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Hereโ€™s a small sampling of vinyl ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ we got in yesterday, Monday, 11/27/23. Donโ€™t see something in stock? Be sure to check back for โ€œdaily-ishโ€ restocks or new arrivals. 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 €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ€ข#Xxxtentacion - Bad Vibes Forever (Black & Bone Color Vinyl)โ € โ€ข#KeroKeroBonito - Bonito Generationโ € โ€ข#BrandNew - The Devil & God Are Raging Inside Meโ € โ€ข#BadBrains - Bad Brainsโ € โ€ข#LindaRonstadt - Canciones De Mi Padreโ € โ€ข#ArchieShepp - Thereโ€™s a Trumpet in My Soulโ € โ€ข#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard - Music to Kill Bad People to Vol. 1 (Purple galaxy color vinyl)โ € โ€ข#BoyPablo - Soy Pablo Light Blueโ € โ€ข#EscapeTheFate - This War Is Ours โ € โ€ขLife Moves Pretty Fast - The John Hughes Mixtapes / Various - 140gm Blackโ € โ€ข#RevoltingCocks - Beers, Steers & Queers (Bronze/white Splatter)โ € โ€ข#LarryJune & the Alchemist - The Great Escapeโ € 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 €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 €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 €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 €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 €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 € โ € 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 #shopsmall
#CactusMusic fam, thanks for kicking off the Holiday shopping season with us! Didnโ€™t make it out this weekend for #RecordStoreDayBlackFriday? Fret not. We still have ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ! Hereโ€™s a very small sampling of gems. โ € โ € โ€ข๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—ง - ๐—œ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐˜ (๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ)(๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ญ)โ € โ € โ€ข๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ซ ๐—•๐—”๐——๐—•๐—”๐——๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— - ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜€ (๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ & ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ญ)โ €โ € โ € โ€ข๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—”๐—› ๐—๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ - ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด (๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ญ )โ €โ € โ € โ€ข๐—๐—ข๐—”๐—ก ๐—๐—˜๐—ง๐—ง & ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ - ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€โ € โ € ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿ‘‰โ € โ € โ€ข๐—ฆ๐—ž๐—œ๐—— ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช - ๐—•-๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ฃ (๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ/๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 12โ€ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ญ)โ € โ € โ€ข๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐——๐—œ๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—• - ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ (๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ญ )โ € โ € โ€ข๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ - ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ (๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ)( ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ญ)โ € โ € โ€ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ - ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ)(๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ญ)โ € โ € โ€ข๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ข๐—ง๐—ง ๐—•๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ - ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ต: ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† (๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ)(๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ & ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ (๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ) ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ 150 ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ญ)โ € โ € โ€ข๐—ก๐—”๐—ฆ - ๐—œ ๐—”๐— โ€ฆ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† (๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต-๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ)โ € โ € โ€ข๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ - ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„: ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ (๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ญ )โ € โ € โ € 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 #bfrsd23
A small sampling of some slightly high-end #preloved vinyl thatโ€™s come into the store lately. Always check our ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ (๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ) or check our โ€œwall recordsโ€ next time youโ€™re shopping in the store. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € *๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ*โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ € โ€ข#VanHalen - Tokyo Dome Live in Concert 2015โ € *Warner Bros. Records \ R1- 547643โ € *4LP on 180g Vinylโ € *Recorded live in Tokyo Japanโ € โ € โ€ข#Metallica - Garage Inc. \ 2011โ € *Warner Bros. Records \ 524602-1โ € *180g 6-Disc Vinyl Box Setโ € *45rpm from Original Analog Tapesโ € โ € โ€ข#LedZeppelin - Mothership \ 2007โ € *Atlantic \ RI 344700โ € *4-Dise 180g Box Setโ € *Includes 20-pg Bookletโ € โ € โ€ข#MazzyStar - Among My Swan \ 2015โ € *Universal Music Special Markets \ B0022395-01โ € *180g Reissue of 1996 Releaseโ € โ € โ€ข#AmonAmarth - Surtur Rising \ 2011โ € *Metal Blade Records \ 3984-14972-1โ € *Picture Discโ € โ € โ€ข#Metallica - Bogota - March 16, 2014 \ 2015โ € *Blackened \ LM20140316-Uโ € *4-Disc Limited Edition Vinylโ € *Recorded Live at Parque Simรณn Bolivarโ € โ € โ€ข#OzzyOsbourne - Ozzy Live \ 2012โ € *Epic \Legacy \ 88691935441โ € *Limited Edition Numbered Recordโ € Store Day Releaseโ € *Recorded Live on Blizzard of Ozz Tourโ € โ € โ€ข#Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese \ 2013โ € *Interscope \ B0018233-01โ € *200g Reissue on Mystery Vinyl (Black or Yellow)โ € โ € โ€ข#Pantera - Walk \ 2012โ € *Rhino Records \ R1-532154โ € *Limited Edition Red Marble Vinylโ € *Still Sealedโ € โ € โ€ข#LimpBizkit - New Old Songs \ 2001โ € *Interscope Records 069493192-1โ € *Features Remixes of Previous Worksโ € โ € โ€ข#TheJudys - Washarama \ 1987โ € *Wasted Talent Records \ JWT-2324โ € *Recorded at Rampart Studios โ € *Pressed by Houston Recordsโ € โ € โ€ข#Blink182 - Neighborhoods \ 2011โ € DGC Records / STDBLINKJ / JK01โ € *Limited Edition on White Vinylโ € *Includes Digital Downloadโ € 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 €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 €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € #houstonvinyl #houstonvinylstore #houstonrecordstore #cactusmusic #vinyligclub #vinylcommunity #instavinyl #vinyladdict #vinylcollector #shoplocalhouston
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธShoutout to the fine folks at @GoldToothTonys for feeding the hungry kids ๐Ÿ˜‹at the record store. Consider ordering a delicious pizza ๐Ÿ• from them today, 11/25/23 #ShopSmallSaturday! โ € โ € #ShopSmallSaturday ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†-๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. โ € โ € Iโ€™ll highlight some of our favorite ๐Ÿซถ small businesses & upcoming craft markets on our stories today, 11/25/23, for #ShopSmallSaturday! Please consider these places for your holiday shopping needs โœŒ๏ธโ € โ €โ €โ € โ € โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ € 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 #shopsmall #smallbiz #smallbizsat