National Record Store Day

yeah, i saw that. someone's selling one for $60 bucks. fuck that. checked the fire site, and while they don't list the print run (or if they do, i missed it), they do say that copies may be available for mail order tomorrow. here's hoping...

The prices of these things are astounding, someone I know paid £13.99 for a 12" of Wings "Maybe I'm amazed' with various different stereo/mono mixes on it

;_; no bardo pond master plan for me, was gone everywhere i went

Our store had a Rhye 12" selling for 13 quid. One song! With an instrumental version and a live version! For 13 quid!

Our local shop had a small selection, two Zaireeka boxes, a couple half Japanese l.p. Boxes

I did buy the Davy Graham Topic e.p.

I might go back for the 1/2 jap box

anyone get the van dyke parks new album (concept LP about a train ride)--kind of really want that one, but only found song cycle.

got 1/2 japanese thing, but most important.. GZA/Genius chess box thing.

Did anyone see the Superchunk "Void/Faith" 7" anywhere?

http://maps.google.com/maps?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=record+stores+nyc&fb=1&gl=us&hq=record+stores&hnear=0x89c24fa5d33f083b:0xc80b8f06e177fe62,New+York,+NY&sa=X&ei=khpzUeueCLS84APmzIGYAw&ved=0COsBELYD

Can't remember the name of this store (block below Other Music) but they had a bunch of those Bardo Ponds when I was there. Give them a call if you're in the area I guess!

Yes I saw the Superchunk but it went quick at the once place I had spotted it.

Is it uncool to list records bought here or...

I just realized that google link doesn't help... oops. So it is literally a block south of Other Music- can't remember the name.

best place to. (xpost)

ok found that van dyke parks thing, also jandek box.

Ok so the entirety of the day:

Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6 - Origins of American Primitive Guitar
Calexico - Spiritoso
Codeine - What About The Lonely
Tame Impala - S/T
Giant Henry - Big Baby
The Bats - By Night
Snapper - S/T
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
Time To Go - The Southern Psychedelic Moment: 1981-86
Swirlies - Sarah Sitting 7" (purple vinyl)
The City is Ablaze! (book)

Went kinda nuts

You know what I don't remember noticing the Jandek box anywhere myself.

My record store day was a huge let down.

My dude at Long In The Tooth had most of what I desired (he was out of the Black Keys / Stooges split, Deep Purple/Type-O split and never got the Half Japanese on CD) but the prices were ridiculous. It is hard to justify paying $10 for a 7".

Especially insulting was the Atmosphere single, which came in a clear, plastic sleeve. No artwork, not even a fucking sticker on it, no packaging whatsoever, just a single in a plastic sleeve. Ten bucks. Sorry, but fuck you.

I asked him to keep that along with the Non-Phixion 7" and the Pussy Galore LP (it just wasn't worth $20 to me).

I wound up keeping:

The Atlas Moth / Wolvhammer Split 7" (Init)
Austra + Gina X - Mayan Drums 12" Vinyl (Domino)
Husker Du – Amusement 7" Vinyl (Numero Group)

I also picked up the new Moss CD new and a couple of used CDs plus my wife picked up a couple books. All told I dropped a little over $100.

The guy who owns the store was hoarse and haggard by the time I got there. He said it was nuts - they had to let people into the store in shifts and they had a line of about 80 people most of the afternoon.

Good for him, good for all the stores, but if RSD means 7" singles will cost $10, I probably won't be making a special trip again next year.

Yeah I agree on the 7"s, and avoid them every year. None of them have ever been worth that, but the LPs seem normally priced so I don't worry about that mark up too much there.

Actually that Snapper release I got was $14.99 and is a 4 song 12" so in that case I'm a sucker but otherwise I don't feel like I got too ripped off.

mexican summer built their rep on $15 eps. hardly seems unusual anymore.

so is numero group eventually going to be reissuing the whole husker du catalogue?

"Time To Go - The Southern Psychedelic Moment: 1981-86"
--no idea this was even a RSD thing. would have bought this.

what does it actually cost to press up 500 or 1000 12" singles theses days? For the vinyl + the packaging? I know shipping costs are crazy now.

not sure about in the us, but the b. russell curated flying nun comp has been out in nz for awhile, i believe (he did a really interesting interview on national radio playing various bits and pieces from it)

really nice day in soho, in london, with a street party vibe. giles smith was playing and loads of other big names. nice sunny day and a great atmosphere. fuck shops that aren't record stores getting a dj in with some "yay record store day" premise tho - just so contrary to the point of the event.

Are vinyl LP new releases usually going for $30 these days? Cos the one store i stopped into that was what you paid for pretty much anything. And "mbv" was $45.

The line in Hoboken was especially long this year!

Hey, I was in Hoboken today too. I was there this afternoon. I only got a couple of used classical records for $2 each though - I am cheap. Tunes mentioned in this article:

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/indies/1559027/record-store-day-2013-blog-roll-brooklyns-black-gold-records

Ha! Yeah I used to manage at that store.

The cheap vinyl is very cheap there. When the owner gets too excited that something not-s-common shows up, sometimes it tends to get priced highly. Not too bad though.

So I am extremely upset! The Snapper record I got the hole is too small for the spindle, and I may be paranoid but I'm nervous they won't have a replacement at the label. They definitely don't at the store I bought it from.

The cheap vinyl is very cheap there.

And the used CDs too - I've picked up lots of good stuff there for cheap. I try to support them as much as possible, though I tend to download most of my music these days - trying to downsize my physical collection.

Yes and no. Prices in the store match a competitive price point on amazon (for the CDs, here) when uploaded to the online amazon storefront, so therefore if something happens to be at $39.99 "Used - Like New" at the time of the upload that's the kind of price you'll see in the store. No matter how silly or indie it is. See the real issue here is that they have software that updates the price when they fluctuate online, as they often do, but new labels don't automatically print for the physical storefront and your foot-traffic consumers get screwed over just because you wanted to make as much as possible in the online worldwide market. It barely filters based on what makes a better physical store item vs. online money-maker when setting prices.

But yes, ultimately this same process will put $1.99 price tags on great stuff, simply because it is the going rate at that point on amazon.

"labels" = "price tag" sorry poor choice of words.

And update from just a little earlier- I quit whining and whittled the hole on the record no it's fine.

now*

So I am extremely upset! The Snapper record I got the hole is too small for the spindle, and I may be paranoid but I'm nervous they won't have a replacement at the label. They definitely don't at the store I bought it from.

uh, this is something you can correct w/ a pocketknife and a bit of rotary force

lol, xp exactly!

Yeah well at first it seemed way way off so I didn't consider that simple solution. then I looked closer and realized it would work fine.

gaye bykers on acid's debut lp, drill you own hole, allegedly came undrilled, so that you'd have to, uh, yeah, do that. drill it yourself. never seen an undrilled or even a hand-drilled copy, so i wonder...

I feel like that is a good way to get it to crack all the way across? Or maybe it is easier than it sounds.

fuckers can take a lot more abuse than you'd suspect

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4vsB-oxHMRw/0.jpg

I never had a problem with holes being too tight but I recently got a new pro-ject turntable and have run into a bunch of old records that are a really tight fit. I think some brands are making their spindles too big these days.

so is numero group eventually going to be reissuing the whole husker du catalogue?

the RSD EP thing is pre-SST material so I doubt it. not sure who has the rights to it now but all those songs are/were on Rhino's CD reissue of 'Everything Falls Apart' so maybe them

I never had a problem with holes being too tight

disappointed by malkmus's precise enunciation of damo's lyrics. i'll never hear "spoon" the same again. but otherwise 'ege bamyasi' is a treat

Good for him, good for all the stores, but if RSD means 7" singles will cost $10, I probably won't be making a special trip again next year.

otm

There's also something kind of sad about how a lot of those record store day limited releases go straight to eBay.

omg this conversation
i was gonna say something about whittling the hole but i see you all got right to it

one of my sources found a copy of the josephine foster 10" and it's $30! what? and yet, i am still considering buying it because i want to be a bronze level donor, i guess?

crying bitter tears @ missing the Snapper EP reissue, also at living 75 miles away from any kind of cool record store

saul wright tho, I don't own a record player so the purchase wouldve been ornamental

omg this conversation
i was gonna say something about whittling the hole but i see you all got right to it

― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Sunday, April 21, 2013 9:31 AM (58 minutes ago)

Yeah I feel dumb now, but it really did seem way to small for that kind of fix. An illusion until I measured it.

all those songs are/were on Rhino's CD reissue of 'Everything Falls Apart'

not Writer's Cramp!