National Record Store Day

was bummed when william tyler announced that last year's new vanitas would be an rsd only physical release, but easily found one for less than $20 on discogs. it's the the only rsd release i've cared about since wt's last rsd-only release (the reissue of the paper hats lp).

akm i know it's not as "cool," but if you just want to have a copy, the what's going on 2cd deluxe edition from several years back has the detroit mix included.

Seems like at least 75% of 'RSD EXCLUSIVES' are CD bonus tracks or box set bait pressed to vinyl.

Like, I can imagine the killing Universal has made in the '10s pressing the extras from all those deluxe series titles from '00s to wax.

so over this shit

i know there was a japan-only vinyl issue of the dteroit mix some years back, but i'm not sure if it (or the forthcoming rsd pressing) was just like most contemporary vinyl pressings in that it's the digital mastering just bounced down to vinyl.

(which is always super disappointing)

sorry i bumbled around and meant to make the detroit mix a link to the discogs entry, but made it a typo instead. rectified, hopefully.

I thought the Dirty Three Ocean Songs with the ATP live set looked interesting, but it was apparently limited to 1,500 worldwide (reportedly only 400 copies in the US) and instantly became impossible to find. Discogs keeps giving me errors this morning, but yesterday I saw it going for over $300. Cool system guys.

yeah that one was particularly frustrating, 1500 is way too low for that, especially given that nick cave plays on it

manufactured scarcity

Im sure that the detroit mix is a digital transfer, but whatever, I'll buy this anyway (and saw it confirmed on reddit that this just a repress of the japan release)

Visited one store at noon Saturday after deciding I didn't care enough to camp out at 8 in the morning, and got the Wipers 2xLP reissue and Perfume Genius remix album. Made a second stop on Wednesday at another store and managed to find the Roast Fish Collie Weed & Cornbread and Having a Party With Jonathan Richman reissues. I'm also curious about the Tangerine Dream live disc and the Warpaint Weatherall mixes; the latter sold out pretty much everywhere I've checked, though, while the former was in such abundance that I let it slide until my next paycheck.

How is the sound/pressing quality on that Blackbeard reissue? Doing a little research on Discogs, it reads like it might be from the 2003 CD remaster...

It may well be, but it sounds pretty sweet to me (and OG copies on Discogs have always been ££££)

... and that Sisters Of Mercy sessions compilation is coming out on CD too - https://www.normanrecords.com/records/188373-the-sisters-of-mercy-bbc-sessions-19821984

I did end up getting those Sisters BBC sessions on RSD (thanks to Clockwork Records in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY). The night before I checked out the Heartland forum to see if there was any chatter about it and was surprised to learn that the Kid Jensen session and one of the Peels had already been released digitally last year. Anyway glad to finally have a legit/good-sounding copy of these.

Errr, I guess all three had been released digitally, but the '82 session only in the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/17/record-store-day-independent-music-shops-vinyl-shortage

good article, thanks

so much unnecessary shite on the list this year. it's really dregs time when the only thing i'm interested in is a Tangerine Dream reissue of a film i've not seen, and a Wipers reissue i won't buy because at last RSD the Wipers reissue was £35-ish and i have no reason to believe this one won't be too, so fuck that.

https://www.stereogum.com/2213021/record-store-day-ambassadors-2023/news/

Are we more or less done with this? I don’t think I’ve gone post pandemic. I might go out in the afternoon just to treat myself, but no interest in lining up for overpriced wax.

sadly it is still a thing

https://i.imgur.com/0CGfaQe.jpeg

Academy Record Annex is at Academy Record Annex.
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· New York, NY ·
A note on record store day -
After many years of participating in being a part of the “official record store day” spectacle - we’ve decided to no longer really carry RSD product. This is based on a combination of rising costs, declining product, and an overall vibe that we just don’t feel fits in line with ours.
Don’t get us wrong - we’ve had incredible days in years past on RSD, but we feel like as time has gone on we’ve noticed less and less interest in the new RSD titles and more interest in what we’re already known for - great used records.
For RSD this year we’ll be doing another massive $1 sale outside banker street, and will have the bins at both stores flooded w killer used records. See you this weekend !!

\m/

was glad to see my local record shop is not participating, they’ve had a bargain bin full of rsd releases they can’t move since i’ve been going. instead putting out a new load of second hand stock

It still seems to be a big thing here. I hope all the shops do well, but I'm glad I'm out of it.

Went along this morning, arrived at 7.45 and found I was number 101 in the queue. at 8 they let the first 10 people in, obvious record scalpers with boxes. at 8.30 they still hadn't finished or let anyone else in, so I said "fuck this" and went home.

0/10 experience, won't bother next year

ah shit, I was thinking of going record shopping today just because I'm going into town in a minute and have all afternoon, but I don't think I'll bother if it's RSD today

it was a deeply unsettling experience, all these nervous middle-aged record collector blokes waiting around the cafe upstairs from the shop, I have been to record fairs and it was a similar crowd, seemed like the convention for an expensive hobby I only have a tangential interest in.

there is a Gene Clark demos collection and an Acetone live album, but I didn't see a whole lot I was interested in on the list this year

but one year I was in line to check out and the mfer in front of me was listing the albums he hadn't even paid for on eBay on good phone

anybody in Utrecht last weekend for the mega record fair? It’s a dream of mine to go one day with €€€€€€€€€€

limiting myself to the tiny Beatles turntable and the Joe Pesci album

anybody in Utrecht last weekend for the mega record fair? It’s a dream of mine to go one day with €€€€€€€€€€

― brimstead, Saturday, 20 April 2024 15:16 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I went last week...it's now in Den Bosch which is an hour outside Amsterdam...was on the bucket list so glad I made it...Den Bosch is a very pleasant town so you can combine it with a weekend away...cost me a fortune tho...not so much because of records (but don't be under any illusions cos there aren't many bargains to be had) but the fact Holland's not exactly cheap and my flight got cancelled which resulted in an extra night in Amsterdam...and more record buying...would I go again?...probably but it's huge and a little overwhelming and I found myself repeatedly wincing at the prices...Discogs has ruined it...but some dealers are a little more rational with their pricing...picked up a few bits and met some friends so all in all a very agreeable weekend.

limiting myself to the tiny Beatles turntable and the Joe Pesci album

― JoeStork, Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:09 A

good commentary on the state of rsd that i can't tell if this is satire or not.

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/17599

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/16607

lol have a great time!

i'm not actually making these purchases, probably.

RSD pricing makes no sense to me, like one of the two albums I picked up was Liars by Todd Rundgren, a double LP which was previously very hard to find (and usually went for $125+ on the resale market)...here just $28. But then you've got these single LPs of OMD B-sides or the first Wall of Voodoo EP (which I did kinda want) and they're $40 apiece. So much regurgitated garbage out there, either live shows which I guarantee don't sound good or remix comps...it sucks but sometims there will be reissues of albums that badly needed them. So it's not a waste. Also I really like the record store here and if this brings in a ton of cash for them then it's a good thing.

The little record store in our hood apparently had a line around the corner as early as 5am, bc they announced they had 60 copies of the Olivia Rodrigo/Neil Kahan split single.

that's Noah Kahan ;)

Whoops, sorry!

Interested in the Talking Heads live '77 release but will wait and see if it's still available later. Electric Fetus used to do 20% off sales on RSD weekend but probably have concluded the crowd who go for these sales is not necessarily the same as the one for RSD releases. They still have the sales on other occasions, so I'm happy to go then.

Scott what’s the latest

who me? i've been in the back all day pricing records and listening to Faith Hill and Mannequin Pussy. Maria is out front. we don't do the rsd stuff. its been a good day though. lots of people. plus, a guy came in with a few records to sell and i got that Dom Um Ramao record i needed on Muse! the S/T one. so, i'm happy with RSD. the Beatnuts came in for a minute. they wanted to know if we would be open tomorrow. they are playing two doors down tonight for a special 4/20 show.

"Romao". sorry. typing fast.

The one thing I kinda wanted was a cover of "You Can't Hide Love" (the Creative Source / Earth Wind & Fire song) but in Spanish (or was it Portuguese? I have an awful memory) - I heard it in passing on NTS and it sounded great, but I didn't catch the title or the artist. Anyone know it?? But also fuck queueing up to take part in that circus and double-fuck paying fifteen pounds or whatever for a seven inch.

I did go to a record store today though and got some secondhand Front 242 and a couple of cheap Dave Angel twelves.

oh shit I found it!! not Spanish or portuguese at all but... Swedish! (I think?). Apologies but I was hard at work when it came on the radio. Anyway, check it out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHH5w9kN92A
Gitte & Inge - Ad Uf Beret

I want the Rain Parade reissue but not enough to do battle with long lines, twice-a-year record shoppers, and having to hear the sound of an alarm clock on a Saturday morning

i did see one thing i was interested in, the electrafixion lp. only wrong format.

the cd currently goes for about $1.99 in the states, or £20 in the uk

Record Store Day doesn't really intersect with my record-buying mindset--I'M CHEAP--so it was really by accident I was in a store today. I had planned this week on stopping by this Woodstock store I've mentioned before, but kept delaying till today. Good timing--they had a 20% discount on everything in the store.

$4 each after discount: This Is Jimmy Rodgers (double)
Spotlight on Nana Mouskouri (double--old Fontana label)
Porter Wagoner - Down Home Country (Accord, a budget label, but sealed)
Christ Stamey - It's Alright

$8 each after discount: Ron Wood & Ronnie Lane - Mahoney's Last Stand
Melanie - Ballroom Streets (double)
Newport Broadside: Topical Songs at the Newport Folk Festival 1963
The High Flying Beau-Marks (Canadian, Birchmount reissue)
Memphis Minnie - I Ain't No Bad Gal
Magna Carta - Seasons

Everything more or less mint. The Newport album, on Vanguard, begins and ends with Dylan duets, also has two Phil Ochs songs. Why Magna Carta?

Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

The Chris Stamey album (which I've played twice and is quite good) was the best thing I found today--37 years old!