Happy Record Store Day


Hope everyone had a chance to visit their closest brick & mortar record store today?

I scored BIG TIME and RSD just gets better and better every year. Pre-store opening crowds were at least twice as much as last year.

Also the customers and employees really seem to enjoy the excitement. No pushing or shoving and everyone was trying to help everyone else find what they were looking for. Real camaraderie.

The Emerson Lake & Palmer box set is SWEET!!! Their first (5) LPs on picture disc. It's really cool.

LONG LIVE VINYL...VINYL RULES!!!
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Showing 2 responses by actusreus

As much as I rejoice at the very sound of this phrase, I am embarrassed to admit I have no clear idea what RSD actually is. I went to my local record store to take advantage of the 20% off of used records this weekend and there was about 1.5 hr wait for the register so I left shaking my head. I doubt people were waiting that long to get a buck or two off a record, and I saw nothing that extraordinary to explain the line so I'm confused. I don't quite understand why people would wait for one day in the year to get something or release something. What am I missing?
Mrmitch
I support 3 different record stores in NJ all year round... So yes, by all means get out and go to RSD, but also going there at other times will do far more to support brick and mortar vinyl/CD stores.

Exactly. I buy used vinyl exclusively at my local record store that I frequent about twice a week. Of course I like the idea of RSD just because it has the word "record" in it, but let's be realistic here who and how local record stores are supported and kept in business. I still don't get the idea of RSD even after visiting its website. So once a year there is an effort to do something worth hauling your ass to your local record store? Wow. What about the other 364 days? Where are those people who line up for some one-off release the week after and the next? I guess it's back to us, those who actually care about records in general, not a super duper exclusive release. There is so much more that could be done to promote vinyl, starting with artists insisting on their work being released on flat, high quality vinyl with sound that is not destroyed by compression or over-production. Throw in an exclusive vinyl track, and you have a true vinyl celebration I'll stand in line for.