Red Cat Records: An artist-owned and operated record store

More news about opening day to come!  We are still of course open at our current location!

Red Cat Records moves to larger home
By Adrian Mack - Georgia Straight

Apparently, more and more people are listening to those round black slabs called “records”. Red Cat Records is moving to new premises later in January to accommodate the growth in business, and to focus on more in-store events.

“In the last few years we’ve seen a dramatic increase in vinyl sales,” co-owner Dave Gowans told the Straight. “We need to make more space, plus lots of local bands are releasing stuff on vinyl, and everyone is reissuing classic titles. It’s almost overwhelming.”

Gowans noted that the music-industry sales-monitoring service Nielsen SoundScan reported that in 2009, vinyl sales were the highest they’ve been since tracking began in 1991.

Red Cat moves to its new location at 4332 Main Street on January 30.

20% off everything in the store (excluding concert tickets)

11:00 - 7:00 PM Saturday December 26th

Come on by, we have lots of shipments coming in so there will be lots of new vinyl releases in stock, USB Turntables & CDS

See you then!

Red Cat

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Reading the phrase ‘heart sweats’ and ‘young hearts spark fire’ over and over will eventually bring on a physiological reaction…  luckily most of the MANY contest entries were brilliant and it was tough to pick the winners.  Truly creative, subject matter ran from seasonal changes to post-coital ruminations. Without further ado- here they are!

Japandroids Ticket Winner

D. Goudie

Jumping the puddle
Wet leaves wet hair, my heart sweats
I stop when snow falls

Post-Nothing Vinyl Winners

P. Jackson

Our young hearts spark fire;

Her wet hair cools the flames down

Still now, my heart sweats…

J.  Silva

-why I need new roomates-

Forever crazy

The girls are leaving wet hair

I quit…

Thanks to everyone that submitted (and there were many!)- we have posters or buttons for all the contestants at the store. Just let us know you were a haikuist!

NEW CONTEST

The Wise Hall is putting on a killer New Years show featuring Cousin Harley, The Nervous Fellas and Cameron Latimer.  Also featuring complimentary appetizers and champagne!  They are giving us a pair of tickets to give away ($44.00 value) and to win them is easy.  Just email us your predictions for 2010.  Points for funny, weird, ironic, painful etc.  The Top 3 Psychics will be entered in a draw for the tickets.

st. vincent, album leaf, basua bulat, woodpigeon, bowerbirds & julie doiron, prefuse 73 & more .. also Tom Waits - GLitter & Doom .. new live release on LP !