As per every Record Store Day, the list of releases is filled with pointless wastes of wax and time. There are picture discs, and Zoetrope vinyl with animated imagery, "breakout" releases, which really only means something that was already released in a deluxe box made available separately, and live albums that no one will play more than once, or at all. Yay.
Still, the fanatic in me found a few things worth getting, including a proper reissue of The Walker Brothers final studio album, "Nite Flights" from 1978 and a smart reissue of The Who's "A Quick One," which will feature a MONO remaster on LP number one, and a second LP of related singles and b-sides, including the "Ready, Steady, Who" E.P..
There are other things that are somewhat interesting, records I would have possibly purchased if they were a) not so expensive and b) just released properly like the old days before this stupid event. Releases by the Bad Brains, David Bowie, The Blasters, Captain Beefheart, Marshall Crenshaw, Todd Rundgren, Tommy Keene and Jurassic 5 all have some appeal, just not at $30 to $50 a pop.
That's all I've got. My mind is frozen. I will hopefully be more inspired when the temperature gets above 40 degrees.
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