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Okay, here it is: the Record Store Day exclusives list. Nearly 250 limited-edition CDs, vinyl LPs, 7-inches and more available Saturday, April 21 at The Record Exchange. Dig it.

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NORAH JONES
Little Broken Hearts
GEORGE HARRISON
Early Takes Vol. 1
TODD SNIDER
Time As We Know It
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
Out of the Game
CARRIE UNDERWOOD

Blown Away

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GEORGE HARRISON
Living in the Material World
GRATEFUL DEAD
The DVD Collection
OPETH
Lamentations
IRON MAIDEN
En Vivo!
CHEMICAL BROTHERS
Don't Think

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the right price at the rx

Think local. Think indie. Think $9.99 CDs at Record Exchange.

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Go Listen Boise is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization with the mission of fostering a vibrant and diverse musical culture in the Boise area.

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BRIGHT EYES
Fevers and Mirrors
NORAH JONES
Little Broken Hearts
GEORGE HARRISON
Early Takes Vol. 1
JEREMY SPENCER
Spencer
BLOCKHEAD
Interludes After Midnight

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1. BLUNDERBUSS
Jack White
2. LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS
Norah Jones
3. LET'S GO OUT TONIGHT
Curtis Stigers
4. SLIPSTREAM
Bonnie Raitt
5. PORT OF MORROW
The Shins
6. CALIFORNIA 37
Train
7. THE CRUX
Hurt
8. MASTER OF MY MAKE BELIEVE
Santigold
9. MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL
Of Monsters and Men
10. BLOWN AWAY
Carrie Underwood

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The Record Exchange is a proud partner with Boise's Payette Brewing Company! Enjoy Payette Brewing Company beer (and for free!) at Record Exchange events such as Record Store Day, the annual holiday Bonus Club Sale and our singer-songwriter Birthday Bash celebrations!

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[ buy rx gift cards online! ]

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Record Exchange Gift Cards can now be ordered for picky music fans from anywhere in the world!

Whether you live in town and want Aunt Sally in Sheboygan to stop sending you a Sears Gift Card, or you're Aunt Sally in Sheboygan and want to send your favorite RX shopper some store dollars, a Record Exchange Gift Card offers the perfect online shopping experience — and we'll ship it anywhere you want it to go!

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April 18th, 2012

FIND THE WHITE RABBITS MILK CARTON ON RECORD STORE DAY AND YOU MIGHT WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO BROOKLYN!

Record Store Day at The Record Exchange is a lot of things — and this year “a lot” includes a scavenger hunt!

The lucky person to find this White Rabbits Milk Famous milk carton hidden in the store on RSD just might win an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Brooklyn (home of the White Rabbits), courtesy of TBD/ATO/RED!

April 18th, 2012

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR RECORD STORE DAY AT REDISCOVERED BOOKS AND SAVE 15% SATURDAY AND SUNDAY!

Our friends at Rediscovered Bookshop (180 N. 8th St. in Downtown Boise) are offering a sweet deal to all you Record Store Day supporters:

Bring your Record Store Day totebag or wear/bring your Record Store Day T-shirt to Rediscovered and save 15% off your entire purchase Saturday, April 21, and Sunday, April 22!

April 18th, 2012

IN THE RECORD EXCHANGE GIFT SHOP: RECORD STORE DAY T-SHIRTS ARE IN – AVAILABLE AT THE RX ON SATURDAY!

They’re here!

One of our favorite things about Record Store Day is the excuse it gives us to produce a new T-shirt, and our custom Record Exchange RSD tees just arrived!

Get yours (in men’s and women’s sizes) on Saturday! In the meantime, check out the RSD prep going on in The Record Exchange Gift Shop!

April 17th, 2012

NEON TREES’ ‘PICTURE SHOW’ AND OTHER NEW RX CD RECOMMENDATIONS

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Fans of this Utah synth-rock outfit’s ultra-catchy 2010 hit “Animal” will find much to appreciate about Neon Trees‘ sophomore album Picture Show, which leads with a half-dozen hook bombs right in a row, including the insistent “Everybody Talks” and the crisply propulsive “Teenage Sounds.”

April 17th, 2012

THE VINYL WORD: DRY THE RIVER’S BIG-CANVAS FOLK-ROCK DEBUT

BUY THE VINYL HERE

An extraordinary debut from Dry the River, a new British-based band who combine a gipsy swagger with tremulous sensitivity and gothic rock drama. They are not particularly fresh-faced and fashionable: five scruffy, tattooed veterans of hardcore and emo bands fronted by a 25-year-old anthropologist and medical school dropout, but they have the stamp of greatness about them.