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๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธCalling all Old-school Houston radio and music fans! Thereโ€™s a rad documentary on the legendary radio station 101 KLOL, and the director, @MikeMcGuff, has given us a few prize packs to giveaway this weekend (04/20/24) during @RecordStoreDayUS! โ € โ € Donโ€™t want to chance it? Grab a copy of the DVD and enjoy the screening at home! โ € โ € 1. Enter to win at #CactusMusic starting Saturday, 4/20/24, at 10 am ๐™‰๐™ค ๐™‹๐™ช๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™‰๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 2. Drawing Sunday, 4/21/24 at 7 pm, end of business โ € โ € โ € โ € ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒโ€ผ๏ธโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ € โ € A legendary Houston, Texas, rock radio station broke new records, defined the culture, and attracted top music artists, all while whipping listeners into a frenzy. Like an out-of-control locomotive, 101 KLOL seemed unstoppable until the government stepped in. What happened to straight-ahead rock radio? Lyle Lovett, ZZ Topโ€™s Dusty Hill, Melissa Etheridge, Sammy Hagar, Kingโ€™s Xโ€™s Dug Pinnick, and legendary drummer Carmine Appice, along with top DJs from across the US, reflect on how radio changed their lives and why itโ€™s now hard to find rock on the FM dial.โ € โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ € โ € #houstonvinyl #houstonvinylstore #houstonrecordstore #indieisbetter #cactusmusic โฃโฃ#nowspinning #vinylrecord #vinyligclub #vinylcommunity #instavinyl #vinyladdict #recordcollection #vinylcollector #shoplocalhouston
My cuties with a preview pic of some @recordstoredayus #RSD2024 releases! These titles will be available this ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฐ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿด ๐—ฃ๐— ! As a reminder, we order EVERY title from the list, but unfortunately, all titles get allocated. โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ € โ € โ€ข๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—˜๐—ญ - ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—˜๐—ฃ.๐—™๐—œ๐—ก : ๐—ช๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ (๐—ซ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.) โ € โ € Clear vinyl or black ice vinyl version (distributed randomly!) of their latest album. Package includes a photo ticket (1 image out of 8, distributed at random), 3 postcards, and 1 poster, as well as a BONUS 7โ€ single with TWO BONUS SONGS!โ € โ € โ€ข๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—จ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฌ - ๐—” ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—”๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜†โ € โ € This is the first physical pressing recorded at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavรญk with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Featuring renditions of previously released tracks off Laufeyโ€™s 2022 debut album.โ € โ € โ€ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—— - ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„! โ € โ € The album hasnโ€™t been reissued properly on its own since, making this special pressing, available first on Record Store Day, the first appearance of this material since the โ€˜70s!โ € โ € โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ € โ € #houstonvinyl #houstonvinylstore #houstonrecordstore #indieisbetter #cactusmusic โฃโฃ#nowspinning #vinylrecord #vinyligclub #vinylcommunity #instavinyl #vinyladdict #recordcollection #vinylcollector #shoplocalhouston
Houston, @CharleyCrockett is celebrating the release of his new album, โ€˜$10 Cowboyโ€™ (available 04/26/24 via @ThirtyTigers), with a special in-store performance here at #CactusMusic on Wednesday, May 1st, at 4:30 PM! As always, complimentary beverage service is provided by @SaintArnoldBrewing! โ € โ € **๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ & ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ.** โ €โ € โ €โ € โ €โ € ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒโ€ผ๏ธโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ € โ € โ€œIn a statement, Crockett explained that the record is a wandering tribute to his home country. โ€œThis material is written at truck stops, itโ€™s written at casinos, itโ€™s written in the alleys behind the venues, itโ€™s written in my truck parked up on South Congress in Austin,โ€ he said. โ€œA ramblinโ€™ man like me, a genuine transient, is in a pretty damn good position to have something to say about America.โ€ Rollingstone.comโ € โ € โ €โ € โ €โ € โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ € โ €โ € #thingstodoinhouston #livemusic #livemusichouston #houstonmusic #recordstores #houstonvinyl #cactusmusic #houstonvinylstore #houstonrecordstore #vinyladdict #recordcollection #vinylcollector #indieisbetter โฃโฃ#nowspinning #vinylrecord #vinyligclub #vinylcommunity #instavinyl #shopsmall #shoplocalhouston #charleycrockett
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ @Cactus_Music is a ๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™ช๐™š ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™™ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™ง, and we have an excellent selection of their new & older releases. Hereโ€™s the crew with two releases out today, Friday, April 19th, 2024! โ € โ €โ €โ € โ€ข๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ - ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—” ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ (๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บโ € โ € The innovative classic 1968, Speak Like A Child, on which the pianist and composer added the unique coloring of flugelhorn, bass trombone and alto flute to his trio for an alluring set of originals including โ€œRiotโ€ and โ€œThe Sorcerer.โ€ Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series features stereo, all-analog, mastering by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal in a gatefold jacket.โ € โ € โ€ข๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—›๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป - ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ (๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด) ๐˜ญโ € โ € On his 1966 classic, Happenings, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson assembled a quartet with Herbie Hancock (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass) and Joe Chambers (drums) for a sublime post-bop outing featuring captivating Hutcherson originals, including the stunning ballad โ€œBouquetโ€ and Latin-tinged โ€œRojo,โ€ as well as a version of Hancockโ€™s โ€œMaiden Voyage.โ€ Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series features stereo, all-analog mastering by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.โ € โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € #recordstores #houstonvinyl #cactusmusic #houstonvinylstore #houstonrecordstore #nowspinning #vinylrecord #vinyligclub #vinylcommunity #instavinyl #vinyladdict #recordcollection #vinylcollector #shoplocalhouston #jazzvinyl #jazzvinylcollector #bluenoterecords #BlueNoteAuthorizedDealer