Here is the list of Record Store Day Black Friday releases we will have in stock. Most of these we only have 1 or 2 copies of so they will go fast. We will be opening the doors up in Villa Park at 10AM. Hope to see you there!

Alice In Chains
Amanda Palmer
Anthrax
Bangles
Beach Boys
Ben Folds
Big Star
Billy Idol
Bob & Doug McKenzie
Bolt Thrower
Butch Walker
The Cars
Charles Fox & Bob Crewe “Barbarella”
Chet Baker
Dennis Coffey
Eric Church
Fleshtones
Foreigner
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa
Gary Clark Jr.
Get Boys
GWAR
Harry Nilsson
Iggy and the Stooges
Iron Maiden
Jaco Pastorious
Jerry Garcia
Jerry Goldsmith “Chinatown”
Jethro Tull
Jimi Hendrix
The Kinks
Lee “Scratch” Perry
Monkees
Motley Crue
Mouseketeers
Muddy Waters
Ornette Coleman
Otis Redding
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Prophets Of Rage
Raconteurs
Ramones
Regrettes
Revivalists
Rogue Wave
Rolling Stones
Run DMC
Shag Kava (JJ Abrams & Lin Manuel Miranda)
Soundgarden
Stone Roses
Tokyo Police Club
Turtles
Vandals
Venom
Yardbirds
Various – American Noise Vol. 1
Various – And They Killed Christmas
Various – James Brown’s Funky People
Various – Pop The Clutch
Various – South Park: Mr. Hankey’s Christmas
Various – The Wonder Years
Various – Underworld

Yep, we will be participating in RSD Black Friday this year. We will be at our Villa Park location starting at 10AM. As usual, first come, first served. And nope, sorry, we can’t reserve items for you.

Check back here or our Facebook page on Thursday to see the list of items we will have on hand.

Just a quick note to let you know that we will be joining our pals at the Rock House in Glenview this Thursday night, September 1st, for their first ever Vinyl Night. We’ll be spinning some of our favorite tunes from 7:30-9:30. Also, all of their used vinyl will be 10% off that night. We’ll be bringing in some extra vinyl as well and that will be 20% off. If you’ve never been to the Rock House before it’s a very cool place. It’s a music school, it’s a coffee/sandwich shop, it’s a concert venue, it’s a record store. Thursday night will be a great time to check it out and see what it’s all about. They are located at 1742 Glenview Rd., Glenview.

Hope to see you there!

Record Store Day is tomorrow!!! We will be open in Villa Park from 8:30AM-5PM. First come, first served. No reserving of records. Hope you can make it out. Below is a rundown of the RSD items we will have. Some we might have 6 copies of. Some only one. Hopefully you will be able to get your hands on a few of the items you desire.

13th Floor Elevators
Alanis Morissette
Albert King/Paul Butterfield Blues Band
All-American Rejects
The Animals
Anthrax
Bee Gees/Faith No More
Bevis Frond
Big Star
Blitzen Trapper
Bob Dylan
Brandy Clark and Sheryl Crow
Brian Fallon
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
The Challengers
Cheap Trick “At Budokan”
Cheap Trick “Found New Parts”
Clutch
Creedence Clearwater Revival
David Bowie “I Dig Everything”
David Bowie “The Man Who Sold The World”
David Bowie “TVC15”
Death
Death Cab For Cutie
Deerhoof
Devients
Devo’s Gerald Casale
Disturbed
The Doors “Live At The Aquarius”
The Doors “Roadhouse Blues”
Easybeats
Elvis Presley
English Beat
The Faction
Feelies
Five Finger Death Punch
Flaming Lips
Fleetwood Mac
Florence + The Machine
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Gwar
Halestorm
Hope Sandoval
Husker Du
Idle Race
Iggy & The Stooges
Iron Maiden
Jay Reatard
Jethro Tull
Jimi Hendrix
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Joe Strummer
John Coltrane
John Frusciante
Johnny Cash
Johnny Thunders
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Justin Bieber
The Kinks
Madonna
Mark Mothersbaugh
Matthew Sweet
Metallica
Mike McCready, Duff McKagan, Mark Arm & Barrett Martin
The Monkees “Saturday’s Child” 7”
The Move
Mudcrutch
Muddy Waters
Mumford & Sons
Muse
New Barbarians
NOFX
Outkast
Patti Smith
Peter Doherty & James Johnston
Phish
The Remains
Rich Robinson
Rob Zombie
Sex Pistols
The Shaggs
Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle
Skrillex & Diplo
Son Volt
The Sonics
Soul Asylum
Sublime
Superchunk
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Tornadoes
The Turtles
Twenty One Pilots
Various – “Across The Universe” soundtrack
Various – C86
Various – Get Me Home For Tea (UK Psych)
Various – Hallucinations (Psych Pop Nuggets)
Various – Monsters A Go-Go
Various – “Joy” soundtrack
Various – “One Voice”
Various – Sixties Japanese Garage Psych Sampler
Various – Star Wars: The Force Awakens “March Of The Resistance”
Violent Femmes
Warren Zevon/Flamin’ Groovies
Wendy O. Williams
Wolf Alice

Record Store Day is almost upon us! 8 days away to be exact. That’s Saturday April 16th to you and me. We will be open in Villa Park from 8:30AM-5PM. We won’t know what RSD items we’ll have in stock until a day or two before. Keep your eyes on this site and our Facebook page for a full list. Hope you can join us!

Here is our Black Friday list. Some titles we might have one copy of, some we might have four copies of. First come, first served. Hope we’ll be able to hook you up with at least a couple of records on your wish list. Doors open at 9AM (22 S. Villa Ave., Villa Park, IL)
The Arcs – The Arcs vs. The Inventors
B-52’s – Live! 8-24-1979
B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone
Beck – Dreams
Ben Harper – Fight For Your Mind
Big Star – Jesus Christ
Buzzcocks – Another Music In A Different Kitchen
California – Hate The Pilot
Chip Taylor & John Prine – 16 Angels Dancing ‘Cross The Moon
The Clash – s/t
David Bowie – Earthling
Deerhoof – Fever
The Dictators – The Next Big Thing
Dressy Bessy – Lady Liberty
Egyptian Lover – Egypt, Egypt b/w Girls
Get Up Kids – Red Letter Day
Eric Matthews – It’s Heavy In Here
Frank Zappa – Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison
Gang Of Four – Songs Of The Free
Garbage – s/t
Green Day – American Idiot
Howlin’ Wolf – The London Sessions
Janis Joplin – Live At Winterland ’68
Jeff Buckley – Everyday People
Jesus & Mary Chain – Barbed Wire Kisses
Jimi Hendrix – Burning Desire
John Malkovich, Sandro and Eric Alexandrakis – Like A Puppet Show
Johnny Cash – Man In Black Live In Denmark
Johnny Thunders – Daddy Rollin’ Stone
Judas Priest – Painkiller
The Kinks – Dedicated Kinks
The Kinks – Kwyet Kinks
Link Wray – Rumble
Megadeth – The Threat Is Real
MGMT – Time To Pretend
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Live At The Middle East
Neil Hefti – Batman Theme
Neil Finn & Paul Kelly – Goin’ Your Way
Nick Lowe and Los Straightjackets – The Quality Holiday Revue Live
Nine Inch Nails – Halo I-IV
The Offenders – Live At CBGBs
Otis Redding – Shake
Outkast – Stankonia
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson – Say Say Say
Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Run DMC – The Singles Collection
Shuggie Otis – Ice Cream Party
The Sonics – 50
Spoon – TV Set
Stardeath and White Dwarfs + Casket Girls – What Keeps You Up At Night
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – A Legend In The Making
Stone Sour – Straight Outta Burbank
The Sword – High Country
Tenacious D – Live
Garden State OST
High Fidelity OST
Music From Love & Mercy OST
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No OST
The Color Of Noise OST
True Detective OST
Ween – The Pod
The Zombies – The BBC Radio Sessions

Once again we will be celebrating Record Store Day Black Friday at our Villa Park location. We will be open from 9AM-6PM. We won’t know what records we’ll have in stock until a day or two before. Keep checking our Facebook page and this website for a complete list of what will be available. Once again it will be first come, first served. And no, we can’t hold records for people. You have to show up to get them.

Hope you can make it out and join in on the fun!

Hello friends!

Just a quick note to let you know that we are teaming up with our friends at Cornerstone Used Books and are having a Customer Appreciation Day this Saturday, October 3rd, in Villa Park From 9AM-5PM all used vinyl (and books) will be on sale. There will also be giveaways, treats and live music from singer/songwriter Johnny Monaco at 1:00. We couldn’t do this vinyl record thing without your support. This is our little way of saying thanks. Hope you can make it out! (22 S. Villa Ave., Villa Park, IL)

Looks strange, right? The records have been moved, we’re settling into our new digs. We should be good to go by the time our next warehouse sale rolls around in August. Check this space for all updates. In the meantime visit us in Villa Park at Cornerstone Used Books. Thousands of records there for your browsing pleasure. Restocked every couple of weeks or so. And open ’til 8PM on Wednesdays for the rest of the summer. Stop on by!

We will now be open in Villa Park on Wednesdays until 8PM. So go home after work, have some dinner with the family and then come on out and browse some vinyl!

Warehouse sale this Sunday, April 26th, from 9AM-1PM. Lots of records added since last sale. Plenty of $1, $3 and $5 records, which will be half off on Sunday.

We will also have our remaining Record Store Day items available. We also got in some records that were delayed and not ready in time for RSD. First come, first served. No reserving.

Elvis Presley 10″
Mumford & Sons
Dead Milkmen
Supergrass
Syd Barrett/R.E.M.
Dresden Dolls
Venom
The 101ers (Joe Strummer’s pre-Clash band)
Mike Watt
Simon & Garfunkel
Camera Shy
Gram Parsons/The Lemonheads
Flag Of Democracy
Hawkwind “Back On The Streets”
D Generation
Comeback Kid
Bruce Springsteen (The River, Greetings, Wild & Innocent, BITUSA, Darkness)
Steven Price “Fury” soundtrack
The Waterboys
“Sons Of Anarchy” soundtrack
Daniel Ash
Gameface
Slim Dunlop
The Mavericks
Herman’s Hermits
Might Mighty Bosstones
Johnny Winter
The Residents
Dixie Cups
Goldfrapp

As usual we are at 700 Albion Ave., Schaumburg. Park in rear.

Here it is folks. Here are the records we will have in stock for tomorrow’s Record Store Day. We may have one copy, we may have six copies. And sorry no, we can not reserve an item for you. It’s all first come, first served. And please no hoarding. We can’t allow one person to grab all copies of the Grateful Dead box set or all of the White Stripes record. Let’s play fair and give everyone a chance to get some of the records they are after. Thanks for your understanding.

We will be open from 9AM-5PM. 22 S. Villa Ave., Villa Park. Hope to see you there!

101ers, The (feat. Joe Strummer) – Elgin Avenue Breakdown (Revisited) [2LP] (Red Vinyl, limited to 7500, indie-retail exclusive)
Adam & The Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier / Ant Music [7”] (Opaque Gold Vinyl, double A sided, limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Alvin Lee – Still On The Road To Freedom [LP] (first time on vinyl, bonus tracks not on CD, limited to 750, indie-exclusive)
Animals, The – The Animals No. 2 (50th Anniversary) [10” EP] (45RPM, first time available in the U.S., limited indie-exclusive)
Atreyu – So Others May Live [7”] (first new song in 6 years plus a live track, indie-exclusive)
Baseball Project/Minus 5 – Redeyed In Austin [12”] (Red Swirl Vinyl, limited to 1320, indie-retail exclusive)
Billie Joe Armstrong/Travis Barker/Jane Wiedlin – Live Freaky! Die Freaky! [7”] (Picture Disc, limited to 2500, indie-retal exclusive)
Black Keys, The/Junior Kimbrough – Meet Me In The City [7”] (Black Keys Cover of Junior Kimbrough and actual Junior Kimbrough track, limited to 6000, indie-exclusive)
Blitzen Trapper – Harvest [LP] (180 Gram, Live recording of the band covering the Neil Young album ”Harvest”, download, limited indie-exclusive)
Bob Dylan – The Night We Called It A Day / Stay With Me [7”] (Blue Vinyl, limited to 4600, indie-retail exclusive)
Brian Eno – My Squelchy Life [2LP] (first time on vinyl, gatefold, limited to 4000, indie-retail exclusive)
Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A. [LP] (180 Gram, download, indie advance exclusive)
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run [LP] (180 Gram, gatefold, download, indie advance exclusive)
Bruce Springsteen – Darkness On The Edge Of Town [LP] (180 Gram, download, indie advance exclusive)
Bruce Springsteen – Greetings From Ashbury Park, N.J. [LP] (180 Gram, download, indie advance exclusive)
Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska [LP] (180 Gram, download, indie advance exclusive)
Bruce Springsteen – The River [2LP] (180 Gram, gatefold, download, indie advance exclusive)
Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle [LP] (180 Gram, download, indie advance exclusive)
Built to Spill – Untethered Moon [LP+CD] (500 Transparent Blue Randomly Mixed Vinyl, limited to 10000, indie-retail exclusive)
Buzzcocks – The Way / Generation Suicide [7”] (Colored Vinyl, new song plus RSD exclusive track, one-time pressing limited to 1200, indie-exclusive)
Camera Shy – Crystal Clear [7”] (Colored Vinyl, limited to 500, indie-retail exclusive)
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band – Rough Raw And Amazing [2LP] (180 Gram, Colored Vinyl, gatefold, limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Carcass – Choice Cuts [2LP] (Red And Clear Splatter Vinyl, gatefold, limited to 1500, indie-exclusive)
Chet Atkins – My Brother Sings [LP] (180 Gram, lost LP finally on vinyl, limited to 2000, indie-exclusive)
Citizen Dick (Pearl Jam) – Touch Me I’m Dick [7”] (Mudhoney cover from the movie ”Singles,” b-side etching, limited to 5000, indie-retail exclusive)
Clutch – From Beale Street To Oblivion (Special Edition) [2LP] (Deep Purple Vinyl, first time on vinyl, limited to 1000, indie-exclusive)
Cold War Kids – Five Quick Cuts [10”] (unreleased bonus tracks, new instrumental song, limited to 2000, indie-exclusive)
Comeback Kid – Rain City Sessions +1 [10”] (White Vinyl with 150 randomly selected Clear Red copies, unreleased live tracks, limited to 1850, indie-exclusive)
D Generation – Queens Of A [10”] (first new material in 15 years, limited to 500, indie-exclusive)
D.R.I. – Live at CBGB’s 1984 [LP] (White Vinyl, limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Dandy Warhols – Dandys Rule OK [2LP] (Audiophile Colored Vinyl, gatefold, numbered/limited to 2000, first time on vinyl, indie-retail exclusive)
Daniel Ash (of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) – Stripped [2LP] (180 Gram, Opaque Yellow Vinyl, download, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
David Bowie – Changes [7”] (Picture Disc, limited to 6000, indie-retail exclusive)
Dead Milkmen, The – Beelzebubba [LP] (Limited to 3900 Blue & random 100 White Colored Vinyl, includes ”Punk Rock Girl,” indie-exclusive)
Death By Stereo – If Looks Could Kill, I’d Watch You Die [LP] (Colored Vinyl, limited, indie-retail exclusive)
Decemberists, The – Picaresque [LP] (Red Vinyl, postcard set, booklet, limited to 3500, indie-retail exclusive)
Deep Purple – Black Night / Speed King [7”] (Blue Vinyl, limited to 7500, indie-retail exclusive)
Dixie Cups, The – Chapel Of Love [LP] (first time available in over 40 years, limited indie-exclusive)
Doors, The – Strange Days [LP] (MONO 180 Gram, limited to 7500, indie-retail exclusive)
Dresden Dolls – The Virginia Monologues [3LP] (Black/White Marble, Red/White Marble, Blue/White Marble Vinyl, poster, numbered/limited to 7000, indie-retail exclusive)
Echosmith – Acoustic Dreams [LP] (White Vinyl, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
Emitt Rhodes / Chris Price – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart / Please Read Me [7”] (Red Vinyl, limited to 700, indie-retail exclusive)
Erasure – The Violet Flame Remixes [12” EP] (Red Vinyl, limited to 400, indie-retail exclusive)
Everly Brothers, The – 15 Everly Hits 15 [LP] (greatest hits, first time available in almost 50 years, limited indie-exclusive)
Flag Of Democracy – Love Songs [7”] (Splattered Pink & Green Vinyl, four different cover colors, limited to 1700, indie-retail exclusive)
Flaming Lips, The – Bad Days [10”] (White, Green & Yellow Colored Vinyl, limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Foo Fighters – Songs From The Laundry Room [10”] (four previously unavailable tracks, indie-exclusive)
Frank Zappa – 200 Motels [7”] (indie-retail exclusive, limited)
Gameface – Every Last Time [LP] (Translucent Gold vinyl, download, limited, indie-retail exclusive)
Garbage – TBD [10”] (Fluorescent Orange Vinyl, 2 original tracks, limited indie-exclusive)
Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain [LP] (Colored Vinyl, reissue of debut album from 2000, first time available in US on vinyl, limited indie-exclusive)
Gov’t Mule – Stoned Side Of The Mule Volume 2 [LP] (Rolling Stones Covers, limited to 3500, indie-exclusive)
Gram Parsons/Lemonheads – Side By Side: Brass Buttons [7”] (Bronze And Baby Pink Vinyl, limited to 7000, indie-retail exclusive)
Grandmaster Flash/Stiff Little Fingers – Side By Side: The Message [7”] (Red And Yellow Splatter on Olive Green Vinyl, limited to 5500, indie-retail exclusive)
Grateful Dead – Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY 3/29/90 [5LP Box] (180 Gram, etching, limited to 7500, indie-retail exclusive)
Gregg Allman – TBD [10” EP] (Picture Disc, 2 unreleased live tracks and 2 tracks never before on vinyl, limited indie-exclusive)
Grizzly Bear – Horn Of Plenty [LP] (Transparent Splatter Vinyl, download of album plus 17 bonus remixes, limited to 4000, indie-retail exclusive)
GWAR – America Must Be Destroyed [2LP] (45RPM, Pop Up Album Art, limited to 3000, indie-exclusive)
Happy Mondays – Pills Thrills ‘n’ Bellyaches [LP] (180 Gram, Yellow Vinyl, 25th Anniversary, includes ”Step On” and ”Kinky Afro”, limited to 5500, indie-retail exclusive)
Hawkwind – Back On The Streets/The Dream Of Isis [7”] (White Vinyl, limited To 700, indie-retail exclusive)
Hawkwind – Hawkwind [LP] (180 Gram, Orange Vinyl, gatefold, limited to 5000, indie-retail exclusive)
Hedwig And The Angry Inch – Original Broadway Cast Recording [LP] (Pink Vinyl, download, foil stamped, numbered/limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
Herman’s Hermits – Blaze [LP] (180 Gram, first time on vinyl in over 40 years, limited indie-exclusive)
Hold Steady, The – Boys and Girls In America [LP] (180 Gram, random Purple or White Vinyl, download, reissue of 2006 album, limited indie-exclusive)
Jeff Beck – Hi Ho Silver Lining/Beck’s Bolero [7”] (Red Vinyl, picture sleeve, notes by Gene Simmons, limited to 1750, indie-exclusive)
Jeff Beck – Love Is Blue / I’ve Been Drinking [7”] (Blue Vinyl, sourced from the original mono master reels, limited to 2000, indie-exclusive)
Jeff Beck – Tallyman/Rock My Plimsoul [7”] (Gold Vinyl, rare photos, notes by Gene Simmons, limited to 1750, indie-exclusive)
Jerry Garcia – Garcia (Compliments) [LP] (Translucent Green Vinyl, limited/numbered, embosed cover, indie-exclusive)
Jesse Malin – Hardcore Feeling [10”] (never before released tracks, limited to 500, indie-exclusive)
Jethro Tull – Live At Carnegie Hall 1970 [2LP] (180 Gram, gatefold, limited to 8000, indie-retail exclusive)
Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze b/w Freedom (Live at The Atlanta Pop Festival, July 4, 1970) [7”] (limited to 5000, indie-retail exclusive)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Flashback (Collection of Rarities) [2LP+CD] (Blue 140 Gram, first time on vinyl, gatefold, CD of album plus bonus footage, limited indie-exclusive)
John Oates – Close b/w Let’s Drive [7”] (limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Johnny Cash – Koncert v Praze (In Prague- Live) [LP] (180 Gram, Soviet Red Vinyl, limited to 5000, indie-retail exclusive)
Johnny Marr – I Feel You (Depeche Mode cover) b/w Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (Live) [7”] (limited to 4000, indie-retail exclusive)
Johnny Winter – It’s My Life, Baby [LP] (180 Gram, vinyl-only release, compilation, download, limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Johnny Winter – Live Bootleg Series Volume 4 [LP] (180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl, Clear Vinyl, limted to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Junior Wells – It’s My Life Baby! [LP] (remastered 1966 iconic blues classic, limited indie-exclusive)
Justin Townes Earle – Live at Grimey’s [10” EP] (8 songs, download, limited indie-exclusive)
Kate Pierson (of The B-52s) – Don’t Sting The Bee [7”] (Red Vinyl, limited to 500, indie-retail exclusive)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – A Little Something From The Road, Vol. 1 [Live EP] [12”] (limited indie-exclusive)
Kinks, The – Kinksize Hits [7” EP] (50th Anniversary, not available in over 40 years, 4 track EP includes ”You Really Got Me” and ”All Day And All Of The Night”, limited indie-exclusive)
Kinks, The – Kinksize Session [7” EP] (50th Anniversary, not available in over 40 years, 4 track EP includes ”Louie Louie”, limited indie-exclusive)
Kinks, The – You Really Got Me (Live) / Milk Cow Blues (Live) [7”] (never before released in the US, limited indie-exclusive)
Lemonheads, The – Bored On The 4th July [12”] (180 Gram, White Vinyl, download, limited to 500, indie-retail exclusive)
Mastodon – Atlanta [12”] (Picture Disc, limited to 4100, indie-retail exclusive)
Mavericks, The – Mono [LP] (new album, download, limited indie advance exclusive)
Metallica – No Life Til Leather (Cassette Tape, 1982 demos with original line-up, remastered, limited, indie-retail exclusive)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The – Question The Answers [LP] (Limited to 2900 Blue & random 100 Yellow/Red Split Colored Vinyl, indie-exclusive)
Mike Watt + The Secondmen / EV Kain – Shit On Me / Striking Out [7”] (Clear Vinyl, limited to 1100, indie-retail exclusive)
Miles Davis – The Prestige 10” Collection: Vol. 2 [5×10” Box] (limited indie-exclusive)
Of Montreal – Snare Lustrous Doomings [2LP] (180 Gram, Yellow And Orange Vinyl, gatefold, download, booklet, photos, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
Otis Redding – Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sing Soul [2LP+7”] (180 Gram, Blue 7”, first time on vinyl, limited to 7500, indie-retail exclusive)
Paul McCartney – The Family Way: Original Soundtrack Recording [LP] (ultra-rare 1967 soundtrack now available on vinyl for first time in over 40 years, limited indie-exclusive)
Pearlfishers, The – The Strange Underworld Of The Tall Poppies [LP] (limited to 750, indie-retail exclusive)
Phish – New Year’s Eve 1995, Live at Madison Square Garden [6LP] (180 Gram, gatefold, limited to 4500, indie-retail exclusive)
Replacements, The – Alex Chilton [10” EP] (4 tracks, limited to 9200, indie-retail exclusive)
Residents, The – Intermission: Extraneous Music from The Residents’ Mole Show [LP] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Reverend Horton Heat – It’s A Rave-Up b/w Beer, Write This Song [7”] (Red Vinyl with 150 random Clear Pink copies, brand new songs, limited to 1850, indie-exclusive)
Rich Robinson (of The Black Crowes) – I Remember [7”] (Jimi Hendrix b-side cover, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Rise Against – Eco-Terrorist In Me [7”] (download, indie-exclusive)
Robert Plant – More Roar [10”] (3 live tracks including a Led Zeppelin medley, limited to 10000, indie-retail exclusive)
Robyn Hitchcock/Emma Swift – Follow Your Money [7”] (limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive)
Rockabye Baby! – Lullaby Renditions Of Grateful Dead [LP] (Colored Vinyl, download, limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The – Time Warp Remixes [10”] (Ruby Red Vinyl, limited to 4000, indie-retail exclusive)
Ryan Adams – Come Pick Me Up (2 alternate takes) / When The Rope Gets Tight (unreleased) [7”] (indie-exclusive)
Self – Monogamy/Could You Love Me Now? [7”] (Bronze Colored Vinyl, limited to 500, indie-retail exclusive)
Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound b/w Leaves That Are Green [7”] (limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
Slayer – When The Stillness Comes [7”] (Picture Disc, unreleased track, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclsuive)
Slim Dunlap (of The Replacements) – The Old New Me / Times Like This [2LP] (first time on vinyl, Slim guitar pick, 45 adapter, poster, limited to 4000, indie-retail exclusive)
Sloan – Alternates [12” EP] (Translucent Green Vinyl, limited to 585, indie-retail exclusive)
Steve Earle/Robert Johnson – Terraplane / Terraplane Blues [10”] (download, limited to 5000, indie-retail exclusive)
Steven Price – Fury (Soundtrack) [10” EP] (packaged in a die-cut WWII ‘V-Disc’ replica slipcase, 9 tracks including 2 exclusive tracks, download, limited indie-exclusive)
Stooges, The (feat. Iggy Pop) – Have Some Fun: Live At Ungano’s [LP] (Black & White Spattered Vinyl, first time on vinyl, limited to 7500, indie-retail exclusive)
Sun Ra – Calling Planet Earth [LP] (Psychedelic Colored Vinyl, first time on vinyl, limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Surfer Blood – Astro Coast [LP] (Purple Swirl Vinyl, gatefold, download with 5 bonus remix and demos, limited to 1800, indie-retail exclusive)
Syd Barrett/R.E.M. – Side By Side: Dark Globe [7”] (Gold, White, Red And Black Mixed Vinyl, limited to 12000, indie-retail exclusive)
Tegan & Sara – Live At Zia Records [LP] (Aqua Blue Vinyl, limited to 4800, indie-retail exclusive)
Twin Peaks – TBD [7”] (2 unreleased tracks, limited indie-exclusive)
U2 – Songs Of Innocence (Deluxe RSD Edition) [2LP] (includes bonus tracks, die-cut gatefold, limited/numbered, indie-exclusive)
Various Artists – AMC’s The Walking Dead: Original Soundtrack Vol.2 [LP] (Picture Disc, limited to 1800, indie-exclusive)
Various Artists – BARSD15 [10”] (Clear Vinyl, download, Bright Antenna Records 4 track exclusive EP, limited to 750, indie-retail exclusive)
Various Artists – Record Store Day Presents: Trojan Records: Rude Boy Rumble [LP] (feats. Desmond Dekker & The Aces, The Upsetters, & more!, limited indie-exclusive)
Various Artists – Sons Of Anarchy: Songs Of Anarchy Vol. 2 & 3 (Seasons 5-6) [2LP] (180 Gram Audiophile Clear Vinyl, limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive)
Various Artists – Sun Records Curated by RSD: Vol 2 [LP] (limited to 4000, indie-retail exclusive)
Various Artists – Thai Pop Spectacular (1960s-1980s) [2LP] (gatefold, indie-retail exclusive)
Various Artists – Whiplash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [LP] (features original jazz songs and classic jazz standards, limited indie-exclusive)
Violent Femmes – Happy New Year [12”] (Champagne Colored Vinyl, brand new songs, limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive)
Warzone – Fight For Justice [LP] (Gray Vinyl with 100 randomly selected Red Vinyl copies, limited to 900, indie-exclusive)
Waterboys, The – Puck’s Blues [10”] (limited to 1100, indie-retail exclusive)
White Stripes, The – Get Behind Me Satan [2LP] (Red & White Colored 180 Gram Vinyl, 3D lenticular gatefold, download, first time on vinyl, limited, indie-exclusive)
Zombies, The – R.I.P. (The Lost Album) [LP] (first official vinyl release, limited indie-exclusive)

Just to clarify, we will be celebrating Record Store Day at our Villa Park location, not at our warehouse in Schaumburg. There seems to be a bit of confusion with some folks.

22 S. Villa Ave., Villa Park. We will be open from 9AM-5PM that day.

Hope to see you there!

Record Store Day is just 8 days away. Are you as excited as we are?

And the phone calls have started. “Are you going to have the White Stripes?” “Are you going to have the Grateful Dead?”. And the answer is…we don’t know yet. And unfortunately we won’t know until a day or two before. But as soon as we have the stock in our hands we will be posting a list to this very blog. So check back next Thursday or Friday and you can see what items we will have in stock.

Until then…

Yep, RSD is less than a month away. Saturday April 18th to be exact. No, we don’t know what records we will have in yet. Needless to say we ordered up a ton. We’ll just have to wait and see what the RSD fairies deliver to us. Check back to this blog in the days leading up to the event. We will post a list of titles as soon as we can.

We are super stoked about the new artwork that has been put up in Villa Park. Some of our fave album covers re-imagined by the fab Amy Belonio. Come on out and give them a look in person. They are quite lovely. And if you need a mural for the office or some paintings for a child’s room or whatever, be sure to give Amy a holler: http://www.amybelonioart.shutterfly.com/

From now until the end of the year all used vinyl in Villa Park will be 10% off. We just loaded up the bins with some killer stuff. Head on over and check ’em out. We will be open from 10AM-6PM Monday December 29th to Wednesday December 31st.

Stay tuned for more cool goings on in 2015!

Here is a list of our Black Friday leftovers. These will be available at the warehouse sale in Schaumburg on Saturday. Doors open at 9AM. Korn, Metallica, Mother Love Bone, Imagine Dragons, Johnny Thunders, Echosmith, Seth McFarlane, Chvrches, Game Theory, Bon Jovi, “Little Miss Sunshine”, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Ed Sheeran, Conor Oberst, Genesis, Bleachers, “Game Of Thrones”, Five Finger Death Punch

Here is a list of artists that we will have in stock on Friday. We will be in Villa Park (22 S. Villa Ave., inside Cornerstone Used Books). Doors open at 9AM. First come, first served. You will not be able to buy multiple copies of the same item. No hoarding! We want as many people as possible to be able to get items that they are looking for. We appreciate your understanding. Hope to see you there!

Ramones, Jimi Hendrix, Flaming Lips, Beatles, Grateful Dead, Metallica, David Bowie, Judas Priest, Johnny Thunders, Dave Matthews Band, Jenny Lewis, Run DMC, The Doors, Ed Sheeran, Ben Kweller, South Park, New Order, St. Vincent, Disney: Frozen, Little Miss Sunshine, Big Lebowski, Velvet Underground, Green Day, Govt. Mule, Echosmith, Phil Spector Christmas, J Mascis, Peter Murphy, Game Theory, Billie Holiday, Penny Arkade, Husker Du, Ra Ra Riot, Bleachers, Ghosbusters Stay Puft, Conor Oberst, Mastodon, Wu-Tang Clan, Dio & Friends, Korn, Joe Satriani, First Aid Kit, “American Hustle” Soundtrack, Outkast, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Bon Jovi, Chrissie Hynde, Chvrches, Decemberists, Elvis Presley, Ennio Morricone, Faith No More, Five Finger Death Punch, Genesis, Imagine Dragons, Joey Ramone, Kinks, Korn, Little Richard, Miles Davis, Mother Love Bone, Game Of Thrones, Seth MacFarlane.

People have been asking. We are answering. Yes, we will be participating in this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday event (November 28th). It will be happening at the Villa Park location (22 S. Villa Ave.). The store will be opening up at 9AM. We are trying our best to get our hands on as many RSD titles as we can. Just because we ordered something doesn’t mean we will be getting it. We won’t know until a couple of days before what we will have in. If we have time we will post the titles we will have available. Check back to our blog closer to the date.

Hope you’ll be able to join us!

“One of the great pleasures of traveling for me is finding great used book stores and record shops. I just found a Nellie Lutcher record that included a duet with Nat King Cole. I bought an MFK Fisher book of essays called As They Were that includes stories about two of my favorite subjects–food and California. My intention here is not to recommend specific titles, but to recommend the search for what might appeal to you. Technology has given us a great thing– stores full of orphaned books and vinyl records. There are treasures out there that are difficult to find on line, especially if you don’t know that you’re looking for them. I like the element of fate. The way a book cover or record jacket catches your eye and makes you want to pick it up. I like to think about why certain albums or books survived being discarded and ended up being offered a second life or two or three or four. Most of all, I love finding a singer like Nellie Lutcher for the first time. Happy hunting!” Sam Phillips, singer/songwriter

Kill two birds with one stone. Cheap Kiss Records and Cornerstone Used Books. 22 S. Villa Ave., Villa Park, IL

Last summer we had the pleasure of comedian Marc Maron paying us a visit at the warehouse. If you listen to his WTF podcast or watch his show on IFC you know he’s a big vinyl collector. He was in town last summer for a couple of gigs and had some free time one afternoon so he made the trek out to Schaumburg and did some shopping. Super nice guy. Great taste in music. ’80s Alternative, Blues, Psychedelic, Punk, Classic Rock…he pretty much likes it all.

On a recent episode of his IFC series “Maron” (which is a scripted series, but feels like a documentary because he’s pretty much playing himself) he invited a guy over to check out a new amp he bought for his stereo system. The album he tempted the guy with was Pink Floyd’s “Piper At The Gates Of Dawn”. Take a guess where he picked up that record. That’s right…Cheap Kiss Records! It was pretty cool hearing him talk about that record. We had no idea that was going to be in the episode. Caught us by surprise and brought smiles to our faces. The name of the episode is “White Truck”. Keep an eye out for it.

Keep an eye out for his TV show and an ear out for his podcast in general. Real entertaining stuff.

Boomer lives!