this event grows every year. there's some good, some bad, some ridiculous. a lot of reissues and "first time on vinyl" releases. some bands/labels pressed 5,000 copies, others pressed 500 or less.

will mostly likely try to snag the Built To Spill 7"!

comprehensive list here (although more may be added as the date approaches)

http://www.recordstoreday.com/Page/836

i'll probably go again but most of the good stuff will be gone by the time i get there.

Half of the stores they have listed for Nebraska are no longer open, most of the rest sell used music and have small vinyl selections.
Thus I won't be partaking in this.

I've gone to this a couple of times now at Criminal Records. It's a great thing for independent Record stores for sure and I'm glad it continues to grow. That said, I've never left it thinking I got some sort of deal for going to it. No big sale. They might have some overstock stuff out or some rare items.

I support them as much as I can but I can't see much incentive to go other than to see a couple of bands.

Still, some pretty good stuff on that list.

For sure there is.

We should meet up for lunch that day, go pick up that Truckers single and then maybe shoot up some drain cleaner.

this year again i'll be at Coachella. they actually have a record store set up with cd's, vinyl, shirts, merch. as cool as it is, i kind of miss going to my local store (http://www.radio-active-records.blogspot.com) and supporting them on that day. i've pre-ordered a few bits from them to support this year.

wha...

Yeah, that makes this whole deal worth it.

Nashville's last year was a clusterfuck with Avett Bros playing outside Grimey's. I'll probably avoid it.

If bands were smart, they would plan for their new album to conveniently drop the Tuesday before this event.

My local record store always seems to get the swag days/weeks after the fact, & dribbles it out to customers after they've pawed through it.

I like the idea, but I wish it wasn't so focused on collector items.

more hype/info from a major label:


Burbank, CA – Warner Bros. Records has announced that it will make a series of vinyl albums and singles available on April 17th exclusively in honor of Record Store Day — a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally.

These very special exclusive releases are as follows:

The Flaming Lips and Stardeath And White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins And Peaches: Dark Side of the Moon (Warner Bros. Records)
The Flaming Lips, have teamed up with their Oklahoma City brethren, Stardeath And White Dwarfs to record their own unique take of Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic album The Dark Side Of The Moon, under the title of The Flaming Lips and Stardeath And White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins And Peaches. The collaborative project was recorded after several weeks of both bands touring the world together and mutually citing Pink Floyd as one of their favorite bands of all time and The Dark Side Of the Moon as one of their primary influences. Vinyl package marks the first physical exclusive release of this special collaboration.

Devo: Duty Now For The Future (Warner Bros. Records)
Devo’s second album, captures the group in the midst of a significant stylistic shift, finding them bringing the keyboards that were used as punctuation on their earlier material into the forefront, adding a new level of irony to their “little minds through big technology” philosophy. Remastered and restored from the original analog tapes by Bernie Grundman Mastering on regular-weight, 140-gram color vinyl.

Mastodon: Blood Mountain (Reprise Records)
Mastodon’s third album and their first for Reprise Records, Blood Mountain isn’t just unconventional, it’s surreal, progressive and unrepentantly heavy. Instead of writing songs for rock radio, Mastodon drew inspiration from within, combining their favorite musical styles, including thrash, doom, prog and psychedelic metal to concoct something utterly original, undeniably devastating and irrefutably entrancing. Released in two editions: one single regular-weight 140-gram colored vinyl disc in a mixed batch of three colors; deluxe edition features two heavyweight, 180-gram black vinyl 45 RPM discs.

Wilco: Kicking Television (Nonesuch Records)
Kicking Television–Live in Chicago, recorded over four nights in May 2005 at The Vic Theatre. “It’s really the best it’s ever felt,” Jeff Tweedy told the Detroit Free Press earlier this year. “I would say at this point, I don’t think I’ve ever been in a band that’s felt this connected and unified with this collective vision.” To document that collective vision that band called upon veteran mixing engineer Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews, Johnny Cash) to capture the energy, excitement, clarity and musicality that has earned Wilco continued praise for their live shows around the world. This deluxe vinyl package features four heavyweight (180g) black vinyl discs in poly-lined sleeves, pressed at Pallas. Disc 4 features 8 previously unreleased tracks.

The Velvet Underground: Live 1969, Vol. 1 & 2 (Original Recordings Group)
In 1969, The Velvet Underground toured the United States and Canada, playing over 70 dates. While many of the shows were recorded in part or whole by their new and growing fan base with the handheld consumer equipment of the day, two of the shows were recorded in decent quality.

The first being a live performance, at the End of Cole Ave. Club in Dallas, Texas in October. This show was recorded on tape by a fan who that an engineer and brought his own equipment. The second show to be recorded happened the following month in November, at The Matrix in San Francisco. The first release of The Velvet Underground Live 1969, came out on Mercury Records in September, 1974. Remastered and restored for the first time for vinyl in more than 20 years by Bernie Grundman Mastering on heavy-weight, 180-gram vinyl.

Sonic Youth: EVOL (Original Recordings Group)
EVOL is the third studio album from Sonic Youth, originally released in 1986
on SST Records. The album is notable for being the first with new drummer Steve Shelley, replacing Bob Bert, and for showing signs of the band transitioning away from their noise-rock past and toward a greater rock sensibility. The record marks the second album for the band in which it had worked with New York singer/performance artist Lydia Lunch. Remastered and restored for the first time for vinyl in over 20 years by John Golden at Golden Mastering, pressed at RTI on heavyweight (180 gram) pink vinyl.

Sonic Youth: Confusion is Sex (Original Recordings Group)
Confusion Is Sex, the debut album from Sonic Youth, was originally released in 1983 on Glenn Branca’s label Neutral Records label. In 1995, it was reissued on CD from DGC Records, with the extra tracks from the Kill Your Idols EP. Confusion Is Sex remains one of the most important and influential records to emerge from the American No Wave, post-punk scene which thrived through the late 1970s and early 1980s in the lower east side of New York, with bands like The Contortions, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Mars, and DNA. Remastered and restored for the first time for vinyl in over 20 years by John Golden at Golden Mastering, pressed at RTI on heavyweight (180 gram) white vinyl.

Warner Bros. Records is proud to present our newest signing, EVEREST, just in time for Record Store Day. EVEREST formed in Los Angeles in 2007, and is comprised of Russell Pollard (vocals, guitar, drums, lyricist), Jason Soda (guitar, keys, vocals), Joel Graves (guitar, keys, vocals), Elijah Thomson (bass, vocals) and Davey Latter (drums, percussion). Their 2008 debut, Ghost Notes, drew strong critical marks and comparisons to primo Topanga Canyon, California country rock. However, none of this quite prepares one for their WB debut album, On Approach, available May 11, 2010, which finds the group in a full-tilt creative charge.

Warner Bros. Records will also release the following vinyl singles on April 17th exclusively for National Record Store Day:

Everest: Let Go (from the forthcoming LP) b/w By The Morning (previously unreleased) 7”
Black Keys: “Tighten Up” b/w “Howlin’ For You” 12”
Against Me!: “I Was A Teenage Anarchist” (Album version) b/w “I Was A Teenage Anarchist” (Acoustic Version) 7”
Built To Spill: “Water Sleepers” b/w “Linus and Lucy Live” 7”
Devo: “Fresh” b/w “What We Do” 12’
Tegan And Sara: “Alligator,” “Hell” b/w “The Cure,” “On Direction” (All AOL Sessions Versions) 7”
Deftones: “Rocket Skates” (Album Version) b/w “Rocket Skates” (MB3 Remix)
Muse: Exogenesis Symphony (Parts 1-3) 12”

With the closest indy record store a good 4 hour drive away, can any obners hook me up with their local store. Canadian stores will be prefered. I need the Devo 12" (Fresh), the Elvis Costello 7" and the Sonic Youth compilation, if possible! email to marlsj@yahoo.com!

tomorrow!

Sweet! I have a gift certificate to blow. If I can find the time, I will be heading to "Everybody's Records" tomorrow.

i just got back from a midnight opening. a lot was sold out by the time i made it to the counter, but i still managed to come away with some goodies.

hopefully some 7"s!
put 'em in the oven and melt 'em into ashtrays!

I'm going to be a rebel and buy something from iTunes.

Man I am so punk rock

My local record store didn't get in the Drive-By Truckers single. If any of you kind Obnerians see an extra copy please pick one up for me! I would be eternally grateful!

Stopped by my local favorite record store


Picked up the 7" by Built to Spill and DBT, as well as one from Daptone featuring Sharon Jones and the Budos Band, and a new one from Ted Leo. Also picked up vinyl LPs of JSBX, Voxtrot, and Nada Surf along with a few other CDS. Would've gotten more, but it was packed and you could barely move through there. Apparently the line was 200+ just waiting for the doors to open this morning. Good for business though.

It was pretty much cleaned out by the time I got there. Did get to meet Angie Stone, though. DBT single was not in stock when I got there, so hopefully my contacts elsewhere in the country picked it up. I think the only RSD release I got was the David Bazan live cd.

this is the brand new single from Blur, released only in the UK for Record Store Day:

disappointed. a bunch of posers and collector scum had taken most of the stuff before I got there at 10am. didn't get the built to spill 7". all the freebies were shitty major label samplers.

sad face.

here's the Built To Spill

http://www.mediafire.com/?qqeozmmnyjt