National Record Store Day

Also, I heard that the New Order one won't be ready for tomorrow. True?

well, we didn't get everyhing that's available for the event--so i dont know abt the New Order release.

we'll have the few things we have displayed by the counter. we got a bunch of phone calls today looking for the springsteen release, but we will not have it :(

"free $0.50 records"

Wait which are they?

we have the New Order along with a couple other of these. we're technically celebrating it, but all it's gonna do is piss me off that these people need an excuse to go look at records.

records that would normally be 50c become free for the day. xp

pipecock, try to control your rage.

I can't imagine why people wouldn't want to hang around pipecock.

i try to be helpful and nice to people in the store :P

Well I'm glad your able to hide your contempt in front of them.

we talk shit quietly tho

I imagine your neckbeards muffle a lot of the snider remarks.

all 7 of them. the neckbeards that is.

I was planning to go to Sound Exchange in Houston, even though Cactus made it into the paper for the promotion.

I will buy a 45 or a 2dollar bin record and let them know they should be grateful for my contribution.

Or maybe I will spend 80 bucks on some cool shit.

I might do both.

I need one of my turntables fixed, and they do that.

Later on, after the fights are over, I will go on the other board I post and harass my friends to get off their ass.

also, Houston, library sale this weekend.

If you want any of this stuff, go NOW! I got to Waterloo Records two minutes before it opened and the line just started to wind around the building. Dude in front of me bought two of the Springsteen single. A gal walking by was carrying about ten (10!!) copies of THIS LP CRASHES HARD DRIVES. And so on. Still, I managed to get everything I wanted and then some (from three different stores):

Blitzen Trapper "War is Placebo/Booksmart" 7"
Slayer 7" single "Psychopathy Red" packaged in special X-Files-style, "confidential" packaging
Sonic Youth/Beck split 7" split 7" (RSD exclusive)
Sonic Youth/Jay Reatard split 7" split 7" (RSD exclusive)
Various Artists--THIS LP CRASHES HARD DRIVES
Various artists Records Toreism

Plus I got a mystery box of singles for $4.99 (20% cuz of NRSD), the new Marianne Faithfull, and Spellman's Four Lives in the Bebop Business.

The Neil Young and CSNY records are $65 a piece!!

(20% cuz of NRSD)

20% OFF...most;y crap and w/o sleeves but purchased in the spirit of the occasion.

I got the two SY 7"s which I basically assumed would be impossible to find even tho I asked for them in advance - so pretty pleased tbf

I decided not to bother with Record Store Day. I buy loads of records, in record stores, so I am not part of the problem.

I went into Rounder and Resident and Borderline in Brighton, but they were mostly oppressively full so I had to extricate myself. Also I had no money to spend. But yeah, good to see some interesting in-store stuff going on and people being reminded to use or lose.

I buy loads of records in thrift stores and garage sales, so maybe I am part of the problem. Usually they are way cheaper and more interesting in those places. But I'm still not partaking in this event today. Maybe that makes me lame. Independent stores deserve to survive, and I hope setting aside a special day for them pulls lots of young kids into the habit -- especially kids pointlessly addicted to getting music the day it comes out, a habit that has never made any sense to me. But braving the crowds seems silly. And I've never been somebody to buy records just because they're rare -- especially when they're created for the sole purpose of their rarity. Seems artificial to me somehow, and none of the records above strike me as all that inticing. (I thought something similar when baseball card companies got self-conscious about their collectibility, and it bugged me then, too. Not that it's especially anything new with record labels -- see also: SubPop Singles Club or whatever.) Anyway, more power to the stores -- whatever pulls in customers. I hope they all make tons of money. A friend of mine who runs a store in Philly said Record Store Day last year was his best day in years, and I hope this year he doesn't even better.

Just out of curiosity, though, what kind of exorbidant prices are those exclusive sucker-bait 7"s above going for?

I picked up the New Order and Stooges for $7.99 each, and the Camera Obscura for $6.99. This at Mad Platter in Riverside, CA.

Shit, they had the New Order? I just called Sonic Boom and Easy Street and neither of them have the New Order.

They must have had >10 there. I picked up the only Camera Obscura, tho.

yeah nobody here in Eugene has the New Order, they heard it was delayed.

I got both Sonic Youth singles for $5 each, the Def Jam 4LP for $15 (!!!), and then I also picked up a Kurt Vile LP on Mexican Summer since it was on sale. 12 bucks!

also got the Dengue Fever/Chicha Libre split single, 5 bucks as well.

if any kind soul wants to pick me up a copy of This LP Crashes Hard Drives I will reimburse you and sing your praises. Neither of my local stores had it.

Just saw the tracklisting for the Def Jam set, I may have to go back for it!

I got that big Black Sabbath box set for 35 bucks today at Newbury Comics in Cambridge...

^ which Newbury Comics? the Fresh Pond one's vinyl selection is pitiful. nothing for me to buy.

had a good time! my "home base" store Roadrunner was grilling out in back and had coolers of beer....couple hot dogs were great!

i didn't really go in for any of the crazy exclusive shit, most of that was already sold out anyway.

i did get the Arthur Russel "Love Is Overtaking Me" vinyl but I wanted that anyway. Didn't see the Def Jam thing or would have gotten that...The Sonic Youth/Reatard single is going to be crazy Ebay bait, so many dudes looking for that.

but I got some great used vinyl, good day:

Leo Koettke - 6 and 12 String Guitar (orig on Takoma)

Rod Stewart - The Rod Stewart Album

The Groundhogs - Who Will Save The World? (gatefold)

Gaunt - I Can See Your Mom From Here (only a buck!)

John Kongos - Kongos

on sale. 12 bucks!

Wow. I'm speechless.

(also the stores i went to were PACKED and everyone was having a lot of fun so i guess this day has worked out pretty well for them)

xxxpost Harvard Square

which was also packed, lots of vinyl flying off the shelves...

Some kids are losing their vinyl cherries today..

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3588/3453389766_caf408f709.jpg

I buy loads of records in thrift stores and garage sales, so maybe I am part of the problem. Usually they are way cheaper and more interesting in those places.

Yeah...kinda my problem too. Looking at the list up there, and, Arthur Russell apart there's not a whole lot i would want - it's all very white and young. Thing is, I'd bet it's guys like me that spend most on records now - middle aged, not all that interested in new stuff necessarily. What killed going to record stores for me was the CD - I just never got that excited about buying them, so when Vinyl started appearing in quantities in charity shops, and then on the 'bay, that's where my purchasing went.

Wow. I'm speechless.

it's $31 on eBay right now with 4 hours left, so I'd say that's a good deal. Enjoy your dollar records.

We had a really really great day at the shop I work at - loads of bands and artists playing all afternoon, loads of interest generated by the day itself and by the exclusive releases, most of which sold well. It was a wonderful party atmosphere and majorly busy all day long. Great fun and inspiring for our continued survival.

"Wow. I'm speechless."

Wow you are a dick.

Oh yeah, our 7''s were/are £3.99 for the most part.

did you get the jesus lizard thing in, alex?

Not yet. A bunch of things were delayed shipping so won't be with us until Monday (SY 7''s in particular). Not sure how many we'll get though, will have to wait and see...

if you do get the jesus lizard Inch in can you keep me one and PM me over on DFFD and i'll come in and get it?

I'll see what I can do, but no promises, I'm afraid. It's looking like, following Rough Trade's example, we could well be holding raffles for the really high demand items, as it's looking like we could only get a ridiculously small number (like 2 or 3 of each) and a hella lotta interest. I can put your name down for raffle entry for sure and will defn. keep you posted on how things pan out.

Yeah man that would be fine, thanks!

Kurt Vile LP on Mexican Summer since it was on sale. 12 bucks!

^^ love this record, and it's hard to find now so yeah.

also, we sold out of all the record store day exclusives within 45 minutes of opening. the only thing we have left is the Arthur Russell double LP (and it's great.)

also we had a bbq but all the food is gone--on to the beer drinking portion of the event...

'bout to head over to other music to wait in line for the Bill Callahan performance. Picked up the Records Toreism LP on Thrill Jockey along with the Pavement LP, the SY 7"s and the Akron/Family single earlier, too, and most of it is really good! I think the Records Toreism comp is probably the best of the lot, although the live Pavement album is really badass too.

I hear what xhuxk is saying. Collector bait is gross and a good half of the folks seemed to be grabbing at it for investment purposes (such as they are). But how else are the stores going to entice The People? Not with dollar records (now, penny records...). And is $12 really all that shocking?

The crowds were bad only at Waterloo but it's easy to wade through record geeks (and oh yeah, they had two copies of the New Order single).

Fwiw, I bought bands I love (and admire in the case of Slayer but the sleeve is nifty) and music I didn't already own. And I bought those various artist LPs for the accompanying zines as much as the music. Most of it was resistible, though. The Pitchfork review is hilarious cuz nothing is highly recommended.

Please tell me that child's first LP is NOT Vangelis ...

I just bought the Smiths single but the quality of the print on the sleeve is terrible.

i spent a hundred buxx today on records, but i bought them at an antique store.

i thought i might be able to open my little store by today, but real life intruded. the space we were in - that was pretty cheap - turned out to be too cheap. there are several cheap apartments above it, and one day some dude's toilet overflowed in his bathroom upstairs and it totally came raining down thru the ceiling into our store and on our stuff! ewwwww. luckily, there wasn't a ton of damage, but some records got wet and we promptly starting looking for another space. and we found a great one. right on main street. and it's bigger. and it has a huuuuuge DRY basement for storage. so, we are moving our stuff there at the end of this month. we feel like we dodged a bullet. our landlords at the old space didn't even care that toilet water had come raining down into our store. our new landlord is spending thousands of bucks renovating before we move in. we're excited.

Went to Music Saves in Cleveland, picked up the Pavement LP, the Sonic Youth 7"s, Camera Obscura, Jenny Lewis, and the Beastie's "Paul's Boutique" remaster on 180g vinyl, plus Black Keys and Blitzen Trapper for a friend of mine. Seemed like nobody there was buying the Jesus Lizard, but lots were buying the Stooges.

went to 1-2-3-4-GO! records in oakland, got the pavement LP (colored edition! 1/95 total! total luck.), the jesus lizard 7"s, the obits 7", the arthur russell LPs (on now, so good!), the sonik youth splits (both sonic youth songs are ehhh, jay r and beck sides are v v good). gf got camera obscura and a pavement LP, then we hit down at lulu's, i got charles manson's LIE, the kinks' VGPS, surfer rosa, and one of those golden triangle 7"s. then our friend's car broke down. :( then we walked into berkeley and hit half-price books, and i got god bless the kinks, some random 1987 sleeping bag records 12" for 25 cents, and a book abt african music by francis bebey.

great day!

seriously, I recently bought an original 1962 mono copy of Charles Mingus' "Oh Yeah" LP, arguably one of the greatest jazz albums ever made, I paid $60 on eBay

― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Monday, April 22, 2024 9:58 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

this means nothing if you don't tell us what condition it was in!!

let me guess: the disc was cracked in half but the seller said it was a good "starter copy"

nah it was VG+, sounds amazing

I just checked and the cost price for that Andre 3000 album where we order from is $65. I think we have it on sale for $82. We had a few people ask about it late last year so got three copies in. We're yet to sell any of those. Either the novelty wore off or people were understandably put off by the price. They'll be heading for the clearance bins everywhere here just like those 5 LP sets of Tool's Fear Inoculum and Lana Del Rey's poetry album.

― kitchen person, Monday, April 22, 2024 8:31 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

my local shop has the same problem, anything priced $75 and up they have real trouble selling despite how many people are "interested". a bunch of people wanted that 5xLP LCD Soundsystem live thing that got repressed but I don't think anyone actually bought it. he also has several copies of the Andre 3000 thing. but his sales seem to be pretty good otherwise.

xp good deal!

it just occurred to me i was checking back on this thread to see what condition sleeve's sleeve condition was in

haha, the sleeve is very nice as well!

lol

my local shop has the same problem, anything priced $75 and up they have real trouble selling despite how many people are "interested".

Probably more appropriate for 'post a controversial music opinion', but I think any multi-disc album that costs more than $40 should also be released in separate sets, "Use Your Illusion"-style

Or, at least offer us a 33.3-rpm version of non-double LPs on a single disc (or 2 if it's in the 90ish min range), instead of padding the cost (and annoyance factor) with the 45-rpm trend

eh, I don't think having a 2xLP and a 3xLP version of the same album out there is really a great idea. I think the Chemical Brothers' last album did this, which was weird because the album was only 47 minutes long. the 3xLP doesn't even have any extra tracks, one side is like 5 minutes

I do think bands need to be more willing to shuffle tracks around in order to accomodate the vinyl split rather than put a 42 minute album on two LPs. AnCo's Strawberry Jam is one of those, I think they wanted For Reverend Green and Fireworks to be on the same side (which makes sense) but they could've done it by changing the order. might annoy the purists but whatever.

i just buy CDs if something is long. i don't tend to listen to an entire double album in one sitting and never a triple album. i remember in the late 90s and early 2000s when i would buy rap albums that were 3 LPs and i basically never played them. thus, the humble CD. i remember when that cool Trad Gras Och Stenar box came out and the vinyl version was around a hundred bucks and the CD set was 20! i never looked back. and tracks weren't cut in half either.

^^^ this, I refuse to buy vinyl with split tracks, hate it so much. just gimme a CD.

I guess I didn't explain my idea very well: for albs that would fit on one record, but are released on double vinyl (prob because they get the unnecessary 45 rpm treatment), figure out a way to put them on a single disc for those who don't want the 45 rpm edition, and for 4+ LP releases priced at $75+, split them in half

or, you know... don't do any of that at all and release it as a pono player exclusive, as the real rsd gods intended.

also, for some relevant discourse-
fleet foxes, like the assholes they are, actually did follow the spirit of rsd and released a vinyl exclusive live album. i want to hear it! haven't bothered with fan uploads or youtube, but it looks mighty healthy: https://www.discogs.com/master/3463574-Fleet-Foxes-Live-On-Boston-Harbor

there are some audiophile pressings of Genesis albums that just came out at 45rpm...do I want a 4 disc Lamb? fuck no. Likewise I do not want Supper's Ready split over two sides, wtf.

I assume with the chemical brothers (and other dance stuff) it gets split across multiples to make djing easier? Wider grooves, easier to cue? Excuse me if this is dumb or obvious

well in the old school economy, 45 pressings were generally louder and, therefore, would sound p fucken spiff in the club sound system. but that was like... dance music that's supposed to go BOOMBOOMBOOM with the bass and whatnot. chemical bros makes some sense, but i don't understand the treatment for stuff like, say, genesis. you're not getting much of an upgrade between the stellar vinyl reissues from about a decade ago and the tiny bit of increased loudness on the expnaded 45 pressings.

yeah I understand why the Chems would do that but still you can do 46 minutes on a 2xLP @ 45 RPM, no reason to release a 3xLP version at the same time

I do like stuff like the Underworld Pearl's Girl 3x12" where there's a separate track on each side, but that's when vinyl was a lot cheaper...it cost me like six bucks

STOP MAKING NEW RECORDS THEY ARE DUMB AND TOO HEAVY AND THE CORNERS ARE SO SHARP THEY SUCK PLUS THE PLANET!!

(btw, i'm frantically searching for an old wordpress/blogspot post from the mid-2010s where the dude sought out full lengths pressed at 45. there was a lot of stuff from the 80s and a lot of british pop music. from what i remember he was only interested in having lps pressed at 45 and didn't care about the music; all he wanted was the thing. he was way ahead of his time.)

did the 45 rpm lp thing start with chris cutler's early eighties re records releases? i think they're the only examples i've heard (& they do sound good)

Well, Pil's "Metal Box"...

I bought a 2x45rpm reissue of New Hope For The Wretched by the Plasmatics (second hand so it wasn't expensive) and regretted not just waiting to find a single LP version. that is not a record that benefits from the 45rpm treatment

I bought a 2x45rpm reissue of New Hope For The Wretched by the Plasmatics (second hand so it wasn't expensive) and regretted not just waiting to find a single LP version. that is not a record that benefits from the 45rpm treatment

oops

The first one I came across was the Cocteau Twins' Victorialand in 1986.

Klaus Schulze's Innovative Communication label put out 45rpm LPs for a while in the early 80s, including Popol Vuh's Sei Still, Wisse Ich Bin. Don't recall if it sounded significantly better than it would have at 33 tbh.

it was big in japan in the late 70s/early 80s. for classical and jazz. wider grooves equaling louder/better sound. some sound amazing. that whole digital on vinyl pre-CD thing. some amazing 10-inch jazz reissues at 45 rpm. i mean anyone who has heard good disco 45 rpm 12-inches from the 70s knows how mindblowing they can sound. i love 70s rock 12-inches at 45. punk. post-punk. sex pistols on 12-inch rage pretty hard. but if i think of it i haven't had a ton of full albums from the 80s at 45. some though.

Cabaret Voltaire's "2x45" seems like an obvious example. 1982 I think?

style council's cost of loving + xtc's oranges and lemons are a couple more that come to mind...

some anti-fomo/rsd propaganda to proselytize future generations. this used to be a common sight: kickass <$10 reissues of forgotten catalogue titles. no fanfare, no sales pitch, just a good deal on a good album-
https://i.ibb.co/C1XWY2G/20240426-114710.jpg

wow that image got mangled, hope this is better--
https://i.postimg.cc/xjXyzBKZ/20240426-114710.jpg

my favourite sun ra!!

yeah, seems like just yesterday all those affordable reissues were fully stocked

did the 45 rpm lp thing start with chris cutler's early eighties re records releases

Klaus Schulze maybe did it just before that with his Innovative Communication label's releases.

still reeling from this insanity - £35 for a two track 12"! and the original is still readily available in quid bins up and down the country...

https://i.ibb.co/y8F1JBd/20240504-160619.jpg

okay i lied, it's got four songs on it:

A1 Precious Little Diamond (12" Mix)
A2 Precious Little Diamond (Special Remix By Ben Liebrand)
B1 Precious Little Diamond (Shep Pettibone Mix)
B2 Precious Little Diamond (Single Version)

think the shep one is the rarest version and it's not even all that good imo - i do like a lot of his stuff but this is a song that isn't really enhanced by all his stop-start fannydangle