Thank You!

Soundscapes will be closing permanently on September 30th, 2021.

Open every day between Spetember 22nd-30th

We'd like to thank all of our loyal customers over the years, you have made it all worthwhile! The last 20 years have seen a golden age in access to the world's recorded music history both in physical media and online. We were happy to be a part of sharing our knowledge of some of that great music with you. We hope you enjoyed most of what we sold & recommended to you over the years and hope you will continue to seek out the music that matters.

In the meantime we'll be selling our remaining inventory, including thousands of play copies, many of which are rare and/or out-of-print, never to be seen again. Over the next few weeks the discounts will increase and the price of play copies will decrease. Here are the details:

New CDs, LPs, DVDs, Blu-ray, Books 60% off 15% off

Rare & out-of-print new CDs 60% off 50% off

Rare/Premium/Out-of-print play copies $4.99 $14.99

Other play copies $2.99 $8.99

Magazine back issues $1 $2/each or 10 for $5 $15

Adjusted Hours & Ticket Refunds

We will be resuming our closing sale beginning Friday, June 11. Our hours will be as follows:

Wednesday-Saturday 12pm-7pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

Open every day between September 22nd-30th

We will no longer be providing ticket refunds for tickets purchased from the shop, however, you will be able to obtain refunds directly from the promoters of the shows. Please refer to the top of your ticket to determine the promoter. Here is the contact info for the promoters:

Collective Concerts/Horseshoe Tavern Presents/Lee's Palace Presents: shows@collectiveconcerts.com
Embrace Presents: info@embracepresents.com
MRG Concerts: ticketing@themrggroup.com
Live Nation: infotoronto@livenation.com
Venus Fest: venusfesttoronto@gmail.com

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.

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Tuesday
Dec092014

HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS 2014

Our Staff Best Of 2014 list will be posted shortly, but in the meantime here's hoping this guide helps you find the right gift for any or all of the music-obsessed in your life/on your list (current availability cannot be guaranteed, so feel free to call or email us to confirm stock):

 

FOLK-ROCK/AMERICANA

VA - Native North America
LEAD KINDLY LIGHT 
(hardcover + 2CD)
PARCHMAN FARM: Photographs and Field Recordings, 1947-1959 
(hardcover + 2CD)
VA - When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926-1936 
(3CD)
BOB DYLAN - The Basement Tapes Complete/Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 
(6CD / 2CD or 3LP)
THE OXFORD AMERICAN - Southern Music Issue 2014 (magazine + CD)
NEIL YOUNG - Storytone (CD or 2CD) 
WILCO - What's Your 20? Essential Tracks 1994-2014 (2CD)
WILCO - Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 (4CD or 4LP) 
BLUES IMAGES 2015 CALENDAR: Classic Blues Artwork From The 1920s, Vol. 12 (CD included)

 

 

 

 

 

MISANTHROPIC MAVERICKS & CHARISMATIC CRANKS

VA - There's A Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966-1971 (8LP/4CD/book/DVD) 
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972
(4CD)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - S/T (45th Anniversary Deluxe Editions)
(CD remaster / 2CD / 2LP / 6CD)
NICK CAVE: 20,000 Days On Earth (DVD/Blu-ray)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EVERYTHING'S GONE GREY: ALTERNATIVE ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS (ET AL.)

BARBED WIRE KISSES: The Jesus and Mary Chain Story (hardcover)
SUB POP USA: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology, 1980-1988 
(paperback)
UNWOUND - No Energy (3LP)
BEDHEAD - 1992-1998 
(4CD)
The Last Pogo Jumps Again
(DVD)
The Pitchfork Review No. 4
YO LA TENGO - Extra Painful (2CD / 2LP)
PIXIES - Doolittle 25 
(3CD)

 

 

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL SELECTIONS

WILLIAM ONYEABOR - CD box set (9CD)
VERCKYS ET L'ORCHESTRE VÉVÉ - Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 
(hardcover)
VA - 90 Degrees Of Shade: Hot Jump-Up Island Sounds From The Caribbean 
(2CD / 2LP [Vols. 1 + 2])

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUL 'N' ROCK'N'ROLL

VA - Such A Much: R&B Girls of the '50s & '60s
VA - Hang On Sloopy: The Bert Berns Story Volume 3
VA - Bring It On Home: Black America Sings Sam Cooke
L.C. COOKE - The Complete SAR Recordings

 

 

 





JAZZ INNOVATIONS/VOCAL INTERPRETATIONS

JOHN COLTRANE - Offering: Live at Temple University (2CD)
VA - Black Fire! New Spirits! Radical and Revolutionary Jazz in the USA 1957-82
(2CD / 3LP)
BLACK FIRE! NEW SPIRITS! IMAGES OF A REVOLUTION: Radical Jazz in the USA 1960-75 (hardcover)
VA - Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression (5CD)
BLUE NOTE: UNCOMPROMISING EXPRESSION 
(hardcover)
SHE & HIM - Classics 
(CD / LP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POPULAR POETS/MUSIC MEMOIRS

LEONARD COHEN - Popular Problems (CD / LP)
I'M YOUR MAN: The Life of Leonard Cohen 
(paperback)
PATTI SMITH - Just Kids 
(paperback)
JERRY LEE LEWIS: His Own Story (hardcover)
VIV ALBERTINE - Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys (hardcover)
JONI MITCHELL: In Her Own Words (hardcover) 
GLYN JOHNS - Sound Man (hardcover) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...AND YOU DON'T STOP

HIP-HOP FAMILY TREE BOOK 1: 1970s-1981 (paperback)
HIP-HOP FAMILY TREE BOOK 2: 1981-1983 (paperback)
CHECK THE TECHNIQUE VOLUME 2: More Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies (paperback)
THE DIRTY VERSION: On Stage, In the Studio, and In the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard (hardcover)
DISCO: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Cover Art of Disco Records (hardcover)
VA - Disco: A Fine Selection of Independent Disco, Modern Soul and Boogie 1978-82 (2CD / 2LP [Vols. 1 + 2])

 

 

 

(...AND IF YOU'RE STILL STUCK)

GIFT CERTIFICATES (which can be written out in any denomination)

 

 

 

 
Happy holidays!

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