Record Store Day 2026

[Alan2]

The list is out .

Silly Sisters , Jackson c Frank and Strawbs of interest to me .

There's some Grateful Dead stuff for die hards who are also into vinyl.

[Alan2]

Don't all rush at once.  

[davidmjs]

For me, the whole thing is a complete charade nowadays.  I've long since given up on new vinyl.  

[Alan2]

For me, the whole thing is a complete charade nowadays.  I've long since given up on new vinyl.  

Think we discussed this before David.  You seem to speak from profound disappointment.

[davidmjs]

profound disappointment.

Probably the first time I've ever been 'on message'.  I'm very 2026 at last....

[Jules Gray]

For me, the whole thing is a complete charade nowadays.  I've long since given up on new vinyl.  

Same. I'm mildly interested in the Todd Rundgren, the Pink Floyd, and The Doors releases, but I won't be buying any of them.

Jules

[Alan2]

For me, the whole thing is a complete charade nowadays.  I've long since given up on new vinyl.  

Same. I'm mildly interested in the Todd Rundgren, the Pink Floyd, and The Doors releases, but I won't be buying any of them.

Jules

Wish i had your  certainty Jules.

I'm already tring to talk myself out of buying a couple of RSD  items on my shortlist.  

[Alan2]

I got my Strawbs LP, but  this year that was the only thing i succeeded in purchasing on the day.  Online tomorrow, then.

Did anyone else- gasp -  buy a record?  I still find it fun.

[davidmjs]

I got my Strawbs LP, but  this year that was the only thing i succeeded in purchasing on the day.  Online tomorrow, then.

Did anyone else- gasp -  buy a record?  I still find it fun.

Online today, in fact.  £60 or so.  Depends how much value you put on the time you spent queueing I guess.  

Fwiw, I actually bought my first vinyl in years the other day (because the band I wanted to hear/own don't have product in any other form - Fflaps, a Cymraeg band)

[Alan2]

I got my Strawbs LP, but  this year that was the only thing i succeeded in purchasing on the day.  Online tomorrow, then.

Did anyone else- gasp -  buy a record?  I still find it fun.

Online today, in fact.  £60 or so.  Depends how much value you put on the time you spent queueing I guess.  

Fwiw, I actually bought my first vinyl in years the other day (because the band I wanted to hear/own don't have product in any other form - Fflaps, a Cymraeg band)

Interesting.

Actually i read a good thing on a fbk page today and fleetingly considered  forwarding it to you but  it was long and i wasn't sure it'd be.of interest. It could have been titled  'why so many vinyl re issues sound ****' but it wasn't.   And the problem isn't confined to reissues.

[Andy]

Actually i read a good thing on a fbk page today and fleetingly considered  forwarding it to you but  it was long and i wasn't sure it'd be.of interest. It could have been titled  'why so many vinyl re issues sound ****' but it wasn't.   And the problem isn't confined to reissues.

Not to mention that a lot of the "remastered" reissues aren't from first generation recordings and suffer as a result. Several of the remastered reissues are reportedly quite dire, with dropouts and inconsistent volumes of instrumentation, as I've discovered very recently.