thishoax2live4 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I have a love/hate relationship with Record Store Day. While I think it's awesome for the businesses that participate and the money they make, I hate that there are so many exclusives that you can only get in a record store. I know that's the point, but for those of us that live in areas where there are no record stores (closest one to me is about 3 1/2 hours away) it really kinda stinks. There are at least 4 records that I would like to get this year, specifically City And Colour's "Sometimes". I'm sure a few will pop up online, but with ridiculous price tags and on ebay, which is always a pain. Anyone else in my boat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamafreeman Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 either move or stop collecting records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsoncomplex Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Same here, dude. Small town Canada gets the shaft. I can look and see if I can get the C&C for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vinyldoa Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Same here, dude. Small town Canada gets the shaft.I can look and see if I can get the C&C for you... do you think you could maybe look for the silverstein 7" for me? it says it's "regional" but it doesn't say what region lol. I'm guessing it might be canada though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsoncomplex Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Same here, dude. Small town Canada gets the shaft.I can look and see if I can get the C&C for you... do you think you could maybe look for the silverstein 7" for me? it says it's "regional" but it doesn't say what region lol. I'm guessing it might be canada though Sure dude. If you dont mind, shoot me a PM so I remember. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serum7 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I'm fortunate to have 3 great stores within a half hour drive. Last year I was lucky and the one closest to me had everything I wanted. Hoping the same this year, but I may take a trip to the biggest one afterward just because this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefwahoo Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I have a love/hate relationship with Record Store Day.While I think it's awesome for the businesses that participate and the money they make, I hate that there are so many exclusives that you can only get in a record store. I know that's the point, but for those of us that live in areas where there are no record stores (closest one to me is about 3 1/2 hours away) it really kinda stinks. There are at least 4 records that I would like to get this year, specifically City And Colour's "Sometimes". I'm sure a few will pop up online, but with ridiculous price tags and on ebay, which is always a pain. Anyone else in my boat? While I'm fortunate enough to have one very small store in town, they receive a tiny fraction of what they order and there's still the struggle to try and get one of the few copies of what they do get. But with patience and persistence on eBay, I have been able to track down everything I want for the retail price. Eventually. Granted, I haven't wanted anything exceedingly rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oojavaguru Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Remember, that you have "the pledge" this year. So if you don't have a RSD store near you, then you can go online on Sunday and anything the store has leftover will be put online at the *same* price as in store. So if the Mastodon/ZZTop split is $8.99 in store, it will be $8.99 online. Pledge stores can not sell on Ebay until 30 days after RSD. If you find the websites for most of the stores in the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (www.cimsmusic.com) and Association of Independent Music Stores (www.thealliancerocks.com), bookmark their websites and shoot them an e-mail saturday night/sunday morning, you have a pretty good chance of finding an item that was sold out at your store or your store didn't get in. Just FYI, everyone shouldn't have to resort to Ebay right away, hopefully. List of pledge stores from the Record Store Day website is here (Pledge was due on Jan 11th, so I don't know if stores were able to sign it after the fact): http://www.recordstoreday.com/Page/1032 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkie Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 i just wish this event was something more that major label repress day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troymess Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I'm in a town that hasn't had a record store in years, and I can't move because of my "career" and family. It's a 4 hour round trip to get to a decent record store in Pittsburgh. We'll see what happens this year...it is frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japes Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Yeah, I'm in the same boat. It sucks. I want the C&C, the Piebald and the Damien Jurado Live LP. I just don't see it happenin'. Maybe on eBay or something, hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 why do you live in towns with no record stores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewlucas Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 i have 4 within 15 minutes of my house that are participating in RSD. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japes Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 why do you live in towns with no record stores? I'm sure my mother took this into consideration when she gave birth to me and decided to live here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipsterasfolk Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Lady Gaga pic disc!!! <3 Only thing worth getting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japes Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I'm legit, bro. No seriously, if you can get me shit I want, I will pay you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vinyldoa Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 If I know 100% I could get money from you guys, I can PO all RSD shit from the local shop here. I got VIP status w/ the owner lol pm'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobert612 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 If I know 100% I could get money from you guys, I can PO all RSD shit from the local shop here. I got VIP status w/ the owner lol -32 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasma36 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I'd love to help people out but most of the releases that people are flipping shits over (City and Color, Piebald, etc) will most likely not come to my local store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingnatural Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I am looking forward to RSD this year. The main thing I'm happy about is that my favorite store signed "the pledge." They may be able to fill most of my list. Thank god for tax returns because there's around 10 things or so that I'm looking to pick up. The item I want most is the "Rekords Rekords Record." Fingers crossed for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetJerryWine Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 If my store ends up having City and Colour, any copy other than the first that goes to myself I will try to pick up for folks on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipsterasfolk Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 If I know 100% I could get money from you guys, I can PO all RSD shit from the local shop here. I got VIP status w/ the owner lol -32 lol -34 bro, I take it VC hates Ke$ha and Katy Perry (other than her Elmo shirt boob.gif) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafmx Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 -32 lol -34 bro, I take it VC hates Ke$ha and Katy Perry (other than her Elmo shirt boob.gif) i need some Ke$ha vinyl. blow! i need more Katy Perry vinyl, i only have Teenage Dream. i actually called up the pop station today and was caller 96, qualified to win a flyaway trip to Atlanta to see Katy Perry. hahaha. fingers crossed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54321 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Events like these remind me why it fails living in australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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