HypeBot shout-out!
Hypebot.com is raffling my book! How dope!
The described the stores in The Record Store Book as “These outposts anchor the music scenes for the communities they serve; and, as far as I’m concerned, deserve to be places on the National Historic Register.”
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Record Store Day 2015!
The book was out just in time for RSD 2015! Woohooo! On April 18, Mike and I had two signings that morning prior to the big party in the evening in downtown LA. We first stopped at Jacknife Records & Tapes and stayed for a couple of hours with Trevor. We sold about 9 books, and one woman bought three. She called the book “tremendous” –WOW!
But our very first customer was Phillip — he was sold right away. He just started collecting vinyl and he said he is loving his new hobby. He was a sweetheart.
This is him:
Phillip — our first customer of the day!
More photos from Jacknife:
After Jacknife we went down to the heart of Hollywood to Record Parlour — that place was happening! WOW! Chad and Chris threw a partay!! There were two bands scheduled to play once we left and there was a constant flow of people. Great store !
Here are some photos of the Record Parlour signing:
Above: This is Michael, from Germany, he was such a gentleman and was super interested in vinyl, and the BOOK! We recommended he go visit Kevin Donan from As the Record Turns, and he went straight there. Next thing we know there’s a photo of Kevin and him on Facebook with our book! Thank you, Michael!!
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L.A. Book Launch Party and Signing for The Record Store Book
What a wonderful experience!
I walked into The Love Song Bar (highly recommend) with my family and right away friends and family welcomed me with cheers!! It felt like a dream. I’ll remember that moment forever. There were so many beautiful faces greeting me and it was hug after hug. It was magical. Even my Tia Fe was there — my 70-something year-old aunt. I have to thank my sweet cousin, Nancita, for bringing her for this momentous occasion!
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Rad ad promoting the Book!
“The Vinyl District launched in 2007 as an homage to the vinyl medium and Washington, DC’s remaining record stores. In its second year, The Vinyl District (or TVD) partnered with Record Store Day (itself in its second year) as the “official blog” of the event, and with this partnership TVD’s audience became both national and international.”
Ad featured on VinylDistrict.com
Check out the Vinyl District’s dope web site, here.
Hyponik, an online music resource based in the UK, featured “The Record Store Book!
Hyponik.com featured “The Records Store Book” on their web site today!
Hyponik is an online music resource based in the UK!
“The Record Store Book looks at some of the city of Angels’ finest digging spots.”
Read it here.
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Vinyl Factory.com posts great feature about “The Record Store Book”
A VISUAL INTRODUCTION TO RECORD STORE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA
VinylFactory.com, a UK-based, independent British company that collaborates with musicians and artists to create ultra-premium handmade limited editions and accompanying exhibitions posted a nice feature, that yours truly wrote!
Read here.
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Becky from Gardena 