San Francisco got a taste of Lana Del Rey madness Thursday night as the bewitching singer celebrated the release of her debut album, Born to Die, at Amoeba Music.

Fresh from her successful performance at Amoeba Hollywood Tuesday night, Lana Del Rey arrived to the San Francisco store at 2:30pm and took the time to greet deliriously happy fans out on Haight Street (even greeting a friend of a fan's through his cell phone) before heading up to the Amoeba green room to get ready for her 6:00pm show. To say the show was well attended would be an understatement as the store's capacity was reached sometime around 5:30pm. With the store packed full of admirers and a line of hopefuls down Haight Street (and around the block), it would be safe to say that over 1,500 fans turned out to see the new voice of their generation.

Overhyped media controversy aside, Lana Del Rey was a vision of perfection to her supporters Thursday, who were focused on her sultry voice and angelic presence. If Madonna held the most expensive and entertaining satanic ritual ever created in the history of the world at the Superbowl, then Lana Del Rey held the biggest Love-in in the Haight since 1967. As she descended upon the Amoeba stage at 6:00pm, the crowd exploded at a deafening level of glee that one would only expect to follow the words, "Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatles." Her gracious response to the overwhelming crowd was: "I only sing for you."

            

Drake ~ The Motto Featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.

For ever-popular rap star Drake's latest, brand new video, released yesterday, for "The Motto" featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga, the top selling artist whose recently released second album Take Care (from where this song is culled as a bonus track) went straight to number one on the Billboard pop album charts (and #1 at Amoeba too the week it was released last month) travels to the Bay Area.

 The video is an homage to the Bay in general and in particular to Mac Dre (the late great Vallejo rapper born Andre Hicks whose mom Wanda Salvatto appears at the beginning of video) and some other Bay Area landmarks including Amoeba Music San Francisco at the 1:10 mark in the above video - making it the latest in a long line of music videos, movies, and TV commercials to feature Amoeba Music. 

Drake's new excellent video features lots of other Bay landmarks (a lot of footage shot on Treasure Island) and familiar rap figures including E-40 and Drake lovingly shouts out Mac Dre and even paraphrases some of his music ("Feelin Myself") in the song/video. You can buy Drake's Take Care on CD and also Take Care on vinyl from Amoeba Music.

All turntables are 20% off Saturday, December 17 and Sunday, December 18 at all three Amoeba stores! Plus each store will have even bigger deals on select models. See specific store for details. Sale is limited to stock on hand. 

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Berkeley & San Francisco Turntable Super Special:

• Jensen JTA-460 on sale for $89.98 (reg $149.98)

This deal available in-store at Amoeba San Francisco & Amoeba Berkeley only. 

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Amoeba Hollywood Turntable Super Specials:

• Audio-Technica LP60 [non-USB] on sale for $89.98 (reg $139.98)
• Crosley Keepsake on sale for $99.98 (reg $159.98)
• Numark Portable PT-01 USB on sale for $99.98 (reg $119.98)
• Audio-Technica LP120 USB on sale for $229.98 (reg $399.98)

These deals available in-store at Amoeba Hollywood only.
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Here is a breakdown of some of the turntables Amoeba currently sells and a bit of an overview of each one. Please see store for specific stock as our inventory differs between locations. 

	Crosley Keepsake 249 USB 33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM Fully Automatic Belt Drive Auxilliary input Adjustable tone control Dynamic full range speakers with switch for line in play (iPod/CD, etc) USB enabled Software suite for ripping and editing audio included
	Numark Portable PT-01 USB 33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM Belt Drive RCA line & headphone outputs USB enabled Wall-powered with included AC adaptor or battery powered ±10% pitch control Internal speaker
	Numark TTUSB 33 1/3, 45 (78 RPM with software) Adjustable anti-skate control Built in pre-amp Line level RCA outputs USB enabled EZ Converter software included
	Jensen JTA-460 Compact USB Turntable System 33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM Belt Drive Built in speakers Remote control AM/FM receiver USB enabled
	Audio-Technica AT-LP60 33 1/3 and 45 RPM Fully Automatic No Pitch Control Belt Drive Built-in pre-amp Phono or Line/Aux outputs Replaceable stylus USB model available
	Audio-Technica AT-LP120 USB 33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM Manual operation Pitch Control Direct Drive Built-in pre-amp Phono or Line/Aux outputs Forward and reverse play USB   Continue reading...

CBS News recently spoke with Amoeba co-owner Marc Weinstein at Amoeba San Francisco about the origins of Amoeba, wanting to build the ultimate independent record store, and our plans for the future. It's a pretty nifty piece about Amoeba. Unfortunately, the video isn't embeddable, but you can watch it here.

Attention citizens of the Bay Area:
We hope you like to party and we hope you like to rawk, because Amoebapalooza is back on BOTH sides of the bay! Twice as nice AND too much to handle! But that's how we do in the Area by the Bay. These celebrations of homegrown music and the enduring human spirit are open to the public, so come on down!

AMOEBAPALOOZA SAN FRANCISCO -- Sunday, December 4th!
Cafe Du Nord, 8pm!
$5...cheap!
Hey, it's San Francisco and everyone knows that we buit this city on...the musical styling of Gabi Beck, Liquid Karma, SCHNITZELKLIT, Aqua Buddha, Soda Jerks, James Taylor Marked For Death, The Tree Skirts, Windham Flat, Shark Taint, and Vanishing Breed. Shake your things on the dance floor between sets with DJ Kindle! And guiding you through it all is MC Tarin.

RSVP on Facebook & spread the word:  http://www.facebook.com/events/294018260619266/

Special thanks to our friends at SIR SF for donating the backline for the second year in a row! Contact SIR for all of your equipment needs. DO it!