National Record Store Day

heard a rumor they're making things easier for next year's Record Store Day -- all you're gonna have to do is launch iTunes

limited edition mp3s

P4k has the documentary "I Need That Record!" up -- http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/2144-i-need-that-record/1

it's "One Week Only" though -- no idea when they first posted it, either

Another documentary that may be worth a look is Alan Zweig's Vinyl: http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/lifestyle_lifestyle/watch/v16951205N9H8Wagc

The funny thing is that I'm watching it today, and found that one of the guys interviewed in Vinyl is one of the guys I ran into at Record Store Day just yesterday. Know a few of the other characters in the movie too from my days wandering around the various stores in Toronto.

One of the record stores I stopped by said RSD was an enormous pain in the ass where you have to order all the "special" vinyl months in advance and then get don't get two-thirds of what you actually ordered

yeah at my fave local all the clerks were drinking

"i'm doing everything i can to make time elastic so that by the time i get out of here i will hardly remember the day"

yeah having customers for once is rough stuff.

It wasn't the store in NYC called "Good Records" or something right? They were drinking whiskey and listening to blues but they were having fun.

haha nah man they were happy to have the customers, it was just wall to wall all day and from a customer service standpoint i kinda get it

so, *does* anybody know what ended up on the Beastie Boys thing? was it just lame new stuff?

I didn't get into record store day because I was at the footy but I know I would have not got anything I was wanting anyway and would be a £4 train fare down.
Stupid idea to limit everything so much, no-one gets what they want and everything ends up on eBay, seriously, fuck this shit. I'll do my record shopping in my own time.

(im just pissed off as I knew there was no chance of getting that Soundgarden 7" or the Flaming Lips lp nevermind the Blur single)

The Blur single is fetching between £100 and £200 on ebay.

Beastie Boys should have repressed the "Rock Hard" EP as a limited 10".

tbh Mark, I woulda been happy just to get the Soundgarden 7". But I knew i wouldn't even get that. It was silly to have things so limited. Whats the point of getting in people, who regularly shop there anyway, to come in for a ltd ed record , not get it, so go home pissed off rather than buying something they can get anytime in it's place? They should make enough for all, not the scum who buy just to eBay it.

Our store had so much fun yesterday and I am suffering a hang over. We didn't get half the exclusives we ordered, but we generally just act like it is a party day. Great bands. Too many hotdogs. So much beer. Cops came but left us alone. Another successful year!

We have two extra Moby Grapes at the store right now, btw. Who wants 'em?

make that four, actually.

I went, although not particularly to buy anything limited edition, just cuz I'm always there. Took me about 30 minutes to get through the line, I got a free t-shirt and a free burrito coupon at Chipotle (which I didn't get around to using).

Ultimately one year there are going to be deaths when two skinheads fight over the limited edition Anal Cunt reunion 7"

nijolee, maybe post about the moby grapes on vinyl borad--i know stormy davis needs one

http://cgi.ebay.com/Beastie-Boys-White-Label-12-Record-Store-Day-exclusive_W0QQitemZ220591209127QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item335c42baa7

hold steady thing is selling really well. 150 to 200 dollars. blur single is doing good too.

what is hold steady thing?

holy shit

http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Hold-Steady-Heaven-is-Whenever-12-Record-Store-Day_W0QQitemZ180495354765QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item2a065c8b8d

wtf I saw all this stuff in multiple copies yesterday, I guess it must have all been bought.

maybe not the Beasties, Grape, or Stones, but definitely Blur and Hold Steady and Soundgarden.

We had another truly amazing Record Store Day. Sold ridiculous amounts of records, had bands playing & a general great fun party atmosphere. What larks! Happy times.

Definitely felt the after effects while manning the place today on my own though. I swear that even the actual shop had a hangover.

Did you have any Soundgarden,Blur or Flaming lips in? Did the staff get them All? I wouldnt have got any, would I?

Haw. I just called our store and Nate said the exact same thing. Morning after record store day is like tumbleweeds and crickets. Maybe he should tap into the leftover beer and hot dogs to give himself a kickstart. or start hoarding our leftover exclusives and considering Ebay (j/k).

pfunkboy - we have two of the flaming lips leftover...

ohhhh. How much is it? (im in the uk btw, will you post to Scotland?)

I will post wherever. It would be nice if it could be in the hands of a fellow ilxer that appreciates it. I will grab a copy when I am at the store tomorrow morning and let you know. k?

email me at heathernijoli on the g mail so I have your info

@pfunkboy

Yes we had the Soundgarden, Blur & Flaming Lips records.

No, the staff didn't get them all. One Flaming Lips LP went to staff, none of the others mentioned did at all.

If you'd actually got up & into town & queued up outside before the 9am opening then yes you would have got a Blur 7'' and a Flaming Lips LP. If you were amongst the first 10 people or so in the shop then you would have got a Soundgarden. Otherwise probably not. Getting people into the actual shop to spend money was pretty much the point of the day.

Same with us.

Our store owner only let us get ONE of the exclusives until the end of the day after our customers had their choice. We had to pick only one to hold and I got a Moby Grape.

Amazing that we had stuff left over tbh because we were SLAMMED.

I couldnt have got there by 9am unfortunately. It's not like I never come into your shop , You know I come in when I can.

Nijoli emailing you asap, thanks!

People who buy this stuff just to turn it around on eBay are disgusting savages

Unless I'm misunderstanding the Hold Steady thing, people are going to feel pretty foolish paying that much when the real album comes out next month.

People playing any Hold Steady should feel foolish.

If you happen to download that Blur single from the official site linked above, make sure you go for the WAV version. For some reason the mp3 one cuts out at 2:26.

People who buy this stuff just to turn it around on eBay are disgusting savages

― human centipeedi peedi (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Possibly, but what of the people who got lucky, then see it going for £200 and think "hmm, I can always 'tape' it" etc.

I dunno, it seems that EMI have managed to make it a promo opportunity for their three main acts (Blur, LilyAllen, The Beatles)

Here's my official record store day haul, btw
Total: $53

New CDs:
Wolf Eyes - Always Wrong
Carlos Giffoni - Severance
Burning Star Core - Inside The Shadow

Used CD:
The Dead C - Eusa Kills
Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
Hototogisiu - Some Blood Will Stick
WZT Hearts - Heatchief
Neil Hamburger - Raw Hamburger
Masters Of Reality - s/t
Pissed Jeans - Shallow
Valerie Soundtrack
Rapeman - Two Nuns And A Pack Mule

Totally want that Soft Machine thing, but not really into anything that is being released in the US, that since that isn't, well, crap. Kinda crossing my fingers for the store having some discount Nilsson available...

Reactionary Records is where I'm going, in East Atlanta. I've never been but my friends band is playing there (Facehugger) and I want to check it out. Atlanta has a good deal of local record stores; since Tower closed down, it's actually been more difficult to find a chain music shop. Closest you can get is Best Buy.

― Adam Bruneau, Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:30 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Adam,

I bought by copy right here in loverly South Minneapolis, so some of the Soft Machine LPs reached U.S. shores.

I have to say....

it is FUCKING AWESOME

the definition of some longhair crazies GOING EXTREMELY HARD

sound quality is amazing, as is the pressing...it's on some Norway label called Smalltown Super Jazz and pressed in Germany...

nice to pick up something actually cool and NICELY PRESSED on record store day, so much garbage quality vinyl being pressed nowadays

Damn that Soft Machine lp sounds great.

yeah i need it.

jah if you like "third" this is basically that era of the band going nuts live....pretty much veer everywhere from real ethereal psych to full out free jazz

Glad to hear that the vinyl sounds good, I have stopped buying new vinyl after getting burned by too many crackles and too much sibilance. The records are shiny and pretty but sound like crap.

there's a lot of great new pressed vinyl, you just have to be careful/choosy....

RTI presses great stuff, they usually have a sticker that says "HQ 180 Gram" (silver round sticker) they do matador stuff and some of the warners reissues (like the van morrison stuff)

the capital reissue series stuff is really good

Used CD:
Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun

Seriously cannot believe you don't own this already, Mr. Melvins/stoner rock fanatic.

Awesome choice, whiney

I went to Jumbo in Leeds around midday - got the self-titled Squirrel Bait EP and the reissue of Gray Matter's Take It Back, didn't particularly have my eye on any of the limited edition stuff. Good to see the place so busy, lots of people buying interesting-looking things, hope people go back soon.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/04/on-the-charts-record-store-day-is-more-important-than-christmas.html

The increase in foot traffic was reflected in Nielsen SoundScan's weekly charts. Muratore said SoundScan tabulated 573,000 sales at indie outlets this week, compared with 568,000 during the week of Record Store Day in 2009. While no album sold more than 100,000 copies this week, overall album sales were up 3%, and chain outlets saw a 7% gain, said Muratore.

The overall week-to-week gain in album sales could lead one to conclude that Record Store Day is fueling sales at all music retailers, even those not stocked with exclusive content. The sales promotion has become such a nationally recognized event that it was even referenced on "Saturday Night Live."

"It’s just too bad this kind of thing can’t happen all the time, where you get people really excited to go to physical stores and pore over records," said Billboard's chart guru, Keith Caulfield.

"Record Store Decade!"