National Record Store Day

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xp tyler covers michael rother on his new EP so that's the direct link -- his stuff is definitely very americana overall imo.

tylerw, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link

amazon's list of best-selling "blues" albums is... interesting

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/music/31/ref=sr_bs_1

espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link

ohim in no doubt if there was a record shop in my town id go down, if there was something i really wanted i may even head down an hour early but sadly its about 15+ years since we had an indie shop and not long after that our price/sanity entertainment buggered off. But im not spending a fiver on the train into glasgow to queue/squeeze into shops only to find what I want they didnt get/sold/ overpriced (£29 for the built to spill album? no thanks). I can still get that on discogs for that price but not paying it. And the thing i really wanted was £48.99. Im not spending that on 3 spacemen 3 12"s.
The breadwinner lp coming from the usa with high shipping is still way cheaper than both.
But hey, ppl enjoy it and shops do well, they arent gonna miss me. I just wish i could get into glasgow more often for record shopping to make up for it. I know there will never be a record shop in my town again nevermind a good one.

Scooby Doom (۩), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link

RSD, making a difference:

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/04/kims_video_music_closing.php

espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link

Eh RSD can't change the fact that there will be nothing cool or quirky in NYC left in 10 years because of rents etc

dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link

Oh, Mondo Kim's? Thought that'd gone a while ago..

Mark G, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link

mondo kim's disappeared years ago. read the article.

espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link

Fwiw the folks I know in MPLS that work at or own places say it's the best day of business all year, and some years biggest day of business in the history of the stores

dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link

Oh, if I have to..

:-)

Mark G, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link

Yeah, that's the one I remember buying various life-changing things, the one time I was there. The Monks' CD for one..

Mark G, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link

i'm skim skim skimming this thread and then i saw the word jaki and screeched -- is this for real or is this a joke i don't get?

i heard that jaki liebezeit was vacationing in oklahoma city and ended up playing drums on about half that album. you can tell, too, at least when you can hear the drum parts over the amplified melodica.

― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, April 22, 2014 12:58 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

it's ok if it's a joke i don't get, just wondering!

Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link

Kim's has a pretty significant mark-up on the list price for their new stock so I'm not surprised they're not able to stay in business.

Evan, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link

xp just a little joke about holy grail private press items. not real.

tylerw, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:27 (ten years ago) link

tyler, we are no longer blood brothers.

espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link

Kim's has a pretty significant mark-up on the list price for their new stock so I'm not surprised they're not able to stay in business.

― Evan, Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:26 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

do they actually markup from list or just actually charge list? i've seldom known a non-super-shady business to mark up above list.

espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link

"The Moles album showed up on Spotify (I'm just living with that at the moment). I guess I have to get the CD when it comes out, didn't realize how different some of the songs would be from what's on the Flydaddy Untune. Surf's Up, in particular, is just huge on the new one. I need their discography sorted out for me as far as different versions go, which I hope the reissue does in the liner notes."

the moles rsd thing is 2 vinyl albums and 2 CDs.

scott seward, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:43 (ten years ago) link

yeah, the two original Lps are on the two vinyl discs and the first CD, the second CD includes lots of rare stuff/singles/EPs that isn't on the vinyl. IIRC.

espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link

kind of weird way to package it. i think the CDs will be available separately, in a non-limited manner. don't know about the vinyl. for a run that was supposed to be just 300 copies I saw an awful lot of these locally. if anyone wants one for $42 plus shipping let me know.

espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link

(i got a ton more but i don't want to bore everyone...)

scott seward, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link

omg those are my kinda records!

RSD-rolled (sleeve), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link

lol I own 4/6 of those, go team PGR

RSD-rolled (sleeve), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:39 (ten years ago) link

that pgr record is beautiful. so is the gum one in its way.

scott seward, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:45 (ten years ago) link

is that all industrial stuff?

espring (amateurist), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 04:07 (ten years ago) link

Paul Weller sez: "I won't be taking part in Record Store Day again."

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 12:36 (ten years ago) link

What's a "tout"?

dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 13:09 (ten years ago) link

scalper is the equiv american term, i believe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket_resale

koogs, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 13:11 (ten years ago) link

(but, y'know, for records rather than tickets)

koogs, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 13:12 (ten years ago) link

Ah gotcha

dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 13:23 (ten years ago) link

well I went to amoeba last night and found a copy of the glenn jones EP so (*runs finger across forehead to wipe brow, flicks the worry sweat away*) whew! One more copy there in the RSD section by the info counter as of closing time last night for any fellow Angelenos.

christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 14:08 (ten years ago) link

It's such a lovely EP; the middle track is gorgeous. His last RSD 12" (the split with Black Twig Pickers) is also amazing - some of his best stuff!

Walter Galt, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 14:26 (ten years ago) link

haha

christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link

That is awesome!

▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link

that's great. looks like it's in "MINT" condition. get it... it looks like a mint...

never mind.

espring (amateurist), Thursday, 24 April 2014 07:41 (ten years ago) link

47 watchers

austinato (Austin), Thursday, 24 April 2014 12:53 (ten years ago) link

26 of which are music journos waiting for the outcome prior to them sending in their copy.

mark e, Thursday, 24 April 2014 12:57 (ten years ago) link

Ok I honestly hadn't heard of the Moles. Now I feel like I missed out! "Untune the Sky" is fantastic. Anybody seen copies around anywhere (for not double the list price)?

Evan, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link

you can get cheapy-cheap copies of the CD on amazon

espring (amateurist), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 00:56 (ten years ago) link

seven months pass...

so one of these just happened? seems like there was zero publicity, I picked up the Against Me! EP

the manager at my local said the two most in demand items were the Death Grips LP and the Guardians Of The Galaxy cassette release, LOL

sleeve, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 03:13 (nine years ago) link

The Black Friday version of this is usually not as big an event. For me there was absolutely NOTHING interesting.

Evan, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 04:47 (nine years ago) link

Guardians of the Galaxy cassette and, surprisingly, Faith No More single seemed to be the things people wanted here. All I cared about was the Sneakers 10", which I got.

Pooja Bhatt's erotic thriller Jism 2 (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 05:39 (nine years ago) link

I never doubt the Patton faithful

i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link

The Patton Warriors.

Mark G, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link

I got a 7" of J Mascis covering Mazzy Star's 'Fade Into You' and it's great.

Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link

I bought the New Order 81-82 EP on clear vinyl but it will most likely remain sealed on the shelf with the 2 other copies of the original pressing I have.

brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link

Scored the Dead thing, Bug / Earth thing, Penny Arkade reissue, and that Mascis thing, though I have to say if I didn't work at a record store, none of these things would have gotten me out of the house (maybe the Dead thing, but I have enough '72 to last me a lifetime).

We had 44 people lined up outside - one guy arrived at 2:30am. He wanted the single copy of the Death Grips vinyl we received. He got it.

Guardians tape was the other hot item for some fucking reason.

Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link

I picked up the Scharpling & Wurster Rock Rot and Rule LP, which was just a leftover from last year's RSD. Was searching for that J. Mascis 7" but couldn't find it anywhere, pretty bizarre for Seattle. Maybe I can find it at the Sub Pop store in the SeaTac airport.

Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link

and the Guardians Of The Galaxy cassette release, LOL

OMG yes, this was apparently super popular. About a week before Thanksgiving I was standing at the counter at Reckless waiting to pay and this late 20s looking girl came in to ask about Black Friday and the GotG cassette. She asked if she could put one on hold because she had to work on Black Friday and couldn't make it in, only to break down in literal tears when the guy explained how RSD works and how she'd really need to come in to buy it. I wanted to offer to just buy her the soundtrack on CD and dub her a cassette copy or something, she was so crushed.

But, yeah, apparently this was a very big thing.

ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link


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