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how to get restock alerts for The Sound of Vinyl
The Sound of Vinyl trades on exclusives: colourways produced for the shop and not sold anywhere else. If you want a specific variant, there is no alternative retailer to fall back on, which concentrates all the demand for that variant into one listing.
Those listings appear with little notice, and the exclusive pressings run out well before the standard editions they sit alongside. A restock, when it happens at all, is usually a small return of cancelled orders, not a new run.
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what exclusivity means here
Store exclusives
Colourways made for this retailer only. Nowhere else will have them, at any price, once the run sells through.
Pre-order windows
Exclusives usually open as pre-orders months ahead of the release date, and that window is when the allocation is claimed.
Regional storefronts
The Australian and US storefronts carry different ranges and different exclusives.
storefronts tracked
Australia & NZ
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United States
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keywords for an exclusive
Keywords filter every store you track, so one list covers all of them. Start broad, then cut it down once you have seen a week of alerts.
- exclusive
- signed
- limited,edition
- colour
- pre-order
how to catch the pre-order
Set the artist as the keyword
The catalogue is broad. An artist keyword means you only hear when something you would actually buy appears.
Catch the pre-order rather than the release
By the release date the exclusive allocation is usually long gone. The pre-order going live is the event that matters.
Compare against the artist store
The same album often has a different exclusive variant on the artist's own store. Tracking both lets you pick.
questions
How do I get alerts from The Sound of Vinyl?
Add it to your stores, set keywords for the artists or the word exclusive, and you get a push notification when matching stock appears.
Which storefronts do you track?
The live coverage list on this page shows the current set, currently the Australian and US storefronts.
Do exclusives get restocked?
Occasionally, in small numbers, from cancelled orders. It's not something to plan around, so treat the first alert as the real chance.
Can I filter to signed editions only?
Yes, with a keyword of signed. That cuts out the standard catalogue entirely.
start tracking The Sound of Vinyl
Install the app, add the stores from the coverage list above, and set your keywords. The free tier includes three music stores, and Premium removes the limit along with Shopify Scanner and price drop alerts.