Saturday is Record Store Day, which was created to celebrate the independent record store and the vinyl format. Each year there are a raft of new releases and reissues exclusively for those shops which have signed on to the RSD pledge. A list of this year's releases is on their site.
Not to crap on my own thread, but I'm not terribly excited about this year's list. Most of the acts I don't even recognize. I might be interested in a couple of the Sinatra Capitol reissues and Get Behind Me Satan, but what I'm really after is another Mystery Box from Jerry's Records in Pittsburgh. He puts around 100 or so records, mostly from the dollar bins, into a sealed box. You get the box for free, but you have to take the box he gives you. No peeking. Last year I got some (at least to me) gems like some Kath-era Chicago, some Bob Seger, and Graham Nash & David Crosby.
So, is anyone planning anything for Record Store Day? Does that list get your motor running? Are you ignoring the new releases and going for discounts on other stuff? Are you one of those who is disgusted by what some say RSD has become? Or is the vinyl record a long past or non-existent memory?
Not to crap on my own thread, but I'm not terribly excited about this year's list. Most of the acts I don't even recognize. I might be interested in a couple of the Sinatra Capitol reissues and Get Behind Me Satan, but what I'm really after is another Mystery Box from Jerry's Records in Pittsburgh. He puts around 100 or so records, mostly from the dollar bins, into a sealed box. You get the box for free, but you have to take the box he gives you. No peeking. Last year I got some (at least to me) gems like some Kath-era Chicago, some Bob Seger, and Graham Nash & David Crosby.
So, is anyone planning anything for Record Store Day? Does that list get your motor running? Are you ignoring the new releases and going for discounts on other stuff? Are you one of those who is disgusted by what some say RSD has become? Or is the vinyl record a long past or non-existent memory?