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/
New Years Eve Womblemixes (Phases 6 & 7):
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/
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
Xmas Shopping at Wombleton- Best in LA 2011
WOMBLETON at AMOEBA?!?!
Yes, Ian & Jade will be plugging Wombleton tonight as we guest DJ at exciting Amoeba Music. There’s nothing quite like the buzz of Xmas shopping at a big, bustling record store during this time of the season. Whether it was Virgin on Oxford Street, HMV in Piccadilly, Sam’s or A&A’s on Yonge Street, Tower at 4th & Broadway, I was always doing my last-minute holiday hustle at those sorts of places. Sadly, most all of those spots have shut their doors… but you can still get that vibe in at least ONE place on the planet. Right here in Los Angeles at AMOEBA MUSIC. And tonight we will be playing a strange Futur-Edwardian soundtrack which would normally only be heard emanating from our little Wombleton sound system or possibly at the odd WOW! DJ night at the Black Boar. Come and say “Hallo!” and we will give you an exclusive $5 off coupon** redeemable at Wombleton thru Jan 3rd. So you can buy some stuff at Amoeba AND Wombleton; our stock compliment each other’s nicely… both are worth a visit this holiday season! Thank you to Daniel at Amoeba who extended the olive branch and helped to heal the longstanding grudge between our two corporations (just kidding- they have always been very nice to us!).
Now, here’s your Wombletune of the Day. Pinched from Lee “Eclectic Mud” Birchall’s VG Plus holiday swap mix CD, this song rocked me all across and down old Albion a couple weeks ago on my solo road trip from Ediburgh to Manchester to London. Thanks Lee, a guy who truly has “ears” as they say in the biz.
RICHARD KENT STYLE: “CROCODILE TEARS” (1968)
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**$5.00 off coupon on purchases of $20 or more, limit one per customer. Valid until 1/3/12.
Light and Wispy Pop 80s & 90s pop singles from the UK!
Would you wike some wecords under your TWEE this Chwistmas?
Finally some music with B.A.L.L.S, comparatively speaking
Boney doing his rounds at a local charity shop – 12/3/11 11:30amAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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!
The Soul-Men: “Sister Sue” (1965)
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An early song from a very wet-behind-the-ears Harry Nilsson recorded by this L.A. based studio group.
Oh what the hell! We’re having a BLACK FRIDAY SALE at WOMBLETON RECORDS! ONE DAY ONLY – FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25th 12pm till 10pm… Up to 50% off all stock (same deal as a few months ago but with TONS OF HOT NEW STUFF!!!) Discounts are as follows: $1.00 to $7.00 items = 50% off; $8.00 to $15.00 items = 30% off; $16.00 to $24.00 items = 20% off & items priced $25.00 or higher are 10% off! Don’t miss your chance to get great one-of-a-kind imported LPs from Germany, Brazil & the UK at SLASHED PRICES!!! This is all being done to compete with our new competitors… GIGGLESWICK RECORDS!
Mariama Diabate, Maramagbe Keita & Djeli Moussa Diawara
Jali Musa Jawara (Djeli Moussa Diawara): “Soubindoor” (1988)
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Jali Musa Jawra is from the Kankan region of Guinea in West Africa. The Jali (or “Djeli”) prefix on his name means “musician by birth”; both of his parents were jalis as well, you see. Traditionally speaking, Djelis were more or less wandering minstrels in this part of Africa. He is best known for playing the Kora, a 21-string bridge-harp- though he also mastered the balafon, basically a wooden xylophone from the idiophone family of tuned percussion instruments. He plays guitar and sings, too- but doesn’t everyone. Am I right Hollywood?
Kalifa Camara (Belafon)
Moving to Abidjan in the Ivory Coast to play in Mory Kante’s band in the late 1970s put Jawara in a more progressive state of mind. When he split from Kante in ’83 he developed his own, hypnotic and exciting style of modern African Mandinka music. The album this tune was taken from, “Soubindoor”, was recorded in London in 1988 and was released on Island’s Mango imprint.
The song is about how suspicion and mistrust can ruin otherwise loving relationships. So to put it in your frame of reference, Wombleteens, this song is like West Africa’s answer to “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. I’d like to hear what Jawara could do with “Shadowplay” or “Disorder”, wouldn’t you!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING. WE’RE OPEN TILL 3:30 TODAY!
And don’t forget to remember Africa today, you fat fucks!
Rosanne Cash: “Seven Year Ache” (1981)
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Lost great country pop crossover hit, compliments of Chad Brown!
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