National Record Store Day

http://www.rhino.com/article/annoucing-rhinos-largest-record-store-day-offering-yet?eml=rn/041513/recordadytxt

or for me this year- the day where you email a slightly less insanely crowded record store a few weeks beforehand, ask them to hold things for you that you'll definitely be there to buy, and then walk up at 3pm to pay on the day looking all smug. obviously not possible in places with one record shop.

http://thirdmanrecords.com/news/view/third-man-record-booth-and-record-store-day-2013-events

Third Man is unveiling their rehabbed "Voice-o-Graph machine that records up to 2 minutes of audio and dispenses a one-of-a-kind 6" phonograph disc to the user". I imagine the line for that will be crazy long on Saturday, but I may drop in next time I'm through Nashville.

Coming to 8am on the day itself here. We open at 9am. I am but a ravaged, exhausted shell once again. Hope it goes well after all the effort. Have fun anyone taking part in whatever form!

i hope la lechera saw our local alt-weekly's coverage of this. i know she would be interested.

Happy shopping to those that still have fun with it and aren't running a record store. Cheers!

In Nottingham, the queue started at 2230 Friday night. Fopp staff joined at 1am Saturday morning, the slackers. When I joined at 805, there were about 150 ahead of me. Shop staff were on hand to give state of play reports on specific stock levels, which was useful. The cafe opposite opened specially at 6am, and breakfasters were allowed to keep their places in the queue - cafe staff were also coming out to the queue, and taking/serving drinks orders. I got in the shop at 1020. At least half of my wish list had already gone, but I topped up with some impulse purchases and left content.

Our record shop (The Music Exchange) is run as a social enterprise, staffed by volunteer clients from a city-based homelessness charity, and RSD cash helps them stay solvent for the rest of the year, so I was happy to splurge out on a rarely bought format. A pleasant morning.

I'm at AKA in philadelphia if anyone want to say oh hiiii

Look for the intensely uncomfortable person in red pants and a blue shirt

Or, you know, don't

I will be at Long In The Tooth in Philly later today...

I did!! I have a plan but currently am still in my jammies.

sub pop 1000 sounds cool. don't know most of the bands, but love his electro blue voice and peaking lights, have enjoyed iron lung live. someone buy that one for me. and groovy hate fuck reissue would be fun (though i've got the vinyl drip lp that comps it with most of feel good and pussy gold, so w/e). but what's this about bardo pond doing "maggot brain"?!? holy shit, need to hear that. not necessarily own, but hear.

fuck a risdy, mostly

The line in Hoboken was especially long this year! Scores so far:

Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6 - Origins of American Primitive Guitar
Calexico - Spiritoso
Codeine - What About The Lonely
Tame Impala - S/T

Still looking for:

Giant Giant Sand
Snapper

Struck out at first place, moving on

Bummer

I got my tax return last night, and the $400+ dollars i was expecting as a refund for some reason is not coming, apparently I "made an error", so no record store day for me :-(

AKA didn't have most of what I was looking for, and I didn't feel like more driving/parking/meter feeding to stand in more lines. It seems like this could be really fun as a social thing, but I don't really have any friends who buy music or even have similar taste, and I don't need to spend this money anyway.

Picked up the two Oval reissues, the Get On Down 909 flexidisc/booklet, and Bisch Bosch, which I'd been putting off. Found but didn't buy the King Midas Sound 12" (there's no way I can justify $15 for a two-track single) and the Glove reissue (same re: $35 for something I already own on CD). I would have loved to find the Sacred Bones releases (third annual sampler, Moon Duo remixes) but those will probably be orderable from the label; I'm more annoyed at not finding the Factory Floor repress, Evian Christ 12", Beak> 10" and Caribou represses.

Got the imaginational anthem and the PIL first single replica

RSD sucks so hard, saw dudes listing shit they just bought on their iphones

first stop yielded the Husker Du double single on Numero, on to the next one. looking for Half Japanese, Invisible Hands, Bardo Pond.

what did bardo pond put out..?

I believe it is an LP? "The Creator Has A Master Plan" b/w "Maggot Brain"

saw dudes listing shit they just bought on their iphones

fuck this shit

I found the Invisible Hands single, got one more store to go to.

22-MINUTE "MAGGOT BRAIN"!

apparently

xp oh holy fuck, "the creator has a master plan" TOO? gah, want that so damn bad. love bardo pond, and those two would duke it out hard for high placement in my alltime top 10.

shitfire

goddam it, etc. how many copies?

not sure, but:

http://www.discogs.com/Bardo-Pond-Rise-Above-It-All/release/4422758

yeah, i saw that. someone's selling one for $60 bucks. fuck that. checked the fire site, and while they don't list the print run (or if they do, i missed it), they do say that copies may be available for mail order tomorrow. here's hoping...

The prices of these things are astounding, someone I know paid £13.99 for a 12" of Wings "Maybe I'm amazed' with various different stereo/mono mixes on it

;_; no bardo pond master plan for me, was gone everywhere i went

Our store had a Rhye 12" selling for 13 quid. One song! With an instrumental version and a live version! For 13 quid!

Our local shop had a small selection, two Zaireeka boxes, a couple half Japanese l.p. Boxes

I did buy the Davy Graham Topic e.p.

I might go back for the 1/2 jap box

anyone get the van dyke parks new album (concept LP about a train ride)--kind of really want that one, but only found song cycle.

got 1/2 japanese thing, but most important.. GZA/Genius chess box thing.

Did anyone see the Superchunk "Void/Faith" 7" anywhere?

http://maps.google.com/maps?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=record+stores+nyc&fb=1&gl=us&hq=record+stores&hnear=0x89c24fa5d33f083b:0xc80b8f06e177fe62,New+York,+NY&sa=X&ei=khpzUeueCLS84APmzIGYAw&ved=0COsBELYD

Can't remember the name of this store (block below Other Music) but they had a bunch of those Bardo Ponds when I was there. Give them a call if you're in the area I guess!

Yes I saw the Superchunk but it went quick at the once place I had spotted it.

Is it uncool to list records bought here or...

I just realized that google link doesn't help... oops. So it is literally a block south of Other Music- can't remember the name.

best place to. (xpost)

ok found that van dyke parks thing, also jandek box.

Ok so the entirety of the day:

Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6 - Origins of American Primitive Guitar
Calexico - Spiritoso
Codeine - What About The Lonely
Tame Impala - S/T
Giant Henry - Big Baby
The Bats - By Night
Snapper - S/T
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
Time To Go - The Southern Psychedelic Moment: 1981-86
Swirlies - Sarah Sitting 7" (purple vinyl)
The City is Ablaze! (book)

Went kinda nuts

You know what I don't remember noticing the Jandek box anywhere myself.

My record store day was a huge let down.

My dude at Long In The Tooth had most of what I desired (he was out of the Black Keys / Stooges split, Deep Purple/Type-O split and never got the Half Japanese on CD) but the prices were ridiculous. It is hard to justify paying $10 for a 7".

Especially insulting was the Atmosphere single, which came in a clear, plastic sleeve. No artwork, not even a fucking sticker on it, no packaging whatsoever, just a single in a plastic sleeve. Ten bucks. Sorry, but fuck you.

I asked him to keep that along with the Non-Phixion 7" and the Pussy Galore LP (it just wasn't worth $20 to me).

I wound up keeping:

The Atlas Moth / Wolvhammer Split 7" (Init)
Austra + Gina X - Mayan Drums 12" Vinyl (Domino)
Husker Du – Amusement 7" Vinyl (Numero Group)

I also picked up the new Moss CD new and a couple of used CDs plus my wife picked up a couple books. All told I dropped a little over $100.

The guy who owns the store was hoarse and haggard by the time I got there. He said it was nuts - they had to let people into the store in shifts and they had a line of about 80 people most of the afternoon.

Good for him, good for all the stores, but if RSD means 7" singles will cost $10, I probably won't be making a special trip again next year.

Yeah I agree on the 7"s, and avoid them every year. None of them have ever been worth that, but the LPs seem normally priced so I don't worry about that mark up too much there.

Actually that Snapper release I got was $14.99 and is a 4 song 12" so in that case I'm a sucker but otherwise I don't feel like I got too ripped off.

mexican summer built their rep on $15 eps. hardly seems unusual anymore.

so is numero group eventually going to be reissuing the whole husker du catalogue?

"Time To Go - The Southern Psychedelic Moment: 1981-86"
--no idea this was even a RSD thing. would have bought this.

what does it actually cost to press up 500 or 1000 12" singles theses days? For the vinyl + the packaging? I know shipping costs are crazy now.

not sure about in the us, but the b. russell curated flying nun comp has been out in nz for awhile, i believe (he did a really interesting interview on national radio playing various bits and pieces from it)

really nice day in soho, in london, with a street party vibe. giles smith was playing and loads of other big names. nice sunny day and a great atmosphere. fuck shops that aren't record stores getting a dj in with some "yay record store day" premise tho - just so contrary to the point of the event.

Are vinyl LP new releases usually going for $30 these days? Cos the one store i stopped into that was what you paid for pretty much anything. And "mbv" was $45.

The line in Hoboken was especially long this year!

Hey, I was in Hoboken today too. I was there this afternoon. I only got a couple of used classical records for $2 each though - I am cheap. Tunes mentioned in this article:

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/indies/1559027/record-store-day-2013-blog-roll-brooklyns-black-gold-records

Ha! Yeah I used to manage at that store.