Phoenix, AZ | New Zia Records Phoenix grand opening: How to get deals, swag and more: Zia Records has opened its biggest store yet at 35th Avenue and Bethany Home Road in Phoenix, offering an even more expansive selection of records, movies, books, games, toys and collectibles while curating a diverse selection that caters to all tastes and interests. The local chain of independent record stores is holding a grand opening celebration for its bigger, brighter location, which replaces its 19th Avenue and Camelback Road store, on Saturday, Sept. 16, with sales, events and more. The new Bethany Home store will open early at 9 a.m., offering the first 100 customers a free $5 Zia Gift Card, 10% off everything (sale items excluded), free Zia swag (while supplies last) and Double Z-Card points on purchases with DJs spinning music, ticket giveaways from Psyko Steve Presents and more.
St. Louis, MO | The vinyl frontier: 6 of the best record stores in St. Louis: Vinyl remains on the rise. In 2022, record sales grew for the 17th straight year, marking a historic resurgence after the medium’s decline in the 1980s. St. Louis record stores have risen to the occasion. The city is a hotbed for turntable enthusiasts thanks to the collection of new and iconic shops that stock shelves full of freshly released and preowned LPs, from rap and hip-hop sounds to country and pop rock albums. Planet Score Records: Planet Score Records is a Maplewood mainstay that serves as the perfect stop-in destination for the area. Find its storefront just steps away from local breweries like Side Project Brewing, Schlafly Bottleworks and popular dining spots like Strange Donuts and Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken. Inside, you’ll find an ever-changing selection of preowned and fresh-pressed vinyl that’s fit for any collector. The combo makes for a perfect afternoon or evening out in Maplewood…
Camberwell, UK | Free live gigs at Camberwell’s Dash The Henge record store, Sat 16th Sept to Sat 4th Nov 2023: We love the Dash The Henge record store in Camberwell, but we can never get them to send us text listings of their upcoming shows. So here’s a photo of their ‘A Board’ showing upcoming live performances and events from Sat 16th Sept to Sat 4th Nov 2023. We ran that through Google’s ‘recognise text’ function and can present you with these copy’n’pastable listings.
Liverpool, UK | Geoff Davies: Probe Records boss and ‘giant’ of Liverpool music dies: Label boss and record shop owner Geoff Davies, who worked with some of Liverpool’s biggest stars, has died. The 80-year-old co-founded the Probe Records shop in 1971 with his former wife Annie and was considered a driving force of the city’s cultural scene. His death, which was announced online by new wave band Deaf School, follows Annie’s own two weeks ago. Peter Hooton, whose band The Farm worked with Davies, said they had been “giants of the Liverpool music scene”. The couple’s record shop, which once saw such musical luminaries as Pete Burns and Julian Cope serving behind the counter, was first located on Clarence Street, off Brownlow Hill, before moving to Button Street, near Mathew Street, in 1976. With the famous Eric’s nightclub just around around the corner, the shop became a regular haunt of the burgeoning talents of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Echo and the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes.
Rosanne Cash Announces 30th Anniversary Expanded and Remastered ‘The Wheel’ Renowned singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash will mark the 30th anniversary of her landmark album The Wheel with an expanded, remastered deluxe edition, dubbed The Wheel 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, set for release on November 17, 2023. The impending collection features the original, remastered album alongside a second live LP featuring Cash’s 1993 Austin City Limits appearance and a rare Columbia Records Radio Hour broadcast. The initial LP was recorded in the early ‘90s when Cash embarked on a new chapter in New York City. The set was co-produced by the musician and her husband, a six-time Grammy-winning producer and songwriter, John Leventhal. The Wheel sparked a reinvention of Cash’s sound and career and represents the beginning of a lifelong creative partnership between the couple.
New Order announce ‘Substance’ box set and long-overdue vinyl reissue: New Order‘s essential 1987 12″ singles collection Substance is getting a deluxe CD box set edition as well as its first-ever vinyl reissue. There’s a cassette edition as well and they’re all out November 10 via Warner Music. All versions feature a remastered edition of the original 12-track album that includes “Blue Monday,” “Temptation,” “Movement,” “Thieves Like Us,” “True Faith,” and more. The CD box set includes the original bonus disc featuring “1963,” great b-sides “Lonesome Tonight” and “Murder,” and more, plus a third disc featuring the original versions of “Tempation” and “Confusion,” dub versions, instrumentals and other versions. The final disc is New Order’s full 1987 live performance at Los Angeles’ Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre where they played Substance in full. Additionally, New Order are repressing three different 12″ singles from the era: “True Faith,” the Shep Pettibone remix of “True Faith”; and their 1988 update of “Blue Monday.” Those are out November 10 as well
Renaissance Records Unveils a Vibrant Collection of Iconic Vinyl Titles: Electric Light Orchestra Part 2, Blue Öyster Cult, Jefferson Airplane, Planet P Project, and Joe Cocker: Renaissance Records U.S. a Phoenix, Arizona-based record label specializing in the re-release of classic rock, country, and indie music is thrilled to announce the release of an enchanting array of vinyl titles that will transport music enthusiasts back in time. Featuring legendary artists Electric Light Orchestra Part 2, Blue Öyster Cult, Jefferson Airplane, Planet P Project, and Joe Cocker, this collection captures the essence of a bygone era. What’s more, these cherished albums will be available on both colored vinyl and exquisite marble variants exclusively through the Renaissance Records website. The alluring melodies of Electric Light Orchestra Part 2’s masterpiece will come to life in a whole new way with the limited edition lemonade-colored vinyl. Fans can now immerse themselves in the distinctive fusion of rock and orchestral sounds that have defined the band’s legacy.
Salem, OR | Vinyl Collector Dad Can’t Decide Whether Kids Should Be Alphabetical or Chronological: Local father of four and avid collector of vinyl records Douglas Buckner is unsure whether his children would be best organized alphabetically or by their year of issue from his spouse, Carol Buckner, according to sources. “Raising kids is tough,” said Buckner while upping his bid on eBay for an original pressing of “Achtung Baby.” “It’s incredibly difficult to keep their schedules, their after-school activities, their various names, especially when there are pros and cons to both alphabetical and chronological methods. For example, if I need to find the one who always smells kind of weird, should I try to remember his name or how he came out at the same time as ‘We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service,’ released by Epic Records on November 11, 2016? It’s impossible to decide.” Buckner’s eldest child Dylan is 13 or, as his father puts it, the same age as The National’s “High Violet.”
