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Record Store Day

If the releases on this RSD are like ones from previous years, you'll be able to buy nearly all of them online for retail or less within six months. The demand for these is incredibly short-lived.
 
Just got done listening to the Pearl Sessions. Very, very nice. I didn't know what to expect and thought the cost was a little high. After first listen, I'm thinking it was a great value. I need to get it on reel right away.

Didn't get the Pearl 180 g issue.
 
Went downtown to Phono Select. Maybe 40 folks mulling about, mostly young. I went through the small Jazz section, some decent selections, but $25 per is a bit out of my price range. They had some boxes outside, mostly filled with Ray Conniff and the like, $1 ea. One caught my eye, a Jazz vocalist I'd never heard of (Nancy Harrow) but was intriguing enough to risk a whole dollar on. :-) Nat Hentoff wrote the liner notes, always a good sign.

Will listen this evening. Scott Yannow gives it a pretty good review.

This set (originally released by Japanese EmArcy but thus far only made available domestically on an Inner City LP) is a set of exquisite duets by singer Nancy Harrow and her longtime guitarist Jack Wilkins. The music should appeal both to jazz vocalist and cabaret collectors, for Harrow's improvisations are quite subtle. She shows great respect for both melody and lyrics and performs mostly older material, such as "Just One of Those Things," "I've Got a Crush On You" and "Easy Living"; the occasional exceptions include Bob Marley's "Is This Love." Wilkins supports Harrow's voice quite sympathetically and has some short solos on the rather brief (all but one of the dozen songs are under three minutes) but satisfying interpretations.
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I got the Lee Hazelwood double LP at Groovin' High here in Chicago. It was pretty much all that was left but thankfully, the only thing I really wanted. There is so much out now that i want more than the rest of the RSD releases that I'll save my money for a less crazy and crowded day.
 
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Grabbed some exclusive vinyl releases at Record Store Day.

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First I stopped at the shop off Broadway. They only had a few albums available as they are primarily a used shop. However, this is where I made all of my purchases because my area's main store off Colfax was a zoo. If the fire department saw how many people were packed into that store they'd shut it down. Incredible selection but easily a 2-3 hour check-out line. It was incredible to see how much people still LOVE their wax.

The only records I was unable to snag were Death Cab, Grateful Dead, Minus the Bear, Gorillaz, and Foster the Ppl. I had a few of them in hand but just didn't want to wait in that line.
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I went to my local Euclid's (New Orleans) and had a great time.....and spent $225. Of course, there was a line of people outside
the door! They were letting people in five at a time. The place was VERY BUSY. Got me some nice stuff....good haul. Good times!!!!!

I guess it would be nice to include what I got!!!

311: Music (2 LP)
Explosions in the Sky: The Earth is Not a Cold Dark Place
Radiohead: Pyramid Song
Radiohead: The King of Limbs
Public Image Ltd.: The Flowers of Romance
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Mother's Milk
Bauhaus: Burning from the Inside
Christian Death: Only Theater of Pain
Dead Can Dance: S/T
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Machine (10")

Always nice to go with a nice assortment.

All sealed copies.
 
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Getz/Gilberto
Suitcase full of Blues
Herb Albert Tijuana brass* volume 2
Count Basie & the Mills Brothers The Board do Directors
Music from Mr. Lucky by Henry Mancini
 
I bought The T Rex 7" singles set, the Stax set and The Clash London Calling 7".

I hit End of An Ear first and lots of stuff seemed sold out. Or it was too packed to find anything. Waterloo still had what bought at 1:15 or so.

If I'd seen Thievery Corporation, The Cure, Bowie or Morrissey - I would have snagged 'em.
 
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The most sought after album of the day was definitely the Phish Junta "Pollock Version" 3 LP. Those phish fans are nuts about having complete collections.
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My store had one copy of each, I was first in line and got the Pollock! I also picked up Graceland, El Camino, Devo, Grateful Dead, Social D, and Live Wood! I'd say it was a pretty good RSD2k12!!

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Went to another store, got the Luna Rendevous LP. They were a college-years favorite of mine, so I bought it for nostalgia since I don't think much of their catalogue was released on LP.

The real wound to my wallet came when I started looking around the other bins. 10 albums and 2 CDs later I walked out the door. But I finally got Slowdive's "Just for a Day" on vinyl, which I've been wanting for nearly 20 years.
 
I went to Houston, TX today. I went to Black Dog Records, Cactus Records, and Half Price Books.

At Black Dog they were handing out free beers to customers, probably about 10 -15 people in the smaller shop. I bought a CCR 2 lp set, Tool - Sober (sealed), & The Exploited - pic disc.

Around the block at Cactus Records, there was live entertainment and free beer plus a ton of people, 50 -100. I bought the new 5 Finger Death Punch LP, The Civil Wars EP, and a used Poise Norie LP from the early 90's.

Spent about $100 at the two shops.

Next stop Half Price Books. Picked up about 20 LP's and 12" singles. They loaded the clearance bin today with some good stuff from $0.50. With a 15% coupon my total was $46.00.

So I had a good RSD!
 
I've been listening to my purchases all even so I guess it wasn't a waste at all. I really really like this Lee Hazelwood LP. Probably the best cover of all time (I'd post it but its NSFW- Lee in a suit, surrounded by a half circle of seated naked women, who all have mustaches like his).
 
I scored the new "Entreat Plus" by the Cure too, live version of Disintegration in its entirety!

I wasn't able to get the Alexisonfire 10" 'Math sheet demos' though. Probably will find it on fleabay for 4x the price

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As I posted on another thread...
Ok, we got into NYC around noon, had great fun walking around the LES on a sunny day, with a list of a dozen record shops, stopping for all sorts of food, flea markets, window shopping, listening to live bands in two of the record shops, and buying some music. It was a great excuse for a trip into the city.
I wish we knew more about the newer bands, I'm sure we left some great music in the bins that we didn't know about.
We did get,
James Brown Live at the Apollo, 7", previously unreleased
Bill Evans Live at the Top of the Gate Selections, 10"
Brubeck Octet, 10"
Mayer Hawthorne and the Country, red vinyl heart shaped disk
Janis Joplin The Pearl Sessions Highlights, double 10"
Janis Joplin, Pearl, remastered, 180g
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Lick My Decals Off Baby, 180g
Patti Smith, Horses, remastered
Branford Marsalis Quartet, Four MFs Playin' Tunes, 180g double LP
Mingus at Antibes, not a RSD vinyl, but I love Mingus, and know Ted Curson, and had to get it so he could sign it!
Talk Talk Live at Montreaux, The Color of Spring, 12" color vinyl, Japanese edition!
Fleetwood Mac 45 rpm 180g 2 lp set
Eden & John's East River String Band, Drunken Barrel House Blues, not a RSD release, 12" vinyl, with Robt. Crumb cover art!
And my sister's husband has a birthday on the 24th, so to go along with the 4 string Harmony Banjo I had restored for his birthday, we grabbed some used vinyl,
The Carter Family, Gold Watch and Chain, from the Anthology of Country Music series
The Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival, 2 LP set from Martha White's Bluegrass Caravan
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs (RIP) and the Foggy Bottom Boys,, Country Music
We heard a few stories about crowds outside Kim's lining up at 8 a.m., and there was a line, albeit a fast- moving one, outside Other Music on 4th Street even in the late afternoon.
 
I was at work most of the day yesterday, but was able to buy one album locally. Three discs for the price of one! I'd like to have bought the "new" Cure album, but they didn't have it at Waterloo by the time I got there.
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Well, turns out I lucked out, which is really rare. While at the register paying, one of the employees took my albums and put them into a blue "Record Store Day 2012" bag. Last year we got one from another shop about a week after the sale day. It was nice to carry the albums in. Once I got home and pulled out the albums, I notice stuff at the bottom....5 CD's, a store sticker and a check list with stickers for a few albums. They had annouced outside of the store that the first 50 folks to buy anything would get a goody grab bag. Somehow, I got one and I ws no where near number 50. Maybe 100.....

Anyway,I got the Breakfast Club soundtrack on "Dandruff" white vinyl. Sounds pretty nice. Also Metallica "Beyond Magnetic" on silver vinyl. Very nice. Also listened to The Knack "Live in Los Angeles: 1978 on orange splatter vinyl. Very nice sounding record. Finally last night going to bed, I listened to Lou Reed - "Transformer". This bested my R2R copy, but only because that one is pretty worn-out. To bad I work today, I have so much more to listen to.
 

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Our record store did the same thing....four CD samplers, a 7" record, and a RSD pin. Pretty nice swag. :thmbsp: Don't know how many folks got all the goodies but I was #24 in line. There were only about 40 folks in line by the time they opened the doors.

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Great to hear everyone got the RSD releases they wanted! I picked up the "Little Richard" and "Brubeck 10" both on red vinyl.

Also bought a nice used 1st pressing of Buffalo Springfield's debut. The store I was at was really hopping with happy record buyers......I got there a couple hours after the mad rush.

The owner, who was the only person on hand, said that he had about 40-50 people in his store upon opening. He managed to keep the buying frenzy under control during the first hour, but said he was a little overwhelmed with the size of the crowd in his small shop. Biggest RSD turnout at his store to date he claims.
 
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