Record Store Day 2024

zdkaiser said:
I honestly don't mind when bands press multiple variants of an album for initial release because it usually increases my odds of obtaining the album before it sells out.
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If bands and labels really cared about everyone who wants their music on vinyl having it instead of whipping up an overpriced feeding frenzy, they'd just press the amount required to fulfill that need on their choice of color.

Just my simpleton take.
 
Piratenovelist said:
Has anyone seen on the YouTube videos from stores or heard any info on the Malfunkshun? I wonder how allocated it is! Also the paramore single where they cover burning down the house has me the most worried because of allocations too!
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Same. I was at a Pearl Jam listening party yesterday and asked the owner if he was getting Malfunkshun in. I had to explain what it is, and realized that might work in my favor - perhaps not too many people know what it is, thus won't want it. He had not ordered it, but was going to try to today.

I also want that Paramore / TH single - can't wait for that comp to be released!
 
threesunrises said:
Same. I was at a Pearl Jam listening party yesterday and asked the owner if he was getting Malfunkshun in. I had to explain what it is, and realized that might work in my favor - perhaps not too many people know what it is, thus won't want it. He had not ordered it, but was going to try to today.

I also want that Paramore / TH single - can't wait for that comp to be released!
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That is a good thing! I saw like only one other person on YT ask for it! I’m Gianna move my arrival time up by an hour so…. Yeah I’m gonna try hard for that paramore.
 
waruv said:
I'm really curious to how this weekend goes. The list is massive, but outside of the Noah Kahan/Olivia Rodrigo (and NK solo), Beatles Items, and Pearl Jam I'm not sure what is really driving folks to RSD in terms of crowds - so the range seems pretty huge for crowds.
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I have grown kinda indifferent to RSD. I haven't lined up in several years, largely because the title selection has been mediocre (for my tastes) and I've had success just buying the one or two titles online the next morning. I'm sure I'm not the only one with this opinion.

Also, prices keep inching up every year, and QC for vinyl is generally a shitshow. Which sucks when you pay $50 for a RSD title, just to open it and it has some pressing defect.

Not to be a complete Debbie Downer, I do usually visit my local shops later in the day on RSD to look at used titles.

But yeah, I'd prefer to avoid the crowds now and seeing the crazed buyers fervently flipping through the racks to grab every exclusive as fast as possible. That behavior always weirds me out.
 
bdm105 said:
I really don't know if this is going to be an easy or hard to get one. Fleet Foxes popularity isn't giant anymore but I feel like it overlaps high with rsd demographics
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Live albums for less crazy popular artists are usually not to hard to get. Also, price point of a 3LP will prob keep a lot of less serious fans away. I'd like to hear it first, so I'm hoping it's on streaming and then I can decide. At 4k I think some will stick around here and there.

But yes, on their popularity, they are a band that I thought anyone who generally follows music knows, and I've been surprised when people I know, who would be categorized in that group, don't know who they are.
 
blenoxsmith said:
Live albums for less crazy popular artists are usually not to hard to get. Also, price point of a 3LP will prob keep a lot of less serious fans away. I'd like to hear it first, so I'm hoping it's on streaming and then I can decide. At 4k I think some will stick around here and there.

But yes, on their popularity, they are a band that I thought anyone who generally follows music knows, and I've been surprised when people I know, who would be categorized in that group, don't know who they are.
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I think they got lumped into a group of less impressive musicians simply due to the era they were apart of. I think people just thought they were another stomp + shout white boy flannel band making feel good but ultimately forgettable and time-stamped tunes for a moment in time.

I think as time goes on its been clear to see that Fleet Foxes is very much a singular group not only in sound but in evolution. Some of the best song writing and structures period. Definitely not for everyone but idk, to me they rival anyones top band in terms of the cathartic releases they're able to create. I get similar catharsis from Radiohead/Thom Yorke and of course some classic bands from way back when but not too many others from recent memory.
 
Ghost said:
I think they got lumped into a group of less impressive musicians simply due to the era they were apart of. I think people just thought they were another stomp + shout white boy flannel band making feel good but ultimately forgettable and time-stamped tunes for a moment in time.

I think as time goes on its been clear to see that Fleet Foxes is very much a singular group not only in sound but in evolution. Some of the best song writing and structures period. Definitely not for everyone but idk, to me they rival anyones top band in terms of the cathartic releases they're able to create. I get similar catharsis from Radiohead/Thom Yorke and of course some classic bands from way back when but not too many others from recent memory.
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spilledleche said:
they really got caught in the undertow of that time Pitchfork said they were "uncannily predisposed to singing about mountains" and it's taken fifteen years to get out from under that, but they have a lovely body of work.
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Could it be that they got market-corrected by the Bon Iver zeitgeist.
 
zdkaiser said:
I have grown kinda indifferent to RSD. I haven't lined up in several years, largely because the title selection has been mediocre (for my tastes) and I've had success just buying the one or two titles online the next morning. I'm sure I'm not the only one with this opinion.

Also, prices keep inching up every year, and QC for vinyl is generally a shitshow. Which sucks when you pay $50 for a RSD title, just to open it and it has some pressing defect.

Not to be a complete Debbie Downer, I do usually visit my local shops later in the day on RSD to look at used titles.

But yeah, I'd prefer to avoid the crowds now and seeing the crazed buyers fervently flipping through the racks to grab every exclusive as fast as possible. That behavior always weirds me out.
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I am probably a bit weird but I activity enjoy waking up super early and waiting in line with a bunch of fellow weirdos to buy records. I would appreciate more appealing selection of titles but at this point it’s almost secondary to the comradery that comes with spending the wee hours of the morning with likeminded music fans. There are a handful of people that I only see while waiting in line for RSD, we catch up, tell stories, talk about the hobby. Not too different than what I experienced on here on a daily basis but in real life instead.
 
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