National Record Store Day

Well, I already got a RSD result from my local. They are doing a half-price sale to clear out space for next weeks 'releases' so I got Rip Rig and Panic's "God" and ACR's "Do the du" 12" for £6 in total.

I feel like I lucked out in that RSD for me has always been the ppl at the local record store who I became friends with ordering and setting aside the stuff I requested for me to come pick up whenever.

Well, I just picked up a Morrissey 78rpm of "We hate it when our friends become successful", which was nice.

It had somehow relocated itself in my bookshelves, I hadn't realised I'd lost it.

This is probably the wrong thread, but whatever.

this is long. someone give me a synopsis. i think it might boil down to: RSD - kinda good and kinda bad.

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/736-record-store-day-and-the-ambivalent-branding-of-independence/

it's official though, i am completely sick of the words "RECORD STORE".

VINYLS STORE DAY

Buy A Vinyl Day

this is the 2nd year in a row that i won't actually be at my store on RSD. totally accidentally. i always forget the actual day. i might stop by though in a false mustache and bowler hat and ask if there are any phish vinyls for sale.

i usually have a good day that day even though i don't sell any of the new stuff and most of the people who come in have no idea its rsd. cuz they are old like me or older. and they live in a cave. full of records.

totally record-y show that night at the store though! also an accident. stop on by for an ILX discount:

JDJR #13: desmadrados soldados de ventura//tarp//byron coley & matt krefting & ted lee

and this is friday if you are in town. should be good too:

JDJR #12: guerilla toss//gold dime//curse purse//taxidermists

Numerophiles-

As in years past, we are bucking the system and setting up our annual pop up stores and selling our non-Record Story Day approved wares, and we’re loving every minute of it. Since we’re diving into New York punk and New York simultaneously in the coming weeks, we felt it appropriate to quote scene-maker Terry Ork:

“I felt very strongly about this being a subversive movement. I felt very strongly about it being socially against the dominant ideology. I felt very doctrinaire about the possibility of a mass movement that would help break anything that keeps us in chains.”

So throw off the chains of RSD and join us these next two week ends. Get in your car, beg a friend, grab a Chinatown bus or the Skokie Swift. We look forward to seeing you, running your credit card, and then stealing your identity. Or if you’re unable to make it to our two locations, fight the raging hordes and demand satisfaction from your local record emporium. They’ll appreciate it.
(Skipping the re-send of the xpost Ork Box info)

Bedhead: Live In Chicago LP / Live 1998 CD

Captured during their Transaction de Novo tour, Bedhead's Live In Chicago finds the group upon the fabled stage of the Empty Bottle. For their April 16th, 1998 performance, recording engineer Bob Weston set up in the facility's basement, tracking the entire performance onto a mobile 16-track ADAT unit. Mixed by the band and mastered at Chicago Mastering Service, these previously unreleased sessions celebrate the band's live show in ultrahigh fidelity. Limited to 1,000 copies. Includes a download coupon, and three additional tracks recorded in similar fashion at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill on March 14th, 1998. All tracks available on limited edition CD as well.

Lows In The Mid Sixties Volume 54: Kosmic City Part 2

In the spirit of AIP’s dodgy regional garage rock series Highs In The Mid Sixties comes Lows In The Mid Sixties Volume 54: Kosmic City Part 2. This set of roughhewn cobblestones was culled from the remnants of Cavern Sound—Independence, Missouri’s subterranean studio of choice— and covers that thin swath of the late sixties when American teens were imitating the Beatles. All of the artists here barely mustered a session of cover tunes, much less a single, taking this compilation beyond Nuggets; These songs are gold flecks in the rustiest of mining pans. All brought to you by team Numbero. Numbero: We dig deeper in graveyards so you don’t have to. Limited to 2000 copies.

Ned Doheny “To Prove My Love” b/w “To Prove My Love (Vocal)”

For reasons not entirely clear, the infectious opener to Ned Doheny’s third album Prone To Prove My Love" debuted in 1979 on the Japanese-only LP with its verses omitted. A "TV Track" as they are known, was often provided by engineers to facilitate televised performances or opportunities for voice overs. Whether utilized by mistake or by preference, Ned Doheny's final album of the '70s has spent the last three decades with a piece missing. In various compact disc reissues from various land masses, the TV Track and Vocal versions have been used interchangeably with no distinction. Now a 45 exists to give the listener control over which "To Prove My Love" they can remain faithful to. Limited to 1000 copies, only available at Numero pop up stores.

Love it or hate it, April 18, 2015. is Record Store Day. In observance, we’ll be hungover situated at Logan Square’s adorable Comfort Station (2579 N. Milwaukee) for our annual pop-up shop between 9am and 5pm. We’ll have the entire Numero catalog on hand, plus discounted dingers, loosies, and exclusives. We’ll also have a room full of used merchandise being trucked in from around the midwest, including about 10,000 45s, priced to move.

The following weekend, April 24-26, 2015, we return to Brooklyn to cram ourselves and our wares into all 400 square feet of Human NYC (110 Meserole Ave). We’ll be open from Noon-8pm everyday, except Sunday, when we’ll close at 5pm. Stop by and say hello! Wholesale orders welcomed.

Cash, credit, interesting trades, and bodily fluids will be deemed acceptable forms of payment. No money orders!

But wait! There’s more!

We’re not driving 1100 miles in a rented van just to sit on our hands in the evenings.

Friday, April 24, 2015: Chicago Party at Berg’n 9pm

Have you seen Chicago Party yet? OK, have you seen it on a big screen? After we get done with an eight hour shift in Greenpoint, we’re trucking down to Berg’n (899 Bergen St.) for a casual screening of Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party. Afterwards, we’ll be playing records, chatting, dancing, and interacting with Brooklynites. This event is free to the public, but in the event that capacity issues arise it would behoove you to RSVP here.

Saturday April 25, 2015: Grown Folks Mixer at Great Georgiana 10pm-2am

On Saturday night, we’ll drag our weary bones down to the Great Georgiana (248 Dekalb Ave) for a tasteful night of some-what tasteful music with excellent lighting and rich woodgrains. A great neighborhood bar in a great neighborhood, we’re excited to be headed back to Fort Greene where we always feel like extras in a Roots video.

dang, I wouldn't mind having this---brace yerself for caps blast:

PIONEERING POWER-POP BAND SHOES TO RELEASE RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE VINYL-ONLY ALBUM "PRIMAL VINYL" APRIL 18TH VIA ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS!
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/diffuser.fm/files/2015/04/shoesband-630x420.jpg

EXCLUSIVE RSD RELEASE TO FEATURE CLASSIC SHOES SONGS ALONG WITH PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE & DEMO TRACKS!

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PREMIERE OF SHOES' PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMO "GIRLS OF TODAY" VIA DIFFUSER.FM!
http://diffuser.fm/shoes-girls-of-today-demo-song-premiere/

Heralding from the small Midwestern town of Zion, IL along Lake Michigan’s western shore, Shoes was formed by three like-minded high school friends in the mid 1970s. Inspired by the British Invasion and the joys of the 3-minute pop song, their early home recordings, self-released LPs and DIY approach established them as pioneers of the home studio movement. Primal Vinyl is a collection of classic Shoes songs that includes a previously unreleased live track and material released on vinyl for the first time.
Shoes' Primal Vinyl will be released as a limited edition Record Store Day exclusive vinyl-only album on April 18th via Alive Naturalsound Records.

PRIMAL VINYL TRACK LISTING:
Side A
Tomorrow Night
Don’t Do This To Me
Too Late
Girls of Today (demo version)
Okay
I Don’t Wanna Hear It (live)

Side B
Boys Don’t Lie
She Satisfies
Summer Rain
Burned Out Love (demo version)
Love Is Like A Bullet
Hate to Run (demo version)

FOR MORE INFO ON SHOES:
http://shoeswire.com

FOR MORE INFO ON ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS:
http://www.alive-records.com

I'm actually excited to go downtown to my two favorite places and just mill about and enjoy the festivities on Saturday. What's happening to me, do I like Record Store Day after all?!

I might mosey down Berwick Street tomorrow...

Record Store Day can be fun. The shitty pointless repackaged major label reissues are such a small part of it. Some stores do a BBQ and have a live performance or simply a sale on used items.

We're having weirdo DJs all day, including me.

My son is in residential therapy but on his way to getting out to live with us again. He stays with us every other weekend right now and we get him this weekend.

Philly store AKA Music is hosting Relapse-signed local shoegazers Nothing for an acoustic performance. Probably gonna bring the kid down (he's 12 1/2) to see the show. And buy some shit.

http://www.forfolkssake.com/news/31537/feature-is-record-store-day-still-working

Because RSD in Harrogate is so queue-light and stress-free - you can be done within the hour - I'm still into this. From the Harrogate store's stock list, which stipulates a scalper-limiting maximum of 5 purchases per punter (although you are then allowed to re-join the back of the queue), I'll be after:
- the previously unreleased Beefheart/Magic Band 1972 Leicester de Montfort live album
- the previously unreleased Sly Stone 1968 live at Fillmore album
- UK folk reissues from Martin Carthy (1965) and Anne Briggs (1971)
- Sandra Wright's soul obscurity Wounded Woman
I've also got friends in Nottingham looking out for The Prodigy/Sleaford Mods "Ibiza" 7" (as I collect Sleafords stuff), and the previously unreleased Tamikrest live album.

http://diffuser.fm/record-store-owner-explains-why-rsd-matters/

It's been eye-opening to read these interviews with record store owners, feel a bit sorry for my earlier antipathy towards RSD - also, it's kind of sad how RSD has somehow antagonized a lot of record collectors, dunno if they've messed up in the pr department or if people are just being territorial or whatever.

I think it's just the ebay flippers and the intense atmosphere revolving around gimmicky repackaged reissues that overshadow the positives in RSD.

That's my main problem with it though: that it's become something that stores DEPEND upon. It's no fun when it reaches that point.

Well, her point there was that she depends on it in the sense that it fuels awareness for her store year by year. And the fact that it's "national" means she doesn't have to do any work to get the word out.

I think it's just the ebay flippers and the intense atmosphere revolving around gimmicky repackaged reissues that overshadow the positives in RSD.

― Evan, Friday, April 17, 2015 2:01 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's my main problem with it though: that it's become something that stores DEPEND upon. It's no fun when it reaches that point.

― austinato (Austin), Friday, April 17, 2015 2:29 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^otm x2

FWIW, as a record store employee, the two weeks before and the week following RSD are the bane of my fucking existence.

Sorry if this has been posted before, but here's a big list of releases: as far as I got, all vinyl, 7" and 12". Still need to hear that 101ers album, and might be good to compare originals/covers on those singles.
Also has a search function re participating stores:
http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases

xpost:

RE: that diffuser link
It makes me sad that she's defending it that way. i.e. "Yeah, it kind of sucks for all the valid reasons that other people have pointed out, but it makes me a lot of money." It's like, dude, you've become part of the machine and you're so conditioned that you actually like it. What a terrible thing to have to have to defend. If you are just in it for the money, say so.

That and she totally used "to" instead of "too." Come on!

So, a thing that one of the shops here is doing is opening early at 9, but not making RSD items available until 10. They are letting people queue up in the interim hour. Is this a standard procedure? Because it seems like a good solution to the immediate problem.

my only problem with rsd is that i can't help myself from reading the 400 articles about rsd every year. makes me sick of record stores. it goes without saying, you don't have to participate if you are a store. free country and all that. just put some good records out and give everyone who comes in a free kit kat bar. we are having music that night, but it just happened to fall on rsd unintentionally. you get a special ilx discount if you come by. come on, byron will be there, how record-y is that?

JDJR #13: desmadrados soldados de ventura//tarp//byron coley & matt krefting & ted lee

it makes me sad to hear about the stores that DON'T really make a lot of money on rsd. some are lucky if they break even on all the rsd stuff. cuz they buy so much of it. but i guess they don't have to buy so much.

But is that really a common thing? For places to barely (or not) break even?

In my experience, RSD has become the single best day of the year for most places.

Complete list of CDs available this RSD:

• Chris Robinson Brotherhood (Tote bag with two track CD inside. Songs recorded with Phil Lesh.)
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM THE ROAD, VOL. 1 (Live)
• Kmd - Bl_ck B_st_rds (Deluxe Pop Up Book)
• Ministry - MINISTRY TRAX BOX (7 CD / 1 LP Deluxe Boxset, 64 page book in Patent Leather custom box)
• Bob Moses - All In All
• Joan Rivers - THE NEXT TO LAST JOAN RIVERS ALBUM
• Various Artists - Sawyer Sessions Vol 1

"Yeah, it kind of sucks for all the valid reasons that other people have pointed out, but it makes me a lot of money."

Austin I think you're misinterpreting the point a little. I imagine she would probably clarify and say something like:

"Yeah, there are some sucky things about it that need improving or are at the very least unfortunate side-effects, but they don't outweigh or hinder the positive aspects of it- namely that it increases awareness of my store and gives a chance to build loyalty in the community with regular and new shoppers and I don't need to spend much energy promoting it."

I don't think she said much about the money it makes in the short term, more of how it is healthy for her business in the long run.

i've heard it from some people. anecdotal, i guess. probably not common, but maybe more common now that there is so much product and you can end up stuck with a bunch of stuff that doesn't sell.

x-post

“I felt very strongly about this being a subversive movement. I felt very strongly about it being socially against the dominant ideology. I felt very doctrinaire about the possibility of a mass movement that would help break anything that keeps us in chains.”

numero group suffering from delusions of grandeur?

very happy to be avoiding this shitshow of a "holiday" for the third time running.

and it seems like every year the stores are stuck with more and more unsold stock from RSD that gets progressively discounted into oblivion. i wonder if they are really making a ton of money from this in the long run.

It can be tough to know which releases can be duds, tough there's plenty of fervor online about the ones that are sure to be sought after. Yet again, there are other ways to make RSD work than to just order all of the "RSD exclusives" and do nothing else.

Celebrating RSD by buying something on Bandcamp from an artist I've never heard of.

frankly most of the record stores in this state are such shit that they deserve to fold up if they can only make money on record store day. the ones that are any good are practically the only ones where anyone (besides me) is actually shopping there on a weekday afternoon. i've been to too many shit record stores in recent years to really retain much nostalgia for them. the good ones will survive.

xpost Hey Elvis, that's a good idea! I may do the same. RSD parties in London---I'd go to Sound of the Universe:
http://www.clashmusic.com/features/7-of-the-best-record-store-day-15-parties

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CC0XQDqUsAE8uUk.jpg

sorry---credit for pic:
Richard Levine/Demotix/Corbis

streaming show:
http://wxdu.org/node/1160
Record Store Day Bash - April 18th @ Bull City Records (Sponsored by Merge Records, WXDU & NYCTaper)

WXDU is excited to celebrate Record Store Day with our friends at Bull City Records, NYCTaper and Merge Records on April 18th.

Merge acts Ex Hex, Mac McCaughan, and William Tyler will perform live outside Bull City Records in Durham (2600 Hillsborough Rd). Lagunitas Brewing Company will be on site, and we will be collecting donations to benefit Durham Public Schools via DonorsChoose.org. The whole event is free, open to the public. WXDU will be live-streaming the whole event with our good friend Jonas Blank of NYCTaper behind the mixing board.

Saturday, April 18
3–6 p.m.
Chaz’s Bull City Records
2600 Hillsborough Road, Durham, NC
Rain or shine
http://www.indyweek.com/music/archives/2015/03/12/merge-records-announces-record-store-day-party-at-bull-city-records
http://www.mergerecords.com/rsd-2015-bull-city-records
http://www.facebook.com/events/657787767682181/

It's been pretty rainy so I've mostly been inside playing videogames all week, and I can walk to two cool local record stores, so I'll probably check out what's going on tomorrow. Not really interested in anything new that's been announced but I'll probably pick up some records just the same.

Really drooling over this for some reason:

http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/imgrec/sl-102687.jpg

Housed in a very special custom-made felt backed 7” sleeve depicting original production stills this limited 45 single comprises the ocarina/electronic rhythm led main theme tune which promptly punctuated the 4.15pm slot on ITV throughout the summer of 1983. The 45 also features the Paganistic dance themes of Midwinter Rites which with its avant-garde leanings will also appeal to fans of Bruce Ditmas, Dariush Dolat-Shahi and various other Neotantrik experiments. Like the running lengths of the original episodes these rare specimens won’t stick around for long so act fast, relax, regress and rejoice for the return of the Moomin trolls.

Totally unnecessary, yet totally necessary.

Many record stores don't make money of the exclusives because the margins on new vinyl -- even the non RSD stuff -- are small. That said they do a fuckload of other business. Many stores do their best business of the year on RSD and then break that record the next year. The day isn't just about the exclusives as much as it is about reminding people that record stores exist and do cool shit year-round.

But, you know, fuck the A-Ha picture disc.

Exactly!

Also: 2 Holger Czukay albums will be available tomorrow: "Hit / Flop" (a collection of freshly remixed jams from the man himself) and "11 Years Innerspace" (Lots of Boat-Woman-Song type jams along with a rocker -- "My Can Axis"). 2x10" / Triple-gatefold. They're dope.

why do people need to be reminded that record stores exist? i don't really get it. seems like a lot of people buying stuff they won't be listening to.

Just saw that the Ministry Trax! Box will probably be selling for ~$170 based on the Amoeba page. No thanks.