Two days each year are designated as Record Store Day in support of independent record stores across the world. There are dozens (hundreds?) of titles pressed in limited editions with RSD hype stickers. Often there are records on colored vinyl, or with rare versions of songs (i.e. live performances or exclusive mixes) Ardent record collectors will line up in the wee hours to get a shot at what they are looking for so they can grab 'em before they sell out. Later today or tomorrow you can find a lot of these items being sold on Ebay at exorbitant prices because some of those folks who lined up early are flippers.Is there some sort of special/promotion underway? First I have heard of this.
A lot of younger people are getting into vinyl, it's a fad. I think of number of the young set just buy them to collect, put 'em up on the wall, may not even have anything to play them on.I heard something about this on the news recently. It sounds like a cool thing really.
That's a classic for sure! You can probably stream it now!My first LP, Here's Little Richard, 1957, 7th grade
My first LP, Here's Little Richard, 1957, 7th grade. Still have it. Great, classic, early R&R songs there. Hundreds of LP's followed, still have most of them. No record player currently though, ha.
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Very neat. Thanks for sharing.So funny you mention Little Richard -- my store had one or two copies of Right Now! because of the RSD event today and it was the only thing the person in front of me wanted. We were about a hundred people in line so we weren't sure he was going to get it, but sure enough, he got the last copy
I walked away with both Rolling Stones releases, and since I had come all that way and wasn't able to get what I really wanted (Fleetwood Mac, Thin Lizzy, Ramones), I grabbed a version of Taylor Swift's latest album I didn't already have so I could get an exclusive "card" that Taylor's team released for the event.