[Quimpersound] Quimper Sound Newsletter 11/18/05

Fri Nov 18 21:00:07 PST 2005

Quimper Sound Music & Media
W. Washington's Oldest Independent Record Store
Newsletter Vol.2 No.37 11/18/05

Greetings from Quimper Sound. The big news this week is, of course, the online store. It has been a huge success. The ability to shop and browse over 500,000 titles - and hear sound clips and read reviews - makes it easier than ever to shop local. The initial feedback has been overwhelmingly positive - and it's only been up since Tuesday evening! Remember, if you put in the word "skivvies" (without the quotes) in the box that says "Apply Discount Code" you get an extra 10% discount - but only until midnight Sunday. Oh, and we added both "Cash" and "Check" to the payment options. So if you choose the 'Pick Up In Store' shipping option and don't want to use your credit card, you don't have to. We'll continue to fine tune things to try and make it as user-friendly as possible. If you have any suggestions (or complaints/compliments) feedback is much appreciated - keep it coming to: feedback at quimpersound.com - thanks! And now, on with the show . . .

-Contents-
1. New Releases Coming 11/22
2. Special Orders We've Filled 
3. Best Selling CDs
4. Best Selling DVDs
5. Local Tickets On Sale
6. Useful Links
7. Privacy Statement 
8. Sound Off

-Selected New Releases of Note: 11/22-*
-CDs:
1. Seu Jorge: Life Aquatic Studio Sessions [Rock]
2. John Mayer: John Mayer Trio Live [Rock]
3. Queens Of The Stone Age: Over The Years... (CD+DVD) [Rock]
4. Michael Buble: Caught In The Act (CD+DVD)
5. Tree63: Worship 1:Stand For You [Christian]
6. In The Mix: Soundtrack [Soundtrack]
7. Muppet Christmas Carol: Soundtrack [Soundtrack] 
8. Producers: Soundtrack [Soundtrack]
9. Various: Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Concert* [Jazz]
10. Various: Hurricane Relief - Come Together Now* [Rock]
11. Hanukkah Lounge: Instrumental Jew Age Music [Dance/Electronic]
12. Talib Kweli: Right About Now [Rap/Hip-Hop]
13. Electric Masada: At The Mountain Of Madness [Jazz]
14. Various: Putumayo Kids - One World One Kid [Childrens]
15. Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg: Live [Classical]

*Hurricane Katrina Benefit CDs

-Selected Artists with Re-Issues/Compilations/Hits:
1. Bee Gees: Love Songs 
2. Billy Joel: My Lives (4CD+DVD)
3. Queen: Night At The Opera (CD+DVD)
4. Stone Joss: Mind Body & Soul (CD+DVD)
5. Patti Labelle: Gold
6. Nelly: Sweatsuit
7. Neville Brothers: Gold
8. Frank Sinatra: Duets & Duets II
9. Paul Clayton: Whaling & Sailing Songs: Tradition Years
10. Reba McEntire: Reba's #1's
11. Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine
12. Dr. Dre: Chronic [Dual Disc CD/DVD]
-DVDs:
1. Aeon Flux: Complete Animated Collection [Animation]
2. Ran (Criterion Edition) [Best Film Ever Made]
3. Brian Eno: 14 Video Paintings [Music Video]
4. Peter Gabriel: Still Growing Up-Live [Concert Film]
5. Jack Johnson: Weekend At The Greek/Live In Japan [Concert Film(s)]
6. Polar Express (Deluxe Edition) [Feature Film]
7. Radiohead: Astoria London Live [Concert Film]

*These titles are scheduled to be released on this day but sometimes release dates are pushed back with little or no advance warning.  Use this list at your own risk...

-Special Orders We've Filled-
Special Orders Filled This Week: 85
Special Orders Filled Year-To-Date: 3,011
(if there is anything you've been itching to get but haven't seen, don't hesitate to ask us about it. We fill most special orders within a couple of days (often "next day") and never charge a fee.)

-Quimper Sound Top 10 Best Selling CDs-
1. Stevie Wonder - Time To Love
2. Matisyahu - Live At Stubbs
3. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall
4. Neil Young - Prairie Wind
5. Bruce Cockburn - Speechless
6. Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
7. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
8. Bonnie Raitt - Souls Alike
9. Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams 
10. Danger Doom - Mouse and Mask

-Quimper Sound Top 5 Best Selling DVDs-
1. Lightning In A Bottle [Concert Film]
2. Frank Zappa - Dub Room Special [Concert Film] 
3. Sin City [Feature Film] 
4. AC/DC - Then There Was Rock: Life Before Brian [Rockumentary] 
5. Muppet Show - Season One [Television Series] 

-Local Tickets For Sale This Week*-
Note: Season Passes and Individual Lectures for the School of Athens are sold out
1. Awkward Guys Get Normal
      - Thursday-Sunday, December 1-4
      - all shows 7:00pm with two shows on Sunday at 2:30pm and 7:00pm
      - $12 normal people, $10 for awkward people, children 12 & under are free
      - www.awkwardguys.com 
2. Tangoheart
      - Friday, January 20, 8:00pm - Chimacum Highschool Auditorium - $18
      - Festival Seating - upwest at olympus.net 

*This is a list of local events to which Quimper Sound is currently selling tickets. Quimper Sound sells tickets to local events as a community service and never charges a fee. Because we give all the proceeds back to the performers we can only accept cash or checks made out to the performers themselves. All tickets are General Admission unless otherwise noted.

-Useful Links-
http://www.quimpersound.com
http://www.allmusic.com (All-around best music research site on the web)
http://musicmavericks.publicradio.org/  (Your tax dollars at work - in a good way!)
http://www.centrum.org/ (Washington's home for the arts and creative education)

-Privacy Statement-
Quimper Sound collects email addresses on a voluntary basis and only for the purposes of sending you this newsletter or other store-related updates.
Except for some friends, family and select business associates (whom I took the liberty to sign up myself) every email address used was submitted on a form at Quimper Sound. If you think there has been some mistake, send email to steve at quimpersound.com and I will personally see that your address is removed - I hate spam as much as you do.
Your address will never be sold, given away or hinted at. We respect your privacy.

Your Rose Theatre ticket stub may now be redeemed at Quimper Sound for $1 off any purchase of $10 or more. This offer is valid for one month from movie date, one stub per purchase. While it's not valid on gift certificates or tickets - there are no other restrictions. 

Quimper Sound
901 Water St.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360)385-2454

Open 7 Days A Week.
Fall Hours:
Monday - Thursday 9-6pm,
Friday - Saturday 9-7pm
Sunday - 10-6pm

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.olympus.net/pipermail/quimpersound/attachments/20051118/bd9e83c0/attachment.html