Saturday, April 23rd is Record Store Day 2022. In addition, there will be a RSD drop date on June 18th for releases that couldn't make it into to stores in April. I expect things will be close to normal with events, sales and maybe live performance in the the actual store. Personally, there aren't a lot of releases that I need to rush out and buy and in some ways the RSD releases are over-rated. Items are over-priced and they create a false demand with small limited runs and exclusive releases. A few titles interest me, but a majority of the records are re-issues and items previously not available on vinyl. I love the idea of Record Store Day to bring awareness that record stores are still in operation and need you support to stay open, especially after the pandemic. It's also a great excuse to get out of the house (or apartment etc.) to do some record browsing, which is definitely my favourite habit! I might peruse a store or two on Saturday to help support my local stores...you should too! 😉 (Record Store Day Canada)
One of the things that Record Store Days has brought back is live performances. I remember a time when record stores would have more live in-store shows. It may have been a band on tour and the day of the show would play the local record store to promote their latest release and to remind people they have a concert that night. Sometimes the band will cram into a small store with full gear, while other times an acoustic unplugged show is more appropriate. Some larger stores (Tower Records Amoeba), have a mini-concerts with big names as draws while customers continue to browse the stacks. In honor of RSD, I have a cool in-store show from Garage D'or Records in Minneapolis, featuring a trio of local rock heroes from two legendary Twin Cities bands. Grant Hart and Bob Mould from Husker Du and David Pirner from Soul Asylum did a rare acoustic set inside the store. At this time, Husker Du had released, Flip Your Wig a couple months earlier and Soul Asylum's second album, Made To Be Broken would be released the next month. By coincidence, Bob produced Made To Be Broken, so he and Dave have been working together around this time. Interesting setlist with some covers, a couple of Husker Du songs, a Soul Asylum song and Grant Hart performing 2541, a song that would see light years later after Husker Du broke up on his first solo EP in 1988 and re-recorded for his debut album, Intolerance in 1989. Really wish I could have been there!
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GRANT HART, BOB MOULD, DAVE PIRNER
Garage D'Or Records
Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 21, 1985
From The Teddy Ballgames Archive
acoustic in-store performance
1. There You Go (Johnny Cash)
2. Home Of The Blues (Johnny Cash)
3. 2541
4. Flexible Flyer
5. Too Far Down
6. Never Really Been
7. Puff the Magic Dragon
8. Rain (The Beatles)
Show featuring:
Grant Hart (tracks 1-4) guitar, vocals
Bob Mould (5,7,8) guitar, vocals
Dave Pirner (6,7,8) guitar, vocals
(note: Back to using Adrive, added more storage space so more shows to come soon! Let me know if there are any problems. Thankx!)
1 comment:
Ha! One of the very best shows I've seen was Soul Asylum playing at a small record store (Rockpile Records) in Santa Barbara a year or so later touring to support their next album, "While You Were Out." "Made to be Broken" was a huge favorite (and still is) among me and my friends (as well as Flip Your Wig of course). They played a great version of "Jukebox Hero" and I even got to play Dave Pirner's guitar during "Passing Sad Day Dream" for longer that he probably liked! THANKS!!
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