Update: To hear James and other area musicians, tune in to a special "best of 2008" local-band edition of "The Other Studio" at 9 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, on 94.9 FM "The River."

The Record Exchange recently compiled statistics about the best-selling local albums of 2008. Not only was outlaw-country singer Jeremiah James the No. 1 local seller, his album finished among the Top 10 overall sellers at the Record Exchange for the year. That's impressive.

One note: Built To Spill and Curtis Stigers, who are signed to mainstream record labels, weren't counted as local acts, or they would have finished at Nos. 3 and 5, respectively, with "Perfect From Now On" and "Real Emotional."

Here are the local album rankings from the RX for 2008.*

1 JAMES,JEREMIAH IDAHO COWBOY
2 HILLFOLK NOIR DIGGIN' SONGS
3 VANDER BOEGH,MA BLOOD RED
4 COFFEY/EVETT THESE DREAMS OF MINE
5 EQUALEYES WHILE I'M ALIVE
6 KAMPHIRE COLLEC SIMPLY COMPLEX
7 LE FLEUR TRUCE
8 LOW-FI WHERE YOU ARE
9 HEIBARGER HEIBARGER
10 VERY MOST CONGRATULATIONS FORE
11 SALI,ANNA ANNA SALI
12 ANDREWS,DAVID LIVE AT THE VAC
13 BLACK TOOTH GRI FALLOUT
14 ELEVEN STAR OF THE STORY
15 IQEQ LOCO/MOTIVE
16 KRYTERIUM CONTROL
17 BUCKNER,CHERIE BY HIS GRACE
18 ROTTERDAM NOVEM ROTTERDAM NOVEMBER
19 HOTEL 43 PRESEN BE INSPIRED
20 PORTRAIT OF THE THIS IS THE DAY
21 BROGRINDER/MANV BOISE: 208 RECORDS C
22 INVASION MADNESS
23 KLAMERUS,DAN UNTITLED
24 33 DEEP HIP HOP REBORN
25 NFFU NFFU
26 TEE-SHIRT PUSSYGUTT-LOGO
27 SICKO AKA MAFIO STREETS LOVE ME
28 UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL EP
29 MANVILLE GETTIN' FREAK NASTY
30 PUSSYGUTT SEA OF SAND
31 DIRT FISHERMEN DEMO/GLENN'S CAR
32 KIRK,KEVIN & ON SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIR
33 PULL OUT QUICK 208 POTATO PUNKS
34 BIPOLAR BEAR MOUNTAIN DEWD
35 KILLING FOR PEA SPLIT
36 SALTY BLOCK ENT CHUBALATION VOL. 1
37 MANVILLE POTTY ANIMALZ
38 WILSON ST. PUB PIRATES OF THE WEST
39 SMITH,DARREN LAST DRIVE
40 NADA BRAHMA NADA BRAHMA
41 KIRK,KEVIN & ON CATCH 'N' RELEASE
42 MOSQUITONES MOSQUITONES
43 MOSQUITONES TOILET BOWL EPIPHONI
44 SMOOTH OLD FASH WHAT'S GOOD
45 BOWLER,BELINDA MEET YOU HALFWAY
46 ROY ONE ON MY GRIND
47 KAMPHIRE COLLEC SIMPLY COMPLEX
48 N.F.F.U. DEAD LAST EP
49 MOD LASER/OHMYG SPLIT
50 OLSWANGER,JOSH LOST ONES EP
51 PULL OUT QUICK DEAD BEAT E.P.
52 MAE SHI HLLLYH
53 DIRT FISHERMEN DEMO/GLENN'S CAR
54 LOOKIN' FOR CHA ALBUM
55 MACNEILL,DAVID MORNINGTOWN
56 MASTER MINDZ REVELATIONZ
57 B4G THA KID HEARTBREAKER
58 SWARTZ/HOPKINS/ NORMAN WAITING
59 FRANKLIN COVER COMMERCIAL
60 LOW-FI WHERE YOU ARE
61 ZIPTYE NOT JUST FOR COPS AN
62 HOPPER,MATT REVERSE ODYSSEY
63 KIRK,KEVIN & ON SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIR
64 NEO TUNDRA COWB CHEROKEE GRANDPA
65 HOMEBOYRAP.COM FROM THE STREETS TO
66 DLABRIE MIX TAPE
67 HOUSE OF HOI PO MIGHTY
68 GROUND ZERO IMMEDIATE KONTAKT
69 SWITCH HITTER AND THEN THERE WERE
70 BIG FUB RELATED RHYMES
71 TEXAS T CHILLAXED
72 VA-FLESHEATERS FLESHEATERS
73 BLACK FRIDAY BLACK FRIDAY
74 UNDERGROUND ASS UNDERGROUND ASSAULT
75 JEREMY FROM BOI IT'S CALLED FINISHIN

*Please excuse the unedited copy-and-pasting.