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By Annie Zaleski in Record Store Best-Sellers

Mon., Jun. 22 2009 @ 1:29PM

Here's a new feature on A to Z: Every Monday, we'll publish the best-selling releases from area independent record stores for the preceding week. And so without further ado:

[Update, 4 p.m.: Apop's top sellers are also below now!]

Euclid Records' Top Ten
1. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King
2. GRIZZLY BEAR: Veckatimest
3. ELVIS COSTELLO: Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
4. SONIC YOUTH: The Eternal
5. ST. VINCENT: Actor
6. YUSUF: Roadsinger
7. DIRTY PROJECTORS: Bitte Orca
8. STEVE EARLE: Townes
9. HA HA TONKA: Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South
10. DAVE ALVIN: Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women

Vintage Vinyl's Top 25
1. SO MANY DYNAMOS: The Loud Wars
2. MOS DEF: Ecstatic
3. UNLADYLIKE: Certified
4. MARQUISE KNOX: Man Child
5. DJ CD: Hard On The Streets
6. TARGET MARKET: Up On The Moon
7. RUMDRUM RAMBLERS: Hey Lordy Mama Mama Get Up And Go
8. EMINEM: Relapse
9. KENNY KNOX: Poppin' That Metal
10. YUNG RO: Rising Son
11. REGINA SPEKTOR: Laughing With
12. SONIC YOUTH: The Eternal
13. CHRISETTE MICHELE: Epiphany
14. WILL DOWNING: Classique
15. CONOR OBERST & THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND: Outer South
16. DIRTY PROJECTORS: Bitte Orca
17. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: Big Whiskey & The GooGrux King
18. TEENA MARIE: Congo Square
19. MAJOR LAZER: Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
20. JUICY J: Hustle Till I Die
21. BETTER THAN EZRA: Paper Empire
22. NEIL YOUNG: Fork In The Road
23. GREEN DAY: 21st Century Breakdown
24. BEN HARPER & THE RELENTLESS 7: White Lies For Dark Times
25. GRIZZLY BEAR: Veckatimest

Apop Records:
1. SIR RICHARD BISHOP: Freak of Araby
2. SUNNO))): Monoliths & Dimensions
3. COREPHALLISM: self-titled
4. DEATH: For The Whole World to See
5. CURRENT 93: Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain
6. BUDDHA MACHINE: 2
7. WIRE: Pink Flag
9. XASTHUR: All Reflections Drained
10. EMERALDS: Allegory of Allergies
11. FRANCIS HAROLD AND THE HOLOGRAMS: Who Said These Were Happy Times?
12. PETER SOTOS: Perfect: The Collected Peter Sotos, Volume 1
13. YOUNG WIDOWS/MELT BANANA: Young Widows Split Series 2
14. KAA ANTELOPE: VPRO RadioNome April 2, 1982
15. JOHN ZORN: Music Romance, Vol. 1: Music for Children

Tags: best-sellers, dave matthews band, dirty projectors, euclid records, grizzly bear, june 15, record stores, so many dynamos, vintage vinyl

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ajs says:

great feature..keep it coming

Posted On: Monday, Jun. 22 2009 @ 2:07PM

James says:

Wow. 7 of the top 15 are St. Louis artists, including 4 of the top 5! Rock (and hip hop!)

Posted On: Monday, Jun. 22 2009 @ 2:16PM

Matt Harnish says:

Actually EIGHT of the top ten at Vinnie Vinie are St Louis artists. Reprezent!!

Posted On: Monday, Jun. 22 2009 @ 2:49PM

www.audioindie.com says:

Tons of great local bands with great albums out there.
Theodore - Defeated, TN
Jon Hardy and The Public - Working In Love, Randy Newman covers EP.
Old Lights EP (given away at their shows)
So Many Dynamos - The Loud Wars

-TheletterT
www.audioindie.com

Posted On: Monday, Jun. 22 2009 @ 3:13PM

Fred says:

Good feature. It's fun.

I hope the lists aren't complete fiction, like they were when the record stores I worked at reported their sales numbers to Billboard. That game ended when Soundscan came along. We used to lie like dogs, pushing the stuff we liked as much as possible.

I think the guys at Vintage Vinyl might like So Many Dynamos...

Posted On: Monday, Jun. 22 2009 @ 3:41PM

Anonymous says:

Or SMD might have a presale offer going where you get a ticket to their CD release show with the purchase of the CD at VV...

Posted On: Monday, Jun. 22 2009 @ 4:01PM

Anonymous says:

Love the feature.

Posted On: Tuesday, Jun. 23 2009 @ 8:04AM