You scored. Sounds like you got more for free than you might have for $100 on RSD. Just sayin'.
 
Jersey City Mods said:

We had to miss out on RSD due to work, but part of the job this day was picking the bones of a video store in Greenwich Village that lost its lease.  Long story, but they called us.  We picked up a lot of classic films on DVD for our respective work libraries, but we also managed to get some for our own personal library.  "Privilege", the British version of "Wild in the Streets" with Paul Jones from Manfred Mann. The Slade movie, "Slade in Flame". A non-bootleg version of "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains" and, best of all, the first season of the Britcom "Hippies", loosely based on the young Richard Branson's revolutionary days prior to establishing Virgin Records. It's a PAL-to-NTSC conversion, but it looks great.

We'll go record shopping next week-end when it isn't so crowded.

Ken:

I think you're right on about this...it's all about these overpriced Record Store Day Specials....limited edition, overpriced, a lot of mainstream acts, re-issues, the trendy indie act of the day etc... An overabundance of records. To me, it looks like a cash grab by certain record labels, to sell stuff that would collect dust if it was released at any other time.

It's supposed to be about the indy record stores, the ones that sell the local singles, the hard to find imports, the re-issues, the garagepunk releases, the unauthorized live records, the used stuff, etc etc...The place where they know your name when you walk in the door and say something along the lines of 'we just got this stack of records in, and there's a couple that you probably want if you don't have them already'. The place where you never have enough coin to get everything you want, but you know it'll probably still be there next visit. The place where you bring your out of town buds who find something they've been looking for ages and get totally stoked! That's the place! And i sure don't need RSD Specials to visit, it's just extra clutter that gets in the way of what i'm looking for! And besides, i can't justify spending well over $10 (some were as high as $16!!) for a 7" of material i already have in a different form.

And no, i didn't buy any of the specials, dug through the singles boxes and found a half dozen or so that i'm spinning now and really digging!

Ken said:

That said...  and speaking as a former record store owner... I think Record Store Day has become kinda flawed.  The basic idea that there should be an appreciation day for these great local shops is a good one, but right now its primarily focused on the RSD specific goodies as the impetus for getting folks into the shop.  The good record stores for that day have become synonymous with the ones that can lay their hands on the most goodies.  (To be subsequently run up on ebay the next day to capitalize on their "scarcity.")

We had to miss out on RSD due to work, but part of the job this day was picking the bones of a video store in Greenwich Village that lost its lease.  Long story, but they called us.  We picked up a lot of classic films on DVD for our respective work libraries, but we also managed to get some for our own personal library.  "Privilege", the British version of "Wild in the Streets" with Paul Jones from Manfred Mann. The Slade movie, "Slade in Flame". A non-bootleg version of "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains" and, best of all, the first season of the Britcom "Hippies", loosely based on the young Richard Branson's revolutionary days prior to establishing Virgin Records. It's a PAL-to-NTSC conversion, but it looks great.

We'll go record shopping next week-end when it isn't so crowded.

I didn't end up getting any RSD exclusives, but I did end up with a few 7"s I've wanted. Two from local Winnipeg bands Up'n'Atom (a hardcore punk kinda band) and The Vibrating Beds (great garage band in the vein of The Detroit Cobras).

We had a bit of a setback in the complete burning/ gutting of one of our beloved indie record stores War On Music two days before RSD. Sad times.

Just got back from RSD. Did'nt buy any of the "Premiums" ($12 for new 45s of material I already have is kind of pushing it , but , that's how I ride....Right into a ditch.). Was going to get the Lee Hazelwood 2 LP set , but the store was jam - packed , and the line was ridiculous. So , I went to the less popular stores my friends own ( The owner at the other store is a very cool guy , too.). I found the Kenny and The Kasuals Komp on some Greek label , and I was sure glad to. I know I kvetched and moaned about the serious dearth of their material (Barring the CRAP EVA Records comps I've had to settle for , for 25 - plus years.).

thanks for the big-up on this. anthony from tunnel of love and paul from the apes have a new band called the psyched, and their debut lp will be out on black gladiator on may 29th!

http://slovenly.bandcamp.com/album/the-psyched-self-titled-lp

Plasms said:

Tunnel of Love on Black Gladiator Records is pretty damn good and pretty damn gnarly. Recorded on a way-too-far-in-the-red cassette 4-track.

Surely you're refering to the Mutants of the Holocaust! Definately lo-fi (try no-fi), definately trashy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8sFbeVa4A8&context=C41b6b64ADvjVQa1PpcFOFIf9GNGPoeCVFUYblX-5t9ZfPVDpY_gg=

OK , I also remember The Beatles , but "Yummy Yummy Yummy" was THE CUT , as the hip flipster kiddies say , today.   I took to "Little Willy" a few years later , because it sounded like a Kasenetz - Katz CREATION TO ME AT THE TIME.....Not knowing The Sweet had already gone thru Bubble Gum , and the material on their (US) first LP actually shocked DJs and critics with how far they'd come from Bubble Gum...and would , still.
 
John Battles said:

me , too !

doornail said:

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy I got love in my tummy for Bubblegum Music. The first music I remember as a wee lad.  

I have a copy of it , but , have'nt seen it in a while....It's supposed to be a TV show , and the crate part is probably correct , bu t, not ingrained in my memory....The camera just pans in and out at ....no one. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY....It was'nt a very old song , yet , then. theirs was a studio re-recording . Not bad , at that. Look up "Do Not Adjust Your Set" with Eric Idle and The Bonzo Dog Band doing "Captain Fantastic" with extras dressed as Batman , Superman , etc.
 
Chris Henniker said:

"Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" was featured in a Monty Python sketch, which one was it?
 It's been a while since I saw it.
Rev. Norb said:

Not surprisingly, i endorse bubblegum music. I was fortunate/unfortunate enough to have been 3 or 4 when the bubblegum counterrevolution hit at the end of the sixties, and two of my favorite songs of all time to this day are "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Chewy Chewy." Huzzah!

me , too !

doornail said:

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy I got love in my tummy for Bubblegum Music. The first music I remember as a wee lad.  

It's boards like this that enable all us outcasts to get together and let loose every now and again. Last night we put on a show here in sleepy London Ontario Canada. All 4 of the bands involved have some presence right here (2 have been on garagepunk hideout compilations), as do many of the members of these bands. And a couple other people saw the event posting here on garagepunk hideout and came to the event because of that, (neither are facebook members so this is the only place they could have found out about the show). It wasn't a hugely attended show, but it was the quality of the crowd over the quantity!! And a ROCKIN' good time was had by all, whether garagepunk hideout members or not!!

And because of all the plugs/mentions for garagepunk hideout, there might just be a few more members to this board!

Thank You Kopper, for getting us outcasts together in the real world!!

Hi all. Tonto and the Renegades and 2 of our songs are up for induction into Michigan Legendary Rock Songs and the band into the Michigan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The voting is going into the final stages and we need your votes. At this time, we are 4th in votes for induction into the HOF, and our 2 songs are in 4th spot in the Legenday Songs side of the process. This year the voting process is quick, easy and automated. Anyway, I would really appreciate if you would please take a minute and go vote for us and our 2 songs. To vote go to: michiganrockandrolllegends.com, read the voting instructions and click the "vote" button. Please help us achieve a life long dream. Won't you please help us out and vote for us. What else you got to do on this fine Sunday. Thank you all.

Kopper, I assume everyone here is talking about a movie type documentary and you're right, it would be an incredibly difficult undertaking. But, there is currently a new one called Teen-A-Go-Go. It's pretty good, but focuses mainly on the music scene in the 60's around the Dallas/Fort Worth area. And, in the near future, Mike Markesich will release his book "Teen Beat Mayhem." This book is something everyone and anyone into music will have to have in there library. Can you tell the folks on here a little about the book? Or, is the book way off topic?

The topic is definitely a missing link in Rock'n Roll's history and it reveals so many experimental styles that may have given birth to, and influenced later bands.  I am surprised that some major rock bands do not endorse or propose a project like this.

Jersey City Mods said:

Would love to see a "Beatles Anthology" type production, taking as many hours as necessary to cover the subject with interviews, clips and roundtable discussions.  The problem is, who would have final say as to what gets included and what is cut?  How about a collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Bill Kelly?  Ah, if only we'd won the Powerball...

Brussels: Butcher Boogie, Ginette et ses Flying Fishsticks, thee Skeptics, les Terrils, Runnin' Wild and us Nervous Shakes! In Antwerpen there's de Bossen, Hara Kiri and Blackie and the oohoos (dreamy Nancy Sinatra influenced music)

To Old To Rock? What the hell is that? I played with Tonto and the Renegades back in the 60's, I am currently 62 and my band today "The Trails End" plays almost every weekend. I suppose there may come a time in a persons life when the body is to old to Rock, but the mind is a perpetual 18.

It's a piece of cake to do for nowt as well. Set up on Wordpress, buy your domain (we got thepulsebeats.com through their service for a few quid a year), set up on bandcamp for nowt and you're away.

King Lemon said:

thanks for the info - espiciallly the part about sending over just the bands own website - never thought of that before

kopper said:

I would also argue that it's because of this new social-networking craze that makes it even less important to be on a label. The DIY ethic is a helluva lot easier in 2012 than it was 20 years ago when you HAD to rely on labels, flyering, and getting reviews or interviews in printed 'zines. People are now in control of and have all the tools they need right at their fingertips to do all of their own marketing and promotion.

That said, any band in 2012 should still have their own website, first and foremost. Don't put all of your eggs in just one basket (i.e., Facebook or MySpace). Buy a domain name for your band and set up a blog there. Then connect it with your social networking sites... Facebook, Twitter, Bandcamp, LastFm, Hideout page, etc. I didn't list MySpace because I don't even waste my time on that crappy site anymore. Then instead of linking to your Facebook page and being overly worried or concerned that you don't have enough "Likes" on it or whatever, just link to your band's personal website. The important thing is that you have all the goods there that booking agents will need in order to book your band, such as music (a no-brainer), videos, a bio, etc. I would personally NEVER send any label or promoter a link to my band's Facebook page. Let them find that on their own AFTER they visit your site.

Dictators "Two Tub Man" - "They all know that I'm the one , not to let your son become."

                                      "They all know that I'm the one , knocks 'em dead til Sunday comes"

Years ago , some Rock Writer (I forget , but James Porter remembers, who.) said "As the Dictators put it , "Playing in a heavy band gets humongous." , when the line was "Playing in a heavy band , guess I'm just...I GUESS I'M JUST ...I GUESS I'M JUST A ...TWO TUB MAN !!!!!". Don't get me wrong , I'm not to trump paid Rock Critics....Just because I told Greg Kot that Roky Erickson's 2005 Chicago debut was just that , the first time he'd ever played here.

He was up there with the shadows and joe meek!

Some say they learned from his play in A Day book.

You got any Bert!

Weed On!

RIP

Well said......

I think everything you want to know about CD Baby digital is here-

http://members.cdbaby.com/digital-distribution.aspx

Essentially, it's a $49 one time fee to get your album on iTunes, Amazon, Rhaposody, and a bunch more, plus they keep 9% of sales.

I've been using TuneCore to digitally distribute my stuff, but I'm not that crazy about it because it's pretty costly ($49.99 per year per release). While they do get your release in a lot of different stores, I often can't afford to renew the distribution on a particular album because it simply doesn't sell enough copies to cover this cost. If the album isn't selling enough to pay for itself, then what's the point of having it in the stores? So I always make sure that I keep enough money in my TuneCore balance to pay for future distro renewals. 

Then, recently, someone told me about CD Baby and how they only charge a one-time fee. I haven't had time to look into CD Baby any further, but I was hoping someone here could tell me more about it. What are the advantages (if any) over TuneCore? I guess one obvious advantage is your release will be available in the CD Baby online store (TuneCore doesn't have anything like this), but I do like TuneCore's flash media player that you can see on each of the Hideout Comp pages, like this one.

I'm not crazy about the idea of having to switch from one service to the other. For one thing, I'm pretty sure that all reviews and ratings on any of the existing sites for my releases will be lost, since TuneCore would first have to take my release down from those sites before I could redistribute it there via CD Baby (basically a new listing for the album would have to be created). Am I right?

Anyway, please post below your thoughts on this. Or maybe there's another service out there better than either of these that I'm unfamiliar with that we should know about, too.

Thanks!

Hey, if anyone has any opinions on what digital distribution service to use (i.e., TuneCore, CD Baby, etc.), please post 'em here: 

http://garagepunk.ning.com/group/recordlabels/forum/topics/digital-distribution-services-which-is-best

Thanks!

On Saturday April 21st, I'll be back on the radio after a four week absence. As usual, there will be loads of new (and a few old) punk and garage tunes. You can listen on 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu from 1:00-3:00PM EST.

Another funny one: Billy Idol in The Wedding Singer.