^ My lone Record Store Day purchase.
― Blood On The Knobs, Saturday, 18 April 2015 23:18 (nine years ago) link
I swore off RSD two years ago but I relented this year when Nothing, a local shoegazer band on Relapse, did an in-store at AKA Music and my son expressed an interest in going so we went out.
Here's the band doing their acoustic set. Can't see 'em but I assure you they played. They also gave out free beer which was great!!!
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This was my haul:
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The vinyl at the top is the RSD stuff I bought. Since the Johnny Marr was for a friend, I only picked up two RSD exclusives for myself.
The store also was selling all CDs that were not a new release or used for half price so that explains the new stuff you see. The used CDs were not on sale but I always buy used CDs and a few of these were actually free since the store put a bin outside of shit to give away.
Total cost was less than $100. I also ran into a guy who I worked with before at a record store! He works there now.
I had fun and then had a nice lunch with the family. It did make me realize that I missed record store shopping, that I have been too reliant on Amazon. I plan on making more time to shop locally.
So RSD was a good thing for me this time, mainly because I had zero expectations for getting actual RSD product so merely finding two things that I wanted and weren't ridiculously overpriced felt like a victory.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 18 April 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
I had an alright time today, too, after all. Didn't stick around for any of the bands, but chatted up the employees at the shops I stopped into. It's always fun to just talk shop.
― austinato (Austin), Sunday, 19 April 2015 00:11 (nine years ago) link
I picked the only thing I really wanted outside of the Ork box which I can't afford, The Doors Strange Days Mono reissue, sounds so great
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 19 April 2015 01:41 (nine years ago) link
New Fast Automatic Daffodils!
― Blood On The Knobs, Sunday, 19 April 2015 01:45 (nine years ago) link
That's my favorite Calla record, too.
― Blood On The Knobs, Sunday, 19 April 2015 01:47 (nine years ago) link
seems like a lot of people buying stuff they won't be listening to.You're a moron― brimstead, Saturday, April 18, 2015 3:42 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― brimstead, Saturday, April 18, 2015 3:42 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
if you don't think this is true, you're an idiot. or haven't met anyone under 25.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Sunday, 19 April 2015 02:35 (nine years ago) link
but whatever, something about fools and money, blah blah blah
enjoy yr hauls
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Sunday, 19 April 2015 02:37 (nine years ago) link
I've already played all the records I bought today.
― austinato (Austin), Sunday, 19 April 2015 02:44 (nine years ago) link
i've listened to everything i bought already except for the one 7" i missed out on which i just picked up on ebay for the same amount it was meant to sell for in the shops (plus postage of course). there was a great carnival atmosphere in the record shops of glasgow today. whatever the downsides of RSD might be, it's pretty hard to be down on something that brings a lot of people together through a love and shared joy for music.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 19 April 2015 02:47 (nine years ago) link
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Saturday, April 18, 2015 7:35 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what if they're just casual music fans, or what if they're just now "getting into" music? just because they're not smarty pants dorks with immaculate taste like the rest of us doesn't mean they're poseurs just buying stuff to display in their homes or something.
― brimstead, Sunday, 19 April 2015 03:06 (nine years ago) link
but i guess these people are scum and shouldn't be allowed in record stores. lol high fidelity
― brimstead, Sunday, 19 April 2015 03:08 (nine years ago) link
also, it's not just "reminding" people about record stores, it's providing an *excuse* to go record shopping and a lot of people have lives and kids and do things with sailboats and snowboards and can't be arsed to go to actual physical record stores all the time.
― brimstead, Sunday, 19 April 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
i like nothing a lot
― maura, Sunday, 19 April 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
https://d3e1acxe4aygmg.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/amazon.jpg
― brimstead, Sunday, 19 April 2015 03:13 (nine years ago) link
Played some tunes @ Dr. DIsc this morning for Record Store Day. Loved seeing everyone there, many I hadn't seen since last year's event. I'm so grateful to have this great store in my city, still going strong. The band Learning was good, ....11am suits their sound well. Good to see patrons meeting like-minded new friends based on what was in each others selections.
[But I will never understand the fanaticism towards the special Record Store Day releases, which are just astronomically priced repackaging and studio discards which treats the artist's fans like shit and suckers.]
I got this in the bargain bin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3sF4VefUd0
― peepee, Sunday, 19 April 2015 03:36 (nine years ago) link
did anyone else pick up the Fool's Gold LP? I was going to buy it anyway because I have adored "I'm In Love" without reservation for a few months now, but the whole thing is really fun IMO.
I actually bought a ton of RSD shit today, but that's because buying records is awesome.
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Sunday, 19 April 2015 04:17 (nine years ago) link
today was a fine and normal saturday at my store but tonight was GREAT. all my pals digging in the store and a great set by Tarp and then the Byron Coley explosion and a fine ending of Brit psych in the basement! what more could i ask for? i could ask for nothing more. and i bought awesome 45s from some dude earlier in the day.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sof5dv8O6e0
― scott seward, Sunday, 19 April 2015 04:35 (nine years ago) link
Record store day was my birthday, so here's my haul (no order) including records I got as gifts.
LPs:Shugo Tokumaru - L.S.T.Shugo Tokumaru - Night PieceThe Bats - The Law of Things (reissue)Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - A Year with 13 MoonsGrouper - Cover the Windows and the Walls (2012 pressing)Swell - Well? (reissue)Robbie Basho - Art of the Acoustic Steel String Guitar 6 & 12 (reissue)Mark Kozelek - What's Next to the Moon (reissue)Shoes - Primal VinylPolaris - Music from the Adventures of Pete & PeteWilliam Tyler - Deseret CanyonBroadcast - Ha Ha Sound (reissue)
7"s:Further - Born Under a Good SignFluf / Further (split) - The Photographic HatBevil Web - Minutemen / Lariat Man Guided By Voices - The Official Ironmen Rally SongGuided By Voices - Motor Away / Color of My BladeVersus - Bright Light / Forest Fire (colored vinyl)Smog - Floating EPEggs - A Pit with Spikes / A Sparkling MixHelium - Hole in the Ground / LucyStereolab - Lo Boob Oscilator / Tempter
Boxsets:Red House Painters - S/T Box
― Evan, Sunday, 19 April 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
That's quite a haul, Evan! Happy birthday as well!
― austinato (Austin), Sunday, 19 April 2015 23:15 (nine years ago) link
anyone see a shop w/ a bunch Neko Case "Fox Confessor" LPs? hoping to fill my one unmet need via mail order.
― alpine static, Monday, 20 April 2015 00:56 (nine years ago) link
Thank you!!
xp
In the NYC area Neko Case seemed to sell out every place I'd seen.
― Evan, Monday, 20 April 2015 01:16 (nine years ago) link
What is the Shoes album? Is that new stuff?
― clemenza, Monday, 20 April 2015 01:18 (nine years ago) link
the shoes is a career overview with a couple live tracks thrown in as collector bait.
― Thus Sang Freud, Monday, 20 April 2015 01:27 (nine years ago) link
Thanks--I just looked it up on their site (according to which they've now released 17 albums).
― clemenza, Monday, 20 April 2015 01:31 (nine years ago) link
Ohhhh dammit I didn't get to listen to the Shoes yet, but I was under the impression that it comprised of more demos and live tracks than that! I could return it I suppose.
― Evan, Monday, 20 April 2015 02:46 (nine years ago) link
#STRANGEDAYSMONO
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 April 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link
That Shoes vinyl is awfully pretty
http://cdn6.bigcommerce.com/s-ug23w51d/products/10887/images/7134/Shoes_Primal__32762.1429374235.600.600.jpg
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 10:36 (nine years ago) link
That's awesome. Is it a mix of clear and solid?
― ^^^ NOT METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 10:47 (nine years ago) link
I think it's all solid (that's the pic from the label's site). I ordered it but it hasn't shown up yet!
With that kind of vinyl I've found it's always a gamble. About half of a pressing comes out beautifully tie-dyed and half come out basically brown with the occasional flicker of color here or there
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 11:29 (nine years ago) link
went into my local indie emporium yesterday to check out the leftovers.i looked and looked, but there was nothing of interest to me.possibly the J&MC live album, but it was £23, and that's rather steep for an album i would probably never listen to.they did have a couple of the ork boxsets still around (£160 i think), and a few of the creation boxsets .. no doors mono repress though UMS - though in fopp today there was a mono repress of the 'waiting for the sun' album, so, i suspect that 'strange days' will get a more general release at some point.
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 12:34 (nine years ago) link
I think UMS mentioned that he was able to pick that up, actually.
― Evan, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 13:20 (nine years ago) link
ahh .. i clearly misinterpreted that post !
phew.
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 13:28 (nine years ago) link
I posted a press release for the Shoes LP upthread; here's most of it:
PRIMAL VINYL TRACK LISTING:Side ATomorrow NightDon’t Do This To MeToo LateGirls of Today (demo version)OkayI Don’t Wanna Hear It (live)
Side BBoys Don’t LieShe SatisfiesSummer RainBurned Out Love (demo version)Love Is Like A BulletHate to Run (demo version)
http://shoeswire.com
http://www.alive-records.com
― dow, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 13:41 (nine years ago) link
Should I keep it or return it?
― Evan, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:27 (nine years ago) link
There were a bunch of "Strange Days" mono's at the one I was at yesterday.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link
Hmm, "Psychocandy Live" hey?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:33 (nine years ago) link
Mark : live at glasgow barrowlands - assuming the recent tour.
probably gone by now .. only had one copy.
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link
i'll probably regret not picking it up ..
hey ho.
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 16:01 (nine years ago) link
I didn't know anything about it.
Ah well. Guess we'll all be online on Saturday at 09:00
― Mark G, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 16:04 (nine years ago) link
WTF
http://www.collectorsfrenzy.com/details/251925933695/Brand_New__Deja_Entendu_2015_Vinyl_RSD_Release
― Evan, Monday, 27 April 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
that was one of the biggest record store day things. for some reason. i was seeing prices of 300/400, but not that high.
― scott seward, Monday, 27 April 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Right, that's double the highest general rate I've been seeing it sell for.
― Evan, Monday, 27 April 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
Who's ready for weekly record store day?
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/indie-retailers-and-record-store-day-launch-vinyl-tuesdays
― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Friday, 22 May 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
nooooo
― sleeve, Friday, 22 May 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
On the plus side that means we get to bitch about RSD once per week instead of once per year!
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 22 May 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
Once every three weeks, you mean..
― Mark G, Friday, 22 May 2015 22:14 (nine years ago) link
Ugh. It was only a matter of time, right?
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 23 May 2015 01:46 (nine years ago) link
Oh sweet I'll get to explain to people every week that really independent record stores don't get shipments every week, don't always get them on Tuesday and can't afford to order every single release that comes out.
― Luc Skyferrari (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 23 May 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
on the other hand, you can now get the new bruno mars record on every color of vinyl in the pantone system
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Saturday, 23 May 2015 04:03 (nine years ago) link