Archive | April, 2010

Update: Suburban Home/Vinyl Collective Move, Free Shit, Get Up Kids, Murder By Death, Rocky Votolato/Chad Price

I hope everyone understands that we made the decision to take 3 days off after what was one of the longest weeks of my life. I worked day and night from Sunday through Thursday in an effort to tie up some loose ends, pack everything up, give stuff away, send out orders, and make our big move. Without boring you with every single detail, I will say that on Thursday night, we were out rolling out of our storage space at 8:43 pm (the gates automatically lock at 8:45 pm). I had a beer in hand and food on the way at a local watering hole at 8:56 pm. We all worked about as hard as a small group of people can work and all took Friday off and did our best to do nothing the entire weekend. I got a massage on Friday and spent the rest of the weekend with my family who were neglected all week long.

We will begin shipping orders again tomorrow, but bare with us as we still have a lot of work to do putting things on shelves, rearranging things, and all the normal odds and ends associated with moving. I do want to offer a few updates on Pre-orders, Free Shit, and the like:

  • FREE SHIT – according to our store, we still have 16 “items” called FREE SHIT. We still have a lot of free shit to send out so make sure you are one of those 16 orders getting our FREE SHIT. There are a lot of good records and other items and we will do our best to match everything you order with an equal amount of FREE SHIT.
  • THE GET UP KIDS “Simple Science” LP pre-orders – Simple Psyence, based in Arizona began the long drive to Colorado yesterday to hand-deliver the records. We will have them either late tonight or early tomorrow morning. Depending on when they arrive, we will begin shipping records out the following day. I can’t wait to see them.
  • MURDER BY DEATH “Good Morning, Magpie” LP pre-orders – on Thursday as we were moving out, we received a shipment from Murder by Death which I can only assume is the new album. We didn’t have time to check them in but will do so today. If I remember correctly, we might have only received the simple version, but will have the fancy version soon after.
  • Rocky Votolato / Chad Price split 7″ – These will be shipping to us any day now. If they ship by tomorrow, we will have them by Friday. If they ship on Wednesday, we will have them on Monday. In either case, those pre-orders will ship shortly.
  • I was asked via email if we were going out of business, I can say with certainty that this is not the case. We are about to make a really big announcement about the next chapter of Vinyl Collective and until that happens, we can’t really discuss it. Stay tuned; we are all excited.

There are a few updates for you. Expect more updates shortly.

Vinyl Collective Top 40 Sales for February 2010

1 THE GET UP KIDS “Simple Science” 12″ EP baby blue vinyl (Vinyl Collective Exclus 257 copies
2 LOOK MEXICO ?To Bed to Battle? LP Salmon/Orange Colored Vinyl 131 copies
3 SUBURBAN HOME RECORDS Mix Tape Volume 3 “A Quarter Closer to the End” CD (5 Cop 129 copies
4 THE GET UP KIDS “Simple Science” 12″ EP green marble vinyl 101 copies
4 THE GET UP KIDS “Simple Science” 12″ EP 180 gram black vinyl 101 copies
6 FREE SHIT 66 copies
7 MATT PRYOR “Confidence Man” LP coke bottle green vinyl 52 copies
8 JAWBREAKER “Unfun” LP (12 songs) w/ download code (16 songs) 42 copies
9 THE SWELLERS “My Everest” LP clear blue vinyl 40 copies
10 THE RIOT BEFORE “Fists Buried In Pockets” LP blue vinyl 37 copies
11 LOOK MEXICO ?To Bed to Battle? CD 35 copies
12 LIFETIME “Jersey’s Best Dancers” LP Gold Vinyl 34 copies
13 PELICAN ?What We All Come To Need? dbl LP red vinyl 32 copies
14 12″ Record Jacket SLEEVE with 1-1/2″ RESEAL Flap 31 copies
14 LEATHERFACE / YESTERDAY?S RING Tour Split 7″ and Silk-Screened Poster w/ Poster 31 copies
16 SUBURBAN HOME RECORDS Mix Tape Volume 2 “Greetings From The Left Coa” CD (5 Copi 30 copies
17 COBRA SKULLS bandana 29 copies
18 LIFETIME “Jersey’s Best Dancers” LP Red Vinyl 27 copies
19 FRANK TURNER / CRAZY ARM “Long Live the Queen (Live)”/”Still to Keep” split 7″ 26 copies
20 LOOK MEXICO ?To Bed to Battle? DIGITAL ALBUM (mp3) 25 copies
20 MICAH SCHNABEL ?When the Stage Light Goes Dim? LP Green w/ White (Minty) Vinyl 25 copies
22 LOOK MEXICO ?To Bed to Battle? LP Deluxe Set 24 copies
22 THE MARS VOLTA “Frances the Mute” triple LP (original pressing) 24 copies
22 7” Record Jacket Sleeves (20) 7-1/4″ x 7-1/4 24 copies
25 TIM BARRY/ FRANK TURNER split 7″ blue vinyl 18 copies
25 BRENDAN KELLY / JOE MCMAHON ?Wasted Potential? LP / Coffee Mug 18 copies
27 ROCKY VOTOLATO / CHAD PRICE split 7″ Blue Vinyl 17 copies
27 MICAH SCHNABEL ?When the Stage Light Goes Dim? DIGITAL ALBUM (mp3) 17 copies
29 LOOK MEXICO “You Stay. I Go. No Following.” 7″ frosty blue vinyl 16 copies
29 PORTUGAL THE MAN “It’s Complicated Being a Wizard” LP 16 copies
29 CHUCK RAGAN “Gold Country” LP clear w/ gold splat vinyl 16 copies
29 INK & LEAD / SISTER KISSER split LP (VC Exclusive) 16 copies
33 SPARTA “Threes” dbl LP white vinyl 15 copies
33 DRAG THE RIVER / CHRIS WOLLARD & THE SHIP THIEVES 7″ 15 copies
35 ROCKY VOTOLATO ?True Devotion? LP Clear/White Vinyl 14 copies
35 MICAH SCHNABEL ?When the Stage Light Goes Dim? CD 14 copies
35 LIFETIME “Jersey’s Best Dancers” LP White Vinyl 14 copies
38 ROCKY VOTOLATO ?True Devotion? LP Blue/White Vinyl 13 copies
38 BLINK 182 “Enema Of The State” LP green vinyl 13 copies
38 JONAH MATRANGA/ FRANK TURNER split LP yellow vinyl 13 copies
38 COBRA SKULLS “Sitting Army” LP transparent green vinyl 13 copies
42 AUSTIN LUCAS/ THE TAKERS split 7″ frosty blue vinyl 12 copies