i get all my records from Big Lots or Ollie's Bargain Outlet
Where do you shop for records?
Penguin Feather!
http://www.amoebamusic.com
http://www.emusic.com
Can't remember buying an album from anywhere else in quite sometime.
http://www.emusic.com
Can't remember buying an album from anywhere else in quite sometime.
Originally posted by HERR PROFESSOR DOKTOR DOOM:That was the answer for the 'Where do you shop for whippets?' thread.
Penguin Feather!
sam goody, only because i work there and get the discount, by the way all of the sam goodys in this area are shutting down except for the gallery (in baltimore i think), union station (in DC) and i think fredreck
STOP THE PRESSES!!!
Apparently, kids still buy CDs (or at least their parents do).
NEW YORK (Billboard) - After seven weeks on the chart, the soundtrack to Disney Channel's "High School Musical" jumped five places to No. 1 on the U.S. albums chart Wednesday, becoming the first set from a TV show to lead the list since "Miami Vice" spent 11 weeks there in late 1985/early 1986.
The Walt Disney Records set sold 101,000 copies in the week ended February 26, according to Nielsen SoundScan data issued Wednesday. With a sales increase of 4%, it was the only title in the top 20 that saw a gain.
Tracks from the collection have been making news recently as well. In early February, there were no fewer than nine cuts from the soundtrack on the Hot 100 singles chart, five of which ranked in the top 40.
Another kid-friendly title, "Kidz Bop 9," debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 98,000 copies. Featuring sing-along covers of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together," Weezer's "Beverly Hills" and Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends," the Razor & Tie set managed the best-selling week for the series and its highest chart post. The previous best was set by "Kidz Bop 8," which last year peaked at No. 6.
Last week's champion, Jaheim's "Ghetto Classics" (Warner Bros.) tumbled to No. 10 with 59,000 copies in its second round.
The top debut belonged to British buzz band Arctic Monkeys' first album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (Domino), which arrived at No. 24. The album recently made waves across the Atlantic by becoming the fastest-selling debut in U.K. chart history with 360,000 copies, but it managed to sell only 34,000 copies in the United States.
Jack Johnson's "Curious George" soundtrack (Universal) fell one place to No. 3 with 89,000 copies, two weeks after debuting at No. 1. Another former chart-topper, Mary J. Blige's "The Breakthrough" (Geffen) held at No. 4, with 76,000 units.
With his single "You're Beautiful" currently at No. 2 on the Hot 100, U.K. balladeer James Blunt's "Back to Bedlam" climbed three places to a new high of No. 5 with 72,000 copies. Barry Manilow's former chart-topper "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties" (Arista) fell three to No. 6 with 66,000 units.
Andrea Bocelli's "Amore" (Universal) dipped two places to No. 7 with 65,000 copies. The Eminem retrospective "Curtain Call: The Hits" (Interscope) rose two places to No. 8 with 73,000 copies, while Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts" (Arista) fell two to No. 9 with 61,000.
The Motown soundtrack to current box office champ "Madea's Family Reunion" bowed at No. 26 with 33,000 copies.
At 11 million units, overall CD sales were down by 10% from the previous week and down 1% compared to the same week a year ago. Sales for 2006 were down 2% compared to 2005 at 86.8 million units.
Reuters/Billboard
Apparently, kids still buy CDs (or at least their parents do).
NEW YORK (Billboard) - After seven weeks on the chart, the soundtrack to Disney Channel's "High School Musical" jumped five places to No. 1 on the U.S. albums chart Wednesday, becoming the first set from a TV show to lead the list since "Miami Vice" spent 11 weeks there in late 1985/early 1986.
The Walt Disney Records set sold 101,000 copies in the week ended February 26, according to Nielsen SoundScan data issued Wednesday. With a sales increase of 4%, it was the only title in the top 20 that saw a gain.
Tracks from the collection have been making news recently as well. In early February, there were no fewer than nine cuts from the soundtrack on the Hot 100 singles chart, five of which ranked in the top 40.
Another kid-friendly title, "Kidz Bop 9," debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 98,000 copies. Featuring sing-along covers of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together," Weezer's "Beverly Hills" and Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends," the Razor & Tie set managed the best-selling week for the series and its highest chart post. The previous best was set by "Kidz Bop 8," which last year peaked at No. 6.
Last week's champion, Jaheim's "Ghetto Classics" (Warner Bros.) tumbled to No. 10 with 59,000 copies in its second round.
The top debut belonged to British buzz band Arctic Monkeys' first album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (Domino), which arrived at No. 24. The album recently made waves across the Atlantic by becoming the fastest-selling debut in U.K. chart history with 360,000 copies, but it managed to sell only 34,000 copies in the United States.
Jack Johnson's "Curious George" soundtrack (Universal) fell one place to No. 3 with 89,000 copies, two weeks after debuting at No. 1. Another former chart-topper, Mary J. Blige's "The Breakthrough" (Geffen) held at No. 4, with 76,000 units.
With his single "You're Beautiful" currently at No. 2 on the Hot 100, U.K. balladeer James Blunt's "Back to Bedlam" climbed three places to a new high of No. 5 with 72,000 copies. Barry Manilow's former chart-topper "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties" (Arista) fell three to No. 6 with 66,000 units.
Andrea Bocelli's "Amore" (Universal) dipped two places to No. 7 with 65,000 copies. The Eminem retrospective "Curtain Call: The Hits" (Interscope) rose two places to No. 8 with 73,000 copies, while Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts" (Arista) fell two to No. 9 with 61,000.
The Motown soundtrack to current box office champ "Madea's Family Reunion" bowed at No. 26 with 33,000 copies.
At 11 million units, overall CD sales were down by 10% from the previous week and down 1% compared to the same week a year ago. Sales for 2006 were down 2% compared to 2005 at 86.8 million units.
Reuters/Billboard
Originally posted by ryanbender87:Why?
by the way all of the sam goodys in this area are shutting down except for the gallery (in baltimore i think), union station (in DC) and i think fredreck
Originally posted by vansmack:Really wish there was one around here…
http://www.amoebamusic.com
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:Yeah I'm really sure artists are going to bitch at the fact their CD is more available for everyone to pick up easier instead of just downloading/stealing it. If the CDs are more available at more locations, people will buy them. Being in a band, it's always nice to find out that our CD is available in some of the bigger chains like Best Buy, Virgin, Tower, etc.
So how do artists feel about the situation? "Artists have never complained to us that their record was in a chain store or on sale at a chain store," McCaughan told Pitchfork. "However, artists have often complained if they couldn't find their records in a chain store."
Although the $7.99 promotion has ended, and most of the "Artists Outside the Mainstream" titles are now selling for a sensible $12.99, the principle remains: Don't take your local independent record stores for granted.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/06-02/23.shtml
I wish our record label would do something like this with Best Buy for an end-cap promotion of $7.99! Instead Best Buy is selling our CDs for $15 :(
There's a new underground music store opening up in Annandale called Strangeland Records. Most of you won't like it but I'm sure if you started talking to them now, they could branch out with more indie stuff. They're targeting more of the punk, metal, industrial and electronica genres.
MindCage
Mindless Faith
Deep6 Productions
the sam goodys are shutting down because the company voluntarily filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. they were already shutting down their sister company musicland everywhere, leaving only sam goody music and suncoast video, but now there is talks that the people behind F.Y.E have bid on the company
Originally posted by amnesiac:It takes a different state of mind really.
Originally posted by vansmack:Really wish there was one around here…
http://www.amoebamusic.com
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:hahaha!
Originally posted by HERR PROFESSOR DOKTOR DOOM:That was the answer for the 'Where do you shop for whippets?' thread.
Penguin Feather!
so i went to the sam goody in monkey county mall today and will have to say, do they ever have a load of crap in stock. the trip was only salvaged with a 40% off purchase of the Nuggets III and Sire boxsets. Got the Stooges Fun House, the Greenhornes, and the T. Rex concert Dvd. The best find was the Threesome soundtrack with Teenage Fanclub doing "Like a Virgin"… The had a couple of the Nuggets and several of the Girl Girls group boxsets left. and some stuff i'd consider buying when the percentage gets up around 70% off…
Crooked Beat all the way. Great shop and great guys too. Online I like to order from darla.com and tonevendor.com—both great places if you're looking for more interesting selections than just Franz Ferdinand and The Killers.
Yeah, Tonevendor. My favorite!
I use to use Darla until I found out that they never paid my friend for the CDs from his label that he sent them.
No matter what anyone says, I like Amazon too.
For walk-ins, I tend to use Record & Tape Traders, Soundgarden, CD Depot and a very rare deal maybe at Best Buy.
And then there are the odd balls from shows and direct from band and label websites.
I use to use Darla until I found out that they never paid my friend for the CDs from his label that he sent them.
No matter what anyone says, I like Amazon too.
For walk-ins, I tend to use Record & Tape Traders, Soundgarden, CD Depot and a very rare deal maybe at Best Buy.
And then there are the odd balls from shows and direct from band and label websites.