National Record Store Day

this whole "event" is a crock. EVERY DAY is record store day.

Tomorrow at work we're gonna have a BBQ, give people 10% off, and free $0.50 records with purchase of other merchandise. also, we will have maybe just a few of the record store day exclusives--the matador & daptone jams, as well as the jesus lizard singles set.

what is the deal with these exclusives, are they really only available tomorrow?

i think they're available tomorrow and if they don't sell out will be available for a few days until they disappear? i don't think we're expected to return items that don't sell during the "event" tomorrow.

hmmm, thanks. I better go check that out. Monday is usually my record store day.

Are you going to have them in a special area of the store or will The Stooges, say, be thrown in with the rest of "S?"

Also, I heard that the New Order one won't be ready for tomorrow. True?

well, we didn't get everyhing that's available for the event--so i dont know abt the New Order release.

we'll have the few things we have displayed by the counter. we got a bunch of phone calls today looking for the springsteen release, but we will not have it :(

"free $0.50 records"

Wait which are they?

we have the New Order along with a couple other of these. we're technically celebrating it, but all it's gonna do is piss me off that these people need an excuse to go look at records.

records that would normally be 50c become free for the day. xp

pipecock, try to control your rage.

I can't imagine why people wouldn't want to hang around pipecock.

i try to be helpful and nice to people in the store :P

Well I'm glad your able to hide your contempt in front of them.

we talk shit quietly tho

I imagine your neckbeards muffle a lot of the snider remarks.

all 7 of them. the neckbeards that is.

I was planning to go to Sound Exchange in Houston, even though Cactus made it into the paper for the promotion.

I will buy a 45 or a 2dollar bin record and let them know they should be grateful for my contribution.

Or maybe I will spend 80 bucks on some cool shit.

I might do both.

I need one of my turntables fixed, and they do that.

Later on, after the fights are over, I will go on the other board I post and harass my friends to get off their ass.

also, Houston, library sale this weekend.

If you want any of this stuff, go NOW! I got to Waterloo Records two minutes before it opened and the line just started to wind around the building. Dude in front of me bought two of the Springsteen single. A gal walking by was carrying about ten (10!!) copies of THIS LP CRASHES HARD DRIVES. And so on. Still, I managed to get everything I wanted and then some (from three different stores):

Blitzen Trapper "War is Placebo/Booksmart" 7"
Slayer 7" single "Psychopathy Red" packaged in special X-Files-style, "confidential" packaging
Sonic Youth/Beck split 7" split 7" (RSD exclusive)
Sonic Youth/Jay Reatard split 7" split 7" (RSD exclusive)
Various Artists--THIS LP CRASHES HARD DRIVES
Various artists Records Toreism

Plus I got a mystery box of singles for $4.99 (20% cuz of NRSD), the new Marianne Faithfull, and Spellman's Four Lives in the Bebop Business.

The Neil Young and CSNY records are $65 a piece!!

(20% cuz of NRSD)

20% OFF...most;y crap and w/o sleeves but purchased in the spirit of the occasion.

I got the two SY 7"s which I basically assumed would be impossible to find even tho I asked for them in advance - so pretty pleased tbf

I decided not to bother with Record Store Day. I buy loads of records, in record stores, so I am not part of the problem.

I went into Rounder and Resident and Borderline in Brighton, but they were mostly oppressively full so I had to extricate myself. Also I had no money to spend. But yeah, good to see some interesting in-store stuff going on and people being reminded to use or lose.

I buy loads of records in thrift stores and garage sales, so maybe I am part of the problem. Usually they are way cheaper and more interesting in those places. But I'm still not partaking in this event today. Maybe that makes me lame. Independent stores deserve to survive, and I hope setting aside a special day for them pulls lots of young kids into the habit -- especially kids pointlessly addicted to getting music the day it comes out, a habit that has never made any sense to me. But braving the crowds seems silly. And I've never been somebody to buy records just because they're rare -- especially when they're created for the sole purpose of their rarity. Seems artificial to me somehow, and none of the records above strike me as all that inticing. (I thought something similar when baseball card companies got self-conscious about their collectibility, and it bugged me then, too. Not that it's especially anything new with record labels -- see also: SubPop Singles Club or whatever.) Anyway, more power to the stores -- whatever pulls in customers. I hope they all make tons of money. A friend of mine who runs a store in Philly said Record Store Day last year was his best day in years, and I hope this year he doesn't even better.

Just out of curiosity, though, what kind of exorbidant prices are those exclusive sucker-bait 7"s above going for?

I picked up the New Order and Stooges for $7.99 each, and the Camera Obscura for $6.99. This at Mad Platter in Riverside, CA.

Shit, they had the New Order? I just called Sonic Boom and Easy Street and neither of them have the New Order.

They must have had >10 there. I picked up the only Camera Obscura, tho.

yeah nobody here in Eugene has the New Order, they heard it was delayed.

I got both Sonic Youth singles for $5 each, the Def Jam 4LP for $15 (!!!), and then I also picked up a Kurt Vile LP on Mexican Summer since it was on sale. 12 bucks!

also got the Dengue Fever/Chicha Libre split single, 5 bucks as well.

if any kind soul wants to pick me up a copy of This LP Crashes Hard Drives I will reimburse you and sing your praises. Neither of my local stores had it.

Just saw the tracklisting for the Def Jam set, I may have to go back for it!

I got that big Black Sabbath box set for 35 bucks today at Newbury Comics in Cambridge...

^ which Newbury Comics? the Fresh Pond one's vinyl selection is pitiful. nothing for me to buy.

had a good time! my "home base" store Roadrunner was grilling out in back and had coolers of beer....couple hot dogs were great!

i didn't really go in for any of the crazy exclusive shit, most of that was already sold out anyway.

i did get the Arthur Russel "Love Is Overtaking Me" vinyl but I wanted that anyway. Didn't see the Def Jam thing or would have gotten that...The Sonic Youth/Reatard single is going to be crazy Ebay bait, so many dudes looking for that.

but I got some great used vinyl, good day:

Leo Koettke - 6 and 12 String Guitar (orig on Takoma)

Rod Stewart - The Rod Stewart Album

The Groundhogs - Who Will Save The World? (gatefold)

Gaunt - I Can See Your Mom From Here (only a buck!)

John Kongos - Kongos

on sale. 12 bucks!

Wow. I'm speechless.

(also the stores i went to were PACKED and everyone was having a lot of fun so i guess this day has worked out pretty well for them)

xxxpost Harvard Square

which was also packed, lots of vinyl flying off the shelves...

Some kids are losing their vinyl cherries today..

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3588/3453389766_caf408f709.jpg

I buy loads of records in thrift stores and garage sales, so maybe I am part of the problem. Usually they are way cheaper and more interesting in those places.

Yeah...kinda my problem too. Looking at the list up there, and, Arthur Russell apart there's not a whole lot i would want - it's all very white and young. Thing is, I'd bet it's guys like me that spend most on records now - middle aged, not all that interested in new stuff necessarily. What killed going to record stores for me was the CD - I just never got that excited about buying them, so when Vinyl started appearing in quantities in charity shops, and then on the 'bay, that's where my purchasing went.

Wow. I'm speechless.

it's $31 on eBay right now with 4 hours left, so I'd say that's a good deal. Enjoy your dollar records.

We had a really really great day at the shop I work at - loads of bands and artists playing all afternoon, loads of interest generated by the day itself and by the exclusive releases, most of which sold well. It was a wonderful party atmosphere and majorly busy all day long. Great fun and inspiring for our continued survival.

"Wow. I'm speechless."

Wow you are a dick.

Oh yeah, our 7''s were/are £3.99 for the most part.

did you get the jesus lizard thing in, alex?

Not yet. A bunch of things were delayed shipping so won't be with us until Monday (SY 7''s in particular). Not sure how many we'll get though, will have to wait and see...

if you do get the jesus lizard Inch in can you keep me one and PM me over on DFFD and i'll come in and get it?

I'll see what I can do, but no promises, I'm afraid. It's looking like, following Rough Trade's example, we could well be holding raffles for the really high demand items, as it's looking like we could only get a ridiculously small number (like 2 or 3 of each) and a hella lotta interest. I can put your name down for raffle entry for sure and will defn. keep you posted on how things pan out.

Yeah man that would be fine, thanks!

Kurt Vile LP on Mexican Summer since it was on sale. 12 bucks!

^^ love this record, and it's hard to find now so yeah.

also, we sold out of all the record store day exclusives within 45 minutes of opening. the only thing we have left is the Arthur Russell double LP (and it's great.)

also we had a bbq but all the food is gone--on to the beer drinking portion of the event...

oh i did want the novelty beatles turntable; i wonder what the value on that will be in a few years. utterly stupid thing, desireable only because of it's stupidity

Beatnuts in my house! Hell, they even took over my turntable.

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that's why i keep my place fully stocked. you never know who might show up.

awesome, love the Beatnuts <3

Satisfying moment

Do you have signed famous customer photos behind the counter?

Awesome!!!!!

\m/

WKIW

forgot about this one from a few years back

https://i.imgur.com/1Ei2GNW.jpeg

Any road up, what was the actual price of that Beatles turntable?

I don't want one, just intersted

$180 USD

https://www.deerparkdist.com/products/Record-Store-Day-Exclusive/The-BEATLES-limited-edition-RSD3-turntable.html#ad-image-0

holy shit skot!! legends

For something that's meant to represent what yr parents might have bought you for Christmas in 1964

ps thanks for the price sleeve

people are asking around $400 for that turntable on ebay now.

We had five of those Beatles turntables and sold them all in the first few minutes of opening.

The one that caught us off guard was the Chappell Roan 45. When the list came out, we hadn't heard of her, but as the day got closer it was clear we'd made a mistake in not ordering a ton of them. We had one copy and were then asked about it throughout the day. Currently being sold for about $200 on eBay.

A similar thing happened last year when we didn't realise how popular Laufey was becoming with her heart shaped vinyl. We were ready for her release this year though.

a big record store day ignorer / avoider here - but just saw on insta that the Radiophonic Workshop's Inventions for Radio was released as a 4CD (?!) box as a RSD exclusive. and of course there were plenty of copies left so I bought one online. this is my story.

wild to see all those Talking Heads live LPs on eBay for $80+...my store got a ton of them for $35 I think

So amazing to have Beatnuts in your store, Scott - if I ran a record store I'd give all hip-hop DJs/producers special discount for keeping the fire going. There's an ancient record store near us in Tottenham run by the same old Jamaican guy for decades, and while I was digging their crates a few years back this young DJ came in the shop. She was clearly a regularly and had a long chat with the owner about what she'd been playing out recently, and if he had anything new in (though everything there is second hand) that she might be interested in, and I felt really honoured to have eavesdropped on a chat between two solid true believers. I picked up a copy of Pointer Sisters' We're Having A Party (because Sugar Bring Your Sweet Stuff Home To Me is the best song Stevie Wonder ever gifted to someone else) and he regaled me with a long spiel about the rare groove scene of the 80s and how there was a cut on that record that made everyone lose it back in the day.

In short, I love record shops.

i was going to do my usual rsd ignore till i saw the gene clark tip-off above! eased my concience by picking up a couple of cheapo 2nd hand finds in addition.

I managed to score the screaming trees rsd US only album at a very decent price online (plus shipping from the us which is $22 pretty much the same as the LP) but sadly the live LP i couldnt get last year at a decent price which got a reissue this year is online for silly money.

I saw that Trees demos LP listed prereleae on Juno.com for £60 or so last week - hoping that was a mistake as I would love a copy. Have given up on the live album, which I read was plagued with pressing issues.

has the 2024 version got issues?

There's reviews on here (https://www.discogs.com/master/3409429-Screaming-Trees-Wrong-Turn-To-Jahannam-Live-From-Egg-Studio-1991) that suggest the issues are on the 2024 pressing (but also those who say their pressing is strong) (classic discogs.com review situation).

SST is repressing the older albums too this year, for which I'm guessing Gary Lee won't see a penny, but those records are definitely great.

I have all the older ones on vinyl that i got early 90s except for Clairvoyance. Oh and I just have the Anthology CD.

Anthology is such a fantastic comp, and it breaks my heart I gave my vinyl copy of that away to an ex a couple of decades ago.

it is but i never listen to it as i have the albums

Spent the day DJing at a newer store in my area where the owner didn’t manage to get any RSD product, not out of any principled stand but because the shop is new enough that he just didn’t get to it in time. Instead he did the thing where he put out a bunch of boxes of really primo used stuff that he’d been saving for the day, plus a bunch of crates of $0.50 records on the sidewalk that were actually decent-enough classic rock, and people still went wild, customers waiting outside in the morning and coming through all day, buying huge stacks, hanging out, great vibes all around. That’s my favorite version of Record Store Day, when it feels more like a community event – the store felt like an oasis from the kinda-hostile, anxious, stressful vibes of the other RSD-focused stores in the area. He probably made 75% of the money he would have made if he’d carried official RSD stuff, but also had 0% of the stress, and also it seemed like a lot of the people who came out will be back as actual normal customers in the future, rather than flippers who just show up once a year. I was trying to convince the owner to do it like this every year and I think the idea definitely appealed to him.

I think it's totally fine for stores to participate or not, some need it and some don't. It is a drag overall, the releases are kind of lame and the prices are wild but I worked it for the first time after managing to avoid being on that day for years and people were much nicer and chiller than expected. And we got a lot of kids coming in for stuff which is always fun because they are just supper enthusiastic and sweet (though of course two chud hunting 50 yr old dudes were first in line).

Maybe I'm nut but store hoarding super good used shit to put out on RSD (even posting for weeks in advance what they are holding back until that day) annoys me as much if not more than RSD. Just put it out! What about the people that come in your store every week? Why encourage the mad rush? IDK I'm probably being a crank because I'm in stores all the time and hope that I'm seeing the best stuff a store has to put out at any given time. Who knows.

my local shop i posted about upthread who were not participating were nice and busy on the day, picked up a copy of songs for drella

and what does a beatnut buy on the day after RSD in the woods of western mass? we have stickers on our discogs stuff and maria left them for me so that i could see some of the stuff they got. it was my day off!

colon/blades - siempra
drums of haiti
talking heads - road to nowhere 12-inch
goofus five 1926-1927 comp
home movies ost - pino donaggio
stevie wonder - for once in my life swedish p/s 7-inch
talking heads - the lady don't mind 12-inch
theresa lindsey - gotta find a way 7-inch
john dankworth - movies 'n me comp (a killer break on there....)
kung fu soundtrack - jim helms
sister nancy - one two
lo jai - acrobates et musiciens
hurricane polymar ost
los corraleros - nuevo ritmo! (1966 columbian cumbia)

want that Sister Nancy album

for the first time ever, i went to my local store and bought nothing. one RSD release i might've bought but they didn't get it, nothing else on the list appealed to me in the slightest, and my store has raised prices since an ownership change. you can't find a more "i don't care, i'll pay more to support my store / i refuse to use Amazon and streaming services" than i am, but i just felt bummed out and left.

why is the Andre 3000 flute album $85? is there a decent reason for that? or is it less than that at most places?

that's a few dollars more than it is at most places and about 10-15 dollars more than Amazon, but it is a 3 LP set.

Yeah that's gouging. I think it's like 69.99 suggested. Which is still insane but stores are only making like $10 off that.

Or maybe it's closer to 74, I can't remember, it's all too horrible.

my local had it for $75. I remember because I gasped.

I would wait it out a bit those Andre 3000 records are future cut out bin material if I've ever seen it

otm

it's gonna be Big Boi Presents... Purple Ribbon All-Stars – Got Purp? Vol. II all over again.

wholesale costs for record stores have gone up $8-$10 lately in the last year or so. Both for new releases and catalog titles. $30 is becoming a new standard LP price, $42 on the high end. Doubles are $45+

(and not all labels/distro have increased prices, btw)

I was going to say yeah if you really are jonesing for Andre 3000 flute jams, give it a year and someone's just going to hand you a copy for free somewhere.

I just checked and the cost price for that Andre 3000 album where we order from is $65. I think we have it on sale for $82. We had a few people ask about it late last year so got three copies in. We're yet to sell any of those. Either the novelty wore off or people were understandably put off by the price. They'll be heading for the clearance bins everywhere here just like those 5 LP sets of Tool's Fear Inoculum and Lana Del Rey's poetry album.

Why is everyone suddenly interested in paying silly money for a triple LP of new age flute jams

seriously, I recently bought an original 1962 mono copy of Charles Mingus' "Oh Yeah" LP, arguably one of the greatest jazz albums ever made, I paid $60 on eBay

($20 less than Discogs median, to continue my "we are past peak vinyl" argument across multiple threads #onethread)

Ploughing through the list to see if anything I wanted was now available online. Found a couple, but still not bothered.