Saturday, April 8, 2017

New Vinyl Arrivals for the Week of April 8


A partial list of our new vinyl arrivals this week:

5678s, s/t 
Alabama Shakes, Sound and Color
Al Green, Greatest Hits 
Antlers, Hospice 
Arcade Fire, Funeral (180g)
Arcade Fire, Suburbs 
Avalanches, Since I Left You 
Bad Brains, s/t
Bad Religion, Suffer 
Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour (180g)
Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (red 180g vinyl) 
Blind Melon, Soup (180g) 
Butthole Surfers, Locust Abortion Technician 
Can, Ege Bamyasi 
Caribou, Our Love (180g) 
Caribou, Swim 
Century Palm, Meet You 
Clash, s/t (180g)
Counting Crows, August and Everything After 
Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think 
Cult, Pure: The Singles 
Damned, Machine Gun Etiquette 
Dayglo Abortions, Corporate Whores 
Deafheaven, New Bermuda 
Death, For the Whole World to See
Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest
Depeche Mode, Ultra 
Detroit Cobras, Mink Rat or Rabbit
Ella Fitzgerald / Louis Armstrong, Cheek to Cheek
Father John Misty, Pure Comedy 
Feelies, Crazy Rhythms (180g)
Fleetwood Mac, Greatest Hits 
Foo Fighters, s/t 
Fugazi, In On the Kill Taker 
Funkadelic, Free Your Mind 
Funkadelic, Maggot Brain 
George Ezra, Wanted on Voyage 
Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Ibibio, Sound Machine 
Jack White, Lazaretto 
Jam, All Mod Cons 
J Dilla, Donuts 
Jethro Tull, Thick as a Brick (180g) 
Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs & Englishmen (180g) 
Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures (180g) 
Killers, Hot Fuss 
Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy (180g) 
Leonard Cohen, Songs of 
Leon Bridges, Coming Home
Link Wray, And the Wraymen (180g)
Lumineers, Cleopatra (180g)
Lumineers, s/t 
Luyas, Human Voicing (hot pink vinyl) 
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pronounced (180g) 
Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On (180g) 
MF Doom, Mm Food 
MF Doom / Madlib, Madvillain 
Motorhead, Ace of Spades 
Mumford and Sons, Babel 
Mumford and Sons, Sigh No More 
Muse, Black Gold 
National, Alligator (green vinyl) 
National, Boxer (yellow vinyl) 
National, Trouble Will Find Me 
Neutral Milk Hotel, In the aeroplane Over the Sea 
Neutral Milk Hotel, On Avery Island 
Nina Simone, Silk & Soul 
Nirvana, Nevermind (180g) 
NOFX, The War on Errorism 
Offspring, Smash 
Operation Ivy, Energy 
Otis Redding, Lonely and Blue (blue vinyl)
Parliament/ Funkadelic, PFUNK Greatest Hits 
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon (180g) 
Pixies, Doolittle 
Portishead, Dummy 
Prodigy, The Fat of the Land 
Radiohead, In Rainbows 
Radiohead, OK Computer 
Radiohead, Pablo Honey
Rage Against the Machine, Evil Empire (180g)
Rage Against the Machine, s/t (180g) 
Ramones, End of the Century (180g)
Ramones, s/t (180g) 
REM, Life’s Rich Pageant 
REM, Out of Time (180g) 
Rihanna, Rated R 
Run the Jewels, II (teal vinyl) 
Savages, Adore Life 
Smiths, Meat is Murder (180g) 
Solange, A Seat at the Table 
Sonny Boy Williamson, Down and Out 
Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger 
Spoon, Hot Thoughts (red vinyl)
Stevie Wonder, Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Tim Darcy, Saturday Night (blue vinyl) 
Tom Waits, Swordfishtrombones
Tragically Hip, Fully Completely 
Tragically Hip, Road Apples
Vampire Weekend, Contra 
Van Morrison, Astral Weeks (180g)
Various, Darjeeling Express 
Various, Rough Guide to The Blues Songsters 
Various, Rushmore OST 
Various, Taking It To Heart 
Verve, Urban Hymns (180g) 
Weezer, Blue 
Weezer, Pinkerton 
Western Addiction, Tremulous 
XX, Coexist 
XX, I See You

Saturday, April 1, 2017

No Foolin: We've Got New Vinyl


No April Fools, we really have new vinyl arrivals in the shop this week. Tons of bargain bin LPs and brand-new vinyl as well. See the partial list below of new arrivals. Also on today and Sunday is the Rogers Hometown Hockey event just outside of our shop!

NEW ARRIVALS:

Air, Moon Safari (180g) 
Amy Winehouse, Back to Black 
Angel Olsen, My Woman 
Arctic Monkeys, AM 
Arctic Monkeys, Favourite Worst Nightmare 
Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am 
Beatles, Abbey Road (180g) 
Beatles, Revolver (180g) 
Beatles, Sgt. Peppers (180g) 
Beatles, With The Beatles (180g)
Beatles, Yellow Submarine (180g)
Black Sabbath, IV (180g orange vinyl) 
Black Sabbath, Master of reality (180g green vinyl) 
Black Sabbath, Sabotage (180g purple vinyl) 
Black Sabbath, s/t (180g red vinyl) 
Cure, Faith (180g) 
Cure, Seventeen Seconds (180g)
Cure, The Head in the Door (180g) 
Daft Punk, Discovery 
David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust (180g) 
Death From Above 1979, The Physical World 
Death From Above 1979, You’re A Woman 
Depeche Mode, Violator (180g) 
Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca
Doors, s/t (180g) 
Ed Sheeran, Divide 
Father John Misty, Fear Fun 
Feist, The Reminder 
Fucked Up, Year of the Snake (indie exclusive colour vinyl) 
Godspeed You Black Emperor, Lift Your Skinny Fists
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar OST
Heat, Overnight 
Hole, Live Through This 
Homeshake, Fresh Air 
Joel Plaskett, Scrappy Happiness 
John Legend, Darkness and Light 
Joy Division, Closer (180g) 
Kid Koala, Music to Draw To 
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal Banana (yellow vinyl) 
LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver 
Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy (180g) 
Led Zeppelin, I (180g) 
Led Zeppelin, II (180g) 
Led Zeppelin, III (180g) 
Led Zeppelin, IV (180g) 
Louise Burns, Young Mopes
Magnetic Fields, The Charm of the Highway Strip 
Marvin Hamlisch, The Spy Who Loved Me OST (180g)
Michael Giacchino, Rogue One OST 
Mother Mother, No Culture 
Nirvana, Nevermind (180g) 
Nirvana, s/t 
No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom 
Ought, More Than Any Other Day 
Patti Smith, Horses (180g) 
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon (180g) 
Pink Floyd, The Wall (180g) 
Queen, A Night at the Opera 
REM, Eponymous 
REM, Green (180g) 
Run the Jewels, I (gold vinyl) 
Run the Jewels, II (teal vinyl) 
Run the Jewels, III (gold vinyl) 
Sex Pistols, Spunk (yellow vinyl) 
Shins, Wincing the Night Away 
Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out 
Smiths, Hatful of Hollow 
Temples, Volcano 
Thundercat, Apocalypse 
Tragically Hip, Fully Completely 
Tragically Hip, Road Apples 
Tragically Hip, s/t 
Tragically Hip, Up to Here 
Vampire Weekend, Contra 
VArious, La La Land OST 
Weezer, Blue 
Xiu Xiu, Forget (blue vinyl) 
Youth Lagoon, The Year of Hibernation 

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Spring has Sprung: New Vinyl Arrivals


Spring is here and we've got little vinyl records popping up all over! Why not pick a few for your house?

Here's a sampling of the records that have come into the shop this week:

NEW:

Chemical Brothers, Surrender 
Coldplay, Ghost Stories
Counting Crows, August and Everything After 
Dave Brubeck, Time Out (180g) 
Dinosaur Jr, Farm 
Elliott Smith, An Introduction To (180g)
Foo Fighters, s/t 
Future Islands, In Evening Air
Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart EP 
LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver
Lou Reed, Transformer (180g)
Lumineers, Cleopatra (180g) 
Mac Demarco, Salad Days 
Rage Against the Machine, Evil Empire (180g) 
REM, Document (180g) 
REM, Green (180g)
Sufjan Stevens, Carrie and Lowell
Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans 
U2, 18 Singles 

USED:

AC/DC, Back in Black 
AC/DC, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 
AC/DC, For Those About to Rock 
Air Supply, Greatest Hits 
Alan Parsons Project, Best I 
Alan Parsons Project, Best II 
Alan Parsons Project, Stereotomy 
April Wine, Greatest Hits
Bloomfield Kooper Stills, Super Session 
Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde 
Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town
Camel, Rain Dances 
Cat Stevens, Greatest Hits 
Cheap Trick, Dream Police 
Dire Straits, s/t 
Doobie Brothers, Toulouse Street
Eagles, Hotel California 
Eagles, One of These Nights 
Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
Fleetwood Mac. s/t 
Frank Zappa / Mothers, Fillmore
Free, Fire and Water 
Hope Sandoval, Until the Hunter 
Horrors, Luminous (180g)
John Cale, Songs for the Dying 
John Cale, Vintage Violence 
Kate Bush, Hounds of Love 
Led Zeppelin, House of the Holy
Led Zeppelin, II (180g) 
Led Zeppelin, IV (1977 Canadian pressing) 
Love & Rockets, s/t 
Men at Work, Business as Usual 
Peter Gabriel, So 
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon 
Pink Floyd, Umma Gumma 
Queen, A Night at the Opera
Queen, Jazz 
Quicksilver Messenger Service, Happy Trails 
Robbie Robertson, s/t 
Rolling Stones, Emotional Rescue 
Rolling Stones, Steel Wheels
Rolling Stones, Still Life 
Rolling Stones, Tattoo You 
Rolling Stones, Undercover of the Night EP 
Roxy Music, Flesh + Blood 
Ry Cooder / Rolling Stones, Jamming With Edward 
Stevie Nicks, Bella Donna 
Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life 
Superchunk, Foolish (180g)
Supertramp, Crisis What Crisis 
Ted Nugent, Cat Scratch Fever (180g) 
Teenage Head, Frantic City 
Teenage Head, Some Kind of Fun 
Ten Years After, Rock & Roll Music 
Ten Years After, Ssssh 
Van Morrison, It’s Too Late to Stop Now 
Various, Performance OST 
Wilco, s/t 
Wilco, The Whole Love 

Friday, March 24, 2017

Record Store Day in Guelph


Record Store Day is Saturday, April 22. 

This year is the 10th anniversary of Record Store Day and Royal Cat Records in Guelph is proud to be one of the official Canadian venues for this great event!

This is a day to celebrate all the wonders of music on vinyl and support a small business in your town. It is also a day for the music industry and independant record stores to give back to their customers and community.

We are scheduling many surprises and door prizes for this great day. As is usual, there are many special releases being scheduled for the big day as well. Please check out the full list of special releases on the official RSD website --there are tons of interesting records being made in limited quantities for fans, from new David Bowie and Prince collectibles to unique releases from contemporary artists like Run the Jewels, Spoon, and more. Also available this year is Santana's live set from Woodstock in 1969, Notorious B.I.G.'s Born Again (which has been off the market since the early 2000s), plus releases from The Ramones, Patti Smith, Fleetwood Mac and hundreds more.

Please let us know if you are interested in particular records and we will attempt to order them for you. All records are available in limited quantities and there are no guarantees.

Royal Cat Records
10 Carden St
downtown Guelph
519-821-7442

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Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1400 independently owned record stores in the US and thousands of similar stores internationally. The first Record Store Day took place on April 19, 2008. 

This is a day for the people who make up the world of the record store—the staff, the customers, and the artists—to come together and celebrate the unique culture of a record store and the special role these independently owned stores play in their communities. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, DJs spinning records,  and on and on. In 2008 a small list of titles was released on Record Store Day and that list has grown to include artists and labels both large and small, in every genre and price point. In 2015, 60% of the Record Store Day Official Release List came from independent labels and distributors. The list continues to include a wide range of artists, covering the diverse taste of record stores and their customers.