National Record Store Day

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.

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“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

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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.

People need reminding because there's still a shitload of stores that people all assume are gone because of the internet. That's the whole reason RSD got started. The growth is indeed crazy but the mission is essentially the same.

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.

― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, April 17, 2015 10:08 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

We get it. Buying records is stupid. Why doesn't everyone realize this?

Knobs' post above was the most info I could find on the Holger 11 Years thing. Of course "partly unreleased" should be the clue here. Hmmm. There are short edits / outtakes from Canaxis, Moving Pictures and Plight & Premonition plus some other droney stuff presumably from later releases. The "rocker" though is amazing and nuts on first listen, although rather brief. Seems to be a chopped up Can-in-full-flight jam somewhere between Halleluwah and Spoon with added ringmod effects and possibly Holger doing a Damo impression(?). Something else new to me and very good on the final side I think with U-She singing. I'm guessing the other side D track is some abused Stockhausen Weird release but I suppose I was expecting that.

Bluefat reviews Holger: http://www.bluefat.com/1504/Holger_Czukay.htm

Just don't call them reissues: http://www.bluefat.com/1409/Holger_Czukay.htm

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palma violets outside rough trade today

Berwick Street was much the same.

I got a souvenir l.p. Bag for a pound, and made do. (a long slow queue to get into Sister Ray, think I'll skip it.)

action shot of when i opened for business this morning! pandemonium!

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Store Records Day

We get it. Buying records is stupid. Why doesn't everyone realize this?

― Evan, Friday, April 17, 2015 9:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i buy records all the time! every week!

just not today.

Well, here's my haul from various places:

William Tyler - Deseret Canyon (this is the only RSD release I got/wanted to get)
Fontanelle - s/t
Fontanelle - F
Monster Treasure - s/t
Lorelle Meets the Obsolete - Chambers

And a bag of 3 mil poly 12" sleeves.

Hooray.

seems like a lot of people buying stuff they won't be listening to.

You're a moron

Wonder how these did today
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400369975/its-thin-its-plastic-its-back-flexi-discs-find-new-fans
Decibel couldn't find the right machines, but they (found the ancient patents online and) commissioned their own.

Wow, flexis, huh?

I'll keep my thoughts on that to myself.

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^ My lone Record Store Day purchase.

I swore off RSD two years ago but I relented this year when Nothing, a local shoegazer band on Relapse, did an in-store at AKA Music and my son expressed an interest in going so we went out.

Here's the band doing their acoustic set. Can't see 'em but I assure you they played. They also gave out free beer which was great!!!

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This was my haul:

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The vinyl at the top is the RSD stuff I bought. Since the Johnny Marr was for a friend, I only picked up two RSD exclusives for myself.

The store also was selling all CDs that were not a new release or used for half price so that explains the new stuff you see. The used CDs were not on sale but I always buy used CDs and a few of these were actually free since the store put a bin outside of shit to give away.

Total cost was less than $100. I also ran into a guy who I worked with before at a record store! He works there now.

I had fun and then had a nice lunch with the family. It did make me realize that I missed record store shopping, that I have been too reliant on Amazon. I plan on making more time to shop locally.

So RSD was a good thing for me this time, mainly because I had zero expectations for getting actual RSD product so merely finding two things that I wanted and weren't ridiculously overpriced felt like a victory.

I had an alright time today, too, after all. Didn't stick around for any of the bands, but chatted up the employees at the shops I stopped into. It's always fun to just talk shop.

I picked the only thing I really wanted outside of the Ork box which I can't afford, The Doors Strange Days Mono reissue, sounds so great

New Fast Automatic Daffodils!

That's my favorite Calla record, too.

seems like a lot of people buying stuff they won't be listening to.
You're a moron

― brimstead, Saturday, April 18, 2015 3:42 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if you don't think this is true, you're an idiot. or haven't met anyone under 25.

but whatever, something about fools and money, blah blah blah

enjoy yr hauls

I've already played all the records I bought today.

i've listened to everything i bought already except for the one 7" i missed out on which i just picked up on ebay for the same amount it was meant to sell for in the shops (plus postage of course). there was a great carnival atmosphere in the record shops of glasgow today. whatever the downsides of RSD might be, it's pretty hard to be down on something that brings a lot of people together through a love and shared joy for music.

if you don't think this is true, you're an idiot. or haven't met anyone under 25.

― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Saturday, April 18, 2015 7:35 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what if they're just casual music fans, or what if they're just now "getting into" music? just because they're not smarty pants dorks with immaculate taste like the rest of us doesn't mean they're poseurs just buying stuff to display in their homes or something.

but i guess these people are scum and shouldn't be allowed in record stores. lol high fidelity