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April 18, 2008

Sweet, sweet vinyl; fading but not forgotten

New records, used records, old records that have never been opened, records in piles without sleeves, records meticulously wrapped in cellophane, really bad LPs for a quarter each, ridiculously expensive 45s -- yes, some of us still get very excited about vinyl, lucky for us, tomorrow is Record Store Day.

In Rhode Island we've seen records shops close one after another, such as Luke's Record Exchange, but there are still a few around. If your allergies aren't too bad, you should stop by one of these dusty shops tomorrow and show your support for independent music and independent businesses.

Stores such as Round Again Records in Providence's East Side neighborhood are good if you're looking for an old Sam Cooke 45, and Music Box in Newport carries a variety of mainstream rock, pop and hip hop -- they've even printed up Record Store Day t-shirts and flyers.

There's also In Your Ear in Warren -- formerly known as Zingg Records, run by the owner of the former In Your Ear in Providence -- Looney Tunes, in South Kingstown, and a handful of other shops around the state.

One of the the better known record stores in the region, Armageddeon Shop, on Providence's West Side, is listed as a participant on the Record Store Day Web site.

The store -- which carries just about anything that could loosely be interpreted as "rock," "noise," "punk" or "metal" -- isn't planning anything special for the day, according to co-owner Ben Barnett.

"But if people want to buy some beers and come shop around," he said this afternoon, "that's cool."

Cool, indeed.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 2:07 PM | Permalink

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