We're clearing out the not-as-nicely manicured Wombleton back room!

We at Wombleton Records, as we prepare for our upcoming buying trip to England & Scotland next week, have had the last-minute inspiration to clear out some 45s to make room for the incoming shipment of goodies. Additionally, a friend of ours will be selling hundreds of 70s & 80s soul, r&b, disco & pop 45s at cheap price points $1.00, $2.00. None of these have seen the light of day- and we haven’t had time to screen for rare boogie, so get yourselves over to Wombleton this upcoming Sunday May 13th between noon & 6pm.

In the store we’ll have the following discounts for ONE DAY ONLY… including on our recent white hot Holland arrivals (glam, cosmic disco, post-punk) which we normally wouldn’t put on sale for another two or three months, so come scoop it up!

Reggae 45s (designated boxes) will be 50% off!

All other 45s $20 & under will be 25% off.

Over $20 45s are 10% off, plus:

Hundreds and hundreds of $1 singles on the sidewalk- cheaper the more you buy!

Also I will have already gone through a bunch of stuff that’s been sitting for a while and marked them down, so there will be double-dip savings THIS SUNDAY ONLY!

AND we’ll offer additional quantity deals if you stack/stock up this Sunday.

More news:

Wombleton is starting a monthly DJ Party at a real ‘class’ joint called MONTY BAR downtown. Our new night, THE WOMBLE HOP, will happen on the first Sunday of every month. We had our freshman initiation party last weekend (smashing time had by all) and we’re doing a one-off at the same venue TONIGHT (Friday May 11th 10pm til late) with DJ buddies Ian Marshall & Chad Brown! (see flyer below)

The Womble Hop happens at Monty bar the 1st Sunday of each month

Lastly, please befriend Wombleton Records spokesperson & resident Womble Hop DJ Alfie Noakes on facebook if you’d like to be kept up to date on upcoming events & sales. We like to keep our email list mailings to a minimum, so please ‘friend’ Alfie for a less confrontational slew of updates from us here at Wombleton.

Alfie will be sure to tell you all about our upcoming secret live gig at Wombleton featuring a legendary New Zealand band who began in the early 1980s on Flying Nun Records.  Stay tooned for more on that!

Wombleton: Not your average Los Angeles Record Store Day - April 21, 2012

Exciting plans are afoot at Wombleton Records for the 2012 Record Store Day Weekend here in LA. Again this year, we will not be carrying any exclusive RSD product but instead we promise a fresh, one-of-kind selection of hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of hot-off-the-airplane used LPs & picture sleeve 45s from Holland, France, Germany, Belgium & other premier European music capitals. This year, come experience Record Store Day at Wombleton and see everything you can’t find at other shops in the USA– tons of original press, country-of-origin 60s / 70s / 80s / 90s Krautrock, Nederbeat, Post-Punk, French Pop, Glam, Cosmic & Italo Disco, Proggy Folk ‘n’ Psych, Euro Synth Pop, 90s UK Britpop / indie & more!  **SNEAK PREVIEW IN PHOTOS BELOW**

* RECORD STORE EVE * – FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2012, 8pm  EUROPEAN NEW ARRIVALS PARTY!!! The celebration begins Friday April 20 at 8pm ‘til Midnight w/ DJ Noah Wallace (Hammered Satin). We’ve entered the next phase in our ongoing series of legendary overseas buying trips- with more, bigger, better, cheaper used vinyl stock! First come, first served; not to be missed! Refreshments provided, too!

* RECORD STORE DAY * – SATURDAY APRIL 21, 2012 – 10am until 10pm – The fun continues with even more of the new (used) European LPs & singles hitting the floor for the first time. AND what’s more SLOW MOTION DJ’s Zane & Mikey will be spinning a spidery sonic web from apx 2pm – 5pm. Do it all this year!  Check out the exclusive RSD stock at the likes of Permanent, Freakbeat, Atomic, Vacation, Rockaway, Origami, Amoeba and company but don’t forget  to come to Wombleton this year where we’ll put the wide-world of vinyl at your fingertips on Record Store Day- we’ve made an extra-special effort to get some groovy, incredible, rare stuff together from abroad for RSD Los Angeles!!!

Record Store Day at Wombleton: used records from shops, collections and markets all over the world at you fingertips... right here in Los Angeles, April 21st, 2012

And, for you CLEANERS FROM VENUS & MARTIN NEWELL fans out there, we are your CLEANERS HQ this year! We will have tons of the NEW VINYL LP BOX SETS from Captured Tracks on hand, as well as some The Wake & Medicine boxed sets in limited quantities, too!

Cleaners From Venus, a limited quantity of box sets will be available on Record Store Day 2012 at Wombleton Records in Los Angeles

Try something different this Record Store Day, Los Angeles… Try Wombleton!

http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home

WOMBLETON RECORD STORE DAY 2012 SNEAK PREVIEW, L.A.

Record Store Day 2012 pre-party GOODIES FROM EUROPE, 8pm Friday April 20 at Wombleton Records, Los Angeles

This Record Store Day (and the night before) at Wombleton Records, Los Angeles, we will have one-of-a-kind treats imported from Europe. Not just limited RSD product- impossibly rare original press import titles you won't want to miss.

Visit what L.A. Weekly called "Best Indie Record Store" this Record Store Day, April 21, 2012. Our exclusive party starts the night before (Fri 8pm), so don't miss out!

Wombleton Records - Los Angeles Record Store Day 2012

The Highland Park, Los Angeles Record Store Day party at Wombleton, Fri 4/20/12 8pm - 12am & Sat 4/21/12 10am to 10pm

Los Angeles Record Store Day 2012 - Wombleton is just minutes from Hollywood

Name them all (A sides AND B sides) and win a $1 off coupon for the upcoming Record Store Day 2012 celebration at Wombleton Records, Los Angeles

AND THESE ARE ALL THE REAL THING- NOT REISSUES! ALL OF THIS & MUCH, MUCH MORE WILL BE IN THE BINS FRIDAY NIGHT, RECORD STORE EVE AT 8PM ‘TIL MIDNITE. DON’T MISS OUT THIS RECORD STORE DAY, LOS ANGELES!

WINTER HOURS

Tuesday – 12 ’til 6pm

Wednesday – 12 ’til 6pm

Thursday – 12 ’til 8pm

Friday – 12 ’til 8pm

Saturday – 12 ’til 8pm

Sunday – 12 ’til 6pm

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE LIVE ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM THE SHOP, SO APPOINTMENTS ARE ALWAYS POSSIBLE ON ANY DAY AT ANY HOUR, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU OUT-OF-TOWNERS. JUST GIVE US A CALL!

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM WOMBLETON RECORDS!

Come to THE WOMBLE HOP this New Year's Eve

Today, Saturday December 31st, is your last chance this year to shop or redeem gift certificates UNTIL NEXT YEAR, so get over to Wombleton Records today between noon and 6pm and pick-up that crazy disco remix 12-inch for your big party tonight… we also stock lots of depressing music, too, so if you’re staying in tonight maybe we have that special downer of a singer-songwriter LP that fits the bill perfectly.

Now speaking of music, as we rarely do on the Wombleton blog, if you are having a little party chez toi tonight and haven’t organized the services a disk jock, we’ve got just thing. OVER THREE HOURS of WOMBLETON NEW YEARS EVE PARTY MIXES split up into seven 20 to 40 minute MP3 chunks. You can download all of these and burn them to three CDrs or load them into your iTunes from the following links:

New Years Eve Womblemixes (Phases 1 thru 5):

https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1328794442/8aca511412f4c633954ddc6acf5eb1e4

New Years Eve Womblemixes (Phases 6 & 7):

https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1328799220/7566e62ea7e7878b6a02969087e35c0f

Blake Xolton & The Martians: “Merry Christmas” (1980)

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A Bomp comp featuring today's track by Blake Xolton

Season’s greetings everyone! Thanks for shopping with us during the holidays. Special hours this week…We will be open on Monday Dec 26 from 12pm ’til 6pm for Boxing Day, so we hope to see you then. Then back to regular hours Wed – Sat. 

Ho ho, ho’s: We are open late every night this week right up until 6pm on Xmas eve, so you should have plenty of time to make it to Wombleton to pick up some goodies which would make great holiday presents. Gift ideas include a very limited supply of attractive, direct-drive vintage 70s & 80s turntables, the ever-popular Wombleton Gift Certificate and various little gifts like vintage pop pins, posters & weird indie cassettes like a great Celluloid French New Wave compilation, Orange Juice: Flexi Sessions or The Raincoats: Kitchen Tapes. We also have a store full of that giant load of fresh used LPs & 45s recently imported from England & Scotland. Original press Britpop, Twee, Shoegaze, Glam, UK Beat-Psych, Folk Rock, Cool Prog, Krautrock, Bubblegum, Connoisseur-grade 70s Soft Rock, Post-Punk & DIY, Cosmic Disco, 80s synth funk, Girl Group, French Pop, Pub Rock, Punk Punk, Italo, Ethereal, Power Pop & more! We’re not just saying it either, we have thousands of original UK & European pressings of the titles YOU want. Come and see for yourself!

HOLIDAY SHOPPING HOURS:

THURS DEC 22nd – 12pm ’til 10pm

FRI DEC 23rd – 12pm ’til 10pm

SAT DEC 24th – 12pm ’til 6pm-ish

MON DEC 26th “Boxing Day” – 12pm ’til 6pm

Are you a regular Wombleton Records shopper? This holiday season, tell your significant other, friends, family or pets what you really want… by making up a WOMBLETON WISH LIST!

How does it work? Well, it’s as easy as 1-2-3:

1) Just stop by Wombleton in the next week or so, pick up a blank WISH LIST from the front counter, then have a look around!

2) Write down up to ten records we have in stock that you’d like to see under the Xmas tree, in place of your “gelt” for the Jewish tradition or as Zawadi in observance of Kwanzaa this holiday season.

3) Fill in the names / email addresses of the folks who you want to get the list, whether it’s your parents, your best friend, your employer, your partner or your secret lover. Then drop off the form at the front counter.

And voila, you’re done! We’ll take it from there. Even if your gift-giver lives out of town, we can accept credit card payments from afar… gift wrapping & delivery available within reason- but that’s their problem.

Our Gift Certificates are always nice, of course, but why not let your loved ones get a little more personal with their gifts… fill out a 2011 Wombleton Wish List! We can’t guarantee everything on your list will still be in the shop by the time whoever it is responds, so make sure you write down a few extras. Also, feel free to add a priority / preference ranking to your selections.

All you have to do is drop by and fill out a WISH LIST form to make all of your vinyl dreams come true this December!