Record Store Day

I've been shopping on Record Store Day before but this is the first one I planned.
We arrived at Newbury Comics at about 9:50 AM with a short list of must haves and a long list of maybes. To our surprise there were about 25 people in line so we braved the cold for 10 minutes until they opened the doors. I thought all the limited vinyl would be on display in the front of the store but they left it all in the tiny bin in the back. Everyone was fairly polite but it was tough having 50 hands reaching in all at once. We hit the F's and found the Foo Fighters's Medium Rare LP. Next was Nirvana's Hormoaning EP (my favorite thing they ever put out) and then I pushed my way to the 45's. Hüsker Dü and Green Day's versions of Don't Wan't To Know If You Are Lonely on one 7 inch single. That was the BIG THREE - Mission Accomplished.
Also picked up the split single of Ramones / Red Hot Chili Peppers doing Havana Affair and the Peter Tosh Legalize It / Equal Rights single on green vinyl. The kid picked up the new Foo Fighters CD and a vinyl bonus find of Mike Dirnt's band the Frustrators, which features a cover of The Neighborhoods' Prettiest Girl.
Grand Total - $66.66. A nice RSD Bag, an Ozzy Poster, some free compilation CD's and we were out the door.
Only thing missing was the 13th Floor Elevators single but everyday can be record store day until I find it.

A Wicked Bad Time

I love Newbury Comics. Earlier this week I went to the store in North Attleboro where I purchased You're Gonna Miss Me, the Rocky Erickson doc, and a used copy of Out Of The Grey by the Dream Syndicate. This weekend it was time to take my kid to Sherwood Plaza store to spend his birthday gift certificate and buy a few more items for myself.
Great trip. So far I've found Petra Haden Sings The Who Sell Out, which nobody really needs unless you're a true Sell-Out fanatic. I guess I've been reading my Rolling Stone Summer Of Love issue too much because the Jefferson Airplane bin caught my eye. There were about five copies (new and used) of Surrealistic Pillow and I think I've found the out of print one with both the Stereo and Mono versions on one disc. I'm not sure. This is a used CD and I've always checked out used LP's before I buy them so I decide to take a look at the booklet. No sooner than I opened the resealable plastic folder I'm surrounded. No, I'm not really surrounded, but a clerk runs over and says "you have to bring that to the counter to open it". Now these Newbury Comics types are usually pretty cool so I tried to say " i just wanted to see if this was the mono/stereo version" but before I could get it out he interrupted me and says " yeah that's how people steal CD's" and then threw some hippie- be cool and bring it to the counter- bullshit at me. First,I'm 42 years old and don't think I look like a thief (must be the long hair and the Red Sox hat) and second, I'm not gonna bring it to the counter when you're standing right in front of me. I'm buying the thing anyway. This guy isn't gonna ruin my "wicked good time" But he did. I don't mind the fact that I can't open a used CD, I just like to finish a sentence and be treated like a customer instead of a crook. Just another reason to shop online I guess.

amazon.com
itunes
ebay