Happy Record Store Day

MoFi, Sour Grapes? I am sorry but standing in line is preferable to you than roaming freely and listening to local bands play? (what they had done in previous years) A business knowing that their biggest business day of the year and doing nothing about their single check out point? How do you know what I was miffed about? Your diatribe about me not getting there early for my personal gratification is pure crap. I had no specific purchase in mind, just wanted to browse around and if a release interested me, I would pick one up. You and I are concerned about totally different experiences. No "woe is me".

Surprise, Surprise! MoFi, you are not the only loyal record store buyer on this site. I imagine many are loyal customers to one shop or another on this site besides you and I. Yes, I regularly go to local record shops and some are better than others.

Stores in my area may be different than the stores in your area. Oh, but I am sure you know every store in existence.

I was not able to attend the other local stores because of the time I spent there was much more than I had anticipated. According to some of my buddies, the other stores handled the crowds well. I know most of these establishments are small business, but shouldn't they be more attuned to their customers's needs?
The point is that for a once a year event you need to put your best foot forward.

I support a number of stores here in So Cal/OC and they were very happy to pre-order and set aside my requests. I got 10 out of 11 albums that day. I spend ALL my music money with small independent stores and the staff know me by name. Best of all, I am constantly being exposed to new music. Record Store Day is a perfect way to bring focus to this class of merchant, who are not robot recommendation engines of the death star from Seattle.They provide a true service and are a joy to visit and buy from. I pity the collectors who resell on the secondary market. The items are truly cool, one of the kind stuff and worthy of a place in my portfolio.

RSD is changing for the worst IMHO. All RSD is about now is the MONEY not the people, like it was when it first started. How many copies does one person need. Greed messes up everything.
Same as seeing your favorite artist or taking your family to a sports event, you are broke for weeks after. Is it worth it? Maybe.
Glad I have been doing this for over 35 years.

I support 3 different record stores in NJ all year round. I go to them usually once a month and always walk away purchasing about $100.00 at each store. Record store day is about promoting the store so they can make a profit, and if in doing so they happen to be nice to you as a customer, great, but they dont stay in business to lose money. I went to one RSD last year and had a nice time, live music (folk singer playing guitar), and spent over $100.00 there, received 3 CD's, two no-name bands and one Dylan tribute CD free. So yes, by all means get out and go to RSD, but also going there at other times will do far more to support brick and mortar vinyl/CD stores.

Mrmitch
I support 3 different record stores in NJ all year round... So yes, by all means get out and go to RSD, but also going there at other times will do far more to support brick and mortar vinyl/CD stores.

Exactly. I buy used vinyl exclusively at my local record store that I frequent about twice a week. Of course I like the idea of RSD just because it has the word "record" in it, but let's be realistic here who and how local record stores are supported and kept in business. I still don't get the idea of RSD even after visiting its website. So once a year there is an effort to do something worth hauling your ass to your local record store? Wow. What about the other 364 days? Where are those people who line up for some one-off release the week after and the next? I guess it's back to us, those who actually care about records in general, not a super duper exclusive release. There is so much more that could be done to promote vinyl, starting with artists insisting on their work being released on flat, high quality vinyl with sound that is not destroyed by compression or over-production. Throw in an exclusive vinyl track, and you have a true vinyl celebration I'll stand in line for.