I just met up with the folks from the Revival Tour to get some of the Revival Tour programs and double compilation CDs. For those of you who don’t know, they not only had to cancel their Denver date due to weather, but they had to cancel Salt Lake City last night and Bozeman, Montana tonight. They have been stuck in Nebraska waiting for I-80 to reopen and they are hopeful that they can make it out to Seattle tomorrow night. Because they are in a bus, they are losing lots of money not having shows. Their spirits are high, because those are the type of people they are, but if you have been on the fence about going to out to see the tour, please make sure you go. This is the greatest tour each year and it needs your support. I am so bummed I missed the tour in Denver, but that was out of my hands. I got to meet Bob Lucas, Austin’s dad, and am so bummed I missed him. It was really great to see all the guys and gal (Audra Mae), and I hope you all get to do the same.

Chuck gave me a box of Revival Tour double CD samplers and I will be putting them up for sale on Monday. I will also be sending out the Revival Tour program with orders. Even if you don’t normally buy CDs, I urge you to purchase this album. Not only is it one of the greatest collection of Americana/Roots/Folks/Alt-Country, but I have decided to give every penny we receive from the sale of the Cd to Chuck and the Revival Tour. Even if you didn’t or don’t plan to make it out to one of the shows, you should consider buying a comp CD and supporting what these guys do.

Expect more info on Monday, but please make sure these guys and gal are in your thoughts. They are some of my favorite people and I hope they can make it out to Seattle’s show tomorrow night.

User Evopop has just listed some more records. This time around, they brought in records by Skankin Pickle (so stoked on those), Nobodys (these used to fetch a lot of money at one time), NOFX, Samiam, Skiploader, Murder City Devils, and many more.

For those interested in selling, we will be launching this in full effect next week and open it to all sellers. I think we have a pretty solid system down so far and have worked out a lot of the kinks. Get your records ready and be ready to list them for sale through our Used Vinyl Sales.

Click any link and you can see a list of all the records for sale by Evopop.

USED RAY AND PORCELL “s/t (Fame)” 7″
USED SKANKIN’ PICKLE “Eric Yee” 7″
USED SKIPLOADER “Name Dropping” 7″
USED THE APPLES “Eye Wonder” LP
USED RINGERS/ BLOTTO “Split” 7″
USED DISFEAR “Powerload” 7″
USED MURDER CITY DEVILS “R.I.P 1996:2001″ 2XLP
USED NAKATOMI PLAZA “Unsettled” LP
USED NOBODYS “Minus One” 7″
USED NOBODYS “VML Live” 7″
USED NOFX “Fuck the Kids” 7″
USED PENNYWISE “Tomorrow” 7″
USED PIVOT “Oscillator” 7″
USED PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS “Up in Them Guts” LP
USED PLEASURE FOREVER “S/t” 2XLP
USED PROTESTI “8-Track EP” 7″
USED THE PURPOSE “Art as a Weapon” 7″
USED THE PURPOSE “What’s In Worth” 7″
USED PYRAMIDS “Following the Tracks=2C Forcing Motion Through Phases” LP
USED RAILHEAD “I am You” 7″
USED RESPIRA “This is not What You Had Planned” LP
USED ROGUE WAVE “Out of the Shadow” LP
USED SAMIAM “Astray” LP
USED SHELTER “Message to the Bhagavat” 7″
USED SIX PARTS SEVEN “Casually Smashed to Pieces” LP
USED SKANKIN PICKLE “Green” LP
USED SLAYER/ TSOL “Abolish Government” 7″
USED THE PIST “Ideas Are Bulletproof” LP
USED SICKNESS/ WOLF EYES “There Is Part Of Me That You Will Never Know” LP

I figured that like me, many of you, might be interested in the numbers of how the raffle worked, how many tickets the winners bought, and the disbursement of tickets sold. Make sure you buy tickets for Raffle Tickets Round 2.

1. Alexis Charlebois-Laurin – Grand Prize – $500 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store (bought only 2 tickets)
2. Dan Manning – First Prize – $250 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store (bought only 1 ticket)
3. Fran Chismar – Second Prize – $125 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store (bought 2 tickets)
4. Richard Roe – Third Prize – $75 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store (bought 1 ticket)
5. Nick Corp – Fourth Prize – $50 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store (bought 10 tickets)

Here is the breakdown of tickets sold.

42 bought 1 ticket
41 bought 2 tickets
7 bought 3 tickets
2 bought 4 tickets
7 bought 5 tickets
1 bought 6 tickets
14 bought 10 tickets

Friends, I will be away from my computer for most of the remainder of the day. We just cracked open our last bottle of Stranahans and are ready to pack some orders. Seabron is drinking hers in her Tea. The rest of us have it on the rocks. With the snow coming down the way it is and a mountain of orders awaits, we figured what better time to crack open a bottle of Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. Here’s hoping you are staying warm and having something to drink.

LEMURIA “Ozzy” 7″ black vinyl
LEMURIA “Ozzy” 7″ tan vinyl
LEMURIA “Ozzy” 7″ blue vinyl

A brand new 7″ being released by Hex Records. Comes with a digital download card with 1 extra song on it that is not on the vinyl! 3 colors of vinyl over a 1,000 vinyl pressing. 200 on black, 400 on tan, and 400 on blue. We should have copies by late next week. Get the black as we only have 20 coming in stock and my guess are these will be history, soon.

V/A “Protect 2″ CD

PROTECT 2 will be released on December 1, 2009, and will feature 27 tracks from 27 bands including Yesterday’s Ring (Suburban Home), Hit The Switch (Nitro), Greg Ginn & The Taylor Texas Corrugators (SST), and Intro5pect (GC/A-F), and many, many more. Eighteen of the songs included on PROTECT 2 are rare or previously unreleased.

All of the proceeds from this album goes towards a really great benefit. I know many of you don’t purchase CDs, but I highly recommend you pick this one up. The folks who set this up are awesome, too. The Cd is in production as we speak, we should have copies within about 2 to 3 weeks.

AGAINST ME! “Disco Before the Breakdown” 7″ gold/orange vinyl
NORTH LINCOLN “S/T” 7″
GET BENT “Dead It” 7″
FESTIPALS “Gold Magic” 7″
THE LEGENDARY SAN DIEGO CHARGERS/ SUNNYSIDE “Give ‘em Enough Booze” 7″
THE CRUMBS/ THE RIDICULES split 7″
FELLOW PROJECT/ JONESINí split 7″
GHOST MICE/ TACO CAT split 7″
NO FRIENDS “No Friends” LP
USED KIDS “Yeah No” LP
BANNER PILOT “Pass the Poison” one-sided LP

1. Alexis Charlebois-Laurin – Grand Prize – $500 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store
2. Dan Manning – First Prize – $250 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store
3. Fran Chismar – Second Prize – $125 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store
4. Richard Roe – Third Prize – $75 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store
5. Nick Corp – Fourth Prize – $50 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store

Alright friends, we have 5 winners of the Vinyl Collective/Suburban Home Raffle. We shot a video that you can see above of how we picked the winners. You can tell I wasn’t very prepared to do this video, but you get the idea anyways. Congratulations winners. Seabron will soon be in touch with Gift Certificates. For those of you who didn’t win, there is always Round 2.

To answer a few of your questions, yes, my desk is always this messy; 2. we decided that we will be giving the Grand Prize winner the option to break up their Gift Certificate however they like; and 3. yes, I am wearing a beanie; it is cold and snowy outside.

Thanks everyone for participating. I think this will continue to be a neat way to win records.

We are excited to bring you the Stream of CLOAK/DAGGER “Don’t Need A” 7″.

Brand new three song 7″ EP (the 2nd track on the stream is 2 songs in one) from CLOAK/DAGGER! This single charges through the title track “DON’T NEED A” which is taken from their upcoming LP “LOST ART” due out on JADE TREE this NOVEMBER, and is rounded out with two non-LP tracks on the B-side, only available on this single. Comes with a digital download card. LIMITED RED VINYL (OUT OF 200), also availalbe on black vinyl.

Culling from the likes of Black Flag and Circle Jerks along with driving-guitar-groove bands like Hot Snakes and Swiz, Cloak/Dagger inject some applied aggression into their rhythmic crunch. Exmember of Trial By Fire.

Please check out the Stream and if you like what you hear, please share it with others.

Vinyl Collective/Suburban Home Raffle Ticket ROUND 2

My post this morning helped us sell the rest of the Raffle tickets from Round 1. If the weather doesnt’ stop Ralph from coming into the office today, I will be posting a video of our Raffle ticket drawing and announcing winners. Good luck everyone.

If you missed our on Round 1, I have just posted Round 2 Raffle tickets. Remember, the way it works is that when we collect $1,000 (334 raffle tickets), we will award the following prizes:

Grand Prize – $500 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store
First Prize – $250 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store
Second Prize – $125 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store
Third Prize – $75 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store
Fourth Prize – $50 Gift Certificate in the VC/SH Store

Purchase 2 raffle tickets at once and you will receive a free mp3 download of any Suburban Home Records album that is available from our store digitally. Purchase 10 raffle tickets at once and you will receive 1 free digital album and a $10 gift certificate to the Vinyl Collective/Suburban Home store.

If you purchase 2 or 10 Raffle tickets, please email Seabron and she will make sure you receive a digital album and/or gift certificate.

Expect a post later today with first Round Winners.