National Record Store Day

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.

okay i cracked and bought the ashaye 'dreaming' 12" for £16, super happy with that

and the spoonfed hybrid album off discogs for £4.99 which is surely a huge typo on the part of the seller (it's £41.99 from everywhere else!) so i feel quite bad about that and if they cancel it's fine but eh...

haha well that didn't take long:

"hi nick sorry i made an error in the listing price it is £44.99 so will have to cancel your sorry for my mistake regards pete "

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

― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Monday, April 22, 2024 9:58 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

this means nothing if you don't tell us what condition it was in!!

let me guess: the disc was cracked in half but the seller said it was a good "starter copy"

nah it was VG+, sounds amazing

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.

― kitchen person, Monday, April 22, 2024 8:31 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

my local shop has the same problem, anything priced $75 and up they have real trouble selling despite how many people are "interested". a bunch of people wanted that 5xLP LCD Soundsystem live thing that got repressed but I don't think anyone actually bought it. he also has several copies of the Andre 3000 thing. but his sales seem to be pretty good otherwise.

xp good deal!

it just occurred to me i was checking back on this thread to see what condition sleeve's sleeve condition was in

haha, the sleeve is very nice as well!

lol

my local shop has the same problem, anything priced $75 and up they have real trouble selling despite how many people are "interested".

Probably more appropriate for 'post a controversial music opinion', but I think any multi-disc album that costs more than $40 should also be released in separate sets, "Use Your Illusion"-style