Record Store Day…What an excellent idea! It’s not only really just become a thing. It’s really just become a great thing! Record Store Day 2015 is this Saturday, April 18. As a guy who worked at Second Coming Records (the one between Harvard Square & Central Square in Cambridge, MA as opposed to the one in the West Village; both are closed) as well as the also now defunct Rainbow Books and Records in Honolulu… I can testify that some of life’s best conversations and encounters – not to mention acquisitions – happen at independent retailers of wax. I had a very enjoyable chat with one of the guys who invented Record Store Day, Michael Kurtz, who gives a sense of the history and takes a look at a few of the titles that’ll be unleashed. A word from this year’s ambassador Dave Grohl too…
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Not happy at all that it’s only Thursday and ALL the RSD 2015 Releases are on EBAY for 4x the price of what the stores should have it for. I’ve been tracking the same sellers for over a week now and they keep adding to their sell list. So this is either a store looking to cash in big time or someone with close ties to a store that already has the items in hand. Jeff Beck – Hi Ho Silver Lining single for $99.99? Sinatra 10″ ep for $99.99? c’mon now, where is anyone looking out for the collector? Nowhere, everyone is out to line there pockets. I have no local record stores, I have to travel and for me to get on line at maybe 4am to get what I want and find out it’s gonna be sold out before I get in is ridiculous. thanks fore letting me vent, i’m glad Paul Weller wants no part of this after what happened last year. I think all the other artists should back off now too. Thank for letting me rant, i’m seriously pissed off and still debating whether or not to waste my time.
How did you make out today Jim? That’s really grim about scalpers rearing their ugly heads. I know the drive of the collector but I hope the celebratory and the communal aspects of the event shine through. I got out to Rough Trade again and caught the Saun & Starr set and it was a cool, crowded scene there.