re: Record Store Day 2017

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I wanna go to a REAL record store

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I invite you to fly to Los Angeles and pay a visit to Amoeba Records...it's the mother of all record stores in the USA (and I've been to numerous record stores in over 20 states over the years).

Amoeba's New Orleans music section is bigger than most record shops in New Orleans!--it has its own 1200 sq. ft. room!

They also have many hard to find and rare Blue Note LP's as well as other one-off LPs from every decade. It's easier or them to acquire all these type records when they have had 35 million people in the surrounding area for 40 years buying and trading records--their market is huge.

All their better stuff is graded (using the standard grading system). All records have jackets.

Usually when I go, there is always a band or DJ spinning cool records. The place is huge and packed on a Friday/Saturday night--kinda almost like a place for a young person to take a date---pretty cool place.

I have been to most of the record stores in NYC and they don't compare to Amoeba.

I am traveling to L.A. In 5 weeks for the L.A. High End Audio Show. There are 2 Dead & Co. Shows the two days before--we will catch both shows. Since I will be there 5 days, I will probably make a couple trips to Amoeba.


About 8 years ago or so, we went to the Amoeba in the Haight District of San Fran on a Friday night. They have a stage for local bands to play and gain some notoriety. We saw this band fro about 30 minutes while we shopped and thought they were actually pretty decent. About 2 months later, my wife was watching Leno or Letterman, I forget which, and she says, "come see--that band we saw at Amoeba is on The Late Show"---it was Vampire Weekend.

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I leanred to get there early

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I usually get in line around 6-6:30 AM every RSD. This usually puts me in the front 3-4 people (there is usually someone that gets there at 4 AM for first position).

record store day 2017 top sellers:

Top RSD Exclusive Albums at Independent Record Stores
Rank Artist Title
1 Grateful Dead P.N.E. Garden Auditorium…
2 The Doors Live at the Matrix
3 The Black Angels Deathsong
4 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Live From Welcome to 1979 (EP)
5 The Cure Greatest Hits
6 Santana Woodstock: Saturday August 16, 1969
7 Stevie Nicks Rarities
8 The Cure Greatest Hits Acoustic
9 Rush Cygnus X-1 (EP)
10 Various Artists Really Rock 'Em Right: Sun Records…
11 David Bowie Bowie: Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)
12 Vangelis Blade Runner (Soundtrack)
13 Fleetwood Mac Alternate Mirage
14 David Bowie Bowpromo
15 Dave Matthews Band Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95
16 Drive-By Truckers Electric Lady Sessions
17 Elton John 11/17/70
18 The Head and the Heart Stinson Beach Sessions
19 Sia Spotify Sessions (EP)
20 Alice in Chains Get Born 93/99 (EP)
Source: Nielsen Music, for the week ending April 27, 2017.

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1 Grateful Dead P.N.E. Garden Auditorium

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The sound quality of this show is great. '66 isn't exactly the best year of the Dead, but this show rages.

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Give me the best dead show, or year, to check out.

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you will get 100 different answers from 100 different deadheads

here is my suggestion:

1) start with this

FILLMORE EAST APRIL 1971

2) if you like it, then get this

VENETA 8/27/72

then, you are off to the races

you can listen to nearly every show here

RELISTEN

71- 73 is generally their peak, 68- 70 is a good next stop, then 76- 78

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16 Drive-By Truckers Electric Lady Sessions

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Kinda funny this one didn't even sell out on RSD at Birmingham's big record store.

Pigpen or bust.