Record Store Day 2018: Vinyl Lovers Unite: Since 2007, an ever-growing community of record lovers old and new have been eagerly anticipating their one-off, yearly fix of all things rare, exclusive and just plain awesome in the world of round, revolving platters. And this year’s wait is nearly over, with Record Store Day 2018 happening simultaneously all around the world on Saturday, 21 April. Every year sees a mouth-watering list of new, rare and often highly limited edition records make their way into record stores for the first time on one exclusive day. This year’s list of titles is no exception, with some of the big ticket items including limited and rare releases from David Bowie, Prince, Courtney Barnett, Nas, The Cure, Tumbleweed, Daddy Cool, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. And this is barely scratching the surface!
Lucky Seven in Stoke Newington Church Street really is closing down – thanks to 50% rent hike: Lucky Seven is a quirky music store in Church Street where you can lose yourself among stacks of vinyl and good vibes. It’s been open for eight years and proven a big hit among the muso community, with collectors – including famous musicians like Tjinder Singh, Thurston Moore, John Power, Bob Geldof and Carl Barât – flocking in to stock up on records. The Gazette first ran a piece about the shop closing down in 2016. In the event, it was able to stay open as a temporary measure due to a site reprieve – but now it looks as though the music really is over. Owner Jason Gore told the Gazette: “There is definitely still a place for record shops in east London. Vinyl is still a good commodity to sell but I just haven’t been able to make it work here. Church Street is notoriously expensive.
Popular Marion record shop set for grand re-opening: The record store formerly known as Joe’s Records will have a grand reopening event and sale Saturday, April 21. The store, now known as Hard Copies, relocated from the Illinois Star Centre Mall in Marion to Marion Centre on Illinois 13 near Rural King in February. “We’ve spent the last couple of months getting reorganized and settled, and we’re finally ready to show off our awesome new space,” co-owner Josh Stockinger said. The reopening coincides with Record Store Day, a bi-annual event that celebrates the unique culture of vinyl records and independent music stores across the world…”It’s basically Christmas for record collectors,” he said.
Four Landmark Paul McCartney Albums For Multi-Format Reissue: Four albums from the rich and storied catalogue of Paul McCartney will be issued in a variety of formats by MPL/Capitol on 18 May. The titles are 2013’s NEW, 2005’s Chaos And Creation In The Backyard, the 1978 Wings compilation Wings Greatest and the Thrillington album, recorded in 1971 but not released until 1977. All four releases will be available in single CD digipak and 180 gram black vinyl single LP editions, and will also be made available for the first time in limited edition, 180 gram colour vinyl pressings. Each of the vinyl LPs will include a download card…Wings Greatest was the first retrospective of Paul’s post-Beatles work, and went platinum in the US and UK among many other chart achievements…It will now be available as a limited edition blue vinyl 180gram vinyl LP with download card and 20” x3 0” poster.
The Goonies original score released on vinyl for the first time: The original music from cult 1985 film The Goonies will be released on gold coloured double-vinyl, this March via Varèse Sarabande. Steven Spielberg’s story about a crew of ragtag pals on a hunt to find One-Eyed Willie’s treasure features an original, 34-track score by Dave Grusin. Its first ever vinyl release, on gold coloured 2xLP and limited to 750 copies worldwide, includes particular jams such as ‘Triple Stones and A Ball’, ‘Pee Break and Kissing Tunnel’, and ‘Restaurant Trash’. The Goonies score will be available 30th March via Varèse Sarabande’s new online outpost Varèse Vinyl.
Rarest Jack White vinyl records revealed: Third Man Records’ Ben Blackwell has revealed a list of the 10 rarest Jack White records. Blackwell, who is described as The White Stripes‘ “official archivist”, recently detailed the most hard to find vinyl releases from White’s various bands in an article for Discogs. They include White’s ‘Freedom At 21′ flexi-discs, released via a helium balloon in 2012 and The White Stripes’ ‘The Denial Twist’. The only way of fans getting their hands on the latter is for “Jack White to personally hand one to you”. The most rare, however, may be an ‘Icky Thump’ picture disc with Meg’s picture on one side. “As Meg appears to give these out infrequently, this is seemingly a harder to find record than most others on the list,” Blackwell says. “Rumours abound that there are hundreds of these in Meg’s basement, but that could be difficult to prove.”
Artists interpret iconic vinyl album covers: Jamsil AVENUEL Arthall is holding an exhibition “100 Albums 100 Artists 2,” featuring reimagined covers of Korean music albums. The “100 Albums 100 Artists” exhibit was first held in February 2017 and centered around pop music back then. Another notable section from the exhibit is the Yoo Jae-ha (1962-1987) collection. As a tribute to the singer, eight artists reinterpreted Yoo’s album covers and music in their own way. Yoo, a singer-songwriter who left behind songs based on his love story, tragically passed away in a car accident at the age of 25. “Yoo’s albums definitely hold an important place in the exhibit…Since vinyl records first appeared in Korea, album covers have become a unique medium for the musicians to communicate their messages and a great album goes with music as well as cover art design.
