April 9th: Final Countdown to RSD! Last few stock updates! unreleased BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, new DIVINE COMEDY, ARCADE FIRE, BLONDSHELL, BLUR gold vinyl and CELEBRATION DAY!

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How d Party people and record store attendees,

Hope all is well with ye.

Don’t forget this Saturday the 12th is Record Store Day!

First up releases for this Friday the 11th of April….

 

Right so RSD stock updates…we have done our best to get info to ye folks….its tricky as its a very fluid situation….we, due to brexit, were not able to get Prime Distribution or Dirty hit records in….4 or 5 wishlisted for these…sorry!

Got sorted on the DOORS RSD release…all my annoying paid off it seems and will have more than enough to go around … .feast or a famine … .anyone for the last few Doors records!! ….delighted with that as we hate disappointing people, it’s not as much about the sale it’s more important not to disappoint. 

This is a stream of thought so bare with me

Sorted for The doors

Jane weaver cut to zero.

Keith richards delayed and doesn’t look like it will make it on time….but ask

Madness landed…cost me 6 euro a unit extra with delivery and customs related fees…im a moaning bastard, say it, Ray you’re a moaning bastard.

Wu TANG release a problem…be as early as possible folks…sorry

There is 15 or 20  so titles that our wish lists match the qty we are getting….these are 

SUEDE
MJ LENDERMAN
PIXIES
STATUS QUO
DOCTOR WHO
DEAD OR ALIVE
MISSION
BLACK STONE CHERRY
VINCE GUARALDI
DEICIDE
THE DWARVES
BUDY-MAGLIONE

Duran Duran 
Post Malone 
PIL 
Queen 
Saxon 
Shane/Sinead 
Supergrass 
Lizzy 
Wicked 

There will be probably be more by the end of this newsletter,,,but sher it is what it is really now…but ASK on the day….i reckon 95 percent of what we wanted is going to be here…thats 19 out of 20 should get what you wished for.

Look, we do our best, it’s the nature of it that there will be a few disappointments…..sorry in advance to those few.

In general there is a really good stock fill here….most of ye should be happy….note the ones flagged though.

Then for the 18th of April we will have releases by

Rsd recaps….

Open at 8AM

Close at 5 PM

Its a celebration of shops existence so spot prizes , beers, live music, the whole kit and caboodle.

Update on the musical acts this year…4 acts, 3 of them full band shows….support for these would be greatly appreciated!

First up 12 noon is 

BOCKETY…Cork rock….4 piece…excellent at what they do…they have an album just out so will be signing copies after the performance

Here is a tune to sample Bockety:
https://bockety.bandcamp.com/track/the-night-draws-in
Next up at 1 pm is

JEAN PACK….5 piece

I only heard a little piece on their instagram page and really loved their sound

Adam says folks are going to love them

Next up 2PM

IAN WHITTY AND THE EXCHANGE…3 piece

One word …quality.

Here’s another tune and the newest single from the band  also….2 brilliant tunes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc6Lxu1oJtY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FM1yM1UnI

Headlining and closing for us at 3PM is the legend himself

Mr John Spillane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Yk_JLyo2Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBpLrslBUpw
Thanks to all the musicians for supporting the shop on this day…big thanks!

Some of the musicians will be selling bits and pieces on the day, support again really appreciated…cash the preferred commodity!!

But some wont have anything to sell….so we are going to leave a box by counter after each performance and if you enjoy the performance and want to throw a few euro in the box , that would be brilliant…absolutely no pressure….the instore cameras may or may not be focused on who puts money in the box….kidding…  zero pressure, if you enjoy throw a few quid in, if not no hassle at all…sin sin xx

Will be ordering albums for the 25th of April in the next few days so if interested in anything, shout please poncherellos … .here is what is on offer!

 

Going to hand ye over to Shane now 

Sound, Ray. Nearly at the big day now. Fingers crossed everything goes relatively smoothly.
Hope yere all well, folks.

Some big hitters to mention today from me. First up is new/unreleased music from the Bossman (no, not Ray!)
Yes, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is back with the LOST ALBUMS. One part of the release is called ‘Lost and Found: Selections’, a compilation of some of these previously unreleased track on CD or 2 LP vinyl. From around the early 80s.
The other part is the whole shebang on either 7 CD box set or 9 LP box set.
Here’s some more info about the box sets:
“

TRACKS II: THE LOST ALBUMS are seven unheard Bruce Springsteen records made
between 1983–2018.

Featuring 82 previously unreleased songs, The Lost Albums fill in chapters of
Springsteen’s expansive career timeline, while offering invaluable insight into his life and
work as an artist. “The Lost Albums were full records, some of them even to the point of
being mixed and not released,” said Springsteen. “I’ve played this music to myself and
often close friends for years now. I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I
hope you enjoy them.”

From the lo-fi exploration of LA Garage Sessions ’83, serving as a crucial link between
Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A., to the drum loop and synthesizer sounds of Streets of
Philadelphia Sessions, The Lost Albums offer unprecedented context to 35 prolific years
of Springsteen’s songwriting and home recording. “The ability to record at home
whenever I wanted allowed me to go into a wide variety of different musical directions,”
Springsteen explained. Throughout the set, that sonic experimentation takes the form of
film soundtrack work (for a movie that was never made) on Faithless, country combos
with pedal steel on Somewhere North of Nashville, richly woven border tales on Inyo,
orchestra-driven, mid-century noir on Twilight Hours and E Street favored rock on
Perfect World.

The Lost Albums are available in limited-edition nine-LP and seven-CD formats,
including original packaging for each previously unreleased record, with a 100-page
cloth-bound, hardcover book featuring rare archival photos, liner notes on each lost
album from essayist Erik Flannigan and a personal introduction on the project from
Springsteen himself.”

Should be a good one! All formats are released on June 27th.


Next up is the brand new album from THE DIVINE COMEDY, ‘Rainy Sunday Afternoon’. Their first album in 5 or 6 years. We all liked their last one ‘Office Politics’ in the shop.
Here’s the new track: https://youtu.be/5YIF2Gw-_-I?si=EzY5laDI6ths1b8q
‘Neil says: “My musical output is, for better or worse, a representation of my personality. A good chunk of that personality revels in the rumbumptious; celebrates the silly. And I made ample use of that for the Wonka songs. I have though, like everyone, a darker, more melancholy side. And for one reason or another it has been much in evidence of late. I needed to use this album as an outlet for those feelings. To work through some stuff. Mortality; memories; relationships; political and social upheaval. Everyone should get to make an orchestral pop album once in a while. It should be available on the NHS.“’

That’s out in September. There’ll be a limited dark green vinyl of it and also a 2 CD expanded version.

There’s also a brand new album coming sooner, May 9th, ARCADE FIRE – Pink Elephant. CD, Black Vinyl or indies ‘meltdown yolk’ vinyl. Their first one in a good few years too I think.
Here’s a new track from it, I like this: https://youtu.be/UpYapWU–JA?si=vrZu6sAVOuiqolsm

Here’s the list of the rest for today:

Sin é from mise. Might see some of ye on Saturday at the craic of dawn!

Sound Shane

 

Sin e for this week folks. Hope to see ye  on Saturday. When all is said and done it’s a celebration of the siopa.

Thanks for listening as always

Ray, Shane, young Adam and Mia