It's Record Store Day tomorrow (Saturday 12th April, 2025) - any plans?

[RTHerringbone]

It's my first one and I have no idea what to expect. The larger record shop in town is promoting it quite a lot online and talking about things like queues etc.

I'm keen, but I don't see myself queuing up because I'm not *that* keen 😂

The list of releases is here:

Record Store Day List 2025

Discover exclusive titles available for Record Store Day 2025 at participating shops. Limited stock, first come, first served.

www.recordstoreday.co.uk

I've got an eye on this lot:

Further Ahead: Live in Finland 1964-1969
Bill Evans

Parker's Mood
Charlie Parker

Strange Days 1967 – A Work In Progress
Doors, The

Lemonheads in Dreamland
Lemonheads, The

One Take Radio Sessions
Mark Knopfler

At The Kurhaus
Miles Davis Quintet

Smokin’ In Seattle: Live at the Penthouse
Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio

Is this really a big deal or just a general marketing thing which makes a bit of noise and drives some sales? Is anyone on here looking at any specific releases?

 

[nads]

Nope.

 

[martois]

I won’t queue up, but if Mingus, Monk or Morphine are still available when I stop in, then I will give one of them a good home.

 

[RTHerringbone]

Well, I got there for the 8am opening time and was #50 in the queue. Picked up the list below from the RSD batch, plus Pearl Jam Unplugged, which I'd been struggling to get hold of:

Further Ahead: Live in Finland 1964-1969
Bill Evans

Parker's Mood
Charlie Parker

Strange Days 1967 – A Work In Progress
Doors, The

One Take Radio Sessions
Mark Knopfler

At The Kurhaus
Miles Davis Quintet

Mingus at Monterey
Charles Mingus

That last one was £70(!) 🤦‍♂️ 🙄 The Doors one is a present for my father-in-law, but still plenty of options added into our collection.

 

[daytona600]

£39 for the Mingus at local shop

Only bought the one this year David Sylvian -Camphor II
Ten years of RSD only bought the one or two titles every year

 

[Gray]

just a general marketing thing which makes a bit of noise and drives some sales.

That describes what I think of it.
Although, if there are some genuine discounts then it's probably a big deal for some.

 

[Al ears]

That describes what I think of it.
Although, if there are some genuine discounts then it's probably a big deal for some.

Unfortunately it's a big "if".
To be honest some of the Record Store Day LPs I have had in the past have not been particularly good pressings.

 

[RTHerringbone]

I'll be honest and say that I quite enjoyed the experience, even if it is a marketing fuelled snare for consumers. It was nice talking to random strangers about what they were looking to get, and that spiralled into conversations about how people got into Hi-Fi, what their setups were etc.

Where I was, the shop owners sensibly routed things so you had to snake round the shop to get to the till at the end, and that also started a few conversations about artists etc. as we went. It was a nice atmosphere and the owner made the day of a Swiftie / Swifty (?) in the queue by giving her a free life-size cardboard cutout of Taylor Swift 🙂

Luckily the two LPs I've listened to so far today were great and I've got a jazz bonanza to look forward to this evening.

 

[nopiano]

It’s a super idea, and I’m delighted it must help keep record shops in business. It’s not for me nowadays, but I did my time working at a Hifi and record shop in my teens and twenties, so my interest was satisfied then!

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

The queues up here were 600 deep when I got there at 0830am…..!
Decided to go for a blast in the wee car with the roof down up to Ballater then back into Aberdeen on the South Deeside for about 1430pm.
There was a bit left so picked up Geddy Lee and Motörhead……Not realising the Geddy Lee was an EP!

 

[Al ears]

I'll be honest and say that I quite enjoyed the experience, even if it is a marketing fuelled snare for consumers. It was nice talking to random strangers about what they were looking to get, and that spiralled into conversations about how people got into Hi-Fi, what their setups were etc.

Where I was, the shop owners sensibly routed things so you had to snake round the shop to get to the till at the end, and that also started a few conversations about artists etc. as we went. It was a nice atmosphere and the owner made the day of a Swiftie / Swifty (?) in the queue by giving her a free life-size cardboard cutout of Taylor Swift 🙂

Luckily the two LPs I've listened to so far today were great and I've got a jazz bonanza to look forward to this evening.

Glad you enjoyed / will enjoy your efforts.

 

[good_enough]

Why the sniffiness about marketing? Sure it's a marketing "ploy" (makes it sound more evil that way doesn't it?).

It's designed to get you into your local independent record store, and hopefully make a habit of it, rather than buy online.

And the problem with that is what, exactly?

 

[TRIPLE A]

They need to be more transparent about the recording, mastering and pressing methods going into records, especially so for RSD. I stay away from RSD as there's very often very little way of knowing how good it's going to sound until you get it on your TT. But if you wait for reviews you're often too late. FOMO sales & marketing ruse, then.