Since its inception in 2008, Record Store Day has become a worldwide celebration of all things vinyl. This year labels and artist have really outdone themselves with the number and quality of limited releases we can expect to arrive in some record stores on the 21st of April. The whole list of special releases is on the website (below) and they really are something special. Personally I'd love to have the Arctic Monkeys 7" purple vinyl of R U Mine + a brand new B-Side. But it's only a very limited release so I don't favour my chances of scoring one.
Hundreds of Independent Music Stores around the world are celebrating with in-store performances and many other surprises. Most exciting would have to be the musical gems created by a little store by the name of Third Man Records, based in Nashville, USA. They are truly the the Willy Wonka factory of vinyl making. The company released a teaser of the cool records they would be releasing for Record Store Day 2012. Everything you could imagine, including multi-coloured vinyl, etched surface vinyls and my favourite, a blue liquid-filled vinyl. (WOW!)
THIRD MAN RECORDS
Record Store Day 2012
Brisbane's own popular independent record store, Rocking Horse, will be having a store-wide sale and performances from local acts, Jungle Giants, Blank Realm and Rattlehand. Check out the Facebook event for all the details! It will be a super fun day, but if you do come across the Arctic Monkeys vinyl, HANDS OFF!.. No seriously, I am willing to go to extreme lengths, even fist blows if necessary to get it!
To the majority of people, vinyl records are either just some dusty, outdated technology belonging to an old generation, or an eccentric interest of an alternate few. However despite the decline in music sales globally, record sales have actually continually increased over the past few years, so perhaps vinyls will always have a place in the hearts of music lovers. I'm definitely looking forward to Saturday at any rate :)
“I think it’s high time the mentors, big brothers, big sisters, parents, Guardians, and neighborhood ne’er do wells, start taking younger people That look up to them To a real record store and show them what an important part of life music really is. I trust no one who hasn’t time for music. What a shame to Leave a child, or worse, a generation orphaned from one of life’s great beauties. And to the record stores, artists, labels, dj’s, and journalists; we’re all in this together. Show respect for the tangible music that you’ve dedicated your careers and lives to, and help It from becoming nothing more than disposable digital data.”
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