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RECORD STORE DAY AMBASSADOR 2012

Record Store Day is proud to announce the appointment of IGGY POP to the post of Record Store Day 2012 Ambassador.

A person should have a personality. You won't get one dicking around on a computer. It helps to go somewhere where there are other persons. Persons who are interested in something you are. That's how a record store or any shop that's got some life to it should work. It's not about selling shit. I got my name, my musical education and my personality all from working at a record store during my tender years. Small indie shops have always been a mix of theater and laboratory. In the 50's and 60's the teen kids used to gather after school at these places to listen free to the latest singles and see if they liked the beat. You could buy the disc you liked for 79 cents and if you were lucky meet a chick. Clerks in these places became managers, (like Brian Epstein), label heads, (Jack Holzman) and Faces on album covers (like me). Personally I feel best in a store that, while staying small and socially relaxed, still keeps a complete variety of music types and non musical recordings on offer. I'm aware though that a lot of great places are genre-specific, like dance hall shops in Jamaica or Compas here in Little Haiti. In Europe and on the West coast the same goes on for Punk and Goth. All of this is cool and has a much bigger future than most people realize today. When the record and record store businesses began to die at the turn of the new century, they deserved it because they got too big too boring and too plastic.
As Record Store Day Ambassador for 2012 I feel like a representative from some exotic jungle full of life and death and sex and anger, called upon to wear a leopard skin and translate joy to the world of the dead. --IGGY POP

HEARTLESS BASTARDS HAVE A HEART

The Heartless Bastards have a brand new album coming out on that most smoochy of holidays: Valentines Day. It may be a made up holiday, but it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t play along, and it doesn’t mean you have to give the same old cheesy card—the Heartless Bastards and participating stores will have a HEARTLESS BASTARDS VALENTINE’S DAY CARD, complete with a download of a Heartless Bastards track, and a coupon for the new album, ARROW, when it comes out on 2/14. The cards will make their debut next week, on 1/24, giving you plenty of time to figure out which Valentine you’ll be sharing it with.
Heartless Bastards Valentine Card

YOU SHOULDA LISTENED (AND NOW YOU CAN)

Through no fault of your own (because you’re awesomely on top of things, everyone knows that) you might have missed a couple of 2011’s good releases. We think everyone deserves a second chance, so we’ve teamed up with our friends at Alternative Distribution Alliance and some of your favorite record labels to point out a few we think You Shoulda Listened to. Check the list and then head over to your favorite record store to see them in person.

I STILL BUY RECORDS T-SHIRT

Wear your love for your record collection on your chest with this new t-shirt. Pick it up at participating stores, or at our online store. Along with your new t-shirt, you’ll also get a taste of what could be your new favorite band, courtesy of a 50 track sampler from our friends at Redeye Distribution. Find a store carrying your new favorite t-shirt here.

I Still Buy Records T-Shirt

RPM, A VINYL FIGURE SERIES CREATED FOR RECORD STORE DAY BY FRANK

RPM made his debut on RSD 2012, and only a few remain of the original blind box series run. The perfect stocking stuffer or gift for anyone who loves Record Store Day, vinyl figures, Frank Kozik or fun! Get yours at select stores or online at SHOP RSD

GOODIES

GOODIES
Sometimes there are even better reasons to get your music at indie record stores, and that’s when you can get a little something extra when you buy a new record. The goodies below are available starting on street date with the purchase of the new record they’re listed with, but they’re ALL LIMITED, so first come first serve applies. Also, indie stores are just that: independently minded, and not all will choose to participate in all these gift-giving promotions, so check with your local store!

1/24 LAMB OF GOD Participating stores will have a METAL CLUB COLLECTORS CARD with purchase of RESOLUTION

1/24 SCORPIONS Participating stores will have a METAL CLUB COLLECTORS CARD with a purchase of COMEBLACK

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