Image above is from recordstoreday.com
Last month on Saturday April 21 was Record Store Day.
And what an exciting day it was.
As a family we view it as almost a national holiday
At least I do.
We got up somewhat early and headed down to Phoenix.
After a stop at an electronics store and
then an amazing lunch at Abuellos’
(one of our favorite restaurants)
we headed to one of my favorite record stores.
Zia Record Exchange.
This is one store that NEVER disappoints.
The store is located in a shopping strip and we noticed the parking lot was really busy.
Is this a sign that the store was hopping?
Yes it was!
There were people everywhere buying music.
We had a blast checking out
music,
and music
and more music!
Unfortunately I could only buy so much
good music.
But I did score really well.
Here is a list of what I got (in no specific order):
Eric Clapton 24 Nights
Janis Joplin I Got Dem Ol’ Kosmic Blues Again Mama!
Jeff Beck There And Back
Kansas Leftoverture
The Monkees The Monkees
Leeland Sound Of Melodies
Allman Brothers Band Eat A Peach
Jeff Beck Who Else!
Lynyrd Skynyrd The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Poor Old Lu A Picture of the Eighth Wonder
After a great visit to Zia we headed to Half Price Books.
I went over to the music section
and found a copy of Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys that I picked up.
I headed home that day with 12 cds in my possession.
If you are a music buyer let me
encourage you to get out next year on
Record Store Day and support you local music store.
Early that morning
before we headed down to Phoenix
I came across an excellent
blog post from the
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
regarding Record Store Day.
Here is a link to it.
