By Carrie Waite
What are you doing on Saturday? This Saturday, April 18th? It’s Record Store Day! If you’re not completely covered in mud, rocking out to Turbonegro at Coachella this weekend head to your favorite and/or one of the few remaining independent records stores in the Tampa Bay area. Or head to them all. Just go. You don’t want to miss some of these super exclusive nerd-core items that will surely be going for WAY too much on eBay next week.
Where to go (my favorites anyway):
Vinyl Fever
Record Store Day Deal = Live performances by Curtis Ross and New Roman Times and FREE BEER!!
4110 Henderson Blvd
Tampa, FL 33629
(813) 289-8399
http://www.vinylfevertampa.com/
Daddy Kool
Record Store Day Deal = 10% OFF All Regular Priced Items & 20% OFF All Used Items, live performances by Tampa Bay Dream Team, Infinite Skillz, and Twisted, cupcakes and refreshments! CUPCAKES!
538 Central Ave
Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 821-6250
http://www.daddykool.com/
http://www.myspace.com/daddykoolrecords
They seem to have forgotten to list their address or phone number on their main website…way to help us find you Daddy Kool..so visit their MySpace for the most current info.
Sound Exchange (Pinellas Park)
Record Store Day Deal = A plethora of the exclusive items listed below and the most colorful clientele you’ve EVER seen in ANY record store. Not kidding.
7688 49th St
Pinellas Park, FL 33781
(727) 545-0042
http://soundexchangetampabay.com/pinellas.htm
Sound Exchange (Brandon)
732 W Lumsden Rd
Brandon, FL 33511
(813) 651-9316
http://soundexchangetampabay.com/brandon.htm
Sound Exchange (Tampa)
14246 N Nebraska Ave
Tampa, FL 33613
(813) 978-9316
http://soundexchangetampabay.com/tampa.htm
What you might find (the entire list straight from the RSD Website, to make that blood pump a little faster):
Carrie’s Wish List =
| ARTIST | TITLE/FORMAT | NOTES/OTHER STUFF TO KNOW |
| Akron/Family | “Everyone is Guilty” 7″ | first single from new album; unreleased b-side |
| Allá | Digs (EP) | special RSD Release |
| Arthur Russell | “Love Is Taking Me” 2LP | 2LP (RSD exclusive) |
| Bad Religion | Original EP 7″ reissue | colored vinyl; 6 tracks from 1981 |
| Ben Harper | 10″ “Shimmer and Shine”/”Spanish Red Wine” | B-side, “Spanish Red Wine” is unreleased |
| Wizard of Ahhhs 10″ | first time on physical format | |
| Black Moth Super Rainbow | Born on a Day 7″ | Two tracks from the forthcoming studio recorded album, Eating Us |
| Blitzen Trapper | “War is Placebo/Booksmart” | 7″ – two exclusive tracks w/die cut sleeve |
| 7″–”Dreaming of You”/”Down Along the Cove” | tracks recorded live at Bonnaroo; packaged in clear sleeve with 3×5 photo | |
| Booker T | “Warped Sister/Reunion Time” 7″ | 7″ |
| Brandi Carlile | 7″ single “Downpour”/”A Promise To Keep” | “Downpour” is the live track recorded in Boston |
| Bruce Springsteen | 7″ “What Love Can Do”/”A Night With The Jersey Devil” | packaged in clear sleeve with 3×5 photo |
| Camera Obscura | “French Navy” 7″ | 7″ (RSD exclusive) |
| Chicha Libre & Dengue Fever | Primavera En La Selva / Genjer Genjer (Split 7″ Single) | exclusive RSD Release |
| Cold War Kids | Live at Fingerprints | Live at Fingerprints 5 song EP |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Deja Vu Live 2LP | Companion vinyl to the DVD |
| Cursive/Ladyfinger | Split 10″ picture disc | four songs, two unreleased and two new |
| Dandy Warhols | Remix CD #2 | |
| Death Cab For Cutie | T-Shirt | exclusive design for Record Store Day |
| Dead Weather | Hang You From the Heavens 7″ | Jack White’s new band! The debut release from both the Dead Weather and Third Man Records |
| Def Jam 25: Volume 1 and 2 | 4 LP gatefold history of Def Jam, only physical version of this piece is for indies | 4 LP gatefold history of Def Jam, only physical version of this piece is for indies |
| Depeche Mode | 7″ “Wrong”/”Oh Well” | 7″ |
| Derek Trucks | Already Live EP | five previously unreleased live tracks from the 2008 tour |
| Split 7″ | 7″ – exclusive | |
| El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez | “Cryptomnesia” | Limited Edition Vinyl for RSD (3,000 pieces) |
| Elvis Costello* | “Complicated Shadows”/”Dirty Rotten Shame” picture disc | “Dirty Rotten Shame” is exclusive track–previously unreleased |
| “Lorraine Lookout” 7″ | two tracks, one unreleased | |
| split 7″ “Borderline”/”Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles” | 7″ Borderline/Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles | |
| “Pencils In The Wind”/”Albi The” | 7″ – two exclusive tracks w/die cut sleeve | |
| Gaslight Anthem | Live from Park Ave 10″ | Live from Park Ave 10″ – 6 tracks |
| Grateful Dead | T-Shirt | exclusive design for Record Store Day |
| Grizzly Bear | Live on KCRW 7″ | two tracks, “While You Wait For The Others”/”He Hit Me” |
| Gomez | Airstream Driver 7″ | non-album b side |
| Hold On Hope LP | Three bonus tracks | |
| Heaven & Hell | 7″ “Bible Black” / Neon Knights (Live) | Created exclusively for Record Store Day |
| Norfolk 6-20-05 | Live 18 track CD recorded on the Woman King tour | |
| 7″ “Mountain Song” / “Standing in the Shower…Thinking” | 7″ Mtn. Song/Standing In The Shower- Packaged in original replica picture sleeve | |
| Jason Mraz | T-Shirt | exclusive design for Record Store Day |
| 7″ –”Carpet Baggers”/”Go Away” | Never before available in the US | |
| Jesus Lizard | 9 x 7″ pack | A pack of nine 7″s |
| King Crimson | 40th Anniversary Tour Box | exclusive for Record Store Day |
| Leonard Cohen | 7″ “The Future/”Suzanne” | tracks recorded live in London, packaged in clear sleeve with 3×5 photo |
| Loney Dear/Andrew Bird 7″ | split 7″ | 7″ – hand-silk screened covers; tour & mail order item |
| Lykke Li/El Perro Del Mar | 7″ “After Laughter (Comes Tears)” / “At Your Best (You are Love)” | Made exclusively for Record Store Day featuring two unreleased cover songs. |
| Magnolia Electric Co, | “It’s Made Me Cry” 7″ | Jason Molina’s first 7″ in years |
| Mastodon | T-Shirt | exclusive design for Record Store Day |
| 7″ “Kick Out The Jams”/”Motor City Is Burning” | Packaged in the original rare picture sleeve, first time available since 1969 | |
| Metric | “Help I’m Alive” 7″ Picture disc | “Help I’m Alive”/”Help I’m A B-Side” |
| Misfits | Walk Among Us LP | Pressed on 140 gram vinyl |
| Modest Mouse* | 7″ –”Satelite Skin”/”Guilty Cocker Spaniels” | both tracks are brand new |
| My Morning Jacket – Celebración De La Ciudad Natal | Celebracion De La Ciudad Natal | CD & 2 x 10″ Vinyl – 4-14 Street, Vinyl one time shot. Recorded LIVE in LOUISVILLE (at Ear X-tacy, and Waterfront Park), includes classic tracks and selections from the band’s most recent GRAMMY nominated album EVIL URGES. PLEASE NOTE: double 10 inch will be a limited edition, ONE TIME pressing – We shall manufacture only what is ordered. Once it’s gone, it’s gone folks. |
| 7″ (live) | “Temptation” / “Hurt” – as and A&B side. | |
| Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1968 2LP | The special vinyl package | |
| Nickel Eye | Dying Star b/w Brandy Of The Damned (Featuring Wale) – Mark Ronson Remix | exclusive for Record Store Day |
| Falling Down Remix LP | Falling Down Remix LP | |
| Obits | “I Can’t Lose/Military Madness” 7″ | 7″ – two exclusive tracks w/die cut sleeve |
| Paramore | T-Shirt | exclusive design for Record Store Day |
| “Live in Germany 1988″ LP | unreleased show from 1988 | |
| Poison The Well | Six track CD | 6 track CD, taken from 2 7″ singles that the band sells on the road, and an upcoming 7″ single that will be out later this spring |
| Pretenders | “Break Up The Pavement”/Love’s…” 7″ | 7″ – one unrelased track, and track from new album on red vinyl |
| Queen EP | Queen’s First EP | Limited Edition, Numbered CD for the first time in the US |
| 10″ vinyl series (see list of titles in NOTES) | THESE ARE BEING RELEASED EARLY FOR RSD: Drill, Creep, My Iron Lung, High & Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Just, Street Spirit, Paranoid Android, Karma Police, No Surprises, Pyramid Song, 2+2=5 | |
| Regina Spektor | Begin to Hope LP | with two tracks never before available on CD or vinyl |
| Live @ Fingerprints CD and CD/DVD Combo | Live @ Fingerprints CD and CD/DVD Combo | |
| Russian Circles/These Arms Are Snakes | Split !2 | Previously Unreleased songs on Clear Vinyl (1,000 pieces) |
| Silversun Pickups | Pikul 12″ | exclusive release ahead of their new album |
| 7″ single “Psychopathy Red” | packaged in special X-Files-style, “confidential” packaging | |
| split 7″ | split 7″ (RSD exclusive) | |
| split 7″ | split 7″ (RSD exclusive) | |
| Sublime | “Superstar Punani”/April 29, 1992″ 7″ | 7″ single with 2 live tracks, first time on vinyl |
| Taking Back Sunday | 7″ “Carpathia/Catholic” (live) | 7″ Carpathia/Catholic (live) |
| Talking Heads | 77 LP [reissue] | Pressed on 180 gram vinyl |
| The Color Fred | The Intervention CD EP | six acoustic tracks–four new |
| The Decemberists | 7″ “The Rake’s Song”/”East India Lanes” | B-side, “East India Lanes” is unreleased |
| The Smiths | 7″ “The Headmaster Ritual” /”Oscillate Widly” | Never before available in the US as a 7″ single. |
| 7″ “1969″/”Real Cool Time” | Packaged in the original rare picture sleeve | |
| Get Down Stay Down split 7″ | split 7″ Get Down Stay Down (4 tracks unreleased) | |
| Tift Merritt | Buckingham Solo CD | recorded live at a church; Tift solo with piano and guitar |
| “Live from the Glitterdome” 7″ | 7″ – live tracks from Atlanta & Edinburgh | |
| Underoath | T-Shirt | exclusive design for Record Store Day |
| Various Artists–THIS LP CRASHES HARD DRIVES | Super deluxe gatefold LP (Limited to only 1,500 copies) with exclusive tracks from 10 of the finest crate digging labels out there! Includes a mix of sampler cd’s, zines, catalogs, stickers, and posters, from all of these fine labels. | 1) Los Destellos – “Guajira Sicodelica” (Vampi Soul) 2) P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble – “Bada Que Bash” (Now Again) 3) Group Doueh – “Waya Waya” (Sublime Frequencies) 4) Noor Jehan – “I Am Very Sorry” (Finders Keepers) 5) Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – “Marcus Garvey” (Honest Jon’s) 6) Pisces feat. Linda Bruner – “Sam” (Numero Group) 7) The Monks – “Pretty Suzanne” (Light In The Attic)  Myron & E with The Soul Investigators – “Cold Game” (Timmion) 9) John Heartsman & Circles – “Talking About My Baby” (Jazzman) 10) Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens – “What Is This” (Daptone) |
| Various artists | Records Toreism LP | tracks from Mountain Tortoise, Trans Am, White Hills, Double Dagger |
| Various artists | So Indie It Hurts: ROIR Rocks! Vol. One | exclusive RSD Release |
| Vetiver | “Wishing Well”/”Pay No Mind” 7″ | 7″ – two semi-exclusive non-album tracks w/diecut sleeve |
| Whiskeytown | 7″ single – San Atone b/w Great Divide (unreleased tracks) | 7″ single – San Atone b/w Great Divide (unreleased tracks) |
| Ashes of American Flags DVD | DVD is released with an exclusive window of two weeks for indie stores and mail order | |
| Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs | It’s Blitz LP | vinyl version of forthcoming Yeah Yeah Yeahs CD |
| * will not be released in time for Record Store Day
*not all items are available at all stores. Duh |
Use your noggin this weekend. If you HAVE to have the Slayer 7″, do not go to Sound Exchange in Pinellas Park, metal head heaven, they’ll likely sell out. But if it’s the new Wilco DVD, Ashes of American Flags, you seek, unless I beat you to it (see previous blog post), Sound Exchange will likely have plenty. It may very well be a vain attempt by the music industry to court the collector again, but anything that aims at keeping these indie stores around is a good thing in my book. Support Local. Support Indie. Keep our dollars in our community!
