i wish there was a record store near me but.... alas....
Record Store Day!
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 On 04/21/2014 at 02:15 PM by goaztecs See More From This User » |
Well good morning Pixlbit! It is another nice start to the week, even though I’m a little “banged” up because I slept in a funky position and now I have a small headache and a sore neck. I’ll be fine, but if I were a pro athlete I would probably be on the disabled list. Anyways going back to today’s topic, last weekend was fun because I spent time with the family, and one of my favorite music days arrived, Record Store Day. On Friday I didn’t think I would be able to check out the local mom & pop for RSD because it was spend time with the family day, which is cool, but there was one item I did want and since it was RSD, I figured it would be sold out because I never show up right when the store opens.
So RSD is a day when a bunch of labels and artists have special releases of their work on vinyl. This is supposed to get folks to go back and buy music locally. It seems to be getting bigger and bigger with more and more fans showing up, but this also brings out reseller guy who just wants to make a quick buck. It sucks but that’s the nature of the beast. So after breakfast the family decided to go to the local mall, which means I had a chance to look through whatever, is left and maybe pick up the one item I wanted. There were a lot of other things I would have liked, but it would have been more for the novelty of having an album on colored vinyl rather enjoying the music.
I strolled into the local mom & pop and there were quite a few people there but most of the RSD rush was probably over. There were still two or three of the Crosley briefcase turntables, which were cool, but not $100 cool. This year the owners of the store cleared out a section that is usually for Blu-ray discs and placed all the special RSD albums. Smaller 45s were placed on a fold out table next to the registers and I think any of the freebies would have been there but those were gone.
There were a couple of people standing at the shelves with the special records: A lady who was camped out on one corner and a guy who was casually checking out the opposite corner. I took up the middle looking for my one item. I found a couple of items that were from last year’s RSD like Notorious BIG’s Ready to Die which I missed, as well as a bunch of Rap albums. I would have bought those but I had a big purchase to make the next day so I passed and besides my wishlist for RSD was one item deep. While searching I spotted this
The song is also featured in a Target commercial
I already own the album in both physical form and on iTunes, but having a 12” single would also be cool. My brother called me a hipster for buying it, but I like their music. I couldn’t find the one item I wanted which was disappointing, but as I was going to give up the guy who was casually looking left so I checked out that portion of the display. I think the lady on the opposite end was writing a novel and she wasn’t going anywhere. I saw some clear covers so I checked those out and I FOUND IT!
This is my favorite song from their most recent album, and how is the design? Even the owner of the store loved the concept.
There were two left and I thought about buying both, one to keep and maybe frame, and the other to play. I decided to leave the other one just in case there was someone like me who showed up late, and besides I already have two singles, I’m happy. I made my way to the used CD section **ducks from people throwing things**
I didn’t stay long in this section because there was another guy camped out here (I think he was a Coachella-fest guy), and my brother was getting a little bored so I picked up these albums
X-ecutioners was a flashback to one of my last art classes in college. I used to take a nap before this class because I had something like a five hour break between classes and I needed something to get me hyped as I walked to class with my CD player.
This was the song.
I also bought the other rap album because of the single Déjà vu. This was another college song and I already had the CD Single, but I wanted their album. The Lisa Lisa album I just noticed is a kind of greatest hits album more than one of their albums. Kind of a bummer but it was $2 so it’ not that big of a deal.
Overall I had a good Record Store Day. I found what I wanted, was surprised about my Haim find (I really need to start reading RSD lists), and added some new albums. RSD is fun but you should always check out your local music store, lots of good stuff to be found, and a lot more fun than buying from a big box store, online, or digitally.
That’s all for now, more later!
-Chris
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