Hard to believe it's been a year since Zach and I drove up to Vinyl Fever in Tampa to celebrate the big day with an in-store set by New Roman Times. Now the lad is on a destroyer in Pearl Harbor and his old man is scurrying about in Milwaukee trying to relocate his senses.
Well, not so much scurrying. There is coffee to drink and a newspaper to read -- and we're delighted to report our Pulitzer Prize winning local paper has a Record Store Day story that lists SEVEN participating area shops in boldface type with addresses. We're set! One thing about record shops: They don't start their day any earlier than you. It's OK if it takes all day to get there.
With any move it takes time to become familiar with your new surroundings. But sooner or later you find the best route to work, the right barber who doesn't make your hair LOOK like a $12 cut and the tavern that offers a three-hour stimulus special. A cool record store might not be a priority when you're getting settled, but it ought to be. Today, finally, it becomes our mission.
We'll be cruising downtown to check out Flipville Records and The Exclusive Company, which are conveniently located within walking distance of each other. Then we'll be on to Musical Memories and Bullseye Records, saving Limewire Music for the trip back home.
To locate a store near you follow this link and click the Participating Stores button. If you don't buy something round today you're just plain square.
I got the gatefold, full-treatment
ReplyDeletelimited edition LP of Jeff Beck's
new "Emotion and Commotion" (such
a remarkable sonic adventure on CD
that I *had* to get the vinyl) as
well as a Moby Grape 45rpm (Rounder
b/w Sitting By The Window), a Doors
When You're Strange movie soundtrack
45 (People Are Strange b/w The Crystal
Ship), the Elvi's first single (a 45
of That's All Right b/w Blue Moon of
Kentucky) and the ltd ed John Lennon
"Singles Bag," a packet with three
singles (Mother b/w Yoko Ono's Why;
Imagine b/w It's So Hard; Watching the
Wheels b/w Yoko's Yes, I'm Your Angel),
and a 24" by 36" poster, three post
cards and a custom adaptor hub (for
you younguns, the piece of plastic we
put inside the hole in a 45 rpm single
so it would center on a turntiable's
spindle). Good haul, a good day. And
as long as I was in the trading (rather
than buying) posture, I also picked up
a rare Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
LP and a very cool Maxi-version 45 rpm
12-inch record of David Gilmour's "Blue
Light," a very unusual German pressing
of a special produect I'd never seen
before. VInyl Day paid off in spades.
- wayne
Wayne that's a pretty good haul, especially the Grape 45.
ReplyDeleteI didnt' make it to a record store today but i hope to get in while they still have some of the special releases.