So, today was Record Store Day 2013. First time I've ever been not working on said holiday, and the Mrs. and I decided to go into Storm Lake to this pizza joint that also happens to double as a record store. I'm not sure the guy even knew today was record store day. He seemed more interested in hocking pizzas than LP's (to me anyway), but I found a couple things and learned something very interesting along the way.
The finds were as such:
1) Led Zeppelin IV (Zoso) on LP, in near perfect condition, for $15! Apparently he has "extra copies lying around." I'm not assuming that this is a release from '71 or anything, but hey, still a really sweet addition to my growing vinyl collection.
2) Who's Next on LP. Apparently it was a day for records from '71. It's such a great album, with such a fascinating backstory, and somehow I didn't own it in any form. While I'd love to pick up a CD copy of it sometime (hopefully the deluxe edition), it seems fitting somehow to have it on vinyl first.
Now, on to the playing part of my day.
Sometimes I forget that I teach on acoustic. It dawned on me last night that, while I write and teach away from the electric, the electric still gets more of the attention on a daily basis. This realization is nothing new. I've made mention of it a few times over the last couple of years. Anyway, I went looking for a particular resource for electric stuff, and instead stumbled on some cool acoustic things. So I played some acoustic today instead.
And in so doing, I might have stumbled onto the start of another chord progression. Either way, it was something that had to be written down before we could leave the house. So there's that. A pretty decent day, if you ask me. I just wish I had gotten in a bit more playing this afternoon. No worries, there's always tomorrow for that.
The finds were as such:
1) Led Zeppelin IV (Zoso) on LP, in near perfect condition, for $15! Apparently he has "extra copies lying around." I'm not assuming that this is a release from '71 or anything, but hey, still a really sweet addition to my growing vinyl collection.
2) Who's Next on LP. Apparently it was a day for records from '71. It's such a great album, with such a fascinating backstory, and somehow I didn't own it in any form. While I'd love to pick up a CD copy of it sometime (hopefully the deluxe edition), it seems fitting somehow to have it on vinyl first.
Now, on to the playing part of my day.
Sometimes I forget that I teach on acoustic. It dawned on me last night that, while I write and teach away from the electric, the electric still gets more of the attention on a daily basis. This realization is nothing new. I've made mention of it a few times over the last couple of years. Anyway, I went looking for a particular resource for electric stuff, and instead stumbled on some cool acoustic things. So I played some acoustic today instead.
And in so doing, I might have stumbled onto the start of another chord progression. Either way, it was something that had to be written down before we could leave the house. So there's that. A pretty decent day, if you ask me. I just wish I had gotten in a bit more playing this afternoon. No worries, there's always tomorrow for that.
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