Record Store Day 2017: Exclusive Releases Revealed: Today (Mar. 21), Record Store Day 2017 revealed its list of exclusive releases. This year, on Apr. 22, RSD will celebrate its 10th anniversary with St. Vincent as its ambassador. Previous ambassadors include Dave Grohl, Jack White, Metallica and many others. This year’s official RSD list includes top titles from artists like late legends David Bowie (a three disc LP and box) and Prince (seven reissues of 12″ maxi-singles from the ’80s). Elsewhere, one of the more amusing titles is The Cubs Won It All In 2016, a 7″ vinyl of the celebratory song that was written, recorded and released hours after the Chicago Cubs won Game 7 of the 2016 World Series.
Ten records you might actually want to buy on Record Store Day: Ever wanted the new Little Mix album on pink vinyl? Then you’re in luck. The band are releasing a special neon edition of Glory Days for Record Store Day 2017, in the hope it will tempt you into a nearby vinyl emporium. They’re among 500-plus artists supporting the 10th annual Record Store Day – with David Bowie, Madonna and Babymetal all joining the fun. Best of all, Aqua are celebrating 20 years of Barbie Girl by re-issuing their global smash in a plastic sleeve. Why? Because “life in plastic, it’s fantastic”.
Three Day Vinyl Record Sale at Ore Dock Brewing Company: Beginning at 12pm on Wednesday, March 22 until Friday, March 24 at 1am, a three-day vinyl record sale will be held at the Ore Dock Brewing Company at 114 W. Spring street in downtown Marquette. This event will take place in the 2nd floor community room and is presented by the NMU Vinyl Record Club. Come and browse through thousands of collectible & new vinyl records up for sale along with CDs, concert posters, movie posters & gig-posters. The public is invited to bring their vintage vinyl for sale or trade.
Make a trip to this sneaky good record store tucked away in North Georgia: You will need to make a list outlining every hole in your collection, true. But Eric’s Records might just be worth it. The record store, located at 811 Highway 441 N. in the Georgia Mountain Market, reportedly has 20,000 plus old vinyl records, and they are extensively cataloged, priced according to their condition fairly, with multiple issues of all kinds of famous records. If you like the Beatles’ “Abbey Road”, for instance, you can compare three records at three prices (Best, Better and Good) that reflect a commitment to a decent exchange.
Vinyl stands the test of time… Because that music came to us recorded on vinyl discs, I was delighted one afternoon while shopping in the market to hear the Who’s Laughing on vinyl. Drawn to the sound like a hungry crow to an unguarded packet of chips, I discovered the man behind the music. He’s Chris Manning, proprietor of Mistymountain Music and purveyor of CDs and vinyl records. I asked him who buys his wares. “Oh, a very diverse range of buyers ranging from teenagers experiencing vinyl for the first time to older folks rebuilding their collections that they got rid of way back.”
The vinyl revival is not about sound. It’s about identity: The simplest and most common explanation for vinyl’s remarkable resurgence—last year 9.2 million vinyl records were sold in the US, the best year since 1991 when Nielsen first started measuring them—is about sound. The widely held belief is that vinyl really does sound better than other formats. Of course, whether that’s true is quite subjective. “There is a strong suspicion in the audiophile community that LP reissues are commonly mastered from a CD source,” an opinion piece on Pitchfork, the online music bible, declared in 2013. So much for better sound.
