Saturday, December 17, 2016
New Holiday Arrivals
Holiday craziness rules supreme at Royal Cat this week. We are super-excited to be sponsoring the special showing of the movie Jingle Bell Rocks this Tuesday at the eBar. But we also have been sorting and pricing tons of vinyl as usual. Some late arriving new releases and some quality used as well. Plus a fun assortment of bargain bin records, cds, and even cassettes!
Here's a list of some of the most recent vinyl arrivals:
NEW
Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
Beach Boys, Surfin’ USA picture disc
Beatles, Revolver (180g)
Black Lips, Good Bad Not Evil
Bob Dylan, Freewheelin Outtakes picture disc
Caribou, Our Love
Clash, s/t (180g)
Dead Kennedys, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys, Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Dead Weather, Dodge and Burn
Devo, Hardcore Devo Vol I
Django Reinhardt, Django (180g)
DOA, Fucked Up Donald 7-inch
Ella Fitzgerald / Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis Again
Elliott Smith, XO (180g)
Elvis Presley, s/t picture disc
Frank Zappa, Joe’s Garage I, II & III (180g)
Funkadelic, Maggot Brain
Funkadelic, Standing on the Verge of Getting it On
Future Islands, Singles
Gord Downie, Secret Path
Gorillaz, Plastic Beach
Howlin Wolf, Moanin picture disc
Howlin Wolf, s/t picture disc
John Coltrane, Blue Train picture disc
Kurt Vile, B’lieve I’m Goin Down
Marvin Gaye, Let’s Get it On (180g)
Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool (180g)
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (blue vinyl)
Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime
Monkees, Good Times
Muddy Waters, Best of picture disc
National, Boxer (yellow vinyl)
Nine Inch Nails, Downward Spiral
Pavement, Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pink Floyd, Animals (180g)
Pink Floyd, The Wall (180g)
Pixies, Doolittle
Pixies, Wave of Mutilation
Pup, The Dream is Over (red vinyl)
Raekwon, Shaolin vs Wu-Tang (red vinyl)
Ramones, Live at the Roxy
Ramones, Ramonesmania
Ray Charles, What’d I Say (180g)
Run DMC, Christmas in Hollis picture disc (RSD2)
She & Him, A Very She & Him Christmas
Sigur Rós, Agætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós, Meo Suo
Skatalites, Treasure Isle
Stiff Little Fingers, Inflammable Material (180g)
Sun Ra, Batman and Robin picture disc
Tragically Hip, Tired as Fuck (green vinyl)
Various, Stranger Things OST
Wavves x Cloud Nothings, No Life For Me
Ween, The Mollusk (180g)
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan
White Stripes, Under Great White Northern Lights
USED
AC/DC, Back in Black
April Wine, Best of / Rock Ballads
Beach Boys, Endless Summer
Belle & Sebastian, Fold Your Hands Child
Benny Goodman, The King Direct to Disc
Billie Idol, Rebel Yell
Blondie, Autoamerican
Blood Sweat Tears, Greatest Hits
Bob and Doug McKenzie, The Great White North
Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan, Desire
Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy
BTO, II
Byrds, Play Dylan
Cat Stevens, Catch Bull at Four
Cult, Love
Dave McKenna Quartet, With Zoot Sims
David Gilmour, About Face
Deep Purple, Shades
Doors, Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
Duran Duran, Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Eagles, s/t
Edith Piaf, Disques D’Or
Edith Piaf, Les Grands Success d’ (mono)
Edith Piaf, The Great
Elvis Presley, Blue Christmas
Eric Clapton, Slowhand
Frank Sinatra, A Man and his Music
Frank Sinatra, Ol Blue Eyes is Back
Frank Sinatra, One More for the Road
Frank Sinatra, That’s Life
Gene Autry, Rudolph
Genesis, Three Sides Live
George Michael, Faith
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, With Chet Baker
Glenn Gould, Beethoven Sonatas
Glenn Gould, Goldberg Variations
Glenn Gould, Well-Tempered Clavier
Janis Joplin, Pearl
John Lennon, Shaved Fish
John Mayer Trio, Try
Joni Mitchell, Blue
Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark
Joni Mitchell, For the Roses
Joni Mitchell, Miles of Aisles
Joni Mitchell, Mingus
Led Zeppelin, IV
Les Brown, Direct to Disc
Madonna, Who’s That Mix
Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells
Moe Koffman, One More Time
Neil Young, Freedom
Neil Young, Hawks and Doves
Neil Young, Landing On Water
Neil Young, Live At Fillmore East
Neil Young, Live Rust
Neil Young, Tonight’s the Night
Pretenders, Learning to Crawl
Rolling Stones, Goat Head Soup
Sade, Promise
Steely Dan, Aja
Stephane Grappelli, Brandenburg Boogie
Steppenwolf, Sixteen Great Performances
Stevie Wonder, Hotter Than July
Supertramp, Eve in the Quietest Moments
Uriah Heap, Salisbury
Van Morrison, A Sense of Wonder
Van Morrison, Beautiful Visions
Van Morrison, Into the Music
Van Morrison, No Guru No Method No Teacher
Van Morrison, Poetic Champions Compose
Various, Round Midnight OST
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Don't Be a Grinch, Share Some Vinyl

Don't be a Grinch, share your love of vinyl with others this holiday seasonat Royal Cat Records!
We've restocked the store this week with a ton of classic vinyl, both new and used. Tons of Christmas records, classic rock, and everything in-between. Tons of reissues and recent releases. Over 100 new records in the 5.99 bargain bins, including holiday hits as well.
Full list of new stuff after the jump:
Friday, December 9, 2016
Jingle Bell Rocks Screening with Director Mitchell Kezin
Royal Cat Records is proud to be sponsoring a special holiday screening of the cult classic documentary Jingle Bell Rocks at the eBar December 20. This event is being put on by The Guelph Film Festival and the film's director (and star!) Mitchell Kezin will be present for a Q&A after the film. This is our favourite movie about record collecting!
Tuesday, Dec 20
7:30 pm
eBar (second floor, Bookshelf, 41 Quebec St)
In JINGLE BELL ROCKS!, director Mitchell Kezin delves into the minds of some of the world’s most legendary Christmas music fanatics and hits the road to hang with his holiday heroes – including hip hop legend Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons of RUN-D.M.C., The Flaming Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne, filmmaker John Waters, bebopper Bob Dorough, L.A. DJ and musicologist Dr. Demento, and Calypso legend The Mighty Sparrow. In his search for the twelve best, underappreciated Christmas songs ever recorded, Kezin both asks and answers the question, “Why, when Christmas rolls around, are we still stuck cozying up with Bing Crosby under a blanket of snow?”
Equal parts social history, pop culture pilgrimage, and revealing character study, JINGLE BELL ROCKS! follows this motley crew of merry misfits as they confront the Christmas music mainstream, reinventing the seasonal soundtrack for the 21st century. With rollicking live performances, intimate interviews, and a kaleidoscope of touching and rare archive footage, JINGLE BELL ROCKS! is a cinematic sleigh-ride into the strange and sublime universe of alternative Christmas music. It’s also a mix-tape of twelve of the weirdest, wildest, most poignant Christmas songs you’ve never heard.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Christmas Vinyl Countdown: Looking at Some Classic and Not-So-Classic Holiday Records
With the holiday season upon us, let's make like the Ghost of Christmas Past and look back at our historic examination of Xmas vinyl from 2015. Last year we devoted 25 days to listening to and singing the praises of some new and old records, all Christmas-themed. We still have many of these records in the shop, as well as some new classics. You should also check out our 5.99 bins, which are chock-ful of weird and wonderful Xmas records from all periods and genres.
This is a real "Good, Bad, and Ugly" type list, so be prepared for some duds, some crtiticisms, and some hidden gems.
Here's the list. (click on the albums to read our posts):
25. Santa Claus is Canadian by Various Artists
24. Christmas Cheer by Les Paul and Mary Ford
23. Imagene Peise: Atlas Eats Christmas by The Flaming Lips
22. Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Fred Astaire and Friends
21. A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi Trio
20. Country Christmas by Various Artists
19. Elvis' Christmas Album by Elvis Presley
18. Rocky Mountain Christmas by John Denver
17. A Dave Brubeck Christmas by Dave Brubeck
16. Christmas Wishes by Anne Murray
15. An Oscar Peterson Christmas by Oscar Peterson
14. Merry Merry Christmas by New Kids on the Block
13. A Very Special Christmas by Various Artists
12. The Jackson 5 Christmas Album by The Jackson 5
11. Christmas Songs by Bad Religion
10. The Sounds of Christmas from Blacks by Various Artists
9. Christmas with the Chippers by The Chippers
8. Light of the Stable by Emmylou Harris
7. Ace Records presents Rhythm & Blues Christmas by Various Artists
6. It's a Holiday Soul Party by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
5. A Very She & Him Christmas by She & Him
4. Phil Spector's A Christmas Gift for You by Various Artists
3. Burl Ives' Christmas Album by Burl Ives
2. If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues
1. Christmas 1979 by Wild Billy Childish
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