Happy Record Store Day, everyone! Started in 2007, Record Store Day is a day to celebrate local independent record stores. As part of the celebration - which is the third Saturday of every April - several artists saved releases for Record Store Day, and some even made appearances at record stores across the country. Here's how our Record Store Day adventure unfolded:
We woke up really early (9 a.m. is early for a Saturday) and drove to Redscroll Records in Wallingford. Then we got into a pretty long line to look at the special Record Store Day releases. Once we got to the special boxes, we picked up the Flaming Lips' "Dark Side of the Moon" vinyl, the Gogol Bordello singles vinyl and Grace Potter & the Nocturnals special Record Store Day release. Then we picked up a couple other CDs (we went to Redscroll on Monday for the start of their sale and picked up a bunch of stuff then) and got a sweet surprise at checkout: a special Record Store Day reusable bag that's perfect for fitting records - complete with funny banter about records printed on it. Wow!
But wait, there's more! Here's a list of stuff we found in the bag: a Record store Day 2010 "Choice Cuts" record, a cloth record player cover thing with an MGMT logo, A "Select-o-Hits" sampler CD, a Coachella sampler CD and booklet, a "Priority Records" sampler CD, "The Infection" sampler CD, a "Record Store Day Soulful Delights" CD, "I <3 Independent Record Stores" sampler CD, an RCA/Jive Urban Sampler, "Unusual Animals Vol. 1" sample record, "The Constellations" sample record, a "Bridge Nine" summer 2009 compilation CD, a button, some promotional postcards and stickers, a comic book and a Record Store Day bumper sticker.
Now I'm sitting in my living room surrounded by stuff and piles of plastic wrap. See? It's just like Christmas!
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