The clock is ticking, have you picked out that special little something for that special someone this multi-holiday season? We realise that gifts for music lovers are challenging so we developed this handy little gift idea cheat sheet for you... check it out below the meager new offerings: NEW ARRIVALS for the Week of 12/11/2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact arrival dependent on shipping delays and mishaps, sorry) Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology 3 (Babygrande) ................................................................... One of the most successful producers in the game, including tracks by Eminem, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, The Game and Cassidy. On the third album in his Hi-Teknology series, Hi-Tek includes guest spots from Ghostface, Raekwon, Young Buck, Talib Kweli, Estelle, Dion, Little Brother and much more. Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (Universal) ................................................................... The return of Wu-Tang! Their first studio release since the death of Ol Dirty Bastard... GZA, RZA, Method Man, Ghostface Killa, Raekwon, U-God, Inspecta Deck and Masta Killa, they're all here. "The Heart Gently Weeps" features Erykah Badu. Comes with a bonus DVD. Also Released This Week (but not necc in stock, ask us!) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip Glass - Book of Longing (Orange Mountain) R Kelly - Trapped in the Closet Chapters 1-22 DVD (Jive) Byron Lee & the Dragonaires - The Essential 2CD (VP) Dave Mathews - Live at Piedmont Park CD/DVD (RCA) Pink Floyd - Oh By the Way [16 CD Box] (Capitol) Beanie Sigel - The Solution (Def Jam) LANDLOCKED GIFT GUIDE 2007 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: HOLIDAY MUSIC, OF COURSE ------------------------------------------------------------------ We don't have enough room to blurb all the titles we have, and many have sold already, so stop in and ask. We have a small pile on the counter from the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Standard Recording Co (Everything Now, Rev Peyton, Elephant Micah, Odawas, Arrah & Ferns, Everthus, etc etc), A John Waters Christmas (!!!), Busman's Holiday Boys, Aimee Mann an much more. BOXED SETS AND DELUXE PACKAGES ------------------------------------------------------------------ Its always around this time of the year that those deluxe packages seem to move out of our bookshelf a little quicker, see all the goodness that we have for you: Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Albert Ayler, Fenton Records, John Coltrane's Interplay, Billie Holiday, Nuggets 1 & 2, Dandelion Records, Traveling Wilburys, Heavy Metal, Now Again 7"s, Pink Floyd's Piper 3CD, Mt Eerie, Tree Community, Sonic Youth deluxe Dirty and Daydream Nation, My Morning Jacket Live, Decca Records Psychedelic 45s, Magnolia Electric Co Sojourner... this list is never-ending, take a minute to browse soon! Miles Davis - The Complete On The Corner Sessions 6CD (Sony Legacy) ................................................................... The 8th and final deluxe box set in the Grammy Award-winning Miles Davis Series, includes more than 6 hours of music - 12 previously unissued tracks plus 5 tracks previously unissued in full - covering 16 sessions from On the Corner, Big Fun, and Get Up With it. Joined by such jazz legends as Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Jack DeJohnette, Billy Hart, and countless others, this 6CD deluxe edition also contains a 120-page full-color booklet with liner notes and essays by Grammy-winning producer Bob Belden, journalist Tom Terrell, and acclaimed arranger and composer Paul Buckmaster. Robyn Hitchcock - I Wanna Go Backwards (Yep Roc) ................................................................... Robyn has finally begun the daunting task of compiling his groundbreaking post-Soft Boys solo catalog. The 5CD or 8LP set contains 3 albums (Black Snake Diamond Role, I Often Dream of Trains, Eye) plus While Thatcher Mauled Britain: an additional 57 bonus tracks, including 20 unreleased songs. Sigur Ros - In a Frozen Sea: A Year With Sigur Ros (7 LPs + book) ................................................................... Super-deluxe hard cover album containing re-pressings of 3 classic Sigur Ros LPs: Agaetis Byrjun, ( ), and Takk, as well as Smaskifa, which has never before been released on vinyl. The LPs slip into 7 individually customized vinyl sleeves which are designed with original photography from the 2006 tour. The enclosed book is a 32 page publication of photographs, observations and quotes that captures the band in their words, in their world. Expensive but well worth the cost for this collector's item! Limited to 5000 copies worldwide. Trojan Records Box Sets ................................................................... Since its creation in 1968, Trojan Records has led the way in presenting the very best in classic Jamaican sounds, from the Rocksteady and early Reggae sounds that dominated in the years of its launch, up to the modern styles of Dancehall and Jungle. The company has always taken pride in the quality of its releases, which has highlighted the cream of Jamaican talent. Heavy on content, light on the pocketbook. A great way to warm up your winter. DVDs FOR YOUR TV EYE ------------------------------------------------------------------ Landlocked is known for its unsurpassed music selection, but we also have a bunch of killer music DVDs that are selling rapidly, get em before they're gone: Japanther, Luna, Wilco, Neko Case, Decemberists, Roky Erikson, Stax Records, Flogging Molly, Cure, Bob Dylan, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Twilight Singers, Witch, Alice Cooper, Chunklet Hijinks... seeing IS believing! BOOKS & MAGS MAKE YOU SMART ------------------------------------------------------------------ Wanna impress that hottie at the coffee shop and expand your musical lexicon? You need to read something cool, yet approachable like these: Galactic Zoo Dossier (psychedelia), Ugly Things (early rocknroll), Terrascope (third eye), Wire (new sound), Wax Poetics (rhythm roots), Bejeezus (regional indie), NY Noise Photo book (early 80s NYC), Chunklet (haha), Mojo (awesome). 33 1/3 Book Series ................................................................... This series of books is written about important and/or seminal music albums. Steely Dan, Minutemen, Captain Beefheart, Byrds, Stevie Wonder, Guns n Roses, Joni Mitchell, Guided by Voices, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, the Who, Nirvana, Bob Dylan, Beastie Boys, Sly and the Family Stone, David Bowie, MC5... the list goes on and on and on. Look to 2008 for books on Celine Dion (!), Tom Waits, Throbbing Gristle, Patti Smith, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Lucinda Williams, and The Flying Burrito Brothers among others. 33 1/3 Greatest Hits also avail. R. Crumb's Trading Cards ................................................................... Three different sets are available: Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Country Music Pioneers. Each set contains 36 to 40 cards and is packaged in a very cool gift box. Each musician or group is lovingly drawn in full color by underground comix legend R. Crumb, and on the back is a bio of each musical artist, written by historian Stephen Calt. GEAR & STUFF ------------------------------------------------------------------ Stanton Turntables ................................................................... If you're getting tired of your aging platter, maybe its time you check out our options. We currently have three varities of turntables in stock - with prices starting at $100 for our entry level belt-drive deck. Other models are available - come check it out and ask us about em! Stanton Cartridges ................................................................... That's quite a hairy needle you've got there. Don't you think its time to invest in a bright, clean, shiny new cartridge and needle? We have cheapo $20 and high-end DJ carts... make your records happy, they deserve it. Stanton Headphones ................................................................... A new area for our music connesiours - sometimes you need to escape reality and close the real world out, headphone listening is any easy way to do just that. We have two models available and many more options too. Discwasher D4 Record Cleaning Kit ................................................................... Not sure what album to buy your sweetie? Show a subtle nod towards hygiene with these cleaning kits - comes with one of those fancy felt brushes and their patented super secret formula cleaning fluid. Vinyl Storage Boxes ................................................................... Tired of milk crates? We have sturdy, lidded white cardboard boxes with handles that are absolutely delightful for both your 7" and 12" collections. No more dust, no more fur. Comes folded but easily constructed. Poly & Paper Sleeves ................................................................... Show your records some love and get rid of those nappy, stained, torn and I KNOW you wouldn't give your momma a rekkid lookin like that(!) sleeves. Both paper inners and poly outers make you the envy of the neighborhood kids. Landlocked Music T-Shirt, Bags, Gift Certificates ................................................................... Our lovely logo across the chest of your loved ones - a wide variety of sizes for both men and women. Or if your friend doesn't wear shirts... perhaps one of our bags (stuffed full of vinyl, of course). Or sure, you could let them pick out the perfect present on their own via a LL gift certificate, in any size. ................................................................... NEXT WEEK - Pre-Order/Reserve one of next week's releases and guarantee you'll have it when its released!!! - info@landlockedmusic.com ................................................................... Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains (12/18) Chingy - Hate It or Love It (12/18) Rivers Cuomo - Alone: The Home Recordings (12/18) Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood OST (12/18) KISS - Kissology Vol 3 DVD (12/18) Lupe Fiasco - The Cool (12/18) Tool - Vicarious DVD (12/18) VA - Great Debaters OST (12/18) VA - Sweeney Todd OST (12/18) ................................................................... COMING SOON (dates often subject to change, sorry) ................................................................... Radiohead - In Rainbows (1/2) Dirty on Purpose - Like Bees EP (1/15) Magnetic Fields - Distortion (1/15) Black Mountain - In the Future (1/22) Blood on the Wall - Liferz (1/22) Bodies of Water - Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blank (1/22) Cat Power - Jukebox (1/22) Collections of Colonies of Bees - Birds (1/22) Envy - All the Footprints You've Ever Left (1/22) Evangelicals - The Evening Descends (1/22) Hey Willpower - PDA (1/22) Mahjongg - Kontpab (1/22) Eric Matthews - The Imagination Stage (1/22) Mono - The Sky Remains the Same as Ever DVD (1/22) Jon Mueller - Metals (1/22) Photon Band - Back Down to Earth (1/22) Rafter - Sex Death Cassette (1/22) Jed Speare - Sound Works 1980-87 2CD (1/22) Richard Swift - Instruments of Science and Technology (1/22) Times New Viking - Rip It Off (1/22) Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead (1/29) The Mars Volta - The Bedlam is Goliath (1/29) Radar Brothers - Auditorium (1/29) Sons & Daughters - The Gift (1/29) Vetiver - remix 12" (1/29) Xiu Xiu - Women as Loers (1/29) Earles & Jensen Present: Just Farr A Laugh Vol 1 & 2 (2/19) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 5 sellers at Landlocked Music for the week of 12/4 - 12/11: 1. Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (Virgin) 2. Sigur Ros - Heima DVD (XL) 3. Aloha - Light Works (Polyvinyl) 4. Ghostface Killah - Big Dough Rehab (Def Jam) 5. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall (Geffen) Don't miss the boat! We have still fresh CDs, LPs and DVDs from Aloha, Blood Meridian, Bodies of Water, Daft Punk, Nick Drake, 4 Bonjours Parties, Ghostface Killah, Interpol, Kentucky Nightmare, Joe Lally, One Be Lo, Rufus Wainwright, Bonnie Prince Billy, Boris w/ Merzbow, British Sea Power, Cloudland Canyon / Lichens, Electric Wizard, Gorillaz, LoVid, Major Stars, James Murphy and Pat Mahoney, Nine Inch Nails, Push-Pull, Six Organs of Admittance, The Valerie Project, Cursive, Opeth, Residents, Boscoe, Vashti Bunyan, Burial, Eskiboy, Robyn Hitchcock, Os Mutantes, Pantaleimon, Wire, Battles, Bright Eyes, Burial, Citay, Loren Connors, Einsturzende Neubauten, Grizzly Bear, Jay Z, LCD Soundsystem, Operation Ivy, Gram Parsons w/ The Flying Burrito Bros, Pedro, Pine Hill Haints, Sigur Ros, Bobb Trimble, White Williams and much much more! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming Bloomington shows that Landlocked Music is excited about: 12/12 - Mae @ Rhino's 12/13 - VHS or Beta @ Bluebird 12/17 - Frode Gjerstad Trio @ Art Hospital 12/28 - Boxcar's Naughty & Nice Dance Party @ Bluebird 1/24 - Chicago Afrobeat Project @ Fester's 2/3 - Six Organs of Admittance, Tren Brothers @ Waldron 2/16 - Haste the Day + more @ Rhino's 2/28 - They Might Be Giants @ Bluebird 3/3 - Bowerbirds / Phosphorescent @ Waldron 3/20 - Islands @ Rhino's 3/27 - Bodies of Water / Le Loup @ Waldron We have tickets and further information for many of these wonderful performances. Sorry, but we can only accept cash for ticket purchases. ------------------------------------------------------------------ More information about shows and more on the horizon is available for the technologically inclined at http://www.landlockedmusic.com/ or http://myspace.com/landlockedbton or http://indiana.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2385198570 We are looking to buy/trade all your old unwanted CDs & LPs! Bring 'em in and we'll make an offer. We are also ready, willing and able to special order anything for you. Email us or drop in and we will hook you up with whatcha need. Feel free to forward this to all your lovely friends that need to know whats going on, we'd love to have them join our little party here on the newsletter. Tell us what you think, what you desire. ------------------------------------------------------------------ BFF, Jason & Heath info@landlockedmusic.com Landlocked Music 314 S. Washington St. (next door to Boxcar Books) Bloomington, IN, 47401 http://www.landlockedmusic.com/ http://myspace.com/landlockedbton http://indiana.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2385198570 (812) 339 - 2574 Hours of Operation: Monday - Saturday : 11:30am - 7:30pm Sunday : Noon - 5pm