National Record Store Day

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!"

"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.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:29 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

oh man, the pathos of that quote.

Only things I was really excited about were the Fela and Fahey records, neither of which I managed to find. Then again, I didn't try all that hard. Did pick up a Trouble In Mind 7" covers comp w Ty Segall doing Seger + Cococoma the Wipers, plus a Happy Birthday (ex-King Tuff) single I haven't listened to yet. Eh. At least it was cheap.

i managed to get that arthur russell thing, only other stuff left that i was interested in were some of those vanguard reissues, but they seemed overpriced at $25 ea.

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

Checking this out now.

"No one at Target will recommend Hawkwind's Space Ritual Live to you. But I will recommend Hawkwind's Spa... Space Ritual Live to you... Space is deep."

it's so sad that they can't do this more than once a year. would be so great if record companies could release cool exclusives every week, like maybe on Tuesdays. or even do a special 're-release' if one of them ever sells out its pressing. dare to dream.

whens nat'l mp3 day

poor trash. brings a tear to my eye. too many memories to count. those are my people.

Xdanburyhardcore4everX

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2129767550_ba73520b50_o.jpg

i was gonna say -- isn't the guy all the way on the right and the woman second from left in the foreground from the documentary?

those were my peeps. i've known them since i was 16. and i'm 41 now.

that's awesome! -- that guy was one of my favorite people in the documentary

Loving all the hair in that pic.

my gf won the record store drawing and grabbed that fela lp for me! good shit.

it's so sad that they can't do this more than once a year. would be so great if record companies could release cool exclusives every week, like maybe on Tuesdays. or even do a special 're-release' if one of them ever sells out its pressing. dare to dream.

There was a program last summer called "Vinyl Saturday", where one Saturday a month was packed w/exclusives ala RSD. I don't think it even lasted the whole summer.

did anyone get the fall 7 inch?

yeah I did, nice B-side that someone wrote about in fair detail on the new LP thread.

this was my favorite part from that article:

Yet one of the most sought-after Record Store Day titles wasn't even released in the U.S. -- a new single from long dormant Brit-pop band Blur. The act's "Fool's Day" was limited to 1,000 copies, and exclusive to U.K. outlets. It's also going for more than $100 on eBay.

"Every one asked for Blur," Levin noted. His Atlanta store had more than 200 people in line by 9 a.m., he said, and he bested last year's sales total by 4 p.m. Levin said participating stores had been instructed not to sell the items on eBay or in advance of the event. Those that did, he said, "are done," and will not be allowed to participate next year.

record store day 2011 DO WANT

kate bush hounds of love 10" audio fidelity
fahey requia vanguard
of montreal the past is a grotesque animal polyvinyl
black angels another nice pair light in the attic
beach boys good vibrations / heroes and villains capital

full listing: http://download.recordstoreday.com/free/RSD_2011_RELEASES.pdf

how hard is it to get the stuff u want on this day?

i want the wild nothing/beach fossils split tribute to the wake

god, i thought my store was somewhat on top of shit this RSD but i think the only thinks we'll have of the above are the of montreal & black angels...

i couldn't find ANYWHERE to get the sandy denny 7" from :( :((

otoh, Sundazed are doing a mono reissue of the international subarmarine band lp.

Lol that the only thing want is the gaga picture disc

Not much in that list that I want, except maybe the Fela Kuti

I want the Big Star record and would like to know more about what that Bad Brains single is, cuz afaik the original version has never been repressed.

Was kinda interested in the Grateful Dead 1st album mono reissue, but too expensive even with a discount.

What's the difference between the two Black Angels releases? I just woke up from a long nap, but it sounds like they're both the same material?

Audio Fidelity, the US company that remastered Kate’s Hounds of Love album last year (in a popular gatefold vinyl edition) is releasing a limited edition 4-track 10″ vinyl Hounds of Love EP, with tracks chosen by Kate, on April 16th. Pressed on pink vinyl, Side 1 features The Big Sky and Cloudbusting and Side 2 features Watching You Without Me and Jig of Life. Audio Fidelity tell me that Kate also personally selected the cover art. Click on the image to go to the Audio Fidelity site for more info. This release is to coincide with Record Store Day 2011. Support your local independent record shop!

also:

In 1979, the Bad Brains left for New York City. In December, the band recorded a debut 45 on their own label ("Pay To Cum" b/w "Stay Close To Me"), which was later included on the widely distributed Let Them Eat Jellybeans compilation LP. The first pressing of the "Pay To Cum" 7in. lists two separate Maryland addresses (one on the label, a different "Fan Club" address on the sleeve) indicating that the ties to DC weren't completely severed. The band would later repress the single in New York City and issue it without a picture sleeve (red & tan labels instead of the brown & white of the first pressing).

ARP then the queen 7" then the GaGa 12"

last year I found that getting your list sorted the day before, then splitting up with a few friends to cover different shops was the best way.

It was packed in Rough Trade, so you were better grabbing and going. not really the place for umming & ahhing.

any clue on how much the flaming lips box set is gonna cost?

Apparently the set(s) will cost around €125

There's a col vinyl version going to be available on their own website.

damn, how did i not recognize "behind the mask" on michael??

i would love a copy of that shuggie otis; the boot repress that's out these days sounds terrible.

i REALLY want the big star!!!! how do i get it??

any idea what happened to the clear vinyl version of Tomboy or the 45RPM version of Rumours?