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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3495 Registered: 05-2005 |
As Australia is the second country (after NZ) to have record story day, I thought I'd let you know what I got. A 7" single by Rodriguez which also included a sampler CD from his label Light In The Attic, and a fanzine. A 12" from 4AD called Fragments From Work In Progress. It contains new tracks by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Tune Yards, Blonde Redhead, Gang Gang Dance and The Big Pink. All bar the GGD song are great on it. The cover of the 12" is a stunning black and white picture of a town (probably in Florida I would guess) in a storm. I also asked them to hold a copy of the re-released blue vinyl of R.E.M.'s Chronic Town 12" EP for me as they had not arrived in the shop yet. Anyone in the UK, US, Ireland or elsewhere going to record store day events today? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 638 Registered: 10-2008 |
padraig, where i live there is only an hmv which tries valiantly to sell everything apart from music(games/dvd's/books etc), and one crummy second hand record store owned by the rudest, most aloof guy ever. it should be a joy going to that shop, but his attitude bugs me. its all about the money for him, the place depresses me. here's a nice link to a film about record stores http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/2144-i -need-that-record/1 i will play some vinyl today in honour of this special day. in one of todays newspapers there is an article in which some scottish music biz types reminisce about buying vinyl. hearing all the great glasgow and edinburgh record stores(bruces,listen,echo,fopp,23rd precinct) mentioned brought back many memories. bruce findlay(who managed simple minds)who owned bruces records,the largest chain of record stores in scotland in the 70s and 80s actually thinks stores can make a comeback now that the mega stores are collapsing, i have my doubts but hope he is right. a few of the guys interviewed talked about the thrill of taking home ziggy stardust or aladdin sane on vinyl. i remember buying aladdin sane with my dad there with me, and just being amazed at how fantastic the shiny gatefold sleeve was, the fact the music was the most sexy and exciting thing my young teenage ears had ever heard was just the icing on the cake. i know its the old fogey thing we used to slag our parents for, but surely todays kids dont get that buzz from todays instant music. i saved for ages for albums and singles and they were milestone events in my teenage years, now my kids just ask me to download the latest single or album and they have it in the time it takes to have a shower. one last thing, the great thing about vinyl was that you only got the creme of a bands output. the amount of albums in the last 20 years that were wasted because somebody in a suit thought it would be a good idea to fill the whole cd just because you could, when anybody with ears knew that the cutting room floor was where the excess tracks deserved to be. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 549 Registered: 04-2005 |
"Listen Records" was always my first point of call on arriving in the centre of Glasgow from the suburbs in the late 70s as a teenager. Great shop with a mixture of hippies and punks. They also used to organise buses out to Paisley when punk was vitually banned in the city centre; a friend of mine got the Listen bus to go and see Elvis Costello (Silver Threads Hotel in Paisley???) on his first trip north. As a father of a child currently immersing himself in music via the internet there are pros and cons with the wealth of stuff that is out there. But I would probably side with Kevin in the sense that he is not experiencing the thrill of discovering things in the same way as I did. It seems all too easy, all too fast? Maybe it is just the Protestant ethic in me that there has to be some deferred gratification... Those memories of getting the train back home after a Saturday of scouring record shops (and Paddys market) and comparing what we had all found... Music now seems so 'commodified' into being just another accessory that you buy which defines you as a consumer; for me it rests something practically sacred and I search for those moments when a sequence of notes or a voice sends shivers down your spine. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 274 Registered: 05-2005 |
Very poignant words there Andrew and Kev, I am on the same search, the joy is still in the finding though and perhaps the method isnt so important. My kids both love music but not with the same passion as me, but that's probably more about my obsession and less the instant access they get. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3499 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, it's not the Protestant ethic; I can assure you those raised in any religion or with none feel the same if they grew up loving music. I do think the thrill of record shops is not being passed onto our children, but I'm trying my best! My eight-year-old adored Rough Trade Records in Brick Lane in London when I took her there in January, so there is some hope. If you're ever in London with the family take the youngfella to Rough Trade Andrew! |