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Saturday Deluxe / 23 April 2022

It’s Record Store Day!

By Paul Sinclair

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Today is the first Record Store Day of the year (there’s another ‘drop day’ on 18 June!) and while some of us may not have even headed out yet, no doubt a few will have been queueing in the early hours and are already back home with your purchases! The rules have changed again this year, so leftover stock will not appear online until 8pm on Friday 29 April (last year it appeared on websites at 6pm on the day).

If you haven’t checked out yesterday’s SDEtv RSD preview then you should do so, but today’s Saturday Deluxe is all about how you’ve got on today with RSD. Did you find what you were looking for? How were the prices? Good ‘banter’ in the queue with other physical music fans?

I’m always interested in how different record shops deal with Record Store Day. What was yours like? Product behind the counter or was it out in the racks? Were sensible limits and systems in place or was it a free for all? Was there a decent quantity of in-demand items or too few?

Get posting in the comments section about how things are going and don’t forget you can upload photos in the comments now, so let’s see some pictures of where you are and what you managed to buy!

Good luck today and enjoy it. The weather is great in London, which makes a real difference!

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  1. Finally received my copy of the FGTH Altered Reels: it’s such a beauty! The front artwork is great. The classic font, no need to comment. The back graphics also love. But boy, the front of the inner sleeve (in matte finish) is a masterpiece, and the small logo in the center, wow. But then, you take out the disc, and it’s even better, I love love love the attention to details that went into this release. When you see so many sloppy rush jobs just to cash in, this stands out for all the good reasons.
    By the way, my disc was quite hard to extract from the inner sleeve such was the forces inside, and yet it managed to split 3 cm of the top spine. I really hate busted spines.

  2. Can’t seem to find the info anywhere but is the black locked on vinyl in the streets box set just the same album tracks or is it something different ..

  3. Odd really, I picked up FGTH at 6pm on eBay on the 23rd for 24.99 plus postage, so sounds like some people were interpreting the rule differently. Quite a thin vinyl i thought, does it play well from anyone who has played it?

  4. I m very dissapointed.In Spain, it’s just business.From Monday you can buy a lot of Vinyls in the website of Universal music.If the spirit of the Record Store Day is to help Independent Stores, why they do that? In one month a lot of vinyls in Amazon.And what about the quality of the records? Years ago most editions were numbered and the covers and interior sheets were more elaborate.Now is just business!

  5. Well RSDers
    As usual now, at least for the past several years, apart from one at RPM when the Floyd pink vinyl early singles came out and t’other not far away at Reflex; both in Newcastle and of course the first one, all others have been at my now favourite indie shop; Badlands in Cheltenham. Living in Nottingham and refusing to queue at silly o’clock in the preceding afternoon at Rough Trade, I make the journey which is punctuated by copious road works, to Cheltenham. I leave circa 10pm for a midnight to 1 am pitch which usually makes me near the front. I wait in now swaddled luxury of three t shirts, collared shirt, jumper, fleece, thick coat and scarfe, Pom Pom hat and three pairs of socks including over the knee socks and my work trainer shoes and two pairs of gloves. I sit on a camping chair.
    This year there was a cold blustery wind gusting around. However it was dry. Amusing to see the kids returning home from a Fri night out having imbibed, Dionysus like, copious amounts of alcohol.
    Soon, after a nap, acquaintances from Cheltenham and “the Forest” arrive and the banter starts, whiling away the hours.
    A local cafe opens, serving rolls of pig products and decent tea and coffee as must awaited sustenance and the now regular McDonalds artic attempts to negotiate into the car park opposite, giving us at front something again to discuss.
    We swap our wants and soon Phil, Mike Giullia and the boys arrive.
    Rory is confirmed
    Jazz Sabbath only one and there is a recognition that third in queue will get it as that is on his wants.
    Doors considered too expensive.
    Son in law requests an obscure indie release whose title I forget but again only one in stock so he was lucky and received this as payment for him helping me with patio.
    Generally, you can contact before hand to request that they try to get wants in stock on understanding that we can’t reserve.
    All very jovial civilised and reserved here:
    1 of each and max 10 units of RSD stock. More required – go to back of queue or do deals with neighbours in queue. So very civilised. Cash or card accepted. Browse now for 10 mins and max three in store.
    Phil Jump and Mike generally come along queue and say hello and confirm what’s in stock.
    Requested that they try for Gabriel and Hackett releases for June and we’ll do it all again then. This after non RSD releases of Floyd and Neil were purchased on line.
    Great indie, great people, fantastic clientele, great town.
    End of!
    Carl

  6. stevie nicks seems to be sold out everywhere… pity. The Doors boxset is also out of stocks at my local indie stores. Both Bowie releases are marvelous!

    1. They printed 11,000 units of the Doors and 15,000 of Stevie Nicks. That’s an enormous amount. Even mega acts like Madonna and U2 printed only 7,500 so those Doors and Stevie Nicks releases will be available for years to come online for mostly regular prices.

        1. I’ve seen both the Stevie Nicks and The Doors releases at all three stores I went to in TX. I think they’re still out there “in the wild” sitting on shelves. Try Josey Records (Dallas) or Curious Collections (Bryan) online and see if you have any luck.

  7. I went to my local record store very relaxed in the afternoon. No lines, no wait and no rush. Got what I wanted: FGTH and Bruno Nicolai. The prices felt higher this year, but then again, it seems like everything went up. Found a very decent copy of King’s Steps In Time album in the 99 cent bin too. My store didn’t get Edgar Froese, but luckily another store in walking distance still has it, so I will pick it up this afternoon.

  8. Finally got into a couple of shops Monday lunchtime hoping to get the Bowie EPs on cd, without success. It seems to confirm what Stephendking says about their popularity. It would be good if the record companies took note and included a few more cds in their future RSD offerings.

    1. If you are still reading this thread, as of this morning, (saturday 30th) you can still get both the Bowie CD eps from Banquet Records online. I picked them up quite easily. Hope this helps.

  9. Couldn’t go as usual but have acquired the Everly Brothers online at pretty much cost, and Frankie for a £20 mark up. I don’t wish to encourage scalpers but at the same time I would never get to acquire these in person. Fortunately there was little to tempt me this year.

    1. Agreed about the scalpers. Yes they are annoying but they do offer an opportunity for folks like me who don’t want to be in line for hours. It’s worth an extra tenner to me personally. Most items can be found online for reasonable prices especially items from Bowie, Madonna, Stones, etc because they print so many of them.

      Prices in the stores this year were ridiculous. $35 for a simple picture disc of Donna Summer. $30 for Everything But The Girl Night & Day 12” with only 2 tracks! Crazy. I did manage to get -in my opinion- the two most beautiful releases: Jesus Jones Scratched 2x acid colored vinyl and the Simple Minds 5xLive with Red, White & blue vinyl. They only printed 2000 of each according to the RSD website so they may get rare.

  10. I didn’t go in early, but I did wander into the nearest record shop to where I live late on Saturday afternoon and picked up the Stiff Little Fingers album. I have to say the vinyl looks lovely, it’s like one of those crystal clear vinyl releases but tinted blue. I haven’t seen one like it before.

    As mentioned, shops here seem to be ignoring the embargo, so I ordered a few things after the leftovers went online (Suzanne Vega, Frightened Rabbit x 2, Everlast and the Baseball Theme from Peanuts by Vince Guraldi (!)) from a couple of different local record shops and should end up with pretty much everything I wanted

  11. I arrived at my local shop at 415am to find 12 people ahead of me which was about normal pre-pandemic. The last couple of years the queue has taken a lot longer to build up so my arriving before midnight wasn’t needed for those years after all. I still got everything I wanted and there was plenty to choose from. The shop doesn’t usually sell CDs but had got several copies of the Bowie EPs which I was after and I have noticed the number of posts below referring to buying those: who says CDs are dead! Cheaper than vinyl at least: some of the prices of records seemed over the top.. I finally got the Foo Fighters 7″ which had been due last year for Love Records Day and added the Lou Reed demos and Pixies live.
    There were plenty of copies of the Taylor Swift 7″ so I was surprised to see the high prices online (£100+) for these: maybe I should’ve bought one to sell to cover the cost of all the rest! Maybe not as it still seems mean thing to do to me.
    As good as the shopping was seeing familiar faces and chatting with those and the staff. Just a pity it didn’t stay in the summer as it would’ve been a bit warmer first thing! Still, there’s the June drop (including the Who album I wanted this time around) so that may require a layer less of clothing to be worn.

    1. Regarding Tay-Tay, I suspect it has to do with the mega-popularity in the States of her opposed to elsewhere. I normally am 1st or 2nd in line at my local shop, but ended up being 12TH and intially did not know why. Until I looked at the line and they were all girls or young women. I got everything I needed and then number 13 (another youing owman) wanted Tay-Tay and it was gone.
      Many of those high prices will be oais in the States.

  12. Managed to get a few, Frightened Rabbit x2, Elvis Presley box, T-Rex, Dusty Springfield, Elton John, but missed out on the Ike & Tina Turner vinyl which I was really hoping to get but the £23 purchase is a clear profit for the scum selling it on eBay for £99!!

  13. Got to Port of Sound in Costa Mesa, CA. at one minute to 4am and the line was long already. They say they open at 5AM, but the line was already moving before then. Got U2 and Erasure. Turns out they got one Blondie 7″ and the first person in line got it. They were in line at 5PM on Friday. Thanks Gareth for the heads up on the Erasure CD. I messaged the marketing department. There are some things I need to go back for later this week. Hopefully, still available then.

  14. Here in the NW USA, I got the two releases that I wanted, just as the store Epic Seconds opened – Blue Velvet original soundtrack (expanded with extra cues and Bobby Vinton’s “Blue Velvet,” at last) and Scott Walker’s Boy Child (first time on vinyl with four more tracks and liner notes from Marc Almond (1990), Neil Hannon (2000), and Jarvis Cocker (2021)). Very happy. Now I’m expecting Scott Walker’s Sings Jacque Brel on vinyl from UMC some year soon. :)

    1. Here in Toronto, Canada I got in line on Saturday at 5.45 a.m. for an 8 a.m. opening at Pop Music, a very small but well-stocked shop with a friendly and efficient staff. I was about 50th in line, but got what I was looking for: the Bowie EP’s and cd’s and the Bad Company 1979 live album. The line-up was still about about 100 people long by the time I left.

  15. I went yesterday and today. Had a good score. It’s funny, everyone wants the Bowie, Stones, etc but the truth is that the Bowie, Stones, Madonna, etc releases will be available for years to come on EBay for very reasonable prices. Everyone is ecstatic when they find those releases (including me) but they made so many of those that everyone who wants them can easily get them. All the RSD releases from past years from Bowie, Stones, Prince etc are available everywhere for decent money.

  16. Well, I couldn’t go this time round, so looked up German RSD shops and found the Chicago Carnegie Hall box set. That is a must for me. Got the original when it came out – and even shelled out for the 16 CD box set. So had to have this. HOWEVER: the price was extortionate! 125 Euros? You got to be kidding me! Also looking for the truly weird single “Der Hund von Baskerville” by German “Schlager” couple Cindy & Bert. This is a cover version of “Paranoid” and came out the same year. Weird, but wonderful – and STILL overprized. A 7″ single at between 17 and 20 Euros. Will really have to rethink doing RSD purchases…

  17. Tower Records in Dublin have thankfully ignored this ‘waiting until Friday’ malarkey.. leftover stock went up online at 7 pm this evening. It’s a hard thing to police and I suspect most stores will ignore the edict.

  18. Arrived at only 4am and was first in the queue at a small friendly independent. The second was a minute later and it picked up at 6am. Owners brought out coffees and at 9am was exciting to be first in. Only wanted a small number – Slade, Nick Lowe, Taylor, Ian Dury and Blondie. All the biggies were by the door – then it was find it yourselves on the racks. No lists. no highlighters. Had to be on a Zoom at 0930 so couldn’t hang around!!

    Looked at the list of titles today and found that I had missed a few!!! hey ho

  19. Plenty of life in Vienna’s record shops yesterday. A lot of stuff had gone by lunch but got Blur, which is what I wanted. Bowie’s EPs were plentiful, and Kevin Rowland’s My Beauty also in multiple quantities.

  20. Here in the US, I live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and my store of choice is the excellent Exclusive Company which is America’s oldest full line independent store (vinyl, cd’s, dvd’s, blue reys, t-shirts, etc). I’m a big fan of RSD and partake every year. If I’m not working, I’ll arrive the night before to camp out so I’m usually first in line. On Friday I arrived 7:30pm the previous night to insure my spot on Saturday, I was 7th in line. Four of the seven people in front of me wanted the Taylor Swift vinyl, that’s all, those young twenty year old’s reminded me of the excitement I had as a kid waiting to get my special release.

    So this particular store only allows between 7 to 10 customers in at a time, this year it was 10. They always have the albums, in alphabetical order, all displayed on one wall. The staff is always helpful, knowing where everything is in case I pass by something, they know where it’s at. Doors opened at 7am and I got everything I wanted. Allman Bros., both David Bowie’s, Mariah Carey, Chicago @ Carnegie Hall, The Everly Bros., Foo Fighters 7″, Joan Jett, Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, The Replacements, Rolling Stones, Santana, Del Shannon, Patti Smith, Pete Townshend and Sun Records Vol. 9 all on vinyl.

    Didn’t get the McCartney, Steve Early 7″, CCR 7″, The Sweet, The Who or Young-Holt Unlimited.
    I buy these for me, I do not sell on Ebay and yes the prices are stupid. I have no other vices, so I can justify it.

    Here’s the tragic thing, The Exclusive Company is closing all six of it’s locations in July after serving the state for 66 years. This really sucks, a group is trying to buy the store I frequent and they said that RSD people need the new ownership to operate the store a full year before they let you partake in RSD.

    1. Holy crap. How i am just hearing about The Exclusive Company closings? What a bummer. I’ve been going to those stores since I was in high school and every time I get back to my home state since. Guess I’d better make a grand pilgrimage. Half my target cd collection is from their used bins!

  21. We drove over to Cinderford with hangovers at about 9am. I was only looking for the Prince album but that’s been put back to June. As it’s on Sony I imagine it’ll be available later as a general release anyway.

    I bought more used vinyl than new, bit of jazz and Van Halen’s first. I also got a half price Tone Poet and the Buena Vista Social Club album for a fair price.

    Stopped for a cooked veggie breakfast at a greasy spoon on the way home :)

  22. This was my 14th RSD and it’s one of the highlight’s of my year. My daughter and I got to David’s Music in Letchworth in UK at 01:45am and was surprised to see 15 people already ahead of us. First in queue started 8:45am Friday morning! Great banter in the queue chatting to people you only see on RSD and hysterically funny to see one person joining later in the morning in what can only be described as a full size hospital bed. They operate the list / highlighter system which I prefer and staff were on-site by 6.00am to open the cafe and use toilets. All staff were excellent and helpful as per usual. A coolish night soon passed but I was convinced at No. 16 in the queue I would not get everything on my list. I also knew from the shop’s website that all stock of the number one want in my list (Simple Minds) contained crease sleeve damage and so the price had been reduced to £30 accordingly, but I didn’t know how many copies they had. At one stage I nearly made an impulse eBay buy it now purchase of the Doors box set a full £30 cheaper than in-store. But I stuck to my beliefs in fear that karma would redress any early morning cash-in with zilch copies of the Minds being left. By 8.00am when the store opened there must have been 150 queuing. By 8:30am it was my turn and I was relieved that they had around 10 copies of Simple Minds and the Doors plus all the other 24 items I wanted. My daughter also got the 5 she wanted. If you’re still reading this I’m sure some may think I’m a flipper. I’m not. I’m just a random who has suffered from vinylitis for over 50 years. It’s a terribly nice disease to have and I consider myself very fortunate to be able to take part and support my local record store.

  24. Got what I wanted after trawling a few shops in Sheffield – shout out to Spinning Discs, Beartree Records, Vinyl Junkee and Record Collector. I eventually acquired:

    The Streets box set
    Erasure 12”
    Electronic 12”
    Blur LP
    Happy Mondays LP
    Noel Gallagher 7”
    Johnny Marr 12”
    Suede 3xLP

    Really enjoyed the day!

  25. Got to Rough Trade Bristol around 0430. Good vibes and banter. Some toerag barged into the queue right in front of me around 0700 but after an earful he shuffled off to the back and didn’t see the store until 0930. Got everything on my wants list, such as The Doors 4LP set and looking forward to drop 2 in June.

  26. RSD in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) was pretty good, as usual. Two participating stores at walking distance, live performances from bands and generally a great atmosphere. The trouble in NL is there are usually several great titles on the UK RSD list that are not available in Dutch stores. This year I found the list of items not so interesting so where I usually shop for 5-10 items this time I only really needed the Bowie CD’s. And found both “Brilliant Adventure” the “Toy E.P.” within minutes of arrival. I guess these are not so limited after all. Unlikely the “Is It Any Wonder” CD single a couple of years ago. After a trip to London earlier in the week, where I bought a huge amount of CD’s and saw Soul II Soul at the Royal Albert Hall, I didn’t need anything else but I did enjoy a bit of browsing at the stores. For me, despite the usual complaints, RSD is an institution and long may it continue.

  27. It’s a strange and sad feeling. The collector in me really wants the Frankie, really wants the TBII in coloured vinyl, I also really want the Ronald Binge 7″ single, I know, I know. But it is a brilliant tune. But with bills to pay etc. I can’t justify the £100 to £150 it would currently cost to snag copies of them. I could have queued up and got them for £80-odd. But that is a lot at the moment. I’m glad so many people got what they wanted but, as an experience I am done with it and as for the money…… well. It’s rather eye-watering.

    1. As an aside, my wife has just bloody well upset me. I am watching the Tubular Bells II Live at Edinburgh concert, a concert I was at and 18 months before I met my wife. She casually threw in that it was now 30 years ago this year. Noooooooooooo. How? 30!

      Tattoo still brings a tear to the eye.

    2. I completely understand, I wanted the Frankie disc as well but trying to justify buying it, not just because of finances but space as well, just one more record…
      I watched the premiere of TBII on the telly and really enjoyed it but was dismayed at how it was savaged by the critics. Also it soundtracked the first time I had my heart broken and it’s still difficult to listen to, along with Peter Gabriel’s US album, also 30!

  28. My “coup de coeur” (crush ?) : Erasure The Ne:Ep.
    A colored Vinyl + Cd + download code for less than 15€ , that’s a beautiful release !

    My “carton rouge” (red card ?) : The Cure Pornography.
    Although i’m really happy of this release, it’s overpriced : more than 40€ for one picture disc, compared to last year it was cheaper with 2 picture disc.

    Cheers from RSD in France,
    Love all you do Paul with SDE .

    1. The Cure record was much cheaper in the states here but I still passed on it. That album is too depressing for me. But the Erasure looks nice.

      Bonne écoute!

  29. Sound Records in Isle of Man has a good system of queuing, allowing a few people in the store at once, but with Ed, a guy who works there taking any lists people have and putting your “wants” together. Only one person at the RSD rack at a time, but free hot/cold drinks and pastries for those waiting! Earliest riser was a 15yr old lad who had been outside with a sleeping bag since 5am…. Lots of interest for the Peter Tosh album, and reggae stuff in general. Biggest spender I saw was a chap with £400 worth on the cash desk including the Doors sessions set, the Chicago live album and the Streets Original Pirate Material anniversary reissue! It’s always a good atmosphere, and lots of elderly people wondering what the queue outside the record shop was for. In fact, there were a few blokes wandering past with their wives looking on longingly as if to say “I’d love to be in there….but instead I’ve got to go to Tesco. Great.” Even though there wasn’t too much I was after this year it’s always a fun time (until you come to pay for all your loot!)

  30. I’m an expat living in Thailand so in the past I have always ended up buying from various UK indie stores when the remaining stock becomes available online. That usually entailed staying up late or waking up early and then refreshing the browser to try to access the sites and then try to get my order in. I managed to usually get everything I wanted. I had a lot of difficulty tracking down the Propaganda Eight Testaments release a few years ago and I thought that due to the limited number of the FGTH release I would have problems again. So this time I started looking around online much earlier. I hadn’t realised that international sellers made their releases available the following day instead of the usual delay of a week. So this morning I ordered the U2 and Johnny Marr from HMV Japan and I ordered the FGTH from a store in Portugal (it seems that stock of that didn’t reach Japan or possibly the US from the stores that I looked at). Luckily there weren’t many releases I was interested in this time.

  31. I used to spend a lot of money on CDs and box sets etc but things like Record Store Day and the huge influx of Vinyl as the apparent format that music fans must have has driven me to buying 2nd hand CDs in charity shops and having a lot more fun than paying $200 for a deluxe edition box set that must contain a bloody vinyl LP. I haven’t purposely purchased a vinyl LP since the 1980s.

    1. As Abba sang, ‘It’s a rich man’s world’. Went once years ago, queued (no, there was no banter, just silence) for 45 minutes to pay £13 for a 7 inch single, that I’ve never played. Give me Amazon/eBay and easily obtainable bargain CDs every time.

  32. Joined queue at Sister Ray in Soho London at 3.00 a.m. and got place number 12 – my best ever after 8 years!
    very strange incident at around 4.30 – middle aged guy decides to take a pic of the queue, or as he shouted out “you’re all f#**ing perverts, why aren’t you at home in bed”!

  33. I was working yesterday but thanks to eBay got the two Bowie releases on cd at a reasonable price ,though why they are limited editions is bizarre, meaning yet again fans will miss out ,or play inflated prices.
    And people say the folks running George Michael’s estate are incompetent……

  34. Managed to get all my wish-list and some really nice stuff this year :)
    A quick public service announcement for any US Erasure fans who don’t get the band’s weekly newsletter – there’s been a cockup at the pressing plant for the remixes CD that comes bundled inside their RSD Ne:EP vinyl – instead of the 8 remixes it’s supposed to contain, it duplicates the 5 original songs from the vinyl (and other, earlier formats). Mute USA are on it, they are getting corrected CDs pressed.To register for a replacement CD, and to receive a download code for the remixes [to keep you going in the meantime ’til your CD arrives] you will need to email [email protected] with the subject ‘NE:EP REMIXED CD REPLACEMENT’ with your postal address (valid for the next month) and a copy of the receipt showing you’ve purchased the RSD Erasure release. This ONLY affects North American copies. UK / European copies are fine (I can vouch for that). And if you are a US fan who bought a copy – I’d highly recommend putting in for a replacement CD, the extra remixes (including the 3 new-for-RSD exclusvive ones) are excellent IMHO.

    1. “Read all about it! Journalist makes over the top claims in order to get people to talk about her article!”

      Blimey. Who’d have thought it?

    2. The journo Barbara ellen must be short on material as same article is in Observer Sunday paper today . Always has an opinion on middle aged men but also a fan of recycling apparently.

      1. That’s a link to the Observer article, there’s no separate Observer website, no recycling:) Far be it for a female journalist to gently mock a largely male pursuit…

  36. I have got all what I want. FGTH, Rolling Stones, T-Rex, Phil Lynott, Kirk Hammett, both Bowie Singles, Slade, Def Leppard, Dire Straits, U2. An expensive RSD like every year for me.

  37. Yesterday 8.30 in Münster – seven people before me, good atmosphere- you can have a beer (if you want). The shop was Full of people – so one came out – one get in! Small shop but all things from the list are there: FGTH, Blondie, Patti, Dieter Meier (Yello), Bowie (cd&vinyl) , Erasure, Noel, John Carpenter…..
    It was a very good morning – but a very EXPANSIVE!!!!!!
    28€ for a 7inch – OMG

  38. With each RSD I expect the unexpected & end up with a different bigger pile…ended up spending the most yet of any RSD to date…went to 2 stores in NYC… Rock And Soul & Rough Trade…first, what I didn’t get were the Kid Creole CD, the Soul Power 68, Patti Smith, Jesus Jones, Belinda, Bunnymen, Blondie 7″, Bernard Butler or Jessie Ware…I did get 10 titles total…Nick Lowe, Alice in Chains EP, Tegan and Sara, Kim Shattuck demos, FGTH, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Ramones box, Roy Ayers & the 2 Bowie EPs on CD…not bad but most spent yet… unexpectedly…

  39. RSD has started to rival online pre-sale concert ticket queues as far as stress and frustration goes. Here in the Salt Slums of Utah, RSD always falls on the same day as a marathon, and if you live downtown or the immediate surrounding suburbs, you are literally “stuck” as the marathon reigns supreme. This wasn’t such a problem for the last two RSD, but then the next problem is the stores themselves and more specifically, those who work in them that don’t know and can’t be bothered with what they ordered, let alone where they shoved it.

    As a specific example, for RSD 2015, I really only desired Erasure’s red vinyl “Violet Flame Remixes” 12”. I was lucky enough to be working near the first closest store, but because I was working, could not queue hours in advance and actually saw two of the first in line holding their prizes on their way out while I was still waiting to get in, only to find that the store only got 2 copies, so I was out of luck. Fair enough and I fought marathon traffic to try the next logical store. After parking and a very long queue, found that they didn’t know and couldn’t look up what they had ordered (WTF? Randy’s Records, FYI) and instead had just shoved all the RSD randomly throughout their tiny store. I looked everywhere, but with wall-to-wall consumers and not enough room to swing a cat, I gave up. I tried the next two new-to-me sites per the US RSD website, only to find eventually that they “hadn’t bothered to order that!” because I guess it wasn’t hip enough for their stores. So I left all four stores completely empty-handed. For RSD 2019 I really only wanted Morrissey’s “Love-To-Be” red 7” which had been advertised as being a US offering, but alas, the three stores I tried that day hadn’t received any (but really only two of those confirmed that, as the third—Randy’s again…I know, please don’t judge me but it had been a few years, right?!) had the store front bodyguard question why I was the first person to leave empty-handed and tried to get the imbecile manager involved who told me what the staff had a few years before: he didn’t know what they had ordered, and it wasn’t put into their inventory system so I should check where I had already checked and also inquired another employee and what is taking me too long to convey is that RSD really isn’t worth the stress of it all. There is no joy in waiting in line(s) for a few hours to buy some overpriced release that some store couldn’t be bothered with ordering in the first place. Random RSD releases (including from previous years) scattered thoughtlessly around a disorganized store does not entice this shopper’s wallet much.

    For this year’s RSD, I desired the Erasure “Ne:EP” purple vinyl with the North American mis-pressed remix CD included (Mute USA will be replacing these free of charge) and Suzanne Vega’s “Close-Up Extras” to compliment my recent LP Box of the series. Not wishing to fight the return of marathon day nightmare traffic, I called the nearest store (about 25 minutes away from where I live) last night and a very friendly chap asked what I was going to be looking for. For the Erasure, he hemmed and hawed and said, “Well, we got 5, but it looks like 3 are already taken, so most likely that maybe only ONE will be available when we open tomorrow at 10!” He suggested I considered coming and camping out overnight as a line had already formed outside of their store. Not wishing to argue with him (he was just being brutally honest after all) I couldn’t help but wonder how 3 to 4 copies of something that can’t be sold until today had already be sold?! I think that’s another aspect of what has happened with this program: it is corrupt and getting sleazier year by year.

    Lastly, my very long tale has a happy end as I have a back-up store in the UK, and so after getting up about the time the local store would have opened, I wrote my contact and he pulled the Erasure, the Suzanne Vega and I added the Madonna as a reward and I paid him and last year the package took about a week and a half to arrive. Sure, I am paying more for the shipping, and slightly higher UK prices, but to forgo the stress and frustration, I think this will be my new chosen route. The items in my package had already been listed on the various sale sites (eBay and Discogs) and of course at jacked-up pricing. I sorta wish my artists and bands wouldn’t participate and instead just offer these through their own sites, so us fans could purchase and support them directly, and not a corrupt enterprise that RSD has become. Thank you for reading.

  40. I joined the queue at 9:15pm on Friday at Amoeba Music Hollywood and they opened at 9:30am Saturday morning – always very ordered and fair process, they give you a list and you mark the records that you want and around 8am they pick up your list and give you a clip with your number (I was 20th in the queue) and then they pull your records, put them in a bag and have them ready for you when you go in – 12 hours in the queue but really worth it as I managed to get all of my choices – only issue with RSD are the prices, $34.98 plus tax for the Everything but the Girl 12” single is really steep especially when the Frankie album was $29.98 in comparison but the experience of waiting in the queue with fellow devoted music physical media fans is worth it in the end

  41. Went on discogs later in the afternoon and bought Ramones Vinyl Box for less than on ebay. Headed over to amazon and bought used very good audiotechnica turntable with pre amp from amazon warehouse…. now I need to fly home to Germany to get my vinyl collection from my in-laws over to the States. Might be a problem, though…. however, there is a 1986 Master of Puppets Music For The Nations vinyl waiting for me that sells for crazy prices these days….

  42. In Sydney hit 3 stores Red Eye Records, Utopia and Hum Music. Got what was after between them – Noel Gallagher, U2, Foo Fighters. Foo Fighters on the 3rd attempt as only small number at each store. Lines and sales well organised though Hum you had to hunt through the crates yourself for the items. good day n good vibe, friendly lines.

  43. Fairly expensive day… I only have ONE record shop still alive around 50Kms, so the visit was easy to do … It ended with no less than 9 records : FGTH, Madonna, Elton John, U2, La femme, Blondie (28€ for a 2×7″ !), Foo Fighters and unexpected Patti Smith Compilation, Same for Cranberries… Although the prices became totally crazy indeed, I went for it again this year …

  44. I applaud the EBay sellers. I went to the record store this morning, line was wrapped around the block. No way I’m waiting in that. Went to EBay this afternoon and bought the Jesus Jones and Rolling Stones RSD releases for seemingly regular prices. Could have bought the Bowie releases too but I’ll wait for a price drop. The Bowie releases will be available online for years to come. I wanted the Prince Gold vinyl but I guess that’s dropping in June. I missed out on Rick Astley and FGTH but here in the US that stuff is harder to get. They want rock here, they don’t appreciate a good 80’s synthesizer.

  46. Stayed at home. Didn’t want to queue or wait. Not a big fan of RSD. The only item I really wanted was Nick Cave but I’ll try to get it later and if I can’t it’s no big deal anyway.

    RSD is supposed to help record stores but it’s for physical shops only (online sellers aren’t eligible unless they also have a physical store) and I’m not sure it helps that much. I think half of buyers buy to sell items later. Also nowadays there are already lots of indie only limited editions for new releases during the year and it probably helps them more than RSD releases.
    Small online only stores can’t participate but some chains stores can or big shops like Rough Trade can. Not sure they really need help….

    The idea behind RSD was to make lots of people (and mainly new buyers) go to physical record stores instead of buying online on Amazon and discover new record stores and buy more stuff than just RSD releases. The idea was that once you have bought RSD releases you would browse the store and buy more the same day or come back to that store on a regular basis. From what I see, I don’t think it’s the case.

    I think they should just let all record stores (physical or online) partcipate and they should put a turnover limit to participate. It would be fair that way.

    1. I hate to play devil’s advocate, but according to what you say RSD is for, and I agree, then…. job done, except that it’s the WRONG people that are going in.

  47. AVOID shopping at Lakewood, Ohio,USA “MyMind’s Eye”! Couple years back started waiting at 6 pm on prior Day, mgr & cronies got there to set up st 10 pm, one had a thick bag of vinyl when left..next morning at 8 am , line of 20,so .. But #2&3in line at 6 am,day & waited in car until an hour before opening. When mgr 15 minutes arrived before opening ,#2 walked to meet him a short block away.. Mgr didn’ t sell to me , but to his #2 ” butt buddy” .following eBay I think he sold the 900 limited Let It Bleed Rolling Stone $100 LP for $700……so RSD not on the up & up, ( I NEVER sold anything on eBay).lesson learned.. Never shop at ” MyMind’s Eye” on Lakewood, Ohio,USA

    2. Not sure I understood the sequence of events in GPGP’s tale of misery, but I don’t doubt the reality of it. I lived in Cleveland 20 years ago, and that store was circling the drain even then, with a stale vibe. Visits since have been depressing to the point of ‘just forget about it’. The whole record store scene in Brownstown seems to have collapsed, especially since the stellar A Separate Reality changed hands and downsized. Blue Arrow seems to still have their act together, but the loss of their neighbors, Music Saves, was actually a plus for record buyers. Apologies to any good store I’ve not yet had the chance to darken with my presence.

      By contrast, nothing but joy to report from the west side of the state. Today in Toledo, OH, the RSD scene centered around the marvelous record store known as The Culture Clash, which is one of the great record retail stories of the last few years. Not only did the new owner of a venerable store weather the Covid storm, he actually moved to a much bigger, cooler locale during the pandemic. Today’s RSD hoedown was a classic, and in record-breaking spring heat. Every ingredient was in place: Plenty of the exclusives, $1 bins, food trucks, the next door bar was a-hoppin’, local craft vendors were on the back tarmac, and there were two (TWO!) stages of live music and a freestyle rap battle. Perfect-O. For the first time in over two years, the real fun of record geeks flocking to a hip store, like ducks to a pond, truly returned, and in full flower. You could see people rubbing their eyes like they just woke up from a long unsettling dream.

      Also worth a serious nod is another fine Glass City wax pusher, No Noise Records. A lower-key joint, but expertly curated, with a friendly and committed owner. Smaller crowds there, but slower browsin’ habits, and I definitely saw more dough changing hands at No Noise, per customer anyway.

      My tote bag came home with the Lou Reed, Townshend, and Larry Coryell vinyl releases, plus the two Bowie EPs on CD. Found an uber-clean copy of the last album by The Rumour, on Stiff, which gave more of a thrill than the RSD stuff, truth be told.

      Downside, though, was painful: Some prices – maybe half the RSD exclusives – were just nuts, moreso than the last two truncated years for sure. Each of the Bill Evans releases were over 50 pigs. That was such a hardcore downer that I saw a friend who wanted them just shake his head and walk away: “I cannot spend over a hundred bucks on two records, man.” And he was right to do it. I understand that RSD is a lifesaver for many stores. And I can be a little charitable considering the party they are throwing. But, there’s a point where you gots to say “Nah, no way.”

      All the same, though, it was great to get that holiday feel back. Now, everybody send somethin’ to the folks from Ukraine to keep that good feeling flowing through your veins. Spinnin’ records just ain’t enough these days.

      Paul, dug the Lloyd Cole article. You’re right: Two git-boxes and git-boxes only can get a bit mono-tone-us. Especially with Don and Phil both still dead.

  48. Got there earlier than ever (5:45 for 8:00 open) and was further back in line than ever before. Huge demand for the Taylor Swift 7” (not me, luckily). Store only had 12 and ran out before I got inside – some slumped shoulders and people leaving the line at that point.

    Didn’t get the Bowie BA CD I wanted, and I put the Johnny Marr 12” back after looking at the price ($26 for two tracks?!). Got the two biggies I wanted, though, the Jesus Jones (which looks AND sounds amazing) and the Frankie (haven’t listened yet). Also got the Toy CD, the Mikey Dread 10” and a couple of other things. Very happy overall.

    Vibe in line was excellent. Maybe it was the Swift release, but there were many more younger, more recent vinyl converts this year. Hopefully they keep coming back throughout the year, though there is lots of angst about the prices. Overall a good one.

  49. Argh. I’m in the States and my tastes, starting in the 80s, have always been aligned with you in the UK. And your choices on RSD always make me jealous. I’d love to have been able to get the Madness and Dolby 12”s, the full selection of Morricone on offer, and especially ESPECIALLY the Les Baxter album. If anyone has a lead on that last one please let me know.

    This morning I picked up 3 soundtracks: Strange Behavior (by Tangerine Dream for an obscure 80s slasher movie), Blue Velvet 2lp, and a nice repress of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Also got Wires’s Not About to Die, and a paisley underground classic from ‘84, Rain Parade.

    1. The Dolby 12” was available in the US. I didn’t get it myself, but I did see it. Newbury Comics is selling it online now if you want to order it online.

  51. I got what I wanted which was FGTH, Ian Dury & The Blockheads and Dana Gillespie. Some items were very expensive especially the 7″ singles.

  52. Presumably an unpopular view here, but I feel like Record Store Day is quite problematic. I’ve always found it to have no resemblance to the record shop experience (queuing up with a list is not how we shop for records) and the over-priced nature of it all makes it feel like a label cash-in, rather than something for shop owners or consumers. Recent articles
    however, have gone further (see the Guardian one from Feb) in detailing how the volume of releases in a single day is negatively impacting artist schedules and shops for the rest of the year, by taking up too much of the currently overstretched capacity for vinyl manufacturing. I’d be really interested to hear more on this from those in the know. For now, whilst there are a few items I’d quite like, I’m a little reluctant to support it.

    1. One of the three record stores I attended in Melbourne was run by someone who also ran a small indie record label. She hates RSD, telling me that each year all her vinyl pressings get “bumped” at the manufacturing plants to make way for the major’s RSD releases, (even though she booked her stuff well in advance of the big boys). She alleged a lot of eleventh hour bullying is involved in this annual event, with no regard for the little guys, so that leaves a sour taste on what should be a sweet experience for her.

      Personally, RSD always feels a bit like a lucky dip to me. If you get what you were hoping for then the dopamine hit is very pleasant & your music collection gets that little bit more impressive. If not, you get to go home cursing the very premise of the day, frustrated that you just wasted your time, your petrol and twice as much of your hard-earned on the greedy mongrels ripping you off on eBay when you inevitably try to scramble to get that item you desperately wanted instore earlier in the day but couldn’t find or was already sold out.

      A number of stores I phoned also told me they don’t participate any longer out of frustration that they only get sent half of what they order.

      Me? I nabbed the last copies of the two Bowie CD EPs at the third store I visited, so I’m still basking in the lovely chemicals my brain’s releasing, just like Pavlov’dog! ;)

    2. There is a lot wrong with capitalism and the corporate control of the record industry. I think some of those problems make RSD problems, but I do not think RSD itself is the core of the problem. If that makes sense.

  53. Queued outside Tower in Dublin. Got most of what I wanted (2 Bowie, Sued, Madonna and Noel Gallagher). Plenty of stock and plenty of craic.

  54. In Madrid it was quite poor really,I was baffled after 30 minutes queuing in the cold to find my record shop only had 3 copies of both of Bowie’s eps,so I could only get the Toy one,no Erasure or Frankie. Went to a couple other record shops and it was the same. Thank god a friend in Barcelona got me the ones I didn’t find here.the Toy 10” was very expensive by the way,I’m kind of getting fed up with all the rsd hype,I think this might be my last one

  55. Went to Rough Trade East, arrived about 5.30 am, joined a friend who had been there since 4. Que grew to well over 300 people by 8am. Lots of Swifties about (which is great getting the younger crowd interested in vinyl – but these youngsters are not that into talking to older people in the que :-) ). As per usual: RTE well organized, gave out stock list, gave you a number, and a pencil, collected your list and you were called in when your order was ready to pick up. Non of this elbow pushing and browsing. In and out within 30 minutes. Got all I wanted (HL 12″, FGTH, Associates, 2 x Bowie CD’s). The least I’ve ever spent on RSD. Refused to buy Bowies 12″,10″ – to prices and they will definitely come down in price on ebay.

    I feel like the scalpers are not making as much money as we think they are. RSD records are expensive to buy now, and scalpers are only making about £5, £10 more after fees via eBay. You really have to be in the first in the que, walk out the door, and put the item instantly on ebay to get a good return or the gullible buyer – as the day goes on the prices drop, and drop and drop to just about the same as they are in the shop. I’ve seen one Bowie 10″ sell for £21 when it was £28.

  56. Went into my shop around 11am thinking it would be picked over. Came out with Live Seeds / Lou Reed Demos / Nico – Camera Obscura / Bowie BA 12″.

  57. Got to Rough Trade West at 7.30, with at least 40 people ahead of me in the queue. However the store was well stocked and I was able to buy all I wanted – Simple Minds, the two Bowie CDs, Taylor, Noel and Gambino.

  58. The rules have changed again this year, so leftover stock will not appear online until 8pm on Friday 29 April

    This might be true for UK stores but EU stores are selling on Discogs “prices not inflated” the postage can obviously be high but if you are ordering a few items its not that bad.

    Just bough Patti Smith, Bowie and Commander Venus for a total of £90 delivered.

  59. Went to the famous Beverly Records in Chicago, which is the closest to my house. There were about 20 people ahead of me in line so it took about a half hour. I was hoping they would have the Bowie EPs on CD but that place’s vibe has always been anti-CD. I asked the owner (a gentleman in his 70’s) if he had the Bowie on CD, and he said they did not bother to order them and that “CD’s are dead”. I disagree with that sentiment but left it at that. I passed on the vinyl EPs which they did have at $25 each. Instead I picked up the More Hot Rocks on vinyl. Sadly they did not have the Pete Townshend Face to Face Live, nor the Elton John Thom Bell Sessions.

    Overall the line was very organized and efficient and the product was right in front of the registers. You were able to search and pick out your product and then move right on down to the registers.

  60. I can see the logic of delaying online ordering for nearly a week – it gives shops the chance to sell more stock. However, for hard to get items it means the scalpers on ebay are back to having a field day for those desperate to lay their hands on Taylor Swift’s single etc etc.

  61. Got what I wanted (which wasn’t that much as prices are getting ridiculous now)…

    Bargain was the ‘La Femme’ Paradigmes Supplements LP £18
    (Also caught them live a few nights ago at O2 Forum Kentish Town) and they were excellent.

    Overpriced but bought were Blondie ‘Sunday Girl E.P.’ £20! and Rolling Stones ‘More Hot Rocks’ £50!

  62. Hi everybody.
    So I went to a small record store here in Gothenburg, Sweden that was open at midnight, for RSD. Small queue, nice people that smelled of beer and a mellow mood.
    I got my Madonna record within a couple of minutes and was on my way home after that. I’m very happy with my purchase. :)
    (And yes, red vinyl and no lithograph)

  63. WHAT A JOKE ? So its 6 days of rsd now, if you do not live anywhere near a store and have to rely on online sales, I’ve no quarrel about people physically queueing and being able to purchase items on a 1st come 1st served basis but to extend the time before online sales are allowed (are we in 2022) is an absolutely ridiculous idea, thought up by some jobsworth, so I will be ignoring rsd in future

  64. Well I got to my local shop 15 minutes before opening and was the first one there. I got the only item I definitely told myself I would buy, the Bowie “Brilliant Adventure ep” on CD. I left the Bowie vinyl and Toy ep CD there. There was not anything else in stock to tempt me. I might have gone for the Simple Minds or Thomas Dolby if I saw it, but was spared from having to choose.

  65. As ever Piccadilly Records in Manchester had loads of stock, go down after queues have died down and got 4 things at top of list, LPs by Patti Smith, Lou Reed (demos) and The Residents, plus the James Blake Covers 12″. In & out in 5 minutes. I’d spent nearly £100 so left it at that. All reasonable prices unlike The Wipers & Joni Mitchell which were way more than they should have been.

  66. Due to being partially disabled and unable to walk any distance I am unable to get to a record store these days so I have to source my stuff online. This RSD is really upsetting for me as in better days and I am going back 50 years now I used to spend most of my time in local record stores so the concept of finding something really interesting to me on RSD is out of my reach. Sometimes I get lucky and find some gems online but at stupidly high prices.
    But then again that is my problem so good luck to those who find something really good today.

    1. I can recommand you Banquet Records in case there are albums from RSD you are interested in (or HHV in Germany). And thanks for your good wishes.

  67. I was only interested in two, Bunnymen and Bernard Butler. I didn’t go until nearly midday and hoped I’d get Bernard Butler but didn’t expect Bunnymen to be left. Surprisingly it was the other way around so I’ll have to hope that somewhere has Bernard Butler left when the stores put their remaining stock online.

  68. Most of what I wanted has been delayed til June. Couldn’t queue today, but hope to pick up a copy of the annual Doctor Who vinyl later on. Ebay usually settles down after a while.

  69. Looks like the Undertones 12 inch green vinyl version of Love Parade has been pulled from the RSD release schedule. It’s no longer listed on the official website’s list of releases. It was scheduled for June 18 but the other other June 18 releases are on the website.

  70. Joined the queue at my local(ish) record store at 1am and was fourth in the queue – managed to get all 18 items I wanted. Managed well as usual with lists collected in order and then going in to collect them when ready

    1. Wow 1am, that’s hardcore! Though not as hardcore as the 3 people in front of you :)
      Interesting you got 18 items. My local store limits people to 10 items.

      1. That’s interesting. Thankfully they have never restricted how many total records you can get. I must say this was the RSD I’ve probably got the most at and still want 4 from the June drop. Might chance a later start then haha

  71. The four items released this year for RSD that I was hoping to pick up are: the two Bowie CDs, the Johnny Marr 12″, and the Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 7″. I was also hoping to find the recently released LP by Dallas based band Motorcade.

    Up until about 9:00 p.m. last night I had plans to queue up at Josey Records sometime between 3:00 – 4:00 a.m. this morning. Josey did a great job of listing which RSD items they had received and I confirmed they had all four items I had my eye on. However, when I saw them start to pop up on eBay last night at inflated but not insane prices (to me), I decided to make my purchases there and avoid queueing early today with no guarantee that the Bowie, Marr, and NGHFB titles would still be there when it was my turn in the store. A little disappointed I didn’t feel up for the “RSD fight” today, as I’ve almost always enjoyed it in the past.

    I’ll likely head to a very small store near the house at 11:00 am to see if they got their usual one or two boxes of RSD releases.

    I hope everyone one who went out for RSD today enjoys the day and manages to find what they were looking for.

    1. I did decide to head over to Josey Records in Dallas around 12:00 pm today. There was still a line to browse through the RSD releases. I managed to pick up the NGHFB 7″ and two impulse buys of the FGTH ep and EBTG 12″ (really pricey…). Saw several copies of the Bowie 12″/10″, Stones, Bernard Butler, EATB, The Doors, The Cure releases. Josey was still well stocked.

      I then drove 20 minutes north up to Recycled Books & Records in Denton. There I picked up the Johnny Marr 12″, U2 12″ and found the two Bowie CDs completely hidden behind a couple of RSD 7″s on my second time through their RSD stock. Recycled had several copies of The Doors, Stones, EATB, Bernard Butler, and Simple Minds releases and one copy of the FGTH ep. I also picked up a Buzzcocks comp CD, the latest Bonobo CD and the Costello/Nieve 5 CD live acoustic box set.

      It turns out I didn’t need to make those RSD eBay purchases last night after all. Looks like I’ll have a few extra copies to sell off to try to recoup some of my costs.

      Generally, the RSD prices seemed “reasonable” but there were a few releases that seemed quite high (EBTG and U2). It was great to see so many people in these record stores today. It was reminiscent of the days before downloads and streaming.

      1. I had to travel for work today and stopped by a little record store in Bryan, TX called Curious Collections. They still had a good amount of RSD releases (Stones, Elton John, FGTH, Erasure, EATB, Ultravox!, Replacements etc.). They will ship, so for those interested their website is: curiouscollectionstx.com

  72. Managed to get all 7 items that I wanted (HL 12″, FGTH, Suede, Electronic, T.Rex, Ultravox & Erasure-I have WIDE tastes) at the excellent Lost In Vinyl in Cambridge-got there at 9.30 and no queue although he had a decent one before he opened at 8 however the shop had quite a few in and good amount of stock on most items.

  73. I went for FGTH, The Streets box set and the Human League 12”.. went to our local record store in Nantwich, Applestump Records, and arrived at 6 – was 6th in the queue and they were great dispensing Coffee and bacon rolls before opening at 8. Let the first 4 in together and then did a one in one out for everyone else. Got in at 8.10 and managed to get FGTH and The Streets box set but the owner said they’d only had 1 Human League 12” and the first guy there had had it. Have seen it on eBay for £48 but I can’t pay that for a 12” single!!!

  74. What is the Altered Reels release for FGTH about? I will try to get Stevie Nicks too (not even listed on discogs yet). Is the Donna Summer picture disc a direct reissue of the original picture disc?

    2. Altered Reels is basically the Relax cassette single on one side and the Two Tribes cassette single on the other so about 40 mins of music and chat including Two Tribes (Keep The Peace) which is a long mix of TT with bits of carnage and annihilation blended together plus a fake live intro

    3. Yes highly recommend getting a copy of Stevie Nicks’ Belladonna deluxe vinyl – have now played it and can say it is a superb pressing and the bonus tracks really augment the album. Fantastic package. I got the Donna Summer picture disc too and it plays very well – surface noise is not too bad at all. Cannot say thought if it is a direct reissue but it son a different label for this release.

      1. I fancied the Stevie Nicks one but £52 for an add on disc (main album is most recent remaster, which I have) was not on. Even more so for The Proclaimers at £55. £40 each for the Suede and Simple Minds triples was more realistic

        1. Nice to see rough trade have dropped the price of the proclaimers down to 55 quid from the 60-odd it was yesterday. Still far too pricey for me.

  75. Not really much I want this year and as I’m not planning on visiting a shop probably a good thing. Will no doubt be able to pick up U2 later, but probably not FGTH. I was kinda hoping that the latter might appear as a CD at some point in the future…

  76. Quick question re Madonna 12”, the rsd site says litho print of previous rsd releases, did anyone get this? There was nothing inside my copy

    1. Hey – i think the whole package changed because the cover was supposed to be double with WTG on front and CAC on the back, yet the design is purely based on WTG. No litho and no Green vinyl press in the States – all seem to be red.

      1. Yes I did read there was going to be a green vinyl pressing, again confused messages the uk was green pressing us red but as you say all are just red.

  77. I went for the U2 – A Celebration and arrived at 08:40 at the store ending up in a queue for the opening at the store at 09:00. But fortunately I got the item I wanted and Donna Summer for a friend.

  78. Visited 2 shops in the North of England this morning, admittedly not at the crack of dawn, 10am first shop 5 people in the queue, maybe they sold out quickly or didn’t get much but was only able to snag Madonna 12”, (the streets, madness, Taylor swift, doors, Frankie all sold out).
    got to the second shop at 11:30, bigger queue (there always is on RSD) queued for an hour, the owner kept coming out and updating people on what was left which was very useful.
    Managed to get Frankie but all the others had also gone here.
    oh well same again on the 18th for prince and I’ve just realised madness!

  79. Returned from RSD shopping and am absolutely delighted with the 2 LP deluxe edition of Stevie Nicks’ Belladonna. Beautiful gatefold and 12×12 booklet and 11 fantastic bonus tracks, including a superb early take of Edge of Seventeen, on heavy black vinyl. This is the kind of product that makes RSD worthwhile. Shame there was no Fleetwood Mac product this year – was expecting a coloured version of the 1980 ‘Live’ album or even a reissue of the very under-rated ‘Behind the Mask’ on two discs.

    1. Stevie Nick ‘s and Bowie eps were my choices but i ll wait since are too overpriced.Usually i can find what i want at discount the next rsd in June

  80. Managed to get everything I wanted. The frankie album, both bowie CDs, jesus jones (thank Paul for the preview on that one), electronic and simple Minds. Will have to wait a few weeks for Angelo Badalamenti and Billy Bragg.

  83. It’s 11:15 and they are all up on eBay (at least one record shop selling online now. At the moment, Lou Reed is £40, FGTH £45, Ultravox! (7 copies available) £33, Associates £33, and both of the Bowie £25 (each). *sigh*

  84. Only the 5lp Grateful Dead box I want, I’ll do the same as I have for every previous RSD release I’ve wanted – wait a month until the scalers have lowered their prices on ebay and buy one for roughly what it would cost on the day, maybe 10% more. Its worth the wait as there’s no chance I’m queueing overnight on the street in Manchester to be told they haven’t got what I want, but I can buy a pointless picture disc of whatever they’ve overdressed this time. It’s time RSD ended, it’s become a total joke with poor releases, clogging up the pressing plants and artificially inflating the prices of regular releases. Beyond a few items, I guarantee you can pick up 90% of previous years so called collectibles for less than they would have cost you on the day on Discogs.

  85. Just back from the most famous indie record shop in Paris. The queue – 99% white, male and 50+! – was fairly huge before the doors opened at 10 AM. Not being a vinyl freak, I managed to grab the CD versions of Bowie’s “Brilliant Adventure” and “Toy” EPs for a princely €15 (roughly £12.60 / $16.20) each! Quite happy with them actually…

    1. Same here, want to my local shop and they had both Bowie CDs, which is just what I wanted. Good weather, friendly people in the store, no queue and no rush.

    2. Looking at the list of releases, I think it’s pretty nailed on that the bulk of punters are going to be older and white, wherever one lives.

  86. Another drop day june 18th ? Did I miss anything ? Well, ‘the rules’…. all releases have been available for ridiculous prices only for the past few days and regular prices are already insane. € 25 for the 5-track Madonna 12″ with only already previously released tracks…. Only 1 interesting release for me (Alice Cooper) but ofcourse that’s again a “USA only” release which makes RSD again the annual eBay party.

  87. I have seen most shops back to the rule of no online sales before 8pm next Friday (29th). I don’t think the 6pm sales are happening this year

  88. I’m afraid I’m not participating this year – nothing I’m desperately keen for and that which would be nice to own is prohibitively expensive for me. Anyway I hope others get what they want!

    NB. I think online shopping isn’t available in the UK until 8pm on 29th April, so back to (almost) a week after the event?

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