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Thursday 20 March 2014

Phillip Phillips, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills Among Record Store Day In-Store Performers


From left to right: Record Store Day co-founder Michael Kurtz, Record Store Day ambassador Chuck D and musician Julie Edwards Deap Vally at the press conference on Record Store Day at Amoeba Music March 20, 2014 in Hollywood , California.
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Barenaked Ladies, Mike Mills of REM , Mark Mulcahy and Phillip Phillips are among those already confirmed to store records of store performance on April 19 Day of the artists.

Barenaked Ladies will be presented at the sunrise in Toronto, which will also include an appearance by Paul Rodgers; Mills play the Bullmoose in Scarborough, Maine; Phillips connects Rasputin in Berkeley, California, and Miracle Legion founder Mulcahy occur at Brooklyn advanced Rough Trade Records, co-founder Michael Kurtz RSD told Billboard after an event today at Amoeba Records in Hollywood to announce the program this year.

About 450 companies exclusive sponsorship, CD and 7 -inch singles set to be released in the Seventh-day record store LCD Soundsystem five LP set in the civil wars live album of recordings by pianists Meade 75 Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons .

The distribution of exclusive labels include : Rhino with 29 titles , labels Sony - Columbia , Epic and legs - has 26 items , the label Varèse Sarabande 60 is loaded with zombies, the Everly Brothers and reissues Norman Greenbaum , Milwaukee Beer City Records label of nine registers and hardcore collection includes six versions Yep Roc 's new album and Dave Alvin Phil Alvin .

Kurtz, Record Store Day ambassador Chuck D of Public Enemy, Doors drummer John Densmore and shops owners Marc Weinstein ( Amoeba ) , coat Neil ( Origami ) and Mark Thompson (Holiday Vinyl) promotes diversity discs stores , relevance cultural and renewed interest in vinyl for a collection of music lovers who met on Thursday morning amoeba .

“One of the most just causes to be bringing music to people who take them to a new place spiritually," says Weinstein. "I've done this since 1975 and there is nothing I like better than seeing the face of people when looking through folders. Our society does not give enough attention to the music and the art of the people”.

Densmore spoke a tour of record stores that did last year after the publication of a book, “The Doors. Unhinged " "I feel a sense of community," he said.”It's under the radar. "

Chuck D of the tape will be shown April 19 with the vinyl releases of " It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" and " The Evil Empire of Everything " boasted record stores as the closest thing in the world music has museums. He also said that the culture of record stores is under the radar.

"We are in a revolutionary phase," and the support from the likes of Eric Levin of Criminal Records in Atlanta and Nashville Grimey. "Wait large companies to come and build phase of evolution.”

He also offered an idea to record stores to create Internet radio stations to promote the scenes and local versions , knowing full well that the cost of entering this business are prohibitive for small businesses . However, he pushed the concept.

“It begins in a city; love this city you get," he said. "Radio works against record stores, which goes against the music lovers. (Record stores offer a place), which offers a state of mind and experience the love of music. "

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