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Hands up, I contributed to it today!
Saw a limited edition new album release I really wanted and queued for it.
I was flipping between queuing or buying it on discogs next week for probably twice the price. My wife was working this morning so I decided to go and queue.
I got there just before 7.30am and there was at least 100 people in front for an 8am opening.
I would have thought it keeps some of the smaller record shops going. Most people were coming out with 2 or 3 albums at £40++ quid each.
My mate was telling me about an article he read saying it was just a con by the industry.
Anyway, I am very happy with the three bits I bought and glad I went.
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Compared to previous generations, almost no one buys physical copies of music anymore, so surely anything that helps keeps independent record stores going is a good thing. It's the busiest time of the year for my local shop - Banquet in Kingston. If they think it's a good thing then who am I to disagree.
I've not read up on the criticisms - but the main one to me is that while it might support the shops, it only really supports artists that have already done very well, rather than the type of artists that cannot sell out an arena tour on a whim and are therefore mullered by the lack physical sales and hardship of smaller scale touring.
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Record Store Day. What, are they closed every other day of the year? Oh, it’s a cynical cash grab by the major labels disguised as a cool grass roots record store driven event? Gotcha 👍
(I’ve been monkied by it before too)