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Record Store Day Canada 2020
Apr. 18th, 2020 11:08 amRecord Store Day is usually celebrated in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and various other countries on the third Saturday in April. That would be today. But because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been postponed to June 20, somewhere around the summer solstice as well as being my late brother's birthday. You will find the details of Canada's celebration here:
https://recordstoredaycanada.ca
It's a kind of worldwide celebration of the vinyl revival, with many unique special releases scheduled for the day.
I'm really not confident that we'll be fully able to celebrate the occasion even once June 20 rolls around. But a partial celebration is possible even today. Most of the planned special releases are already available - you'll just have to be a little more creative about how you get your hands on them. It will have to be curb side pickup or else to-your-door (or mailbox) delivery. The creative content that's pressed onto the vinyl - some of it, anyway - may well be available through your computer, tablet or smartphone.
The celebration will be muted for sure. One of the special releases, for example, is a multi-album set by John Prine, who recently died after falling victim to Covid-19.
Beyond the records themselves, there is also an impressive array of souvenir merch, bumpf, swag, call it what you will, available for online ordering from the site - things like T-shirts and tote-bags.
One of my pandemic projects is to sort through my own record collection, which I haven't added to since CDs became widely available. I HAVE listened to a number of them lately and I know I want to hang on to some, which I doubt will ever be commercially available in CD form. I also have a device which transcribes LPs (or 45s, for that matter) on to blank CDs; I may use that too, at least selectively.
So many projects I can think of to tackle. Who knows how much time there is to complete them?
https://recordstoredaycanada.ca
It's a kind of worldwide celebration of the vinyl revival, with many unique special releases scheduled for the day.
I'm really not confident that we'll be fully able to celebrate the occasion even once June 20 rolls around. But a partial celebration is possible even today. Most of the planned special releases are already available - you'll just have to be a little more creative about how you get your hands on them. It will have to be curb side pickup or else to-your-door (or mailbox) delivery. The creative content that's pressed onto the vinyl - some of it, anyway - may well be available through your computer, tablet or smartphone.
The celebration will be muted for sure. One of the special releases, for example, is a multi-album set by John Prine, who recently died after falling victim to Covid-19.
Beyond the records themselves, there is also an impressive array of souvenir merch, bumpf, swag, call it what you will, available for online ordering from the site - things like T-shirts and tote-bags.
One of my pandemic projects is to sort through my own record collection, which I haven't added to since CDs became widely available. I HAVE listened to a number of them lately and I know I want to hang on to some, which I doubt will ever be commercially available in CD form. I also have a device which transcribes LPs (or 45s, for that matter) on to blank CDs; I may use that too, at least selectively.
So many projects I can think of to tackle. Who knows how much time there is to complete them?
