Friday, April 20, 2012

Tomorrow is Record Store Day


It's that time of year again, when I receive news releases like this:

Longstanding Fugazi fans, JuiceheaD and Osaka Popstar, teamed up and took on the challenge of covering the punk classic, “Waiting Room.” A limited copy of the cover’s 7” will be released on Record Store Day (April 21st) with exclusive artwork by world-renowned Shepard Fairey (Obey Giant Art/Studio Number One).

Meanwhile, Iggy Pop is serving as the 2012 Record Store Day Ambassador. (Which means, basically, that you can enter to win this poster.)

Several East Village shops are participating... such as!



Here is a list of area stores participating. Right here. And Pitchfork has a listicle titled The Top 45 Releases of Record Store Day 2012 here.

Finally, found this chart at the Times from 2008 ... showing how many record stores had closed in recent years... and look how many more stores have closed since then...

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2 comments:

  1. Marty WombacherApril 20, 2012 at 2:22 PM

    I heard that this Sunday or early next week is the end of Rockit Scientist Records on St. Mark's. Sad to see another great record store shuttering. Hope that John can reopen sometime this year.

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  2. Uncle WaltieApril 21, 2012 at 4:28 AM

    Why be sorry? We totally need another Subway or Chase branch at this particular location. And who needs records...when you can have millions of MP3s compressed at 64 kbits on your hard-drive.
    SIP AHOY
    SIP AHOY

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