Plus buying a record in a certain place gives you additional associations when you listen to it in the future!
cheers Jason On 10 May 2013 20:40, John Sokolowski <jrsokolow...@hotmail.com> wrote: > One exception is certainly Detroit Threads. I know that folks like > Huckaby, Theo, Kyle Hall, BMG and Juan Atkins personally walk their new > releases into the store. These are some of the names the owner of Threads > has mentioned to me and I am sure there are many others. They usually get > about $5 cash for each 12" before it is sold for a few bucks more on the > floor. If you are there at the right time you will see definitely see new > Detroit records before they pop up on places like Juno. > > Then there are the records that are released by Detroit labels for the > festival. Many labels have historically timed their new releases to > coincide with the festival. You get those in Detroit first. Some of these > are also exclusive to Detroit, such as Theo's spray painted Skteches, > Deepchord DEMF editions, etc. And then on top of that you have people like > KDJ who pull out a box full of mint copies of Shades of Jae and JAN to > sell at the festival. > > When it comes to this time of year, I agree with Darnistle's comment > that Detroit is the best place to shop for Detroit techno (and house for > me). There is a bunch of new stuff I have been holding out on because I > know it can be had there. > > Cheers, > John > > Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 13:27:55 -0500 > > From: cybo...@gmail.com > > To: gwrenc...@sbcglobal.net > > CC: 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject: Re: (313) Movement, Music and Detroit > > > > > Sadly, due to rising costs, poor US market, and poor US distributors, > > the brutal truth is that most of the best new Detroit records are now > > ONLY available in Europe; basically, although I live in Chicago, when > > I want new Detroit music, I order from Juno, Boomkat and Hardwax. I > > don't even bother checking US stores anymore if I am looking for > > specific records, though of course I do shop at Gramaphone here in > > Chicago from time to time as well. > > > > It seems that the whole "EDM" popularity over here has not helped with > > the US vinyl market for underground house and techno at all. I had > > hoped that increasing vinyl sales would help things, but I can only > > assume that the rising popularity of vinyl is limited more to indie > > rock type music, here in the US... > > > > ~David > > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Richard Hester <gwrenc...@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > > > Unless you happen to be in Berlin, sad to say... > > > >
