Record Store Day

[Kublakhan61]

It's today! Did you go? What'd you get?

I lined up at Other Music (NYC) at 9am for an 11am opening. Line was around the block by 10 and it was still backed way up at Noon.

I was able to pick up:

Pavement - Quarantine the Past (Alt-art and Alt-track listing)
MGMT - 12" Single w/B-side etching
Fela Kuti and His Africa 70 - Live '69
Beastie Boys - Mystery 12" (Blank cover/Blank Label - What's on here??)
The Fall - Bury/2+4! 7"
Dum Dum Girls/Male Bonding - Split 7"
Happy Birthday - Shampoo/Alien 7"

All vinyl is released for one day only in very limited quantities, usually a max pressing of 3000 nationwide, with some pressing being as few as 300 nationwide.

Did you go??

[Chigworthy]

I gave up on the indy store that I spent so much money on in my youth. Now I do all my shopping at eMusic. I sold out, maaaaaaan.

[Death Metal Moe]

Why would I want vinyl anymore? I don't even own a record player.

I'll support artists by buying their stuff, but vinyl blows.

[paulisded]

Why would I want vinyl anymore? I don't even own a record player.

I'll support artists by buying their stuff, but vinyl blows.

Record store day is not just vinyl.

[Jughead]

scotts music blog:wub:

[spoon]

no

[Devo37]

Vinyl is dead. The Compact Disc is the format of the future!

[spoon]

Vinyl is dead. The Compact Disc is the format of the future!



they are so small, they're called compact

how can they fail?

[Death Metal Moe]

Record store day is not just vinyl.

I honestly thought it was because every mention about this day was accompanied by some asshole ranting about vinyl.

[Barnaby Jones]

Record stores smell and are full of weirdos! I don't miss 'em!

[Space Edge]

I would have participated but the nearest record store is about 90 miles away.

[mikeyboy]

they are so small, they're called compact

how can they fail?

The minidisc is smaller.

[PapaBear]

CD's my ass. Everyone's going to be using DAT soon.

[spoon]

The minidisc is smaller.

here's a guy who knows small

boom

[ecobag2]

I prefer big huge boxes of the stuff for free after finding people willing to donate to me on the interweb

[keithy_19]

I went to a record store today, but didn't buy anything. I don't have a record player though I'm looking into getting one. Just for the hell of it, more than anything else.

[Kublakhan61]

Whatever.

[frye hole]

CD's my ass. Everyone's going to be using DAT soon.

http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/09/17/1253204912-reel2reel.jpg

[Chigworthy]

Whatever.

You didn't really want it any other way, did you?

[danner1515]

I would have participated but the nearest record store is about 90 miles away.

Same here. I was considering driving to Atlanta for it, but I wound up fixing my lawnmower yesterday instead.

[realmenhatelife]

I miss record stores.

[Barnaby Jones]

I miss record stores.

Do you miss stagecoach stores, too? Live in the now, sir!

[Kublakhan61]

Vinyl is the now. Vinyl is forever.

[Barnaby Jones]

I've got some wax cylinders I'll sell to you!

[furie]

i went, but didn't find anything that i liked. so i bought nothing.

[realmenhatelife]

Do you miss stagecoach stores, too? Live in the now, sir!

Actually I'll bet a stagecoach store was fun.


By record store I don't mean a store that just sells vinyl records, but a corporeal retail outlet that primarily sells music. I miss that option when I'm bored and want to get out of the house. Flipping through a bunch of CDs, picking something up you never heard of because it looked interesting, swinging by on Tuesday because you were waiting for something to come out and taking the long way home so you didn't have to turn it off.

[Barnaby Jones]

Times simply change! I think we should embrace progress! So much more music is available now to us than ever before!

[realmenhatelife]

Times simply change! I think we should embrace progress! So much more music is available now to us than ever before!

I was using the internet to find new music while I was still a very frequent record store visitor. The internet wouldn't be harmed by the proliferation of record stores, but the opposite probably isn't true. It is hard to say which is more valuable, the record store experience or the ability for anybody to digitally distribute themselves. For me it depends on the day you're asking me. I never had a problem getting exposed to new bands, though, so my experience could be much different than some peoples.