So, we got some more limited run vinyl titles in. Here's the breakdown:

Fiery Furnaces - Remember. This is a triple LP of live material that's limited to 2000 copies.

Exploding Star Orchestra - We Are All From Somewhere Else. According to the official press release for this album Chicago Underground Trio cornetist Rob Mazurek was "approached by The Chicago Cultural Center and the Jazz Institute to put together a group that would represent the more contemporary / avant-garde side of sound in Chicago for a concert in Millennium Park’s Frank Gehry-designed concert hall. The music was conceptualized/composed in Manaus Brazil, Fontevraud, France and Chicago, and developed over more than a dozen performances of the Orchestra before it was recorded by John McEntire at his Soma Studio in Chicago." This double LP is stunning. Limited to just 500 hand-numbered copies.

Max Richter - 24 Postcards in Full Color. Limited to 500 copies. Allmusic says, "This may be Richter's shortest album, but it's also his most eclectic and emotional work, a mosaic of brief but beautiful wishes for contact and a powerfully inspiring way of making what could be mundane into something artful, even if it's just for a moment". Read AMG's bio of the German composer.

David Daniell and Douglas McCombs - Sycamore. Daniell is an experimental, improvisational guitarist who has worked with heaps of folks, including Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Loren Connors, and minimalist composer Rhys Chatham. On this album, he teams up with Doug McCombs, well known for being a member of a tonne of great bands including Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day, Brokeback, and The For Carnation. Limited to 1000 copies.

Tape - Luminarium. Tape is an electroacoustic trio from Sweden. Luminarium is their 4th release and the first to come out on vinyl. Limited to 500 copies world-wide, it's gotten some terrific reviews. For instance, Boomkat says, "The only really useful comparisons to make would be to other Tape albums, and Luminarum finds this unique Swedish troupe at least equalling, if not bettering the genre-defying work they've made their name with. Amazing stuff - Highly Recommended."

Mono - Gone. So I brought in another copy of this triple LP. I think it's the sixth we've had. It's limited to 3000 copies. Mono played in Toronto last night and the two copies we had left of their Hymn to the Immortal World sold today as a result.

I also brought in a few things that aren't limited runs: Phosphorescent's To Willie and The Drift's Nuomena.

The Drift's Nuomena is a favorite of mine and I play it at the store often. Double vinyl. Allmusic says, "focused and tight, patient enough to know when a composition should dive in full force and when to tease and gently unfold by itself. In a genre that often recycles its own ideas and eats its young, this is potent and fresh." Here's the first 6 or so minutes of the album's second track, Invisible Cities.

Phosphorescent is Matt Houck. To Willie is his album of Willie Nelson covers. It is fantastic. Really. Unfortunately I can't share any of its tracks with you, but here's an MP3 of a track from Phosphorescent's previous album, Pride: Torn Up Praise. And here's video of Phosphorescent playing Wolves, which is also from Pride and which also isn't a Willie Nelson cover: