Record Store Day 2024

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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the only "local" near me that gets RSD titles is Newbury Comics. The other shops don't even bother anymore and I don't blame them.

I just buy RSD online at places like Plaidroom these days.
 
MikeH said:
the pic disc? or is there another release?
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Nothing says it is a picture disc? God I hope not.

RSD '24 Special Release: Various Artists - Penrose Showcase Vol II

Presenting Vol. 2 of the coveted compilation series from Penrose Records, featuring another fourteen sides of sweet soul. Compiled from the SoCalÂs labels hottest 45 releases over the last two years, many of which are getting their long player debut on this LP. Featuring hits by Thee Sacred...
recordstoreday.com
 
Lee Newman said:
I don’t think that’s a picture of it.

Picture discs are usually tagged on the list.
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it's listed as picture disc on every record store website...
www.amoeba.com

Penrose Showcase Vol. II [Record Store Day Picture Disc] (LP) (Upcoming Release)

Buy Penrose Showcase Vol. II [Record Store Day Picture Disc] (LP) by Various Artists (LP $29.98). Amoeba Music. Ships Free in the U.S.
www.amoeba.com

www.plaidroomrecords.com

Various Artists - Penrose Showcase Vol. II [Picture Disc]

Presenting Vol. 2 of the coveted compilation series from Penrose Records, featuring another fourteen sides of sweet soul. Compiled from the SoCal’s label’s hottest 45 releases over the last two years, many of which are getting their long player debut on this LP. Featuring hits by Thee Sacred...
www.plaidroomrecords.com www.plaidroomrecords.com
 
MikeH said:
it's listed as picture disc on every record store website...
www.amoeba.com

Penrose Showcase Vol. II [Record Store Day Picture Disc] (LP) (Upcoming Release)

Buy Penrose Showcase Vol. II [Record Store Day Picture Disc] (LP) by Various Artists (LP $29.98). Amoeba Music. Ships Free in the U.S.
www.amoeba.com

www.plaidroomrecords.com

Various Artists - Penrose Showcase Vol. II [Picture Disc]

Presenting Vol. 2 of the coveted compilation series from Penrose Records, featuring another fourteen sides of sweet soul. Compiled from the SoCal’s label’s hottest 45 releases over the last two years, many of which are getting their long player debut on this LP. Featuring hits by Thee Sacred...
www.plaidroomrecords.com www.plaidroomrecords.com
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Stop bursting my bubbles. Why wouldn’t the red list it as a picture disc?
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
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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Yes. Yes you are.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
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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I've really enjoyed my mornings lining up with the folks around here too. Hell, the last time I did was for a drop where the store wasn't getting anything I really wanted, but I still went for kicks. Haven't been able to in a bit because of family stuff but I miss a couple of the folks that would be in line (one of them lives on one of the smaller islands near here and would always plan a trip to town for RSD - his wife would be asleep at the hotel and he'd be I line with his camping chair and a book. I'd take a book every time too, but seldom actually get any reading done due to chatting.
 
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