd "Cloud Seed"
Winderen, J. "Energy Field"
Xasthur "Portal Of Sorrow"


DVDs
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At The Gates "Flames Of The End"
Nosferatu (Hobgoblin Version)

Celebrity Sighting

Taking stock of people we've sold to through Redscroll brings a small impressive list to mind (Henry Rollins, David Byrne and very recently, Matt Groening). Woah, right? Seriously.

None of those people have been seen on video inside the store, unfortunately. Let's hope this video I'm about to post of a small local celebrity starts the trend.



Anthony hosts the Needle Drop website as well as the Needle Drop radio show on WNPR (which is also syndicated on my home station of WESU).

On this note, you might have noticed (this week in particular) that I'm trying to add a bit more content (rather than just stock updates) to our blog. Let me know your thoughts on that. Would you like to see more videos? Would you like to see more local celebrity sightings? I could just post my face on here everyday (joke). Band interviews? In any event, look forward to more and more content coming via this page. We've also got some bigger developments (related) coming down the line so stay tuned (refresh often).

RSD NOTE: I will be posting a stock update later that will include the Record Store Day items that we will have available tomorrow (when we open at 10AM).

Anecdotal Evidence Of Life On Earth

Tonight at Redscroll we have a bunch of people speaking. Some will read their poems. Some will tell stories. A few of them have worked on some projects done by Hot Air Press.



What is Hot Air Press? A publishing company? Yea, I mean sort of. They've definitely put a bunch of collected works of poetry and such (there is one particular that definitely qualifies as "such"). A record label? Maybe, yea. They have put out a handful of releases on wax. Cold Snap, Ipsissimus, Mammoth Hunter, & Florida=Death have all released music with them. An eclectic mix, for sure (weird hardcore, black metal, instrumental denseness, and improv-friendly hip-hop sensibilities all have found their way to the Hot Air Press).

What it really comes down to is that it's a group of friends in a small state in the north-east trying to make the most out of what is directly around them. Connecticut based bands, artists, poets and people who just generally need a creative outlet can look to Hot Air Press. Come by the shop tonight and meet these dudes. Hear them speak... along with a bunch of other friendly types.


check here for the full details on our sale and this night

3 Bands You Might See Soon

Some secrets aren't too hard to figure out. Sometimes you just have to lift a very light veil. Sometimes you just have to read a blog post.


Record Store Day is coming up. At 8PM there is a listed surprise on the flier.


Here's 3 bands Sean, Josh and I (Rick) enjoy.

AMPERE



Failures




Nomos

A Couple Movies About Record Stores

Time is flying by. Soon after opening shop in April 2007 a local independent (then student) film-maker, Brendan Toller, came by the shop and did some filming (among many many other shops and private collector locations) for a movie that we did the CT Premiere screening for on July 13, 2008. This coming Record Store Day sees a limited release of this movie, I NEED THAT RECORD! We will have some copies, for sure. It will have a full wider release in July. Why wait? Check this trailer:

I Need That Record! Trailer from Brendan Toller on Vimeo.

There is also a new record-angle doc I'm excited to check out (whenever that may be done and available for viewing). It seems to feature some prominent collectors and goes beyond just the listening audience to talk about the aesthetics of what makes records great (Blue Note album covers!). It also reminded me that I need to go down to Pittsburgh soon (summer time) to do some serious record digging.

To Have & To Hold - Taster Tape from Jony Lyle on Vimeo.

Lest you forget, we're into day 2 of our sale. We have events going from Thursday - Sunday. Definitely check all the info out here: http://redscrollrecords.blogspot.com/2010/03/april-3-year-anniversary-sale-record.html

Sale Starts Tomorrow: VIDEOS! Fun!

I made a couple videos this week. You might have seen them already via some other social networking sites. If not, check them here. The last one was just finished this morning and looks the most professional and is probably the best looking video on our youtube page to date because of the work of my friend Brian (Erzen Design).

Full information on the sale is back at this post: http://redscrollrecords.blogspot.com/2010/03/april-3-year-anniversary-sale-record.html

9th of April 2010 Update

9th of April 2010 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12"s
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Alexisonfire "Old Crows / Young Cardinals"
Badu, Erykah "New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh"
Braid "Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five (+ D/L)"
Braid "The Age Of Octeen (+ D/L)"
Braid "Movie Music Vol. One (+ D/L)"
Braid "Movie Music Vol. Two (+ D/L)"
Broken Social Scene "You Forgot It In People (+ D/L)"
Brown, James "Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud (Re-Issue)"
Coheed And Cambria "Year Of The Black Rainbow (+ D/L)"
Controllers "Controllers"
Crime Desire "Every Day In Chains"
Crookers "What Up Y'All"
Darkest Hour "The Eternal Return"
Factory Floor "10" + DVD"
Flaherty, Paul / Nace, Bill "An Airless Field"
Four Tet "Sing 12""
Four Year Strong "Enemy Of The World (+ D/L)"
From Ashes Rise "Live Hell"
Government Issue "Joy Ride"
Haack, Bruce "Hush Little Robot"
Hat City Intuitive, The "A Ticket For Decay!"
Jucifer "Throned In Blood (+ D/L)"
MGMT "Congratulations (Limited Edition; + D/L)"
Orton, Beth "Trailer Park"
Roach, Max "Percussion Bitter Sweet"
Smith, Jimmy "Paid In Full (Re-Issue)"
Souljazz Orchestra "Rising Sun"
Subhumans (Canada) "Same Thoughts Different Day"
Swellers "My Everest"
These New Puritans "Hidden (+ D/L)"
Trouble "Psalm 9 (Re-Issue)"
Trouble "The Skull (Re-Issue)"
Trouble "Plastic Green Head"
Various Artists "Anatolia Rocks: A Musical Trip Through Turkey 1968-83"
Votolato, Rocky "True Devotion (+ D/L; Blue/White Vinyl Ltd. Ed.)"
Watson Twins "Talking To You Talking To Me"
X 'Wild Gift (Re-Mastered; 180 Gram)"


7"s
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Lady Gaga "Telephone (Ltd. Ed. Picture Disc)"


CDs
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108 "18.61"
Bleeding Through "Bleeding Through"
Candles "Between The Sounds"
Celtic Frost "Monotheist"
Coheed And Cambria "Year Of The Black Rainbow"
Dead Meadow "Three Kings (+DVD)"
Ikonika "Contact, Love, Want, Have"
King Kaki "Junior (Dlx)"
Meth, Ghost, Rae "Wu Massacre (Explicit)"
Nice Nice "Extra Wow"
Pop, Iggy & The Stooges "Raw Power (2CD Legacy Ed.)"
Rosetta / Year Of No Light / East Of The Wall
Sultan, Mark "$"
Wu-Tang "Meets Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter The Dubstep"
X Marks The Pedwalk "Inner Zone Journey"


DVDs
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Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
High Kick Girl

10 DAYS! until 3 Yr. Celebrations & Update 4-2-10

Before getting into the update, let me remind you that in 10 DAYS we'll be celebrating our 3rd Year Anniversary with a week-long sale, new hours and a multitude of events. Please visit this post for the full details: http://redscrollrecords.blogspot.com/2010/03/april-3-year-anniversary-sale-record.html

This Sunday, April 4, 2010 we will be closed to run free with the bunnies causing mischief.


2nd of April 2010 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12"s
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Addison Groove "Footcrab Dumbsh*t"
Alexisonfire "Old Crows / Young Cardinals"
Baby Huey "The Baby Huey Story: Living Legend"
Black Tambourine "Black Tambourine"
Blakey, Art Jazz Messengers "A Night In Tunisia"
Cash, Johnny "American VI: Ain't No Grave"
Controllers "Controllers"
Cook, Tony & Dam Funk "What's On Your Mind?"
Crime Desire "Every Day In Chains"
Crusaders Of Love "Never Grow Up"
Darkest Hour "The Eternal Return"
Distance "Menace"
Dum Dum Girls "I Will Be"
Factums "A Primitive Future (OST)"
Freeway & Jake One "The Stimulus Package"
From Ashes Rise "Live Hell"
Future Islands "In The Fall"
Hooker, John Lee "I'm John Lee Hooker"
Jawbreaker "Unfun"
Khorshid, Omar "Guitar El Chark"
Koner, Thomas "La Barca"
Mi Ami "Steal Your Face (+ D/L)"
Motor City Drum Ensemble "Raw Cuts #1 & #2"
Nadja "Under The Jaguar Sun"
Pajo "Scream With Me (+ CD)"
Rites Of Spring "(End On End) (+ D/L)"
Robedoor "Burners"
Rocket Summer, The "Of Men And Angels"
Sam & Dave "Soul Men"
Silkie Vs. Delphic "Halcyon"
Sinaloa "Night Vision"
Soul Searchers, The "We The People"
Sun Araw "On Patrol"
Swellers "My Everest"
These New Puritans "Beat Pyramid"
Various Artists "The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 1: Ethnic Music Classics 1925-48"
Various Artists "Anatolia Rocks: A Musical Trip Through Turkey 1968-83"
Wooden Shjips "Volume Two"
Young Widows "Live Radio Performance"


7"s
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Black Lips "Does She Want"
Folded Shirt
High Life "Self-Abuse"
Homostupids "Night Deacon"
Migraine "Weird Tales"
School Jerks
Ty Segall "Caesar"
Skullflower / White Medal
Slippery Slopes "Sad Tugs"
Various Artists "Welcome To Golden... II"
Various Production / Silt "How..."
Vivian Girls "My Love Will Follow Me"


CDs
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Black Breath "Heavy Breathing"
Bonnie Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang "The Wonder Show Of The World"
Bystorm / Pulling Teeth
Darkane "Demonic Art (+DVD)"
Kevin Drumm "Kevin Drumm (1st Album Re-Issue)"
Kevin Drumm "Second (Re-Issue)"
Electric Wizard "Pre-Electric Wizard 1989-1993"
Illusion Of Safety "Probe (Re-Issue)"
Jakes "Hench Mixtape V.1"
Ka Ping, Lo "Lost Sounds (World Arbiter)"
Kid606 "Songs About Fucking Steve Albini"
King Khan And His Shrines "Three Hairs..."
Meth, Ghost & Rae "Wu Massacre"
Nadja Under The Jaguar Sun
Skullflower "This Is... (Re-Issue)"
Wooden Shjips "Volume 2"


Cassetes
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Fennesz "Szampler"


Magazines
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Special Interests #2
Tape Op #76

We will be closed on Sunday (April 4, 2010).

We will be closed on Sunday, April 4th. The church next door will have full reign over the parking lot, I'm sure. Enjoy your time with your family &/or enjoy the outdoors. Play some records really loud and point the speakers out the window too.