RSD's hottest records

Three local store operators try to predict their three most in-demand items.

April 19, 2012 at 8:04PM
Leslie Feist
Leslie Feist (New York Times/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Dan Cote, Treehouse Records

  1. Tomahawk's three-LP boxed set
    1. Atmosphere 10-inch colored vinyl split with Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson
      1. Feist/Mastodon split 7-inch, featuring covers of each other's songs

        Bob Fuchs, Electric Fetus

        1. fun., "The Ghost That You Are to Me" picture disc vinyl
          1. Mastodon/Feist split single
            1. "The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends," double LP with custom jackets and guests as diverse as Ke$ha, Bon Iver and Yoko Ono

              Joe Furth, Eclipse Records

              1. "The Flip Side of Stax Records (1968-1974)" 7-inch boxed set
                1. Phish's "Junta" expanded 3-LP vinyl
                  1. Uncle Tupelo's first three albums on vinyl
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                    Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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