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This Saturday, 4/18, is Record Store day. In this age of iTunes, Amazon, and free illegal downloads of everything available before albums even come out, it's hard to really appreciate, but some of the older ones among us spent much of our formative years hanging out at the record stores, discussing old Duke/Peacock or Chess sides with the clerks, perusing used record stacks one by one, and catching great free live performances by various lesser-known bands.
So this Saturday will be a big party at the nation's independent record stores. Lots of in-store performances: www.recordstoreday.com/InStore
Highlights include limited releases from current and former Bonnaroo artists: Ben Harper, Booker T, Bruce, Derek Trucks, Elvis Costello, Flaming Lips, Iron and Wine, MMJ, Radiohead, Wilco, and many, many more.
Come Celebrate Record Store Day with Grimey's! Next Saturday, April 18th, 10AM-8PM
LIVE MUSIC all day long: The Avett Brothers • Stardeath & White Dwarfs Michigan City Vandals • DeRobert & The Half-Truths Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears • Charlie Louvin Del McCoury • Royal Bangs • The Ettes • Mute Math
DVD Screening in the Basement: The new Wilco DVD, Ashes of American Flags
Come Celebrate Record Store Day with Grimey's! Next Saturday, April 18th, 10AM-8PM
LIVE MUSIC all day long: The Avett Brothers • Stardeath & White Dwarfs Michigan City Vandals • DeRobert & The Half-Truths Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears • Charlie Louvin Del McCoury • Royal Bangs • The Ettes • Mute Math
DVD Screening in the Basement: The new Wilco DVD, Ashes of American Flags
Wow, very jealous of you Nashvillians. Don't sleep on that Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears set. Those guys are incredible, high-energy raw James Brown-style soul.
I'll be in DC that day... didn't see any in-store performances listed, but anybody got any good music store recommendations in DC?
Post by rooconteur on Apr 13, 2009 13:29:40 GMT -5
i will be celebrating by waking up early to go to the orpheum box office for phish/fenway tix. then hoppin on the train out to worcester to see the dead. sorry record stores. i used to love you, but itunes are cheaper and can't get scratched, lost, or borrowed and not returned. and i can buy them in my pajamas while eating some corn. and the are now all available drm free at 256 kbps. wow, this turned into a shameless itunes plug. sorry. i still love the local record stores, just don't have the time get to them anymore. and i am really bad at taking care of cd's.
I am terrible at this too. But there is something special about bringing a CD or record back from the store, unwrapping it, holding the case/sleeve in your hands, putting it in the player, reading through the liner notes, learning about all the musicians and music on the album. Just a more complete experience. It does all take time, but it's time well spent.
I still use iTunes (well, Amazon, usually, or other sources) when I really need to have a particular track right now. That's a convenience I'd never want to give up.
But there is something special about bringing a CD or record back from the store, unwrapping it, holding the case/sleeve in your hands, putting it in the player, reading through the liner notes, learning about all the musicians and music on the album. Just a more complete experience. It does all take time, but it's time well spent.
I couldn't have said that better! Amen and Karma!
The only downloads I have are live shows from mule.net and archive.org. If a new CD comes out that I want I will buy it, rip it to computer, convert it to mp3, save it to the external hard drive and add it to the mp3 player.
Oh, and a little Obsessive confession.... All of my CDs are on CD shelves in alphabetical order. I can tell by glancing at the shelf if a CD is missing.
Come Celebrate Record Store Day with Grimey's! Next Saturday, April 18th, 10AM-8PM
LIVE MUSIC all day long: The Avett Brothers • Stardeath & White Dwarfs Michigan City Vandals • DeRobert & The Half-Truths Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears • Charlie Louvin Del McCoury • Royal Bangs • The Ettes • Mute Math
DVD Screening in the Basement: The new Wilco DVD, Ashes of American Flags
That's... hold on, let me crunch some numbers... let's see... roughly 1,000,000 times better than what being offered at all of the Baltimore-area stores combined. Here's what's going on in this supposedly hip town: MOPAR MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS, Youth Group, Verse for Verse, Underground Nation, Blast The Stereo, Herd of Main Street, Eureka Birds, Whistling Charlie.
That's disappointing, but far be it from me to NOT appreciate independent record stores. They do so much more good. They keep me going. Hence the newly appropriated Tom Waits quote in my sig. ;D
Post by candyflippedaround on Apr 14, 2009 21:03:59 GMT -5
for awhile 90% percent of the music i had on my CPU was ripped from cds i bought. not so much anymore, but i have started to buy vinyl now to try to balance that out more. i cant get into paying for itunes songs though because i dont have anyway to back that all up right now i really am not gonna pay for something that could be lost so easily.
Agreed! I'm going to try to catch a Bill Callahan performance at Soundgarden in Baltimore on Thursday.
He's playing here at 9PM on Saturday at Other Music on East4th... I called and the guy said the store is tiny/capacity is no more than 100 and they expect people to start to line up really early...hmmmm
This is what Plan 9 is going to give out Saturday. Im sure this looks alot like anyother town. SONY Full Length 12" LP sampler* LIGHT IN THE ATTIC CD sampler UNIVERSAL various artists 12" LP sampler DECIBEL MAGAZINE/RED METAL CD sampler SECRETELY CANADIAN various artists CD sampler SONY various artists urban CD sampler EAGLE ROCK CD sampler SMC various artists CD sampler ZEE AVI CD sampler LOST HIGHWAY & friends CD sampler ANTI-FLAG label sampler BARCELONA/PAPER ROUTE 7" vinyl BONDED Label CD sampler VALENCIA B-side EP ANTI t-shirts MERGE 20th Anniversary CD sampler DEF JAM turntable mats P IS FOR PANDA various artists CD sampler BEASTIE BOYS turntable mats EMM various artists CD sampler BEATLES lithograph* UNIVERSAL classic artist iron-on SARGENT HOUSE CD sampler UNIVERSAL MOTOWN CD sampler ASHER ROTH plastic cups HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD 7" vinyl single KINGS OF LEON 7" vinyl single* BLACK GOLD 7" vinyl single DEATH ROW RECORDS CD sampler BLACK HISTORY MONTH calendars FRONTIER RECORDS stickers FAT POSSUM CD sampler ORCHARD CD sampler ROUNDER RECORDS CD sampler (*denotes a free gift with purchase)
Instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
Went to mine and got some kick ass free posters. I wanted to buy the new Wilco DVD but they only got in 3 and they were all gone. Gorgeous day for it today.
Post by GratefulHippie on Apr 18, 2009 12:30:29 GMT -5
for me, i prefer vinyl. unfortunately it's much more expensive, and harder to throw onto an ipod and transport it with you. about once or twice a month i try to stop by waterloo records here in austin to search through all the vinyl. i spend a lot of time at half price books, too. their used vinyl usually has a gem or 3 waiting to be found.
there's just something about listening to music the way it was originally heard. i have my mom's original copy of abbey road that is one of my most prized possessions.
Done. No Jesus Lizard singles box ( ) but I did score the Lips/Keys split and the Whiskeytown 7" as well as the MMJ 2x10". ( Oh and I got that Wilco DVD as well.
Post by nodepression on Apr 18, 2009 14:59:16 GMT -5
I spent more than I was expecting, and I was expecting to buy a lot. Here's my vinyl haul Pavement Live in Germany Janes Addiction Mountain Song 7''/ Ritual de lo Habitual The Sonik Youth/ Beck 7" Wilco Ashes of the American Flag DVD
Stuff not just released for Record Store Day, but I haven't even seen before at the record stores I go to My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anthing Neil Young Live at Massey Hall Beirut The Flying Club Cup Nick Drake Pink Moon Dan Deacon Bromst
The only thing I couldn't find that I really wanted was My Morning Jacket. I went to two independent record stores in town and couldn't find it, oh well. All in all though, Record Store day was amazing. If it wasn't on a Saturday it should be a national holiday.
;D
Oh and I got that Wilco DVD as well.