Definitely agree! My comments only pertained to trying to obtain SPECIFIC (limited quantity) records that you already know you want. However, rest assured you will find some vinyl goodness at Detroit Threads during festival weekend.
~dp On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:40 PM, 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
