Radio Wasteland Records to observe International Record Store Day: The Great Lakes Bay Region’s newest record store will be celebrating the 10th Annual International Record Store Day, April 22. Record Store Day began in 2007 and is held on one Saturday every April, bringing together fans, artists and indie record stores around the world to “celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store.” The first Record Store Day was held April 19, 2008. In recognition of the celebration, Radio Wasteland Records in Midland will feature two live musical acts. Stephanie Terpening will perform at the store from noon until 2 p.m. Brett Mitchell will follow at 2:30 p.m. and perform until 4 p.m.
Win $500 to Sonic Boom to celebrate Record Store Day: For vinyl enthusiasts, Record Store Day is essentially Christmas. Previously unreleased material, limited edition pressings, expanded albums, there is a little bit of everything to be picked up on the big day. To celebrate, we’re giving away $500 to Sonic Boom to beef up your record collection! All you have to do is share a photo of your favorite record on Instagram or Twitter with #IndieRSD to be entered into the draw. Winner will be chosen Monday, April 24.
Vinyl gets its groove back on Record Store Day: “We’ve had kids camp out all night in front of the store,” said Dave Rodgers, owner of Lucky Records in downtown Wooster. Rodgers was referring to the crowds that wait for his store to open on Record Store Day. The all-day celebration will be held Saturday, April 22. Owning a record store and being part of Record Store Day were dreams of Rodgers for years before he and his wife Lori set out to make those dreams come true. “I spent most of my youth going to pretty much any record store I could find,” Rodgers said. Several years ago that dream fell into place when the couple found a perfect downtown location. Rodgers said, “I talked to Lori, and she said we could either do it or spend the rest of our lives wondering what if we had.”
Celebrate Record Day, April 22, at Vinyl Revival, Music and merchandise by the performing bands will be available for sale at Vinyl Revival: Brothers Dan and Tim Lynam, on guitar and drums respectively, as well as their childhood neighbor Jon Dumoff on lead vocals and bass, make up the Philly power trio, Big Terrible. Big Terrible will perform songs from their latest album, Monument, as part of the day-long live music schedule for Record Store Day at Vinyl Revival.
Record collectors hunt for treasure at Easter ‘mega’ sale, ‘We kind of bill it as an Easter egg hunt for music lovers.’ Thousands of Edmonton record collectors are on their own personal Easter egg hunts this weekend at the fourth annual Super Mega Records Garage Sale. “We kind of bill it as an Easter egg hunt for music lovers,” Yuri Wuensch, co-founder of the annual event, said Friday. “I think we’re really invigorating a new generation of collectors just because we’re able to offer them such a great deal.” The idea is relatively simple. Record collectors meet up with vendors selling everything from LPs to 45s, 78s, 12-inch singles, compact discs, eight-tracks and cassettes. In total, there are between 40,000 and 50,000 items on sale.
Sony Legacy Launches Certified Classic For Vintage Hip-Hop, R&B, With Three Record Store Day Releases: Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings has launched Certified Classics as a cross-platform urban catalog brand devoted to the “curation and celebration” of classic hip-hop and R&B music and culture with a focus on the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s. Commented Legacy Recordings President Adam Block, “The records of the classic hip-hop and contemporary R&B eras are bridges to the pop and youth cultures of the 21st century. Certified Classics is proud to be making this music available to longtime fans of hip-hop culture while introducing these groundbreaking artists’ albums and singles and the often incredible stories behind them to new generations of music lovers.”
