International Record Store Day at Real Groovy

Mark Saturday 17th April on your musical calendar. International Record Store Day is back again in 2010

Mark Saturday 17^th  April on your musical calendar. International Record Store Day is back again in 2010!

The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived by American record store owner, Chris Brown in 2007 as a universal day’s celebration of the unique culture surrounding independent record stores worldwide. It’s a celebration recognising that independent Record Stores are different from almost all other forms of retail. They aren’t like a shoe store or a pharmacy and they aren’t slaves to corporate culture, or branded links in a chain. A good record store is a place where people are united by a common bond: a love of music, regardless of its style, fashion or creators. Most independent record stores have grown organically, and reflect their local communities, and the personalities of their owners and staff. They’re anti-mall trend-buckers - oases of cool in an otherwise cookie-cutter retail nightmare.

Record Store Day is growing in profile around the globe partly due to the strong support received from recording artists and their messages. Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures) is 2010’s official cultural ambassador. Many artists are drawing attention to the difference between the living, breathing, social and physical world of record stores and the popular but ultimately isolated world of cyberspace.

Some Highlights of Record Store Day at Real Groovy

• Special Guest DJs playing 30 minute sets of their all time favourite songs or the tracks that have most influenced them:

Oliver Driver (actor, director broadcaster), Liam Finn (musician), Phil Somervell(The Datsuns), Nick D (TV presenter, George fm, C4) Roger Shepherd (Flying Nun Founder), Russell Baillie (NZ Herald music/entertainment editor), Charlotte Ryan (bFM DJ), David Farrier (Nightline, TV shows, BFM), Andrew Tidball (Cheese On Toast founder), Recloose (DJ and producer), Murry Sweetpants (George FM), Roger Perry (legendary NZ pioneering DJ and broadcaster). Plus the Real Groovy elite spin squad and a very very special surprise NZ musician guest.

• Win prizes on the day:
  - A Classic Rock Music Vinyl Starter Pack including 50 LPs, a Pro-Ject turntable, Rotel Amp and Tannoy Speakers (worth approx $3000)!
  - Electric guitar and amp combo
  - Concert tickets, giveaways and spot prizes

• Free Real Groovy Club Membership entitling discount.

• Real Groovy gig and party at Kings Arms (R18) from 7.30pm

Kidz In Space, The Jury & The Saints, Computers Want Me Dead, The Drab Doo Riffs, Clap Clap Riot, The Gaze, Artisan Guns all playing short sets including a cover of an all time favourite song or a track that has most influenced them.

FREE ENTRY BY VISITING REAL GROOVY ON THE DAY AND PICKING UP A FREE PASS.