Glad to hear that the vinyl sounds good, I have stopped buying new vinyl after getting burned by too many crackles and too much sibilance. The records are shiny and pretty but sound like crap.
― skip, Monday, 19 April 2010 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
there's a lot of great new pressed vinyl, you just have to be careful/choosy....
RTI presses great stuff, they usually have a sticker that says "HQ 180 Gram" (silver round sticker) they do matador stuff and some of the warners reissues (like the van morrison stuff)
the capital reissue series stuff is really good
― Ndamukong HOOS (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 19 April 2010 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Used CD:Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
Seriously cannot believe you don't own this already, Mr. Melvins/stoner rock fanatic.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 19 April 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Awesome choice, whiney
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 April 2010 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I went to Jumbo in Leeds around midday - got the self-titled Squirrel Bait EP and the reissue of Gray Matter's Take It Back, didn't particularly have my eye on any of the limited edition stuff. Good to see the place so busy, lots of people buying interesting-looking things, hope people go back soon.
― Gavin in Leeds, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/04/on-the-charts-record-store-day-is-more-important-than-christmas.html
The increase in foot traffic was reflected in Nielsen SoundScan's weekly charts. Muratore said SoundScan tabulated 573,000 sales at indie outlets this week, compared with 568,000 during the week of Record Store Day in 2009. While no album sold more than 100,000 copies this week, overall album sales were up 3%, and chain outlets saw a 7% gain, said Muratore.
The overall week-to-week gain in album sales could lead one to conclude that Record Store Day is fueling sales at all music retailers, even those not stocked with exclusive content. The sales promotion has become such a nationally recognized event that it was even referenced on "Saturday Night Live."
"It’s just too bad this kind of thing can’t happen all the time, where you get people really excited to go to physical stores and pore over records," said Billboard's chart guru, Keith Caulfield.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 22 April 2010 03:29 (fourteen years ago) link
"Record Store Decade!"
― Mark G, Thursday, 22 April 2010 07:07 (fourteen years ago) link
"It’s just too bad this kind of thing can’t happen all the time, where you get people really excited to go to physical stores and pore over records," said Billboard's chart guru, Keith Caulfield.― Bee OK, Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:29 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
oh man, the pathos of that quote.
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2010 07:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Only things I was really excited about were the Fela and Fahey records, neither of which I managed to find. Then again, I didn't try all that hard. Did pick up a Trouble In Mind 7" covers comp w Ty Segall doing Seger + Cococoma the Wipers, plus a Happy Birthday (ex-King Tuff) single I haven't listened to yet. Eh. At least it was cheap.
― contenderizer, Thursday, 22 April 2010 07:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i managed to get that arthur russell thing, only other stuff left that i was interested in were some of those vanguard reissues, but they seemed overpriced at $25 ea.
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2010 07:59 (fourteen years ago) link
P4k has the documentary "I Need That Record!" up -- http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/2144-i-need-that-record/1it's "One Week Only" though -- no idea when they first posted it, either
it's "One Week Only" though -- no idea when they first posted it, either
Checking this out now.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 22 April 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
"No one at Target will recommend Hawkwind's Space Ritual Live to you. But I will recommend Hawkwind's Spa... Space Ritual Live to you... Space is deep."
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:15 (fourteen years ago) link
it's so sad that they can't do this more than once a year. would be so great if record companies could release cool exclusives every week, like maybe on Tuesdays. or even do a special 're-release' if one of them ever sells out its pressing. dare to dream.
― solid yet bouncy (herb albert), Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
whens nat'l mp3 day
― am0n, Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:31 (fourteen years ago) link
poor trash. brings a tear to my eye. too many memories to count. those are my people.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2129767550_ba73520b50_o.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i was gonna say -- isn't the guy all the way on the right and the woman second from left in the foreground from the documentary?
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:25 (fourteen years ago) link
those were my peeps. i've known them since i was 16. and i'm 41 now.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
that's awesome! -- that guy was one of my favorite people in the documentary
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Loving all the hair in that pic.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
my gf won the record store drawing and grabbed that fela lp for me! good shit.
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Friday, 23 April 2010 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
There was a program last summer called "Vinyl Saturday", where one Saturday a month was packed w/exclusives ala RSD. I don't think it even lasted the whole summer.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 23 April 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
did anyone get the fall 7 inch?
― mama's boy otis, i'm one of a kind (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 23 April 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah I did, nice B-side that someone wrote about in fair detail on the new LP thread.
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Friday, 23 April 2010 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
this was my favorite part from that article:
Yet one of the most sought-after Record Store Day titles wasn't even released in the U.S. -- a new single from long dormant Brit-pop band Blur. The act's "Fool's Day" was limited to 1,000 copies, and exclusive to U.K. outlets. It's also going for more than $100 on eBay.
"Every one asked for Blur," Levin noted. His Atlanta store had more than 200 people in line by 9 a.m., he said, and he bested last year's sales total by 4 p.m. Levin said participating stores had been instructed not to sell the items on eBay or in advance of the event. Those that did, he said, "are done," and will not be allowed to participate next year.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 24 April 2010 03:47 (fourteen years ago) link
record store day 2011 DO WANT
kate bush hounds of love 10" audio fidelityfahey requia vanguardof montreal the past is a grotesque animal polyvinylblack angels another nice pair light in the atticbeach boys good vibrations / heroes and villains capital
full listing: http://download.recordstoreday.com/free/RSD_2011_RELEASES.pdf
how hard is it to get the stuff u want on this day?
― diamonddave85, Friday, 25 March 2011 03:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i want the wild nothing/beach fossils split tribute to the wake
― ˆ°ᴥ°ˆ (electricsound), Friday, 25 March 2011 03:55 (thirteen years ago) link
god, i thought my store was somewhat on top of shit this RSD but i think the only thinks we'll have of the above are the of montreal & black angels...
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 25 March 2011 03:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i couldn't find ANYWHERE to get the sandy denny 7" from :( :((
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 25 March 2011 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link
otoh, Sundazed are doing a mono reissue of the international subarmarine band lp.
Lol that the only thing want is the gaga picture disc
― ronan's revenge (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 March 2011 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Not much in that list that I want, except maybe the Fela Kuti
― van smack, Friday, 25 March 2011 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I want the Big Star record and would like to know more about what that Bad Brains single is, cuz afaik the original version has never been repressed.
― sleeve, Friday, 25 March 2011 05:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Was kinda interested in the Grateful Dead 1st album mono reissue, but too expensive even with a discount.
What's the difference between the two Black Angels releases? I just woke up from a long nap, but it sounds like they're both the same material?
― GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 25 March 2011 05:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Audio Fidelity, the US company that remastered Kate’s Hounds of Love album last year (in a popular gatefold vinyl edition) is releasing a limited edition 4-track 10″ vinyl Hounds of Love EP, with tracks chosen by Kate, on April 16th. Pressed on pink vinyl, Side 1 features The Big Sky and Cloudbusting and Side 2 features Watching You Without Me and Jig of Life. Audio Fidelity tell me that Kate also personally selected the cover art. Click on the image to go to the Audio Fidelity site for more info. This release is to coincide with Record Store Day 2011. Support your local independent record shop!
― Mark G, Friday, 25 March 2011 10:41 (thirteen years ago) link
also:
In 1979, the Bad Brains left for New York City. In December, the band recorded a debut 45 on their own label ("Pay To Cum" b/w "Stay Close To Me"), which was later included on the widely distributed Let Them Eat Jellybeans compilation LP. The first pressing of the "Pay To Cum" 7in. lists two separate Maryland addresses (one on the label, a different "Fan Club" address on the sleeve) indicating that the ties to DC weren't completely severed. The band would later repress the single in New York City and issue it without a picture sleeve (red & tan labels instead of the brown & white of the first pressing).
― Mark G, Friday, 25 March 2011 10:45 (thirteen years ago) link
ARP then the queen 7" then the GaGa 12"
last year I found that getting your list sorted the day before, then splitting up with a few friends to cover different shops was the best way.
It was packed in Rough Trade, so you were better grabbing and going. not really the place for umming & ahhing.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 25 March 2011 11:08 (thirteen years ago) link
any clue on how much the flaming lips box set is gonna cost?
― Night Nurse with Wound (Jack Battery-Pack), Friday, 25 March 2011 11:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Apparently the set(s) will cost around €125
There's a col vinyl version going to be available on their own website.
― Mark G, Friday, 25 March 2011 11:46 (thirteen years ago) link
damn, how did i not recognize "behind the mask" on michael??
― blank, Friday, 25 March 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i would love a copy of that shuggie otis; the boot repress that's out these days sounds terrible.
― blank, Friday, 25 March 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i REALLY want the big star!!!! how do i get it??
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 25 March 2011 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
any idea what happened to the clear vinyl version of Tomboy or the 45RPM version of Rumours?
― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Friday, 25 March 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
found some sites that have preorders for rumours but 45bux is not worth it imo
― diamonddave85, Friday, 25 March 2011 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm thinking that next year i will sign up for this and get as much stuff as i can and be closed all day and spend my record store day putting all this stuff up on ebay.
i've never actually SEEN any RSD stuff. i've never gone to a store that participated.
― scott seward, Friday, 25 March 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I near swear my local record shop just HAD their Nat'l Record Day back in October... anyone know what other events could've possibly of happened? I didn't actually attend the thing, hence why I'm not so sure it was NRD.
― Radical Adults Lick Based God Style (kelpolaris), Friday, 25 March 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
We've still got crap left over from last year. Just finally sold the last couple of Doors mono LPs.
― GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 March 2011 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
wait, you work in a record store now? i did not know that...
― scott seward, Saturday, 26 March 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
kelpolaris, there was an exxxxtra 'black friday' record store day promotion this year. our store did not participate.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 26 March 2011 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, past six months or so. It's pretty cool!
― GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 27 March 2011 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link