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This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. Diana Krall - The Very Best Of (On Sale)
2. Beatles - Abbey Road
3. Pink Floyd - The Wall
4. Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Black Vinyl)
5. Led Zeppelin - Mothership (Very Best Of)
6. Bob Marley - Legend
7. Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
8. James Taylor - James Taylor Greatest Hits
9. Neil Young - Live At The Cellar Door
10. Beatles - The White Album

Santana - Santana

Originally released the same month as their incendiary set at Woodstock, this impressive debut for Columbia kick-started a Hall of Fame legacy that lasts still today. Establishing one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in rock; Carlos’ signature tone and phrasing coupled with Afro-Cuban percussion virtually launched Latin-Rock fusion. Both AM and FM airwaves were scorched in the ensuing months with their charted singles "Evil Ways" (#9) and Jingo (#93) plus "Soul Sacrifice", a favorite after it’s featured spot in the Woodstock movie and soundtrack.

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Led Zeppelin - Mothership (Very Best Of)

Mothership is a compilation album by English rock group Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment on 12 November 2007 in the United Kingdom, and 13 November 2007 in the United States. It was released on the same day that Led Zeppelin's entire catalog became available in digital stores, including the iTunes Store. The cover (designed by artist Shepard Fairey) is a graphical interpretation of the Beresford Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland.

The songs included were chosen by the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, and represent eight of the band's nine studio albums.

The album debuted at #4 in the UK Albums Chart, with 58,000 units sold, and debuted at #1 on the Official New Zealand Albums Chart and stayed there for several weeks. The album also debuted at #7 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling about 136,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold almost 1,7 million + copies in the U.S and 4 million + copies worldwide, it has been certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA.

Features:

4-180 Gram Vinyl LP Box Set
Remastered with band members' oversight
Half-Speed Mastered by Stan Ricker
Pressed at RTI

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Their / They're / There Analog Weekend Out Now

Analog Weekend, the brand new EP from Chicago-based trio Their / They're / There is out now -- but that's not all! The band, made up of Mike Kinsella (Owen, American Football), Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It), and Matthew Frank (Loose Lips Sink Ships, Lifted Bells), have debuted their first music video and are playing a string of shows. Analog Weekend, the band’s second EP, was recorded directly to tape at Ed Rose’s Black Lodge Recording over a single weekend and features piano by James Dewees (The Get Up Kids, Reggie and the Full Effect, Coalesce).

Analog Weekend was co-released with our friends at Topshelf Records, who have an exclusive color of the vinyl (Forest Green) for sale HERE

Pick up the Baby Blue 12", a t-shirt, or a bundle with both, from the Polyvinyl E-Store by clicking the link below.

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