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WHERE TO BUY YOUR VINYL aquarius records


12 tÓnar


A record store, coffee house, concert venue and independent record label, Iceland’s 12 Tónar is a jack of all trades, and a master of them as well. It has released 50 albums since 2003 and was named Shop Of The Year by the city of Reykjavik in 2006. It originally opened in 1998 and the likes of Bjork and Sigur Rós have been spotted browsing its shelves over the years. 12tonar.is


San Francisco’s oldest independent record store opened for business in 1970. A shop popular with punks and very much embraced by the local community, Aquarius has moved location on several occasions since its early days but one thing has remained the same – it’s still the place to go in the Bay Area for those unique, limited-edition prints. The Dead Kennedys met through an advert placed at the store and bands including Blondie, Talking Heads, the Ramones and Husker Du have all appeared here. aquariusrecords.org


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Five releases to look out for at RSD 2015


Happy Mondays Pills ‘n’ Thrills And Bellyaches The Manchester band are back touring this year and are celebrating the 25th


anniversary of this seminal album by releasing 1,000 copies of it on coloured vinyl.


Bob Marley The Early Y


ears


Collection 1960 – 1971 Only 2,000 copies of this collection are being released for RSD


by record labels Delta And Proper Distribution. Inside are 12 seven inches – four are green vinyl, four are yellow and four are red.


Foo Fighters Songs From The Laundry Room Foos frontman Dave Grohl is this year’s RSD ambassador and the band


are releasing 1,500 copies of a ten inch vinyl featuring unreleased tracks, demos and cover versions.


amoeba


The first Amoeba opened its doors in Berkeley, California, in 1990 and it also has stores in San Francisco and in


Hollywood. Amoeba is known for one thing in particular – the gigantic size of its stores, which look more like the storeroom full of crates at the end of Raiders Of The Lost Ark than a record shop. A treasure trove of releases are to be found inside, naturally. Amoeba also holds concerts in its stores. amoeba.com


David Bowie Changes The boy from Brixton’s classic song was originally released in 1971, and is now re-released for the


first time as a picture disc. There are 3,000 copies available.


Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze/Freedom This seven inch purple vinyl features two tracks recorded in 1970 at the Atlanta Pop Festival, the


largest audience of Jimi’s career. Only 1,000 copies have been pressed.


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