“Independent record stores are like a casino where you put down your money and you always win. How amazing to discover gems you didn’t know about, to meet someone more passionate than you are, and to feel at home in a place you may never have been to before. I’m convinced they will never lose their place – Long may they rule”
Love that.
I Googled a bit and found a ton more great quotes from artists about record stores on the Record Store Day site: Record Store Day Artist Quotes.
I love this nuggest sandwiched in Jack White’s quote:
“I trust no one who hasn’t time for music.”
Amen!
Don’t forget to mark your calendar, Record Store Day is Saturday April 17th this year!
I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have the records that I am looking through to be organized. If something’s blatantly out of place, I try to help out the store & fellow record scavengers. I put it where it belongs. Here’s me putting a Prince record in the right place:
So be a pal to your fellow record buyers and store owners and keep the stacks in order when hunting for vinyl.
Cool short video on how vinyl records are made at a new vinyl pressing plant in Cleveland Ohio, Gotta Groove Records. Gotta Groove was started recently by Vince Slusarz, who after his previous position was eliminated, took his manufacturing background, bought some equipment from one of four vinyl pressing plants in the U.S. and launched Gotta Groove.
Hats off to Nick Cavalier and crew for making this cool video.
Magic Hat Brewing is releasing a new spring seasonal, VINYL. The beer will be sold in 22 oz. bombers. Magic Hat says it’s a “malt-based lager” with artwork by Jim Pollock (of Phish poster fame).
WAX.FM was launched a year ago this month, so happy birthday to us!
We quietly launched an updated look and feel a week ago, hope you like it.
The site’s been running like a champ for a year (with the exception of a 5-day outage in August when the domain registrar mistakenly pulled the DNS records )
* Great Place to Find Classics from 60’s, 70’s, 80’s … usually $3 (the same records can be $6-$10 at trendy record stores)
* Bargain bin records are 50 cents (usually on the floor below the $3 records) … mostly junk, but can find a few overlooked decent records
* Sign up for mailing list to receive periodic good coupons
* They have some collectibles … varies by store. Personally I’ve found that they have tons at Highland Park store in Illinois, but the collectibles are not usually heavily discounted
I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have the records that I am looking through to be organized. If something’s blatantly out of place, I try to help out the store & fellow record scavengers. I put it where it belongs. Here’s me putting a Prince record in the right place:
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