No Record Store Day thread? Did we all skip it? (RR)
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I went hiking in the Antelope Valley instead of grinding it out. If I had gone out, I would have checked this:
You can read up on it here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2065866473693425/?active_tab=about
But the most important thing is this claim therein:
"Come see the GREATEST Collection of Records ever accumulated by one person – it’s the best we’ve ever seen!!!"
Did any strutters go??
I did my thing for the kulcha by buying a copy of this solid new LP by a local Hamilton band, haolin munk. It's like prog-jazz (reminds me of Miles 70s electric at times) but there's a vocal space opera thing going on too with teh rapping and singing. Not for everyone, but I'm well into it.
https://haolinmunk.bandcamp.com/album/planestasia-suite
The cover art is so solid to me.
I'm constantly buying records, sooo...
I do support RSD, as it is overall a positive thing (that has skewed negative the past few years), but I'm not always into fighting the crowds and I'm definitely not a "wait 12 hours on the street the night before" guy.
I was out of town this year, but did manage to pick up a few titles (used/non-RSD) at a couple of stores in Valpraiso, Indiana (which wants me, apparently, but I can't go back there).
GJ
I do support RSD, as it is overall a positive thing (that has skewed negative the past few years), but I'm not always into fighting the crowds and I'm definitely not a "wait 12 hours on the street the night before" guy.
I was out of town this year, but did manage to pick up a few titles (used/non-RSD) at a couple of stores in Valpraiso, Indiana (which wants me, apparently, but I can't go back there).
GJ
I had a record epiphany. I wasn't just buying records to be cool. I wasn't flipping rares for cash. I just wanted to hear the music. The problem that I had with this idea of being a DJ and spinning rares was that it's essentially a rich man's game. For a non wealthy person I have spent thousands of dollars on records. I stopped heavy record buying about 5 years ago. Sold a lot of my records because of a move, and I personally feel much better with less records. I still got a storage I need to purge. The records left, but my appreciation for the music is still there. Record Store Day is a gimmick to keep an interest in buying Vinyl. God bless it. I just personally need to use what little money I have towards better decisions.
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For me, every day but record store day is record store day. I steer clear. Too crowded, never anything I'm after really either.
I took a 20km walk in the countryside and did not think of records.
I took a 20km walk in the countryside and did not think of records.
i'm in portland and just spend a while in music millennium - wow. great shop. picked up this david crosby things from last year. listening to it on a wonky record player (a bit slow, i think) and it's great.
https://www.discogs.com/David-CrosbyLighthouse-Band-The-David-Crosby-And-The-Lighthouse-Band-Record-Store-Day-10th-Anniversa/release/10176185
the croz rides again and again!
https://www.discogs.com/David-CrosbyLighthouse-Band-The-David-Crosby-And-The-Lighthouse-Band-Record-Store-Day-10th-Anniversa/release/10176185
the croz rides again and again!
I was in Japan for RSD and over there it's a month long affair. Supposed RSD titles being released 3 weeks prior and events happening all over the place. Checked the list of releases, wanted two things but didn't end up getting anything. Ambivalent about the whole thing, major labels are clogging up the presses to release garbage collectibles of major artists - then on the other hand you do get the odd really good release. Let it live and die!
I went to A store on RSD (every day is RSD) because he gassed me up with pics of stuff he was putting out. Then it was priced too high vs shape, so I bought very little. I don't like going to certain stores on RSD because it's chudmongering beardos and guys/girls clogging up the store buying nothing celebrating vinyls.
Never got into RSD. Waiting in line at 8 AM on a Saturday for John Cougar Mellencamp reissues? No thanks.
Double Decker in Allentown , PA saves up all his crazy raers for a few months and unleashes them on RSD. Tempting, but still don't want to go elbow to elbow with some cork sniffer.
Auctionsniper is my friend.
Double Decker in Allentown , PA saves up all his crazy raers for a few months and unleashes them on RSD. Tempting, but still don't want to go elbow to elbow with some cork sniffer.
Auctionsniper is my friend.
I think the target audience for RSD are people who want to own or flip raer stuff. I do have a lot of vinyl but it's because I want to listen to it myself, or cop licks from it. The format (for me) is irrelevant, I guess, and I have all of it on mp3 now anyway. I do understand the difference in sound quality but I don't have the time, money or space to get into high-end audio. Now THAT is a rich man's game, ferrealio.
There was a golf pro my dad knew and he had about 20+ Gee's worth of kit (Sterlings!) in a room setup just for all this and had concrete done and all that palaver. Did it sound any good though? YES IT FUCKING DID. It made me initially want to go home and bin my kit, but then we gots to talking and he said nothing sounded better to him than hearing people actually sing and play instruments live in front of him, which is what I've always been into doing the most, so the take-home for me, eventually, was "Guitars > stereos".
(BTW I still suck at t3h Musics but it's been much less expensive).
There was a golf pro my dad knew and he had about 20+ Gee's worth of kit (Sterlings!) in a room setup just for all this and had concrete done and all that palaver. Did it sound any good though? YES IT FUCKING DID. It made me initially want to go home and bin my kit, but then we gots to talking and he said nothing sounded better to him than hearing people actually sing and play instruments live in front of him, which is what I've always been into doing the most, so the take-home for me, eventually, was "Guitars > stereos".
(BTW I still suck at t3h Musics but it's been much less expensive).
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