
The Holiday Season is almost upon us. Black Friday (Nov 28) brings the indie record store a slew of exclusive releases.
First, there are no pre-orders or advance holds on any Black Friday release.
As always, we like to reward those who get here earliest and are most excited for the special releases without making the whole occasion about who camps out the longest.
We will be conducting our random drawing for high demand/limited titles at 9:30 am.
We will open at 10am with the first person in line being the first person to enter the store to shop the Black Friday titles.
What is the drawing & how does it work?
Everyone in line before 9:30 A.M. will be given the opportunity to fill out their Black Friday wishlist. Basically, everyone requests the titles they want to purchase if they have the opportunity. We will collect all the filled out wishlists at 9:30 A.M. sharp. The filled out wishlists will be selected in random order and each person will be reserved the top 2 items on their wishlist, if the titles are still available. These 2 items will be held in reserve behind the counter and cannot be purchased by anyone else even if they are further up in line.
So when should you show up?
If you want multiple titles, it will be “first come, first serve” after the wishlist drawing is finished. So getting here early will allow you the chance to be one of the first people to attack the Black Friday titles.
If you are just looking to get 1 or 2 titles, the key time is 9:30 A.M. which is the deadline to submit a filled out a wishlist. Everyone who submits a wishlist has an equal opportunity to reserve that one exclusive title they desire.
Hope to see you on Friday
Mike
Pure Pop
List of titles we will have upon Opening on Black Friday(for more details see list on Recordstoreday.com.
RSD Exclusive Releases (only released on Black Friday to indie record store like us)
5 Seconds of Summer – Self-titled 12″ picture disc
Aaliyah – Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number 12″ colored vinyl
The Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen at 21 12″ vinyl
Against Me! – The Daytrotter Sessions 7″ vinyl
The Beatles – Long Tally Sally 7″ vinyl
Bleachers – Strange Desires: The Demos 12″ colored vinyl
Bon Jovi – Live 2 10″ picture disc
David Bowie – Sue (or in a Season of Crime) 10″ vinyl
The Bug vs Earth – BOA/Cold 12″ vinyl
Chvrches – Under the Tide 12″ colored vinyl
Dave Mattews Band – Recently 2 x 10″ vinyls
Miles Davis – Blue Xmas 7″ vinyl
Miles Davis – The Prestige 10″ Collection Vol. 1 10″ vinyl boxset
Miles Davis – Enigma 10″ vinyl
Dead Milkmen – Big Lizard in My Backyard 12″ colored vinyl
The Decemberists – Single 7″ vinyl
Game of Thrones Sound Track 12″ vinyl
The Doors/Peter LaFarge – Honor the Treaties 12″ vinyl
First Aid Kit – America 10″ vinyl
Fishbone – Truth and Soul 12″ colored vinyl
The Flaming Lips – Imagene Peise Atlas Eets Christmas 12″ vinyl
Game Theory – Pointed Accounts of People You Know 10″ vinyl
Game Theory – Distortion 10″ vinyl
Genesis – From Genesis to Revelations 12″ vinyl
Gov’t Mule – Stoned Side of the Mule 12″ vinyl
Grateful Dead – 11/18/72 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston TX 12″ vinyl
Green Day – Tune in Tokyo 12″ vinyl
Billie Holiday – At Storyville 12″ vinyl
Hozier – In the Woods Somewhere 10″ vinyl
Husker Du – Warehouse: Songs and Stories 12″ vinyl
Chrissie Hydne – Stockholm Live at the 229 Club London England 10″ colored vinyl
Iron Butterfly – Heavy 12″ vinyl
Waylon Jennings- Lousiana Man, Kentucky Woman 7″ colored vinyl
Judas Priest – 5 Souls 10″ colored vinyl
Korn – Self-titled 2 x 12″ vinyls
Jenny Lewis – Pax AM Sessions – 7″ vinyl
Little Richard – Self-titled 12″ vinyl
J. Mascis – Fade into Yourself 7″ vinyl
Mastodon – The Motherload 12″ picture vinyl
Seth McFarlane – Holiday for Swing 12″ colored vinyl
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Soundtrack 12″ colored vinyl
Mother Love Bone – Hold Your Head Up 7″ vinyl
New Order – 1981-82 12″ vinyl
Conor Oberst – Standing on the Outside Looking In/Sugar Street 7″ vinyl
Roy Orbison – At the Rock House 12″ vinyl
Outkast – Player’s Ball 10″ vinyl
Joey Ramone – Christmas Spirit In My House 10″ vinyl
The Ramones – Morrissey Curates the Ramones 12″ vinyl
Rockabye Baby! Lullabye Renditions of Jay-Z 12″ colored vinyl
Ronnie James Dio – Ronnie James Dio and Friends Stand Up to Cancer 12″ picture disc
Joe Satriani – Self-titled EP 12″ vinyl
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud/I’m a Mess 7″ vinyl
Bessie Smith – At the Christmas Ball 7″ vinyl
Sneakers – Self-titled 10″ vinyl
South Park – James Cameron/My Bitch Ain’t No Hobbit 7″ picture disc
Phil Spector and Various Artists – A Christmas Gift For You 12″ colored vinyl
St. Vincent – Pieta 10″ vinyl
They Might Be Giants – Flood 12″ colored vinyl
The Big Lebowski soundtrack 12″ colored vinyl
Frozen 7″ picture disc
The Velvet Underground – Live MXMXCIII 12″ vinyl
Wu Tang Clang – C.R.E.A.M 10″ picture disc
Neil Young Official Release Series 5-8 vinyl boxset
Neil Young Zuma, Time Fades Away and On the Beach T-shirts
RSD Limited Run/Regional Focus (titles are released in very small runs (1000 or less) or in specific regions of the country)
The Acadia Strain – The Dead Walk 12″ colored vinyl
Death Grips – Government Plates 12″ vinyl
Five Finger Death Punch – Puragatory 12″ picture disc
Korn – The Paradigm Shift 12″ picture disc
Los Straightjackets – Los Straightjackets Play Some of the Great Instrumental Hits 10″ vinyl
Ra Ra Riot – Two Hearts Beat as One 7″ vinyl
RSD First Release (titles that are available first at indie stores and then at other retailers at a later point)
Diplo – F10RIDA CD and 12″ vinyl
Echosmith – Cool Kids 12″ picture disc
Faith No More – Motherfucker 7″ vinyl
Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Music 12″ vinyl
Imagine Dragons – Nightvisions 12″ picture disc
Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies 2 x 12″ vinyls
Leftover Salmon – High Country CD
Elvis Presley – Showroom International 2 x 12″ vinyl
American Hustle Sountrack 2 x 12″ colored vinyls
Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol 1 Cassette