May Holiday Weekend Hours!
We will be open all weekend. Sunday May 19 and Monday May 20th our holiday hours will be 11am – 5 pm!
featured releases
Festival Season!
We’re into May, the sun seems to be shining more frequently, and that means two things…1.Craig will be talking endlessly about heading to the beach and/or the petting zoo and 2.Victoria is gearing up for it’s impressive festival season.
This year welcomes the return of a few long standing biggies; Rifflandia, Jazz Fest and Ska Fest. But don’t miss out on the few smaller, equally impressive and fun weekend festivals like Tall Tree, Vic Fest and the Phillips Weekender. It’s shaping up to be one excellent summer!!
2013 RSD list!
the orders are in and here’s the list! We ordered lots of titles and the fill’s have been very good considering how big RSD has gotten. There’s stock on many of the big releases although we were shorted on a few. Note that many of the smaller releases we only have 1-3 copies so get here early!
A Place To Bury Strangers Strange Moon LP
Aerosmith Toys In The Attic LP
Aerosmith Get Your Wings LP
Aerosmith Aerosmith LP
Animals Animals Is Here 10”
Animals Animals Are Back 10”
At The Drive-In Relationship Of Command LP
Avett Brothers/Randy Travis Music From Cmt Crossroads 7”
Band Last Waltz 3LP
Ben Harper By My Side LP
Best Coast Fear Of My Identity/Who Have I 7”
Between The Buried & Me Anatomy Of LP
Biffy Clyro Black Chandelier 7”
Big Mama Thorton Jail LP
Billy Talent Stand Up And Run 7”
Black Lips/ Icky Blossoms Cowboy Knights 7”
Black Milk Synth Or Soul LP
Blind Melon Blind Melon + Sippin Time Sessions EP LP
Blitzen Trapper Blitzen Trapper LP
Bob Dylan Wigwam 7”
Bonobo North Borders Box 10” Box
Botch American Nervoso LP
Brendan Benson & Willy Mason Upstairs At United, Vol. 7 LP
Brian Eno x Nicolas Jaar x Grizzly Bear Remixes 12”
Brian JonesTown Massacare Fist Full of Bees b/w Food for Clouds 12”
Brother Ali Shadows in the Sun LP
Buck 65 Talkin’ Honky Blues LP
Built To Spill Live LP
Cake Sheep Go to Heaven (Live) / Jesus Wrote A Blank Check (Live) 7”
Cal Tjader Trio Fantasy 3-9 10”
Calexico Spiritoso LP
Charlie Poole With The Highlan Compete Paramount & Brunswick LP
Cheech & Chong Earache My Eye 7”
Chelsea Wolfe / King Dude Sing Songs Together 7”
Gary Clark Jr. Vol. 2-Hwul Raw Cuts 12”
Codeine What About The Lonely CD
Codeine What About The Lonely LP
Coheed & Cambria AFTERMAN: DESCENSION (BIG BEIG LP
Country Joe & The Fish I Feel Like I’M Fixin’ To Die LP
Cure Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me LP
Cut Copy Bright Like Neon Love LP
Cypress Hill Black Sunday LP
Dan Deacon Konono Ripoff No 1 7”
Daniel Johnston Fun LP
Dave Brubeck Trio Distinctive Rhythm I LP
David Bowie Stars 7”
David Bowie Drive In Saturday 7”
David Guetta Titanium 12”
Deep Purple/Type O Negative Highway Star 7”
Deftones Vol. 1-Deftones Live: Selection 12”
Destroyer This Night LP
Django Django Hi Djinx! (remix album) LP
Doors & X Side By Side: Soul Kitchen 7”
Dust Dust/Hard Attack LP
Earth Crisis Firestorm 7”
El Michels Affair Enter the 37th Chamber (picture disc) LP
Elizabeth Cook & Jason Isbell Tecumseh Valley/Pancho & Lefty 7”
Elliott Smith Alternate Versions From Either/Or 7”
Emerson Lake & Palmer The First Five—Picture Disc Collection—The first 5 ELP albums 5xLP
Evian Christ DUGA-3 12”
Fall Sir William Wray 7”
Fela Kuti Sorrow Tears & Blood/Perambula 12”
Fitz & The Tantrums Out Of My League 10”
Flaming Lips Zaireeka 4xLP
Foals Holy Fire Vinyl
Frank Zappa I’M The Slime/Montana 7”
Frightened Rabbit Midnight Organ Flight LP
G. Love Bloodshot & Blue 10”
Garbage Because The Night 10”
Giant Henry Giant Henry LP
Get On Down Presents: Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession Vinyl Single
Glove Blue Sunshine LP
Golden Gunn Golden Gunn LP
Gram Parsons Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angel 7”
Grateful Dead Rare Cuts & Oddities 1966 CD
Grateful Dead Rare Cuts & Oddities 1966 LP
Grouplove/Frightened Rabbit/Man Architech/Make It To Me Vinyl Single
Hawkwind Urban Guerilla 7”
Human League Don’t You Want Me 12”
Husker Du Amusement 2×7”
Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6-Origins Of American Pri LP
Iron & Wine Next To Paradise/Dirty Dream 7”
Jethro Tull Living In The Past 7”
Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe 7”
Jimmy Eat World Damage b/w Stop Whispering 7”
Josephine Foster Little Life 10”
Joy Formidable Minute’s Silence Vinyl Single
Junior Boys Even Truer 12”
Just Friends (Nicolas Jaar & Sasha Spielberg) Avalanche 12”
Justin Townes Earl YUMA 10 10”
Kings Of Leon Youth & Young Manhood LP
Kings Of Leon Aha Shake Heartbeat LP
Kings Of Leon Rarely LP
Kings Of Leon Because Of Times LP
Lamb Of God New American Gospel LP
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory LP
Lonely Island Yolo 12”
Low/Dirty Three In The Fishtank (gold vinyl) LP
LP Into the wild LP
Mad Season Above LP
Marianne Faithfull Broken English LP
Mercury Rev Deserted Songs LP
Mike Oldfield Theme From Tubular Bells 7”
Miles Davis Someday My Prince Will Come LP
Miles Davis Round About Midnight LP
Miles Davis Milestones LP
Misfits & The Lemonheads Side By Side: Skulls 7”
Moistboyz/Hello=Fire split 7”
Moon Duo Remix EP 12”
Mumford & Sons Live At Bull Moose CD
Mumford & Sons Live At Bull Moose 10”
Mystery Side By Side Mystery Side By Side 7”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Animal X 7”
Nick Drake Nick Drake LP
Night Marchers / Mrs Magician Split 7”
Notorious B.I.G. Ready To Die LP
Orange Juice You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever LP
Orange Juice Orange Juice LP
Orange Juice Rip It Up LP
Orange Juice Texas Fever LP
Our Lady Peace Curve LP
Oval Systemisch LP
Oval 94diskont LP
Paul McCartney Maybe Im Amazed 12”
Phish Lawn Boy LP
Phoenix Entertainment 7”
Pink Floyd See Emily Play 7”
Pornography 7 Minutes in Heaven 7”
Public Image Ltd. Public Image 7”
Pulp After You 12”
Punch Brothers Ahoy! 10”
Pussy Galore Groovy Hate Fuck 12’ EP 7”
Rhye Open 12”
Ringo Starr 45 Rpm Singles Bag 3×7”
Rob Zombie Dead City Radio & The New Gods 10”
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions Of The White Stripes LP
Roky Erickson Mine Mine Mind 7”
Rolling Stones Five By Five 7”
Roots Things Fall Apart LP
Scientists S/T LP
Seeds Seeds EP 7”
Serena Ryder Harmony LP
Shangra-Las Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand) 7”
Shearwater & Sharon Van Etten Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around 7”
Sharon Van Etten We Are Fine 7”
Shuggie Otis Introducing Shuggie Otis LP
Silverstein Four Minutes Being Cool 7”
Sly & The Family Stone I Want To Take You Higher 10”
Small Faces Green Cirvcles 7’ (Mono & Stereo) 7”
Small Faces There Are But Four Small Faces LP
Snapcase Steps 7”
Sonny & The Sunsets Imagine 7”
Sonny & The Sunsets Tomorrow Is Alright LP
Soundgarden King Animal Demos 10”
Soundtrack The Girl From UNCLE LP
Soundtrack Dazed & Confused LP
Soundtrack Alfred Hitchcock Presents / The Munsters 7”
Soundtrack The Twilight Zone / The Outer Limits 7”
Soundtrack Star Trek / Lost In Space 7”
South Park San Diego/Gay Fish 7”
Stephen Malkmus & Friends Can’s Ege Bamyasi LP
Stooges/The Black Keys No Fun 7”
Strokes All The Time 7”
Superchunk Void/Faith 7”
Surfer Blood Demon Dance 7”
T.S.O.L. You Don’t Have To Die 7”
Taj Mahal Hidden Treasures LP
Taj Mahal Natch’L Blues LP
Tame Impala Tame Impala EP LP
Tegan and Sara Closer 12”
Testament Dark Roots Covers Pic Disc 7’ 7”
Thee Oh Sees Moon Sick EP LP
Theppabutr Productions The Man Behind The Molam Sound, 1972-75 LP
Thermals Desperate Ground Demos 7”
Thurston Moore & Loren Connors Only Way To Go Is Straight Through LP
Titus Andronicus Record Store Day 12’ 7”
Toadies & Sarah Jaffe Down By The Water 7”
Ty Segall Ty Rex II 7”
Ultravox Vienna LP
Van Dyke Parks Song Cycle LP
Various Artists No Alternative LP
Various Artists Sub Pop 1000 LP
Various Artists Astralwerks 20/20 7” Set
Various Artists Ninja Tune & If Music Presents LP
Various Artists Kill Rock Stars:The Compilations 3xCassette
Various Artists Taste of Burger Records Cassette
Various Artists Reason To Believe: The Songs Of Tim Hardin LP
Various Artists Last Shop Standing DVD
Vuolo/Grande Desert LP
Walk The Moon Tightrope 12”
White Stripes Elephant LP
Whitehorse Devils Got A Gun (live)/ Lipstick 7”
Willie Nelson Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die 7”
Willie Nelson Crazy: The Demo Sessions LP
xx Jamie xx Edits 12”
Zombies Zombies LP
a few big ones we ordered but didn’t get any of our fill- Drive OST (although a regular version is still in print) Caribou (this will have a black vinyl release later), Porno For Pyros (ditto), Sigur Ros (hopefully!).
and some solicited titles never materialized
Dead Can Dance – will have a regular release later this year
Rodriguez Cold Fact – on clear vinyl was a mis-listed RSD title. It’s only sold at his Coachella concert
K. Kelly – never was solicited
Refused – will also have a regular release this year
Beta Band and a bunch of others are RSD UK only
Record Store Day 2013 this Saturday!!
The day is almost upon us, and we’re gearing up for a doozy here at Ditch! Just a few things of note to help you plan your day:
- We will be opening early, by 8am at the latest.
- The day before (Friday 19th), we will post a list of what exclusive RSD titles we have received, so keep your eye on the website or FB page to see what’s in.
- There will be 2 bands playing in-store for Record Store Day, The Chantrelles at 2pm, and Hawk & Steel at 3pm.
- RSD LPs/12“s/7“s will be located in boxes on the counter, next to where we keep magazines. The RSD CD’s (there’s only a few) will be in the regular bins.
- There will be a limit of one copy per title.
- We’ll be putting out two waves of used LPs, one first thing in the morning, and one mid-day; around the time that the bands will play.
- All the fresh used LPs will be in the bins where we usually keep blues/country/metal/soundtracks.
- we’ll have some CD/posters/t-shirt giveaways for the early-birds
Record Store Day 2013
The big day is closing in and we have a few things of note to share with everyone…
1. We will be opening early, open by 8am at the latest.
2. At this point we are still waiting to see the fills on RSD titles we ordered, but the day before we will post a list on the website and facebook page of what we recieved.
3. Along with the exclusive RSD titles we will be putting out lots of great used LPs. We will be doing this a few times over the course of the day, so earlybirds may need to check back later for those special LPs they’ve been searching for.
4. We are very excited to announce that one of our favourite local bands, The Chantrelles, will be performing in store. Stay tuned for a confirmed time.
Record Store Day Requests!!
alright- it’s time to start RSD requests. The official “Record Store day” list isn’t out until March 21st but the distributers need the pre-orders in this week. There are many, many more titles being released than we can manageably order. I will be ordering multiple stock on a few dozen of the bigger releases but………….. I will not be ordering in many of the smaller releases unless someone emails the store to let us know they are interested; in particular for many of the 7”, 12’s and any of the cd’s or box sets. So please email requests to ditchrecords@shaw.ca
here is an unofficial list
http://new-vinyl.blogspot.ca/2013/01/record-store-day-2013rsd-6april-20-2013.html
Steve Miller plays Victoria!
As of today we will be selling Steve Miller tickets! We have a range of tickets starting at $92, going up to $112 (prices include service charge). Please note that we are only able to sell the tickets in store, not over the phone (McPherson only – 250.361.0800) or online (http://www.rmts.bc.ca/), so check out the seating chart to see which tickets we have.
Seating Chart
Ditch Year Enders
It’s time to reflect on our favourites of the past year. Check it out!
Griff
Dirty Projectors – Swing lo megellan
Mother Mother – Sticks
Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
Slam Dunk – Welcome to Miami
Lumineers – s/t
Arial Pinks Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
Godspeed You Black Emperor – Allelujah!
Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself
Ty Segall – Twins
Mount Eerie – Ocean Roar
Stars – The North
Geoff
“12 for 12”
12. Norah Jones – “Little Broken Hearts”
11. Ke$ha – “Warrior”
10. Tame Impala – “Lonerism”
09. Frank Ocean – “Channel Orange”
08. Bobby Womack – “The Bravest Man in the Universe”
07. Taylor Swift – “Red”
06. Best Coast – “The Only Place”
05. Jessie Ware – “Devotion”
04. Dr John – “Locked Down”
03. Father John Misty – “Fear Fun”
02. The Beach Boys – “That’s Why God Made the Radio”
01. Chairlift – “Something”
JR
Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
Beatles- Vinyl Box Set
Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
Georges Delerue – Le Mépris
Lee Fields – Faithful Man
Aidan Knight – Small Reveal
Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t
Sinead O’Connor – How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?
Camille O’Sullivan – Changeling
Arvo Part – Adam’s Lament
Rodriguez – Searching For Sugar Man
Sloan – Twice Removed: Deluxe Edition
Regina Spektor – What We Saw from the Cheap Seats
Anna Ternheim – The Night Visitor
Patrick Watson – Adventures in Your Own Backyard
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
Kara
1.Bahamas – Barchords
2. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
3. Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts
4. Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself
5. Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur
6. Cold Specks – I Predict A Graceful Explosion
7. Pinback – Information Retrieved
8. Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams
9. Cat Power – Sun
10. Wooden Sky – Every Child A Daughter Every Moon A Son
Jordo
Dr.John – Locked Down
Lee Field & The Expressions – Faithful Man
TOPS – Tender Opposites
KIller Mike – R.A.P Music
Freak Heat Waves – S/T
Bombino – Agadez
Hyperlinx – S/T
PEACE – The World Is Too Much With Us
White Poppy – I Had A Dream
Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
Mac Demarco – Mac Demarco 2
Big KRIT – Live From The Underground
Frankie Rose – Interstellar
Wendy Rene – After Laughter Comes Tears (Reissue)
Craig
Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
Babysitter – Eye
Slam Dunk – Welcome to Miami
Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
Lana Del Ray – Born to Die
Godspeed You Black Emperor – Allelujah!
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Open Relationship – Born Weird 7”
Death Grips – The Money Store
Menahan Street Band – The Crossing
Rodriguez is here!!
Better late than never seems to be the case for Detroit born Rodriguez. After the release of the hugely successful Searching For Sugarman documentary, which came forty years after his first album, it’s been near impossible to match the demand for his albums. But, we here at Ditch are rising to the occasion and keeping both Cold Fact and Coming From Reality, as well as the movie soundtrack, in stock on both CD and LP. Whether you’re looking for a holiday gift or just shopping for yourself, we’ll be sure to have Rodriguez at the ready!