Record Store Day?
Tomorrow is Record Store Day. I have thought about going but I'm currently on crutches so it will be very difficult.
I went over the deep end about 6 months ago and went from owning 4 vinyl records (since 15 years ago) to approaching 400.
I don't know anybody else who enjoys vinyl so it's not an experience I can share with someone and I am not going to even try lining up (not to mention the current handicap). I heard from the Inner Sleeve that people line up around the block, with some crazy enough to line up the night before. From what I hear, it's pretty intense.
There's a couple of dedicated Record Stores with sales on like The Inner Sleeve, the Audio Spot, Melodiya Records, Recordland, Sloth Records, and I don't know about Luke's Drug Mart.
Has anybody had any experience with RSD in Calgary? Is anybody going this year? There are a few releases I want, mostly Empire of the Sun's reprint of Walking on a Dream but it looks like I'll have to pay scalper prices on ebay afterwards.
Does traffic slow down? I might visit a store or two later to capitalize on sales of regular records. Recordland has 20% off used. Sloth has 15% off new, etc.
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