So foolishly enough I completely missed Record Store Day this past Saturday (April 18th).
For those not in the loop, here's what I missed:
So basically I feel like a complete fool. I do hope that some people headed out to their local record store and picked up some good finds. The important of supporting local records stores cannot be stressed enough. And I know such spots as Red Cat, Zulu, Scratch, Noize & others all had great sales and live events going on, so there was surely something for everyone.
The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived by Chris Brown, and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally.
This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Franscisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.
http://www.recordstoreday.com
However, I'm fairly confident no one here in Vancouver picked up the Tom Waits special 7 inch Record Store Day exclusive as apparently it was an exclusive release in the USA only....free trade my ass!
Oh well there's always next year.
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