National Record Store Day

PooBah's had filed all the RSD stuff in the regular vinyl bins,

that is not smart.

Psychic Teens (all the way from Philly!) at Permanent Records Chicago was pretty sweet tonight - Really dug 'em, and their rekkid is great! Didn't get any exclusives really, save a couple Sundazed singles & the Trouble in Mind label split. Line for midnight opening at Permanent last night was a hundred deep @ 11:30 - screw that noise! Guess I'm not the diehard I thought I was! I'm moving to a new pad soon, so less rekkids to move is probably a good thing...wish I had the energy for Cave tonight, but I'm sure I'll see 'em soon again... I hope RSD2012 was a success for all that participated - recognition of the 'record store as cultural center' is always good.

yeah, not withstanding my internet whining about limited release pricing, the vibe was pretty good at the shops today. tons of people, food and drinks (didn't see any live stuff but I'm sure it was going on)... the cashiers looked a little harried, but then christmas at the bookstore was like that too, and we kind of dug it, as exhausting as it was.

WHAT UNREST BOX ARGH

― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:13 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i saw this. i was tempted, since there are only 250 copies, supposedly. but the idea of a LP spread across a bunch of 45s makes... no sense to me.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, April 21, 2012 9:28 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was a sucker and preordered it. It's beautifully put together, and Mark hand wrote a little note inside for me! This is how the original came, as a 7" box. Each record is a different color, and there is a nice booklet inside. I don't regret it!

Came away with:

Skip James - Devil Got My Woman
Mississippi John Hurt - Last Sessions
Cleaners From Venus Box
Medicine Box (had preordered)
Unrest - Perfect Teeth Box (had Preordered)
Freakwater - Feels Like The Third Time

WHAT UNREST BOX ARGH

― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:13 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i saw this. i was tempted, since there are only 250 copies, supposedly. but the idea of a LP spread across a bunch of 45s makes... no sense to me.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, April 21, 2012 6:28 PM (2 hours ago

I don't think it's as limited as you think. There's no way that there are only 250 of them. The one I saw was numbered in the mid 2000s.

funny that the reissue of the perfect teeth box costs more (on average) than copies of the original

the original edition was numbered up to 2000, so it's possible this second pressing started the numbering at 2001... I'd guess they made between 500 and 1000 this time around.

ah wait, according to the teenbeat website, the second pressing started numbering at 2101.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/coachella-2012-record-store-day-comes-early.html

"PooBah's had filed all the RSD stuff in the regular vinyl bins,"

"that is not smart."

Yeah, but it does thwart the collector scum, a bit at least.

My local store also stocked RSD stuff in the regular racks, but put a bright orange sticker on the top so items could be easily identified. It did make things a lot more orderly than in previous years.

When it was originally released, I know I picked up a copy of the first 6ths album, which was a boxed set of 7" singles - or rather, 6 6/6" singles, as they billed it, iirc. With a couple of bonus tracks. Re: Unrest, I have a copy of the first Air Miami LP as a 45rpm double LP with lock grooves after each track.

Frankly, I wish Record Store Day offered more cool stuff and less limited for the sake of stuff. I don't give a poop if something is appearing on vinyl for the first time - or reappearing for the first time in ages. I want unreleased stuff, period, not just this collector-bait repackaging. Last year the treasure hunt aspect attracted me to the Big Star set. This year, nothing brought me out of the house.

My local had a small bunch of RSD stuff. Picked up Destroyer's Rubies because i dig that album, didn't even know it was a part of this.

Yeah was that out of print or not already on vinyl?

Missions accomplished! I got what I wanted, did not wait in line, saw 4 great bands (one more o_O than great but that counts as great in my estimation).

RSD 2012, I <3 u.

If anyone in the UK has a Flaming Lips they want to flip without the hassle of eBay or whatever, I'll take 'er...

xxpost I'm not sure. This includes a 23 minute bonus track, not dissimilar to the Kapputt vinyl.x

Sleeve, I tried DustyGroove for the 'Eight Trails' lp but they actually did sell out of them! bummer. I am trying Cory direct right now...

no worries if u can't find one. thanks for looking!

$50 on ebay, fuck that.

daaammn. we sold all our copies of the 8 trails record too, otherwise i'd hit you with one. willl keep my eyes peeled in case i see one somewhere else

thanks guys!

If anyone sees the Circle 'Manner' LP on either 'red eye' or 'eyeball' coloured vinyl, as opposed to the black, then I would gladly give them a very good home. Thanks!

went back out looking for the circle thing today. no such luck. bought another cleaners from venus album.

Q: does the cleaners box come w extra music or a book or something? i ask cuz i spent $25 on the first two albums, 3 of the 4 LPs worth. box costs 60 bones!

btw hydra head has a list of stores that carried their releases, so i went to one of those stores.
http://hydraheadlines.blogspot.com/2012/04/rsd-store-list.html

Wanted to get the F Lips LP but my local store was out by the time I got there. Just heard a few tracks and was bummed to hear that it sounds
a bit distorted/over modulated the same way that "Embryonic"'sounded. Glad in retrospect
that I didn't drop 40.00 on it.

cuz i spent $25 on the first two albums

err, make that $35. prices were fair, but not that fair.

Was going to say... between that and the Unrest set everyone here is giving me a little buyers remorse. If you're saying the 3 Cleaners LPs were $52.00 all together if bought individually than I guess I spent $14 on a pin, a photo, and an outer box.

Because I think it was $66 with tax

yeah, it doesn't seem like a bargain. otoh, it'll almost certainly appreciate in value more than the LPs or the CD box, which aren't limited editions

is that Circle going to get any other kind of release?

This dude from Jackass came into our store

http://i44.tinypic.com/1zwg7lv.jpg

I got the only thing I really wanted for RSD (well, except the Medicine box), the Tangerine Dream "Alpha Centauri" 7". Pretty happy!

That's the guy who shits himself all the time.

Yeah. He was a nice dude, though, and lives in the area. And the cup is now in our permanent collection.

Not sure jon - I wouldn't necessarily expect so, at least not in the immediate future.

http://sickmouthy.com/2012/04/23/record-store-day-2012/

jfc that blog you link to there

black musicians don't use record stores, instead releasing their music in the form of mixtapes, therefore anyone still buying music in physical formats is racist

themoreyouknow.jpg

Yeah, there's some BIG assumptions and not much evidence in there...

Not sure jon - I wouldn't necessarily expect so, at least not in the immediate future.

Didn't think so. Very disappointing. I mean, keep the vinyl as an exclusive thing, but I'd love a digital release or something. This is why I get frustrated by limited releases of brand new music that is solely available on RSD, here I am a willing customer wanting to throw money at you, but I can't.

Did anyone get the Mynah Birds 7" BTW? They had a RSD special from the "Mynabirds" on Saddle Creek, which I'm guessing is something completely different.

ordered mynah birds, did not get :( one of things i was most bummed not to get.

St. Vincent 7", what up?

Guess that little pseudonymous Oneohtrix Point Never record flew under the radar as well.

i bought the orig of that unrest box like 6mo ago for $40 :-|

the dead LP and destroyer and nobunny are vvg otherwise whatever i have junta on CCD

lol CCD

We had one of that Spectrist, but my boss thought it was the Chuck Prophet record (which we then managed to miss, ironically)...

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/rsd12/sft0127-500x500.jpg

Wait, there was a Chuck Prophet record too? Okay, that's pretty funny.

I'm a sucker for the lock groove. No way I could have made it into any shop over the weekend due to work, so I fess up to sourcing my copy on the net. I don't feel any guilt whatsoever tho, since - for reasons probably already mentioned in this thread which I've not read entirely - someone's record store made the sale initially, and I personally celebrate record store day about 30 times annually.

cool spin article where they find links to listen to a bunch of stuff online:

http://www.spin.com/articles/listen-best-record-store-day-2012-online?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=042412

including the flaming lips thing

http://www.redscrollrecords.com/

you can mailorder a lot of RSD leftovers from these guys, including that 8 trails one path record.

Those guys are great dudes.