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  2. And on this side of the pond it is equally uninspiring:

    https://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/black-friday

    I might pick up The Beat if I see it cheap afterwards, mainly because I have the other two 2LP sets.

    Interestingly, my local shop has pulled out of National Album Day due to lack of interest – only four customers wanted to order anything! Could this be the beginning of the end of chazza-CD-on-over-priced-coloured-vinyl exploitation days? Most of last year’s NAD releases are easily available half price or lesss

  3. Indeed … slim pickings. Nothing to rush out for, at least for me anyway
    High Fidelity soundtrack could be interesting – the cover is the US version, and the UK version replaced John Wesley Harding I’m Wrong About Everything with Town Called Malice.
    2 questions:
    – Was John Wesley Harding / Wes Stace pleased about this?
    (OK, his fanbase in the UK is “selective”, but he is a Brit (although living in US))
    – Was Town Called Malice in the film?
    (it might’ve been, but I cannot recall where)

  4. Record store day didn’t exist before I left the UK but surely there was an element of it originally that was to attract the ‘younger generation’ to the joys of vinyl and into record shops?

    But looking at that list the vast majority seemed to be aimed at the older, or indeed elderly, consumer who has already bought the box set but might just (please, please, pretty please) still be convinced to part with a bit more of their spare cash. Probably because they’re literally the only people left with a bit of spare cash.

    A less inspiring list of records it would be hard to find, they scream ‘extras’, and if they’re not collectible/valuable later, what are they for? Other than your kids giving them away to a charity shop at a later date.

  5. RSD is, as you say, not for the young. Aimed squarely at the flush-with-dosh gainfully-employed collectorist.
    Much as I’m in favour of there continuing to be record shops, I’m not flush enough to indulge on the day, myself.

    As usual there’s a live Sun Ra album in the list, which I’m sure to get eventually.
    Ditto a live Bill Evans.
    Ditto a live Emily Remler.

    • @Mike_H not my experience at all. I worked in my local record shop last year on RSD. It was packed and queues stretched some way back outside of the shop. A good percentage of the clients were young and were the ones spending the most money. I suspect because they are living at home and don’t have a mortgage.

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