My Haul from Record Shop Day yesterday
I Q’d from 9ish hoping to lay my hands on the beautiful bounty that was on offer. But about 20 people had the same idea, so i didn’t get the all important blur single or the factory records output, but i pick up a few cool singles.
- Part of Ash’s A-Z series, N Dare to Dream, which came with a free Mogwai remix download
- An Of Montreal single, which came with a free album download
- Peggy Sue and First Aid Kit double A side, for Wichita’s 10 years
- A lovely free CD of indie label music, with some stuff i haven’t heard of, so a nice freebie
I overheard the guy behind the counter saying to a customer that it felt like the old days when saturdays were busy and what a real buzz it was to have a shop full of music lovers. Which is a shame really, i wouldn’t turn music back, i love being able to download and listen to music on the internet, but sadly this puts important shops like my local, Sound Clash in a bad position. Days like yesterday don’t happen all to often and its important they stay open really
A good day was yesterday, independent music is alive more than ever and hopefully they will still be a place for shops like Sound Clash and another personal favourite Rock-a-Boom is Leicester, in the future.
