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The list is out for May 12th's rush to get as many records into evilbay as quickly as possible

https://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/rsd-list

Couple of interesting bits here but mostly an evilbay affair as you say. The PIL and Nephs might be of interest to me. No surprises no fancy blood red grey black smoke splatter whatever FALAA reissue.
It's just a yearly reminder that picture disc vinyl is a thing, and their existence angers me.

There's a reissue of one of The Mishun's albums but I'm happy with my original cd. I certainly don't need a vinyl copy of The Neffs "Fallen" although I would like the live tracks, but not enough to actually pay for them.

FOTN’s Fallen was also released on vinyl for RSD a decade ago, so a tenth anniversary of the reissue release! I suspect that the live set will be exactly the same recording as on the Genesis and Revelation set from 2006. Hardly inspiring…

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote: ↑10 Feb 2025, 01:29 FOTN’s Fallen was also released on vinyl for RSD a decade ago, so a tenth anniversary of the reissue release! I suspect that the live set will be exactly the same recording as on the Genesis and Revelation set from 2006. Hardly inspiring…

Then I certainly don't need the live tracks, I listened to them recently on Spotify and they sound like dodgy bootlegs.

I briefly considered "The Lost Tapes" by Wall of Voodoo until I found out that the band is offering them as a download on their own website. So I got it from there, as I was interested in the songs, not the medium.

Aah. Thompson Twins - from the year before I found GOTH.

I don't know. Thelonius Monk for cheap would be ok. And Goblin only if it was the soundtrack for Suspiria.

In addition to other albums that have already been mentioned, I would be mildly interested in the following:

Earth - Hex; nice cowboy ambient twangy drone (is that a thing??)
Sunn O))) - Oracle; old school loud layered distorted drone

I own a digital copy of Hex by Earth, but I don't own Oracle by Sunn O))) in any format. I might go for these if the price is right to support one of my local stores.

I also really like Remember the Future by Nektar (70s space prog), but I already have a copy of it and don't need a second one.

The issue I have with Record Store Day is that it completely ignores CDs. I can't imagine that actual record stores have asked for that. I can understand that vinyl will have larger margins, but surely most record stores still have part of there space dedicated to CDs? Unless we're talking about hipster vinyl cafes with their curated collections of Velvet Underground reissues.

Hawkfall wrote: ↑17 Feb 2025, 12:34 The issue I have with Record Store Day is that it completely ignores CDs. I can't imagine that actual record stores have asked for that. I can understand that vinyl will have larger margins, but surely most record stores still have part of there space dedicated to CDs? Unless we're talking about hipster vinyl cafes with their curated collections of Velvet Underground reissues.

Article from 2018

Hawkfall wrote: ↑17 Feb 2025, 12:34 The issue I have with Record Store Day is that it completely ignores CDs. I can't imagine that actual record stores have asked for that. I can understand that vinyl will have larger margins, but surely most record stores still have part of there space dedicated to CDs? Unless we're talking about hipster vinyl cafes with their curated collections of Velvet Underground reissues.

Cd's still sell more units than vinyl in the UK, but the last time I went in Rough Trade in Nottingham it was pretty much wall to wall over priced lp's. I won't be going in again. I buy most of my cd's from Amazon, occasionally from bandcamp and Ebay.

Big Si wrote: ↑18 Feb 2025, 21:47

Hawkfall wrote: ↑17 Feb 2025, 12:34 The issue I have with Record Store Day is that it completely ignores CDs. I can't imagine that actual record stores have asked for that. I can understand that vinyl will have larger margins, but surely most record stores still have part of there space dedicated to CDs? Unless we're talking about hipster vinyl cafes with their curated collections of Velvet Underground reissues.

Article from 2018

Great article. This paragraph caught my eye:

Vinyl’s gold is the message, which partly explains why record labels are able to chuck out seemingly anything for Record Store Day, and someone will buy it. This year’s 503-strong release list includes, for instance, a recording of the sounds of sculptor Anthony Gormley’s studio, as well as Shaggy’s ‘O Carolina’ on green vinyl.

Well, if it means that these finally get a physical release on vinyl, then surely RSD can't be that bad can it?

ribbons69 wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 00:07

Hawkfall wrote: ↑17 Feb 2025, 12:34 The issue I have with Record Store Day is that it completely ignores CDs. I can't imagine that actual record stores have asked for that. I can understand that vinyl will have larger margins, but surely most record stores still have part of there space dedicated to CDs? Unless we're talking about hipster vinyl cafes with their curated collections of Velvet Underground reissues.

Cd's still sell more units than vinyl in the UK, but the last time I went in Rough Trade in Nottingham it was pretty much wall to wall over priced lp's. I won't be going in again. I buy most of my cd's from Amazon, occasionally from bandcamp and Ebay.

This illustrates part of the problem for me, which is that my idea of what a Record Store looks like is actually pretty outdated. I have them as being a place where you can buy new releases and back catalogue items in different formats. In reality, these days I guess they're specialist hobby shops.

Hawkfall wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 05:57

ribbons69 wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 00:07

Hawkfall wrote: ↑17 Feb 2025, 12:34 The issue I have with Record Store Day is that it completely ignores CDs. I can't imagine that actual record stores have asked for that. I can understand that vinyl will have larger margins, but surely most record stores still have part of there space dedicated to CDs? Unless we're talking about hipster vinyl cafes with their curated collections of Velvet Underground reissues.

Cd's still sell more units than vinyl in the UK, but the last time I went in Rough Trade in Nottingham it was pretty much wall to wall over priced lp's. I won't be going in again. I buy most of my cd's from Amazon, occasionally from bandcamp and Ebay.

This illustrates part of the problem for me, which is that my idea of what a Record Store looks like is actually pretty outdated. I have them as being a place where you can buy new releases and back catalogue items in different formats. In reality, these days I guess they're specialist hobby shops.

I have the same issue with RSD as well, as I mainly buy CDs myself; I will only buy music on vinyl, cassette, etc. if it's something priced reasonably, unique and I can't find it on CD. The few record stores left here where I live do have some space left for CDs, as they have customers who come around still looking for them, but they have significantly gone up in price in the last couple of years and the used stuff has gone down in quality; also, the stores are mainly filled with overpriced vinyl of things I already own, and A LOT of bric-a-brac that I have no interest in, so this sadly has driven me away after decades of visiting these places too. The one store left here that I will go to actually sells some CDs at a somewhat reasonable price, new and used... the new CDs if the owner can get them from the distributor, which is a whole other conversation and extremely disheartening because I want to support a small business owner trying to stay afloat in this day and age. As a result, I too have to get things online from Amazon, Discogs, etc. if anything comes out that I really want and can't find in a store. Like yourself Hawkfall, I'm from another time and place of what a record store is supposed to look like, but that kind of store which we use to love and frequent very regularly may for the most part be slowly fading into the mists of history; I will support anyone who tries to sell new and catalogue music in multiple formats for as long as I can, but I'm spending a lot more time enjoying the collection I've curated over a lifetime than buying more these days as a consequence.

Hawkfall wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 05:57

ribbons69 wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 00:07

Hawkfall wrote: ↑17 Feb 2025, 12:34 The issue I have with Record Store Day is that it completely ignores CDs. I can't imagine that actual record stores have asked for that. I can understand that vinyl will have larger margins, but surely most record stores still have part of there space dedicated to CDs? Unless we're talking about hipster vinyl cafes with their curated collections of Velvet Underground reissues.

Cd's still sell more units than vinyl in the UK, but the last time I went in Rough Trade in Nottingham it was pretty much wall to wall over priced lp's. I won't be going in again. I buy most of my cd's from Amazon, occasionally from bandcamp and Ebay.

This illustrates part of the problem for me, which is that my idea of what a Record Store looks like is actually pretty outdated. I have them as being a place where you can buy new releases and back catalogue items in different formats. In reality, these days I guess they're specialist hobby shops.

This really resonated with me, especially the part about buying back catalog items in a record store. One does't even have to go that far back in time - in the 2000s, I would be exposed to a new-to-me band that was not in the mainstream, like let's say Katatonia, and I would go to my record store, buy the new album on cd plus two older albums. I loved those days!

Nowadays, it is pretty rare to find a store where you can do that. If you go to Amoeba Music in California, you can still buy more than just the new release by some artists, but not with quite as many. Namely, with declining cd sales, some artists don't even manufacture that many units, so there aren't enough of them to distribute to multiple stores. By the way, the few cool stores that are left have all seemingly decided to keep multiple releases by Bowie, Hendrix, and Zeppelin (no complaint there).