Re: **The Official Vinyl Collectors Thread**
Super successful RSD for me! I wasn't planning on heading anywhere, but at 10:00 AM, my GF texts me and asks if I can grab the Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night Alternate and The National - the Boxer Live discs. Looked online and my local store was opening at 11:00 AM! I gave them a quick call, confirmed they were opening at 11:00 and got there at 10:45. There was about 2 dozen people ahead of me. The store laid out 5 bins marked by balloons with RSD releases. When the doors opened, everyone went to the bins and began flipping through. I knew what I needed to get, so as people flipped through, I'd grab the copy I was looking for.
Everyone was really really polite, I don't think anyone got into a fight over anything. If they did, I didn't hear it.
Not only was I able to grab the albums my GF wanted, I walked out with the following for myself:
- Billy Breathes - Phish
- Baby Huey - The Living Legend
- Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- Neil Young - Roxy Tonight's the Night
I had Dylan and the Dead in my hand while waiting in line, but put it back because I read the reviews online about the album when it came out...that scared me away from it.
Yesterday afternoon, I was looking on Reddit and Discogs and I kept seeing people talk about "Grant Green" and how awesome the release was. I turned on Spotify and realized I had missed something special. I kid you not, I looked on Discogs for the "Slick!" release, and a record store in Chicago had just put it up for sale no less than 3 minutes before I searched for retail value! It was almost $30-$40 cheaper than the rest of the copies. Needless to say, I snagged that on super quick too.
I know for a fact that I would have never gotten in line at 2:00 AM or dealt with RSD if it meant battling with 100+ people. It seems my experience was unique compared to other places, which I'm thankful for. I'd love to go again in the future and hopefully I'll have the same luck as this year!
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Shows Seen: 9-29-07, 9-5-08, 9-7-08, 8-29-09, 8-27-10, 8-28-10, 9-9-12, 9-8-13, 8-22-14, 8-24-14, 8-29-16, 10-22-16, 9-8-18
Last edited by fromchicago252; 04-23-2018 at 04:21 PM.
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