Merge Records Launch Digital Music Store

Think Local, Shop Digital

March, 07, 2008 , by Jedidiah

There has been lots of chat about the death of the local record store, at the hands of the mp3. Merge Records has decided to jump on the digital bandwagon and launch their own Digitial Music Store. Merge is known for releasing lots of infamous albums that have garnered success on the national scale, but continue to stay as local as possible by releasing a handful of albums each year by bands in the Triangle. Polvo, The Rosebuds, Superchunk and Squirrel Nut Zippers have all released albums on Merge and now these are available online.

All albums are high quality MP3s and CD-quality FLAC file formats. Album art and liner notes are not yet available, but will be soon. Merge’s Digital Store will release lots of out of print material as well as be the only place to get the Night of the Furies remix album by The Rosebuds in April. (Ivan is playing at Rebus works tonight by the way)

Merge Website

Merge Digital Store

Merge Records dives headfirst into the 21st century with the launch of our very own digital store. Get instant gratification of all your Merge desires via high quality MP3 and CD-quality FLAC files!

We will soon have releases in our digital store that you cannot get anywhere else including rare, out of print, and exclusive new material from your favorite Merge artists. Unlike other digital outlets, we can provide the typically excellent personal service that mailorder customers have come to expect from Merge, and we will soon be offering full album art, and liner notes.

While we still view physical record stores as our favorite place to buy (and sell) music, for those who prefer to get their music digitally, we want to make the experience as close as it can be to “the real thing” with all the convenience and speed of a download.

In celebration of this occasion, the much sought-after out-of-print Superchunk Clambake Series Volume One: Acoustic in-stores East and West will be available beginning March 4th only in our digital store.

Stay tuned as we continue to add new, exclusive and out-of-print releases to our download roster and check out the front page of the Merge store to preview (and preorder) our upcoming releases.