Last February we launched our most ambitious undertaking yet, TVD500—a recurring competition where we and our esteemed partners, Infrasonic Mastering, Furnace MFG, and Dorado Music Packaging mastered, pressed, designed, printed, packaged, and delivered 500 copies of a winning 7″ single—on us.
The winner of our competition, chosen by our celebrity panel of judges, was Sillyboy, the Athenian (as in Greek) tour de force whose full LP Nature of Things has quickly become a favorite. His winning single, “Supply Chain” is TVD Records’ very first release and Sillyboy’s first foray into US markets.
Well, those 7″ singles of “Supply Chain” are presently in hand and we along with Sillyboy have decided to give back to the local Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia record stores and friends by giving 10 to the following list of shops for them to give away FREE—and to give a little back to the scene that nurtured and embraced us at the very outset.
And it’s a reminder that recurring holidays needn’t be overt cash grabs to nurture something as important as your local brick and mortar, mom and pop record shops—and small businesses of every stripe.
The following list of stores have 10 copies each of the 7″ to give away FREE as they see fit:
In DC, singles are at Crooked Beat Records, Smash! Records, Som Records, Red Onion Records, and Joint Custody. In Virginia, singles are at the CD Cellar in Falls Church and the CD Cellar in Arlington. In Maryland, you can find the singles at the Record Exchange and Joe’s Record Paradise.
Not in the DC, Maryland, Virginia vicinity? Fear thee not—we’ll be giving away a bunch of copies of Sillyboy’s single in December!
(Oh, and that TVD500 competition? It’s back for 2014 too.)
