Record Store Day 2011

It's mid-afternoon and I've returned from the frenzied orgy of consumption at Rough Trade East. Despite the doors opening 45 minutes late the staff were as friendly and helpful as ever, and I managed to get hold of most of the things I wanted (we were too far down the queue for Radiohead, and The White Stripes delivery from Third Man Records hadn't arrived).

Well done to Spencer Hickman and all of the team for putting things together - for us it's not a rarity to visit the shop and snap up some vinyl, but I'm sure there must have been a few in the queue who were losing their vinyl virginity.

Here's a list of what I bought (in the photo above, left to right, back to front);

1. Purling Hiss / Puffy Areolas - split 12" (ltd. to 750)
2. Anoraak / Team Ghost - split 7" (blue vinyl)
3. Grinderman - Evil Remixes - 12" & cd (ltd. to 750)
4. Gorillaz - The Fall - LP (ltd. to 500)
5. Gold Panda - Marriage Remixes - 12" (ltd. to 600)
6. Jenny & Jonny / Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris - split 7" (blue vinyl)
7. Foo Fighters - Medium Rare - Covers LP
8. Franz Ferdinand - Covers EP - (ltd. to 1000, orange vinyl)
9. The Kills - Satellite Dub mixes - 10" (ltd. to 1000)
10. Bibio / Clarke - split 12" (ltd. to 500)
11. Rekords Rekords sampler - 10" picture disc (ltd. to 1000)
12. Mute Vorwarts - exclusive Mute tracks - orange vinyl 12" & cd (ltd. to 1000)
13. Wild Beasts - Albatross - 7" (ltd. to 250)
14. Arctic Monkeys - Don't Sit Down... - white label 7" (ltd. to 3000)
15. Gil Scott-Heron - It's Your World - 7" (#111 of 300)
16. Toro Y Moi / Cloud Nothings - split 7" (ltd. to 150)
17. Moon Duo - Scars (Sonic Boom mix) - 7" (ltd. to 500)
18. Metronomy - The Look - 7"
19. The Clash - Magnificent 7 - numbered cd
20. Sound It Out - the official film of Record Store Day - DVD (ltd. to 500)

(The last 3 aren't in the picture because I went back on Tuesday to get them.)