THE ONLY PLACE IN AUSTRALIA TO BE IS YOUR LOCAL MUSIC STORE
Record Store Day Australia is shaping up to be one of the best ever. Russell Morris has been announced as Ambassador for the day: There is an exciting variety of limited edition Vinyl Releases and the in-store appearances and activity is starting to hot up right across the country.
In short, this will be an enormously entertaining day celebrating music and musicians in all their myriad hues.
One very special limited edition offer for Record Store day is from Grammy award winning Gotye! who is supporting Record Store Day across the world. “As a lover and supporter of vinyl and all good music stores, I am releasing a strictly limited edition 12″ hot pink 180 gsm vinyl single of ‘State Of The Art’ in celebration of Record Store Day in Australia on April 20!” He said.
The limited release will feature – A side: State Of The Art [Making Mirrors mix]. B side: never-before-released State Of The Art [The Chap’s State of the Television remix]. Matte varnish jacket with exclusive artwork by Rubber House.
Other special releases include
Good Heavens and Strange Dreams. Dream pop meets acid rock, with Sarah Kelly (theredsunband) on vocals and guitar, and Chris Ross (Wolfmother) on keys and bass, and Myles Heskett (Wolfmother) on drums. Limited edition, gatefold vinyl.
AMP winners Hermitude and Parallel Paradise. Six track 12″ vinyl EP including highly sought after Flume remix of HyperParadise. Limited edition
Learning Curve is releasing a special Record Store Day compilation with various artists from their roster called Held Hostage. Check out Australian band DEAD!
..along withs special limited edition vinyl releases from many more artists including: Ben Harper; David Bowie; Human League; Pink Floyd; The Verve; At The Drive-In; The Cure; Of Monsters and Men; Rob Zombie; The Roots; Nick Drake; Sex Pistols; Frank Zappa; The Velvet Underground; The Rolling Stones; Gypsy and The Cat.
More special releases to be announced
Some of the instore appearances and special offers are listed below with many more to yet be confirmed.
NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney – Tiny Ruins is in-store at TITLE Surry Hills (Sydney) at 3.30pm to play from her new 10″ release Haunts, featuring one of her earliest songs, stripped back and re-recorded with warmth on a vintage 8-track tape machine. Plus cultural curators and DJs manning the turntables with records from their own private collections. Plus limited editions, obscurities and general crate digging.
Sydney – Iconic Red Eye in Sydney’s York Street will showcase Bored Nothing, who play “washed out 90’s guitar music on a little 4-track”. Likely to be another live band and lots of limited edition specials.
Richmond – Baylou and Jayne Denham are playing live at Richmond Records, Richmond, NSW, for a double whammy of country music. Baylou at noon and Jayne Denham at 1pm. Both will perform and sign their new albums. Plus there is 20% off storewide.
Sydney – Mojo Record Bar on York Street Sydney will have five DJs from 2SER playing vinyl sets from 2pm, plus there’s a live broadcaston 2SER from the store bteween 6 and 9pm. And yes, they plan to have as many ltd edition releases as they can lay their hands on too.
Sydney – The Record Crate in Glebe, Sydney is running a special screening of Last Shop Standing, the official movie of Record Store Day in the UK. Tickets from Moshtix.
Mona Vale – Audio Boutique in Mona Vale, Sydney is offering to professionally clean vinyl records for $2 each. You can leave the records for the store team to clean while you flip through the racks, do it yourself or even hire the audio desk cleaner to take it home for a while. If you’re really, really keen you can buy your own!
St Mary’s – St Mary’s Sound in St Mary’s in western Sydney will offer a classical music bonus on Record Store Day Australia. Buy any classical CD or DVD instore and get a free double classical promotional DVD.
Canberra – Giant secondhand record fair out of the front of the store at Landspeed Records in Canberrra, with more than 2000 secondhand records. Plus DJs spinning nothing but vinyl all day.
Canberra – Got any LPs, cassettes or vinyl you don’t want? Take them into Songland at Cooleman Court, Weston (ACT) and stand by for a HUGE sale, all weekend on 21 and 22 April. All proceeds are going to the RSPCA (not to Songland) and Frog at Songland will use the money to buy actual stuff for the dogs and cats at the local shelter. Like toys and blankets and treats.
Newcastle’s Odditorium Vintage & Vinyl is offering live local music, record listening booths, vintage clothing sale and “so many freaking records for y’all to go nuts over”.
VICTORIA
Melbourne Dixons Recycled across Melbourne are offering 20% of all stock on the day, and if you spend more than $75 you get a free canvas tote to lug your swag home in.
Echuca – Leading Edge Echuca promises big discounts on CDs and vinyl. More info from Chris at the store. And if you’re in Echuca on hols on 20 April please feel free to check him out. He says lots of their customers are tourists!
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane : Tyms Guitars: Starting at around 10am Tyms Guitars will be having five (or more) bands including one of the greatest bands to ever walk these grounds playing their ONLY live show in Brisbane THIS YEAR, and it’s FREE and ALL AGES. THE NATION BLUE will be making the pilgrimage up from Melbourne especially to play in the shop for this great day. Also, EMPERORS are coming all the way from WA to give some of their fuzzy anthemic pop and from Wollongong, Rock ‘n’ Roll animals, BRUCE. There will also be some local bands including ROKU MUSIC, Add to this a plethora of RSD vinyl releases and LOTS and LOTS of new vinyl coming in especially for the day, and you’ve got yourself a hell of a day. There will be prizes, giveaways ………… and a sausage sizzle.
Brisbane – Record Exchange in Brisbane will be offering buy 3 and get 2 free, or fill a bag for $5 or fill a bigger bag for $10. Most are pre loved but they have around 200,000 in stock, of which around 60,000 are new. Yep, that’s not a mistake. It’s a pretty big stock. There genuinly has to be ‘something for everyone’!
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide – Hilltop Hoods are signing at Blackwood Sound in Adelaide with Golden Era giveaways, plus live performances from Brillig (folk/roots), The Wild Things and Geordie Little (acoustic guitar), plus exclusive vinyl, CD specials and giveaways.
Adelaide – Rock Therapy in Daw Park, Adelaide is running a treasure hunt with specially stickered CDs and vinyl hidden in the rack and worth looking for because they’re half price, plus a “beat the staff’ music challenge – get a prize if you come up with a question they can’t answer! Plus 20% off all vinyl.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Yokine – Sound One in Yokine, WA will have a beautifully decorated store for the day, plus lots of stock. More news later. Sound One specialises in hard to get blues and jazz.
For more details on the limited editions and one off vinyl releases www.recordstoreday.com.au
