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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-20-06

  • Cims_55Pos.   ARTIST  |  TITLE
  • 1 AGUILERA*CHRIST|BACK TO BASICS
  • 2 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE
  • 3 YORKE*THOM|ERASER
  • 4 SLAYER|CHRIST ILLUSION
  • 5 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION
  • 6 DIFRANCO*ANI|REPRIEVE
  • 7 BREAKING BENJAM|PHOBIA
  • 8 MATTHEW ANDRAE|BURNING
  • 9 CASH*JOHNNY|AMERICAN V: HUNDRE
  • 10 FRANTI*MICHAEL |YELL FIRE!

Read the entire Indie Music Top 200 and CIMS commentary after the jump.

Howdy all!

I am such an idiot to have forgotten two weeks in a row to congratulate Electric Fetus on their NARM Award for Best Small Wholesaler. We were all just up in Minneapolis in May and got to tour their facility. Hats off to a wonderful operation and some damn nice folks!!

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Monday was an amazing day if you happened to be scanning your Sirius dial.

On "Jam-On" (17), it was Mule Monday and Warren Haynes took over the airwaves for the entire day.

Warren is celebrating the release of Gov’t Mule’s exceptional new album "High & Mighty" and the folks at Sirius, being very smart, let him be the star of the day. If you know Warren, you already are aware of his amazing story telling abilities. He remembers everything and is a master at connecting the dots.

Warren featured some of his favorite music and gave background before each song as to why it was an influence or some other trivia. The best was late in the day when he would play original tracks followed by a famous cover.

For example, "Turn on Your Lovelight" by Bobby Blue Bland followed by the Grateful Dead doing the cover. The best for me was "You Don’t Love Me" by Junior Wells followed by the Allman Brothers Band’s version on their Fillmore album. I actually rode around the block finishing that set out before going home.

If this is not compelling radio, then I don’t know what is. Today it was Warren but I would love to hear this same type of day from most all of my music heroes.

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As you can tell by our #1 release, it was a crap release schedule this week.

Not a shot at Christina but there was very little dragging folks into indie retail last week. One of my guys said it was a very long tail kind of week with tons of catalog and one-zee business. Looking at the fourth quarter it amazes all of us why this industry can’t get it into their thick skulls to spread this shit out. I know, it is artist ego and pushy managers and whatever. But, when all of this hit product competes with other hit product it strains already tight credit lines and already crowded marketing messages.

I know we have bitched about this every year for the 19 years I have been in the business but in this environment, it is damaging.

Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-20-06 Pos. ARTIST|TITLE

1 AGUILERA*CHRIST|BACK TO BASICS

2 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE

3 YORKE*THOM|ERASER

4 SLAYER|CHRIST ILLUSION

5 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION

6 DIFRANCO*ANI|REPRIEVE

7 BREAKING BENJAM|PHOBIA

8 MATTHEW ANDRAE|BURNING

9 CASH*JOHNNY|AMERICAN V: HUNDRE

10 FRANTI*MICHAEL |YELL FIRE!

11 NEW YORK DOLLS|ONE DAY IT WILL

12 JURASSIC 5|FEEDBACK

13 RAE*CORINNE BAI|CORINNE BAILEY

14 ROSS*RICK|PORT OF MIAMI

15 TRICE*OBIE|SECOND ROUND’S ON M

16 AUGUSTANA|ALL THE STARS & BOUL

17 RACONTEURS|BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS

17 SCHNEIDER*BOB|CALIFORNIAN

19 RED HOT CHILI P|STADIUM ARCADI

20 G. LOVE|LEMONADE

21 MUSE|BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIO

22 LOS LONELY BOYS|SACRED

23 WOLFMOTHER|WOLFMOTHER

24 GOLDEN SMOG|ANOTHER FINE DAY

25 KNOPFLER/HARRIS|ALL THE ROADRU

26 JENNINGS*LYFE|PHOENIX

27 SPEKTOR*REGINA|BEGIN TO HOPE

28 I’M YOUR MAN|SOUNDTRACK

29 STEVENS*SUFJAN|AVALANCHE: OUTT

30 SUBWAYS|YOUNG FOR ETERNITY

31 STONE SOUR|COME WHAT(EVER) MAY

32 TOOL|10000 DAYS

33 SNOW PATROL|EYES OPEN

34 SIGUR ROS|SAEGLOPUR EP

35 BLUE OCTOBER|FOILED

36 SEBADOH|III

37 RECKLESS KELLY|RECKLESS KELLY

38 TUNSTALL*KT|EYE TO THE TELESCO

39 SNIDER*TODD|DEVIL YOU KNOW

40 PHARRELL|IN MY MIND

41 DIXIE CHICKS|TAKING THE LONG W

42 HOT SNAKES|THUNDER DOWN UNDER

42 GUSTER|GANGING UP ON THE SUN

42 FLAMING LIPS|AT WAR WITH THE M

45 HINDER|EXTREME BEHAVIOR

46 LAMB OF GOD|SACRAMENT

46 CUT CHEMIST|AUDIENCES’ LISTENI

46 DEATH CAB FOR C|PLANS

49 MURDOCH*ALEXI|TIME WITHOUT CON

49 RISE AGAINST|SUFFERER & THE WI

51 HARPER*BEN|BOTH SIDES OF THE G

52 LIVING LEGENDS|VOL. 1-LEGENDAR

52 PEACHES|IMPEACH MY BUSH

52 CASE*NEKO|FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS

52 COMETS ON FIRE|AVATAR

52 BAND OF HORSES|EVERYTHING ALL

57 TOURE*ALI FARKA|SAVANE

57 YOUNG*NEIL|LIVING WITH WAR

57 SPOON|TELEPHONO + SOFT EFFECTS

60 RODRIGUEZ*CARRI|SEVEN ANGELS O

60 UNEARTH|III: IN THE EYES OF FI

62 FLOGGING MOLLY|WHISKEY ON A SU

62 RITTER*JOSH|ANIMAL YEARS

62 NALICK*ANNA|WRECK OF THE DAY

65 HELLOGOODBYE|ZOMBIES! ALIENS!

65 DAMNWELLS|AIR STEREO

67 JENNINGS*MASON|BONECLOUDS

67 SONIC YOUTH|RATHER RIPPED

69 RADIN*JOSHUA|WE WERE HERE

69 SPRINGSTEEN*BRU|WE SHALL OVERC

71 HEARTLESS BASTA|ALL THIS TIME

71 YUNG JOC|NEW JOC CITY

73 PANIC! AT THE D|FEVER YOU CAN’

73 DMX|YEAR OF THE DOG AGAIN

75 CURE|HEAD ON THE DOOR

75 BROWN*GREG|EVENING CALL

75 FURTADO*NELLY|LOOSE

78 KEB MO’|SUITCASE

78 DIRTY PRETTY TH|WATERLOO TO AN

80 PEARL JAM|PEARL JAM

80 NICKELBACK|ALL THE RIGHT REASO

80 FRAY|HOW TO SAVE A LIFE

80 PINK SPIDERS|TEENAGE GRAFFITI

84 A.F.I.|DECEMBERUNDERGROUND

85 TAPES ‘N TAPES|LOON

85 MARLEY*DAMIAN|WELCOME TO JAMRO

85 BUILT TO SPILL|YOU IN REVERSE

88 FORMAT|DOG PROBLEMS

88 DASHBOARD CONFE|DUSK & SUMMER

88 SILVERSUN PICKU|CARNAVAS

91 UNDEROATH|DEFINE THE GREAT LIN

91 CURE|TOP

91 KEANE|UNDER THE IRON SEA

94 LONG WINTERS|PUTTING THE DAYS

94 COCKBURN*BRUCE|LIFE SHORT CALL

94 RAITT*BONNIE|BONNIE RAITT & FR

94 CAMERA OBSCURA|LET’S GET OUT O

98 MEW|AND THE GLASS HANDED KITES

98 RONSTADT/SAVOY|ADIEU FALSE HEA

100 STEVENS*SUFJAN|ILLINOIS

100 MATISYAHU|YOUTH

100 ZERO 7|GARDEN

100 FIVE FOR FIGHTI|TWO LIGHTS

100 STEP UP|SOUNDTRACK

105 HUBBARD*RAY WYL|SNAKE FARM

105 YEAH YEAH YEAHS|SHOW YOUR BONE

107 FRANKENREITER*D|MOVE BY YOURSE

108 SHE WANTS REVEN|SHE WANTS REVE

108 BEIRUT|GULAG ORKESTAR

108 OLLABELLE|RIVERSIDE BATTLE SON

108 DRAGONFORCE|INHUMAN RAMPAGE

108 CURE|KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME

108 WIDESPREAD PANI|EARTH TO AMERI

114 J DILLA|SHINING

114 BUCKCHERRY|15

114 CASH*JOHNNY|AT FOLSOM PRISON

117 KEEN*ROBERT EAR|LIVE AT THE RY

117 JOHNSON*JACK & |CURIOUS GEORGE

117 MIDLAKE|TRIALS OF VAN OCCUPANT

120 SEXTON/MCNALLY|SOUTHSIDE SESSI

120 GYM CLASS HEROE|AS CRUEL AS SC

120 OH NO|EXODUS INTO UNHEARD RHYT

120 SUBLIME|SUBLIME

120 MONKEES|MORE OF THE MONKEES (D

120 GLOVE|BLUE SUNSHINE

120 ANGELS & AIRWAV|WE DON’T NEED

120 THREE DAYS GRAC|ONE-X

128 KNIFE|SILENT SHOUT

128 CLEAVES*SLAID|UNSUNG

128 CSS|CANSEI DE SER SEXY

128 MONKEES|MONKEES

128 CASSIE|CASSIE

128 DOORS|BEST OF DOORS

134 THIEVERY CORPOR|VERSIONS

134 BLUNT*JAMES|BACK TO BEDLAM

134 ALL THAT REMAIN|FALL OF IDEALS

134 FRENCH KICKS|TWO THOUSAND

134 TENG*VIENNA|DREAMING THROUGH T

134 CHERISH|UNAPPRECIATED

140 PEEPING TOM|PEEPING TOM

140 MONSIEUR GAINSB|MONSIEUR GAINS

140 ELLIOTT*RAMBLIN|I STAND ALONE

140 RADIOHEAD|O.K. COMPUTER

140 PINK FLOYD|DARK SIDE OF THE MO

140 INDIA.ARIE|TESTIMONY:VOL.1,LIF

146 MASTA KILLA|MADE IN BROOKLYN

146 KNIGHT*CHRIS|ENOUGH ROPE

146 KING*KAKI|UNTIL WE FELT RED

146 COSTELLO*ELVIS|RIVER IN REVERS

146 SUBLIME|GOLD

146 CALEXICO|GARDEN RUIN

146 LAST KISS|SOUNDTRACK

153 CASH*JOHNNY|MAN COMES AROUND

153 UNDER THE INFLU|UNDER THE INFL

153 GIN BLOSSOMS|MAJOR LODGE VICTO

153 BUSTA RHYMES|BIG BANG THE

153 ICE CUBE|LAUGH NOW CRY LATER

153 PANIC CHANNEL|ONE

153 RED JUMPSUIT AP|DON’T YOU FAKE

153 LASWELL*GREG|THROUGH TOLEDO

161 FLYLEAF|FLYLEAF

161 RHYMEFEST|BLUE COLLAR

161 ISAAK*CHRIS|BEST OF CHRIS ISAA

161 FLAMING LIPS|YOSHIMI BATTLES T

161 DAVIS*MILES|KIND OF BLUE

161 MALO*RAUL|YOU’RE ONLY LONELY

167 JOHNSON*JACK|IN BETWEEN DREAMS

167 FEIST|LET IT DIE

167 ARCTIC MONKEYS|WHATEVER PEOPLE

170 HOT CHIP|WARNING

170 POSTAL SERVICE|GIVE UP

170 LAMONTAGNE*RAY|TROUBLE

170 MEN WOMEN & CHI|MEN WOMEN & CH

170 KINGS OF LEON|DAY../JUNKETBOY

175 BROKEN SOCIAL S|BROKEN SOCIAL

175 VELVET TEEN|CUM LAUDE

175 PLEASANT|AWKWARD AS A BEEHIVE

175 DJ LOGIC|ZEN OF LOGIC

175 LIVING END|STATE OF EMERGENCY

175 CAT POWER|GREATEST

175 DERAILERS|SOLDIERS OF LOVE

175 RADIOHEAD|MY IRON LUNG

175 DRIVE BY TRUCKE|BLESSING & A C

175 NEUTRAL MILK HO|IN THE AEROPLA

175 BRICKELL*EDIE &|STRANGER THING

175 30 SECONDS TO M|BEAUTIFUL LIE

187 MY MORNING JACK|Z

187 MORRISON*VAN|PAY THE DEVIL

187 GONZALEZ*JOSE|VENEER

187 PHOENIX|IT’S NEVER BEEN LIKE T

187 DJ KRUSH|STEPPING STONE-SELF R

187 SADIES|IN CONCERT VOLUME ONE

187 KOOL KEITH|RETURN OF DR. OCTAG

187 ADKINS*TRACE|DANGEROUS MAN

187 GORILLAZ|DEMON DAYS

196 BLACK ANGELS|PASSOVER

196 OLD CROW MEDICI|O.C.M.S.

196 RASCAL FLATTS|ME AND MY GANG

196 JOHNSON*JACK|ON & ON

196 ROCK KILLS KID|ARE YOU NERVOUS

196 PHELPS*KELLY JO|TUNESMITH RETR

196 WOLF PARADE|APOLOGIES TO THE Q

196 HEAD AUTOMATICA|POPAGANDA

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Don VanCleave

Coalition of Independent Music Stores

3738 4th Terrace North

Birmingham, AL 35222

205-595-1932 x201

205-595-1938 (fax)

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