The Vinyl Solution

Ten years ago there were more than 1,000 independent record shops in the UK. In 2011 there are less than 300. So what you may say, I can download all the music I could ever listen to from the comfort of my own home. Well you're missing the point entirely. Independent record shops are not simple retail environments. They're communities (real communities not social networks of people you've never met) , they're meeting points, they're places you can go to uncover music that is far from the mainstream.

I still remember being served by Pete Burns (lead singer of Dead or Alive and tabloid TV star) in Probe Records in Liverpool. I remember Tudor Records in Walton where I bought a lot of rare vinyl in the early 80s based on the recommendations of the staff who knew what I liked. You don't get memories like that from clicking a mouse, you don't get personal service like that from visiting a website.

Well tomorrow it's Record Store Day again, the one day of the year when independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists across the globe make special appearances and performances.

To celebrate international Record Store Day UK alt-folksters The Daydream Club (graduates of Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) have released a vinyl only single 'The Record Shop', a tribute to the golden years of vinyl and independent record stores. It reflects on the current state of the industry, noting the demise in value of the physical product in favour of digital technologies.

Remember record shops are for life not just Record Store Day. You gotta use them or lose them.


Go Try

The Record Shop by thedaydreamclub

Go Visit

Record Store Day - Website
The Daydream Club - Myspace : Last.FM

Go View

The Daydream Club
The Record Store & On The Move

Source: http://besttuna.blogspot.com/2011/04/vinyl-solution.html

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