Record Store Day 2012

Alfred · 04-20-2012, 10:09 AM

Anyone going tomorrow? I'm going for the first time this year. Hoping to snag copies of Alexisonfire's Math Sheet Demos, the Mastodon splits, The Flaming Lips collab album and the Animal Collective 12". Hopefully the store I go to doesn't have an insane lineup.

FRED HALE SR. · 04-20-2012, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfred

Anyone going tomorrow? I'm going for the first time this year. Hoping to snag copies of Alexisonfire's Math Sheet Demos, the Mastodon splits, The Flaming Lips collab album and the Animal Collective 12". Hopefully the store I go to doesn't have an insane lineup.

Didn't even know this existed. Besides Amoeba in Los Angeles this is my go to place.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...xLMe1g&cad=rja

I also frequent Vinyl Solution in Huntington Beach. Guy at Dr Strange is an awesome old school punk guy with great taste and an endless selection of amazing records.

LoathsomePete · 04-20-2012, 11:04 AM

Might see if the only record store in town is having a sale on DVD's. I can't even remember the last time they actually had a CD I wanted. It's kind of sad really, like visiting a hospice housing a terminally ill family member, knowing the end is coming but not quite fast enough so you have to watch them suffer. Felt like that on Tuesday when I went to the only comic store in town. Oh well, I'm sure people were sad when their favourite lead-based paint store closed down too.

WWWP · 04-20-2012, 11:12 AM

I go every year! Last year the shop I go to had live music all day and free beer for a $5 cover. I have a few albums I've been wanting to pick up and I get paid today so the timing is perfect!

The Final Track · 04-20-2012, 11:51 AM

Definitely going! A record store just opened up in town, and they're shipping in plenty of goodies.

Guybrush · 04-20-2012, 11:58 AM

Don't think anyone celebrates a record store day here. There is a record shop a 3 minutes walk away from here, but I've already gotten all the records I wanted from there and he's slow to get new stuff.

Alfred · 04-20-2012, 12:01 PM

In your guy's experience, how bad are the lineups before the store opens? I'm planning on arriving just before the store opens tomorrow.

The store I'm going to is in Kitchener, Ontario, so it's not going to be as busy as stores in say, Toronto.

WWWP · 04-20-2012, 12:03 PM

I've never had much of a problem, though I don't try to be there just as the store opens. Also, people around here suck and sadly there's usually not much interest.

Alfred · 04-20-2012, 12:06 PM

I'm hoping that's the case with this particular store. Kitchener's not known for its culture and love of the arts the way Toronto is, and the last time I was in this record store it was pretty dead.

WWWP · 04-20-2012, 12:12 PM

Yeah I'm one of the handful regulars that go to the shop's events, it's a bit sad, really. A town with a population of well over 150,000 and only 100 people even "like" them on Facebook. Everyone shops online, it's tragic. Just before Christmas the store had to have a huge sale just so they could make rent. =\

But I will support them forever. Plus I've got an in the with owner and he gives me sweet deals.

04-20-2012, 10:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	Record Store Day 2012 Anyone going tomorrow? I'm going for the first time this year. Hoping to snag copies of Alexisonfire's Math Sheet Demos, the Mastodon splits, The Flaming Lips collab album and the Animal Collective 12". Hopefully the store I go to doesn't have an insane lineup. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

04-20-2012, 11:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Might see if the only record store in town is having a sale on DVD's. I can't even remember the last time they actually had a CD I wanted. It's kind of sad really, like visiting a hospice housing a terminally ill family member, knowing the end is coming but not quite fast enough so you have to watch them suffer. Felt like that on Tuesday when I went to the only comic store in town. Oh well, I'm sure people were sad when their favourite lead-based paint store closed down too. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

04-20-2012, 11:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Don't think anyone celebrates a record store day here. There is a record shop a 3 minutes walk away from here, but I've already gotten all the records I wanted from there and he's slow to get new stuff. __________________ Something Completely Different

04-20-2012, 12:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	In your guy's experience, how bad are the lineups before the store opens? I'm planning on arriving just before the store opens tomorrow. The store I'm going to is in Kitchener, Ontario, so it's not going to be as busy as stores in say, Toronto. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

04-20-2012, 12:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	I'm hoping that's the case with this particular store. Kitchener's not known for its culture and love of the arts the way Toronto is, and the last time I was in this record store it was pretty dead. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

04-20-2012, 11:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
The Final Track The Boney King of Norway Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lost in a lullaby Posts: 129	Definitely going! A record store just opened up in town, and they're shipping in plenty of goodies.