Record Store Day 2025

[MikeH]

Now the REAL question... keep them out of the box and outer sleeve them or keep them in the box as is? I have Preludes just chillin' in the boxset it came in.

I always take box set records out of the boxes and sleeve em. Play them way more often that way

 

[MikeH]

Shoutout to @Crabbers and @Dead C for grabbing most of my wants this year. Y’all rule.

 

[Biscuit]

Thanks to @AndySlash for finding my wants, much appreciated!

 

[Piratenovelist]

I always take box set records out of the boxes and sleeve em. Play them way more often that way

I guess I could so that! I could put the empty boxes at the end of the line for the artists! I will do that!

 

[MikeH]

I guess I could so that! I could put the empty boxes at the end of the line for the artists! I will do that!

I put most of the empty boxes in bins in my basement for more shelf space ones with cool designs sit on top of one of my kallax shelves

 

[Hemotep]

I put most of the empty boxes in bins in my basement for more shelf space ones with cool designs sit on top of one of my kallax shelves

According to Discogs, I have a 170 box sets. I don't have enough Kallax roof or storage bins.

I probably don't need all of those, but I love box sets.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

About 12 years ago I met a bloke in line who was wearing a ball cap of team whom we shared a common interest in and every year sans covid, I will see him in line. Our musical interests are the total opposite and he’s always in line way before I am, so there’s no “competition”. He will usually message a few days prior to ask what I’m looking for and if my list is large, I’ll usually tell him my most wanted and he does his best to grab it until I get into the store. This year was no exception as he was able to snag, from what I was told by a store associate, the only copy of Hepcat.
He also grabbed the Mulligan meets Monk for my wife and the Pale Saints album for our friend. Last year I gifted him an autograph picture of a player from our shared team. Not sure what I’m going to do this go around.

Anyway, this our combined “haul”. My wife also picked up Mingus at Monterey. We hit up one more store and I bought Radiohead and Swift for the kiddo.

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I need that Lollapalooza oral history.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Now the REAL question... keep them out of the box and outer sleeve them or keep them in the box as is? I have Preludes just chillin' in the boxset it came in.

Keep them out. Easier access means you will be more likely to spin em.

 

[MikeH]

According to Discogs, I have a 170 box sets. I don't have enough Kallax roof or storage bins.

I probably don't need all of those, but I love box sets.

 

[Dead C]

Sister Nancy comes with stickers

 

[NewsFedora]

Nathan Davis scored at Planet Score in STL at 4pm! Ha I totally figured I was going to have to Discogs it

That Nathan Davis is definitely getting slept on. Might be fairly easy to be found at a reasonable price, at least for the next few days before demand catches up with supply.

 

[Colonel4Bin]

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Sister Nancy comes with stickers

So sick! I have vivid memories of discovering “Bam Bam” playing the video game “Skate” many years ago. Still ISO of this one if anyone grabbed an extra - none or the locals got one in. Otherwise I’ll be trying in the morning.

 

[Biscuit]

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Sister Nancy comes with stickers

Still looking for this if anyone sees one and I LIKE stickers.

 

[MikeH]

That Nathan Davis is definitely getting slept on. Might be fairly easy to be found at a reasonable price, at least for the next few days before demand catches up with supply.

It’s a RSD first so I think people are counting on a wide release later

 

[Thackeraye]

As an aside, I love this thread each year, as I get to see what all your records stores look like!

 

[MikeH]

Still looking for Cowboy Junkies if anyone happens to bump into one. Much obliged.

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should be easy to get at plaidroom tomorrow at 8AM EST online:

Cowboy Junkies - More Acoustic Junk [Yellow Vinyl]

More Acoustic Junk, a new collection celebrating their iconic sound in stripped-down form. This Record Store Day exclusive release features five brand-new acoustic recordings alongside five tracks from the original Acoustic Junk album—three of which have been remixed for this compilation. Known...

www.plaidroomrecords.com

they seem to have more than 20.

 

[bdm105]

Shoutout to @Crabbers and @Dead C for grabbing most of my wants this year. Y’all rule.

Love to see it! Looks like gorillaz will be an easy get on plaidroom tomorrow morning. The site banner saying not to use usps is concerning though.

 

[MikeH]

Love to see it! Looks like gorillaz will be an easy get on plaidroom tomorrow morning. The site banner saying not to use usps is concerning though.

it says not to use it for time sensitive stuff. they have had that banner on for months at this point.

 

[bdm105]

it says not to use it for time sensitive stuff. they have had that banner on for months at this point.

Didn't know it's been up for a while

 

[NewsFedora]

Per @Piratenovelist's request, a couple of pics of the BBNG/Mr. Bongo Brazilian 45s. Pretty barebones tbh, I was hoping at least for a little insert about the artists featured. Also threw in a pic with a recent Vinyl Me Please ding-and-dent blind buy pickup that seems appropriate subject matter.

No chance to listen to anything yet, that'll probably be tomorrow while I work on a grad school project.