posted this on our facebook page:
A letter from the management:Here at John Doe Jr. we celebrate record store day EVERY day. Duh. Except on Sundays. Well, some Sundays we do. And come to think of it, when we aren't here on Sunday we are more often than not at yet another record store looking at records. Let's just say we are pro-records and leave it at that. Some may wonder why we don't carry the limited-edition 180 Gram virgin vinyl 10 inch picture disc exclusives that have come to represent Record Store Day every year. And we say, dude, do you know how much that stuff costs? Do you know how many old Hank Snow records we could buy for the price of one limited-edition Ray Parker Jr. “Ghostbusters” RSD 2014 picture disc? Probably a whole bunch. We haven't done the math. Which is just one way of saying that our priorities are a little different here. Some of our best customers came in today – people that have been shopping here for the entire five years that we have been here – and NONE of them either knew of or cared about RSD. Which is another way of saying that we are old. Hahaha! Oh, man, we have fun here. We just really like the old stuff. We can't help it! Some recoil from the smell of old records when they come in the door. Those who don't are our friends for life. We are also pro-other record stores making tons of money selling Cake box sets on RSD. We really are. We want every record store to do well, because we need places to go on our day off. Well, maybe not every store. Not the stores where hardly anything is priced and you bring a record up to the counter and the guy looks you over and says “hmmm, that's a rare one...let me get the book..” And you're thinking, oh jeez, the book. And his chair creaks REALLY loudly and it hurts for him to move and he finally grabs a dusty price guide that he bought on sale at Walden Books in 1998 and Fabian still commands top dollar within it's pages and you know no good can come from it. Those stores can go away if they want. To be honest, most of them have. But we want the good stores to stay open for as long as they want to stay open. We want to go to Brattleboro and check out Turn It Up! And In The Moment and go to Northampton and check out Feeding Tube and yet another Turn It Up! And we want to go to Easthampton and check out Dave at Platterpus and stop by Mystery Train and say hi to Josh and Cynthia. Forever if possible. Oh, and we want to go to the new place in Florence! We have heard great things! We'll get there. Save some good stuff for us. We just want every day to be record store day for everyone. Because we are strange like that. So have fun tomorrow if you go record shopping no matter where you are. Records are fun! And we'll be here putting lots of weird old shit out if you need any. Oh, and one more thing. The main reason we are listed on the official Record Store Day website – even though we don't sell any of the new shiny stuff - is so that Japanese record dealers can find us when they hit the states. We love you, Japan!
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 April 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
i dunno, the actual interesting/new music (not just familiar stuff in fancy packaging) that is released in RSD is often the stuff that people sleep on, and that I see hanging around the store weeks later. whereas the ultra-deluxe box set of 480-gram cake LPs complete with a bottle of no-doze will probably be gone in hours.
― espring (amateurist), Friday, April 18, 2014 6:44 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, I'm just saying that there are people like the majority of /r/vinyl (I lurk there to see what the younger buyers talk about) that want that Cake box really bad and it would be amusing to see their faces contort as they try to make sense of the idea that the good records are the ones that people aren't buying. Like there is so much r/vinyl-demographic obsession with those arbitrary manufactured rarity details like multiple vinyl color etc. that it's no wonder why the Jack White cheesecake tactic works so well.
― Evan, Saturday, 19 April 2014 01:59 (ten years ago) link
Wait srsly is there a CAKE vinyl box? The Cake that did The Distance and so on?
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Saturday, 19 April 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
Oh it has more than one album, that's not a stupid as I ws imagining, I suppose
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Saturday, 19 April 2014 02:16 (ten years ago) link
It's still a box containing Cake records
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 19 April 2014 02:46 (ten years ago) link
it should really come in a cake box, but i don't think it does.
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 April 2014 04:07 (ten years ago) link
After my RSD experience last year, I am done with it.I just bought some CDs at a show and stopped at a random store I've never been to to buy shit.I also bought some shit on Amazon and preordered a friend's CD from his label's website.
I don't need a day. Fuck days.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 19 April 2014 05:27 (ten years ago) link
Oddly enough in Auckland New Zealand it sounds like this ws a fun day, bt I missed it
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Saturday, 19 April 2014 05:32 (ten years ago) link
I'd love to get the School of Seven Bells one, but it's a very small amount... but I'm going to go and enjoy the spectacle relatively free of desire.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 19 April 2014 05:32 (ten years ago) link
Lorin Stein - Editor, The Paris Review:
Chris King, the "aural archaeologist" behind Angry Mom Records, is known for his blues and Cajun archive, but at a recent Paris Review party he brought out some rare 78s of northwestern Greek shepherd music—a genre with which none of our guests were familiar, and which blew us all away. One track in particular lingered in the air, the shiver-inducing "Epirotika Mirologi," by the violinist Alexis Zoumbas. I can't wait to hear it again this April when King releases his vinyl LP of Zoumbas recordings, "A Lament For Epirus 1926-1928." ~ Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2014
Alexis Zoumbas was the "Robert Johnson" of Greek Epirotika, the hypnotic mountain music of Northern Greece, an expression that is just as raw and emotive as the Delta Blues. This record captures the sublime beauty and sadness of these powerful, otherworldly instrumentals by what was Greece’s and New York City’s finest traditional violinist of the 1920s. The LP will be released on April 19th (a Record Store Day Exclusive) on the Angry Mom label. A CD version will be available later this year. Artwork by Robert Crumb.
― dow, Thursday, April 17, 2014 9:42 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The link expires in two days but you can download this from the website of the guy who's putting it out. It's pretty great:
http://longgonesound.com/current-travails/2014/1/18/alexis-zoumbas-a-lament-for-epirus-1926-1928-original-artwork-by-robert-crumb-10-recordings-with-deluxe-gatefold-lp
― cwkiii, Saturday, 19 April 2014 06:10 (ten years ago) link
this "exclusive" shit they put out is 90% worthless in any artistic/aesthetic sense, it's practically designed for folks to buy and then flip to some asshole who wants to pay $200 for their 85th-favorite record on puke-colored vinyl.
otm, also p sure I said something similar last year itt
― From Tha Crouuuch To Da Palacios (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 19 April 2014 07:23 (ten years ago) link
thanks for that link, kind of obviates the remaining desire i had to attend RSD. have funk, folks!
also, scott, you've been kind of needlessly cruel to me on ILX at times and you kind of hurt my feelings but i love you for that FB post and your general opting out of RSD. if was in town I'd go to your shop and pick up a bunch of that ragtime piano stuff.
― espring (amateurist), Saturday, 19 April 2014 07:26 (ten years ago) link
xpost
also, i didn't mean to write "have funk" but i kind of like it.
the weirdest most pointless shit IMO is the thing where they take a proper album and divide it among 10 or 12 7" 45rpm discs. i mean, vinyl died and came back* for THIS?!
*note: vinyl did not actually die and come back. it never died, and it hasn't really come back.
― espring (amateurist), Saturday, 19 April 2014 07:28 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaOgZwk9rN8
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 19 April 2014 08:37 (ten years ago) link
It's 8:26 a.m. and the Rough Trade line is literally around the block.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 19 April 2014 12:27 (ten years ago) link
cwiii - thanks for that link to the zoumbas!!
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 19 April 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
'Is Record Store Day In Crisis? A Quietus Investigation' -
http://thequietus.com/articles/15031-record-store-day-2014-problems-distribution-vinyl
― neilasimpson, Saturday, 19 April 2014 14:11 (ten years ago) link
xp No problem!!
― cwkiii, Saturday, 19 April 2014 14:13 (ten years ago) link
Coulda done that but didn't know if it was kosher (guess the label guy knew it might get around, though). Have a happy NRD; no stores around here, but think I might go to the Book Fair.
― dow, Saturday, 19 April 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
NRSD, even.
Got shoved by a huge dude clutching a Death Cab for Cutie record
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 19 April 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
http://fastnbulbous.com/happy-record-store-day/
Will my suggested rebrand, "Just Buy A Fucking Album Day" take?
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 19 April 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
omg lolololol @ UMSthat's hilarious! i live for moments like that
i have secured the one thing i really wanted (thanks d@ve!), and if i'm feeling fresh and motivated, i'll go to reckless to lurk all day waiting for kim and kelley deal to show up so i can run over, introduce myself, and say thank you. and also listen to their set if i can handle the throng, which depends on my sight line. if it is an impenetrable wall of pits, depart.
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Saturday, 19 April 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
i waited in line for an hour at Rough Trade and didn't get my Death Waltz vinyl :(
None of the other stores even got it, apparantly
RECORD STORE DAY IS RUINED
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 19 April 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
i didn't even bother; maybe i'll drop by and rifle through the dregs tonight.
― espring (amateurist), Saturday, 19 April 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
Well got the Glenn Jones thing I wanted. Struck out on Solar Motel Band. Picked up the Numbers Band reissue which is better than most RSD things anyway
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 19 April 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
All I'd like afaik is the REM unplugged thing, which I can prob buy for too much online one day, I guess
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Saturday, 19 April 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
i would have liked to get moles, cardinal, alvarius b. the first two i'm probably SOL (if they would have even had them at local stores), the last I can probably pick up two weeks from now.
― espring (amateurist), Saturday, 19 April 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Popped into my nearest RSD shop for the Songs:Ohia box and Gil Scott Heron LP on the off-chance they still had them but no joy. Couldn't believe how expensive some of the stuff was - £10 7" singles!
― michaellambert, Saturday, 19 April 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
yeah. supposedly that cardinal LP was $30.
― espring (amateurist), Saturday, 19 April 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link
what was the GSH one?
― espring (amateurist), Saturday, 19 April 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link
GSH: http://xlrecordings.com/news/nothingnewouttoday
― michaellambert, Saturday, 19 April 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
my pal ted's store. we are kinda cranky around here at times.
https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/10246422_10200936905225339_344628976323630788_n.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 April 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
Record Store Day is like tax season for the pressing plants, btw, not surprising there are some did-not-arrives
― "got ye!" (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 19 April 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
adamrl got the best records so far today in my store.
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 April 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
Only one store in Philly seems to have gotten the Harry Dean Stanton 7", and it sold out, to quote the gentleman manning the RSD shelves at Repo, "instantly."
I can neither confirm nor deny using part of my tax refund to impulse-buy a box set of ZTT 7"s.
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Saturday, 19 April 2014 19:30 (ten years ago) link
so I am officially looking for the Alvarius B/Sir Richard Bishop split if anyone sees an extra lying around. my sister got me the Armand Schaubroeck record which was the only other thing on my list, makes it easy.
― sleeve, Saturday, 19 April 2014 19:32 (ten years ago) link
Re: Death Waltz I'm just glad I was able to come to my senses before blowing $$$ on a bunch of obscure giallo soundtracks sight unseen (sound unheard, whatever) and kept myself to the Clint Mansell 12". AKA did have a lovely vinyl copy of Morricone's 4 Flies on Grey Velvet soundtrack, though- a non-RSD reissue licensed through Cinevox, I think.
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Saturday, 19 April 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
colour me miffed.
why on earth was the ztt boxset only released in the USA !!?
unless the label people thought they have milked the uk market enough in recent times ..
― mark e, Saturday, 19 April 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
From New West Records: first, a couple of NRSD Exclusives (caveat! the finished Townes, like Amelita and the non-Exclusive Tarpaper Sky, is pretty decent, but I'm not a big fan of the unadorned Steve Earle---still, hey hey eBay)http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/timnewwest/SE-Townes_zpsd2481af5.jpg
Steve Earle: Townes - The Basics 180 gram 12" vinyl. Limited to 2000 hand-numbered copies.
In 2009 Steve Earle released an album of Townes Van Zandt songs. It began as solo guitar and vocal tracks recorded in October 2008 in New York City. Other instruments were added later in subsequent sessions for the album in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. Those original recordings - The Basics - were released on a limited edition bonus CD with the Townes album and are available here for the first time on vinyl. Includes digital download card.
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/timnewwest/CYH-Amelita_zps10d1e8ee.jpgCourt Yard Hounds: Amelita180 gram 12" vinyl gatefold + bonus 2-sided 7". Limited to 500 copies. Court Yard Hounds' sophomore LP, Amelita, available on vinyl for the first time. Each copy of the album by Emily Robison and Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks will come in a gatefold package with a 2-sided 7" featuring 2 bonus tracks. JUST RELEASED ALBUMS TO PICK UP ON RSD http://press.newwestrecords.com/rodney-crowell/rodneycrowell-tarpapersky-72dpi.jpgRodney Crowell - Tarpaper Sky180 gram 12" vinyl, CD, digital
While you are hunting for the exclusives, don't forget to pick up a copy of Rodney Crowell's just released Tarpaper Sky. The new album, which sees him reuniting with the crew that played on his breakthrough record Diamonds & Dirt, has been called his finest in a decade and has received rave reviews from USA Today, Associated Press, American Songwriter, Chicago Tribune and Uncut to name but a few. RECORD STORE DAY IN-STORE PERFORMANCES Nikki Lane @ The Groove in Nashville - 6:30 pmNikki Lane will showcase songs from her Dan Auerbach-produced album, All Or Nothin', due May 6. Snag a copy of the album early!
Listen to "Right Time" via Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/outlaw-country-singer-nikki-lane-goes-all-or-nothin-on-new-album-20140305
The Whigs @ Criminal Records in Atlanta - 12 pm
The Whigs will kick off Criminal Records' all day RSD festivities with a few songs from their raw and rocking new album, Modern Creation, out this Tuesday, April 22 and available early at the gig. Stream Modern Creation in full at Esquire. http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/the-whigs-modern-creationHead over to Team Coco to check out their video for "Hit Me," a hilarious homage to the "The Old Grey Whistle Test" http://teamcoco.com/video/web-exclusive-the-whigs-hit-me
― dow, Saturday, 19 April 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
Thing I Learned Today: Mobile Fidelity is doing audiophile vinyls again. Among their titles are both "The Green Album" (!?) & Make Believe (!?!?) from Weezer, available at the price point of $41.99 apiece (or, as I like to say, "Are you fucking kidding me? Dollars").
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 April 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
Did you guys know there was a Mazzy Star single of two *NEW* songs coming out today?
Lucky for me, my buddy brought in some extras at his shop because he knew I'd be interested, despite all my protests about RSD.
(of course, it's on colored vinyl and sounds shit, but hey, new Mazzy Star, amiright?)
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 19 April 2014 21:48 (ten years ago) link
that's the only thing I went out to get! and succeeded. also got a cut copy 10", and saw some interesting stuff but it was mostly too expensive. liked to go and walk around in the minor chaos at usually-empty stores though. and there were lots of free koozies!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 19 April 2014 21:52 (ten years ago) link
i bought some stuff (Omar Souleyman, Pinback, Lydia Loveless 7" + some non-RSD records) but the one thing I really wanted - Robotic Empire's tribute to In Utero w/ Jay Reatard, Thou, Young Widows, etc - was nowhere to be found.
Oh, except on eBay, where last time I looked there were six copies listed.
― alpine static, Saturday, 19 April 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
there is a record store about a mile or two away from me that is the worst record store ever, basically. they no longer get new stock (CDs or vinyl) because they are cash poor and have no cred with distributors anymore. their vinyl is beat to shit and priced "by the book" (ugh). but somehow the guy who runs it manages to get some RSD stock and more people come in his store on that one day than have probably visited the store in the past full year. i was tempted to go, but it would have just depressed me.
― espring (amateurist), Saturday, 19 April 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link
oh that gil scott-heron thing is outtakes from his last crap album. never mind.
If you bought I'm New Here on vinyl when it was new, you got a few of those songs from the session that they've now released as its own LP. Not sure if any of the songs are repeated, but it's just Gil doing new vocal and piano versions of old songs. Meh.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 19 April 2014 22:23 (ten years ago) link
They came with the digital download of I'm New Here is what I meant to say.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 19 April 2014 22:24 (ten years ago) link
I was walking around Chicago today in Belmont and I passed a hi-fi store - small storefront on Belmont, couple guys in their mid-late fifties in there - maybe both of them working there, maybe one's a customer. both in old-dude slacks and button-downs with the sleeves rolled at the cuff. super I-will-never-be-able-to-afford-this gear in a very basic window display - heavy glass turntable, amp with all the tubes exposed and shiny, etc. looking through the window, I see three crates of records on a table - small crates, no more than 100 records between the three of them, and a laser-jet printed sign taped to the middle crate. the sign read:
Records Day10% off
I will be happy about this forever.
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 19 April 2014 23:15 (ten years ago) link