Torben gør allerede opmærksom på denne mærkedag for pladebutikkerne. Og med god grund. Pladebutikkerne er en udøende art blandt detailbutikkerne. Men de er er endnu. Der er stadigvæk nogle stykker – selv om der er blevet meget længere mellem dem. Og jeg tror og håber, at et par stykker vil overleve i det lange løb, takket være ildsjæle – på begge sider af disken.

Det giver et lille rif i hjertet at tænke på alle de butikker, man gennem årene har frekventeret for at bladre i LP-covers, lytte til ny musik, snakke med ekspedienten eller en anden musikelsker og – ikke at forglemme – indånde lugten af ny vinyl og pladeomslag. Jeg skal såmæn bare trække en af mine album ud af reolen og stikke næsen ned til coveret for at få et flashback.

Men digitaliseringen og internettet har gjort musikken mere tilgængelig og billigere. Og har gjort detailleddet mere eller mindre overflødigt. Til gengæld er musikformidlingen på nettet ikke nået et niveau, hvor det kan kompensere for pladebutikkernes kulturelle betydning. Det samme gælder såmæn også sige om
boghandlerbutikkerne. Og udviklingen står ikke til at vende, selv om man som nostalgiker kan drømme om det. Sådan er det. Lad os bare konstatere det.

Som sagt er der nogle stykker tilbage. Torben og andre københavnere kan stadigvæk gå i Sound Station og genoplive og -leve drømmen. Jeg og andre århusianere har stadigvæk opsøge Dandelion Records/Badstue Rock i det århusianske minefelt. Og der er stadigvæk butikker i flere af de europæiske storbyer. Drømmen lever endnu…

På nettet (!) faldt jeg over en appetitvækker, som en berømt pladeforretning, Waterloo Records i Austin, Texas har lagt ud, som man så kan sidde og savle over, medens man lover sig selv at gå ind i den lokale pladebutik næste gang man kommer forbi:

13th Floor Elevators – »Wait For My Love« (7» green vinyl)
• A Day To Remember – «All I Want» (7«vinyl)
• AC/DC – »Shoot To Thrill« b/w »War Machine« (7» vinyl)
• Adele – «Rolling In the Deep» (10« vinyl)
• Akron Family – (12» vinyl)
• Anberlin – Cities (2LP)
• Bad Brains – «Pay to Cum» (7« vinyl)
• Bad Brains – God Of Love (LP and 7»)
• Barrett, Syd – An Introduction To… (2LP)
• Beady Eye – Beady Eye Exclusive (LTD 7-inch Vinyl Box Set)
• Between The Buried And Me – The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogs (12« colored vinyl)
• Big Star – Third (Test Pressing Edition) LP
• Blitzen Trapper – »Maybe Baby« b/w »Soul Singer« (7» vinyl)
• Built To Spill – Ripple (7« picture disc)
• Busdriver – ATM (7» and MP3)
• Bush, Kate – Hounds of Love Collector’s Edition (10« pink vinyl)
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• Caribou – Swim Remixes (12»+download)
• Circa Survive – Appendage (colored vinyl)
• Circa Survive – Appendage (CD EP)
• Clapton, Eric & Mayall, John – «Lonely Years» (7« vinyl)
• Country Joe & the Fish – Electric Music for the Mind and Body (12» vinyl)
• Crowded House – North America Travelougue 2010 (3 CD set)
• Cults – «Abducted» b/w« Go Outside (remix)» (7« vinyl)
• Daft Punk – Tron Soundtrack (vinyl)
• dB’s – »Picture Sleeve« (7» vinyl)
• Death Cab For Cutie – Atlantic Records Presents: Death Cab for Cutie In Living Stereo! (7« vinyl)
• Deerhoof – Friend Opportunity (LP + MP3)
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• Deerhoof / Xiu Xiu – Almost Xiu Xiu, Almost Deerhoof (7» + MP3)
• Deftones – Covers (vinyl)
• Dennen, Brett – B Side to the D Side (7« vinyl)
• Derek & The Dominos – “Got To Get Better In A Little While» & «Layla» (7» vinyl)
• Dio – Killing The Dragon (vinyl picture disc)
• Ditto, Beth – 12« vinyl EP
• Doe, John & Jill Sobule – A Day at the Pass (4 panel eco-wallet)
• DOM – »Things Change«/»Jesus« (10» vinyl)
• Duran Duran – «Girl Panic!» (7« vinyl)
• Earle, Justin Townes – Move Over Mama b/w Racing in the Streets (7» vinyl)
• Earle, Steve – «I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive» (7« vinyl)
• Fahey, John – Requia (and Other Compositions for Guitar Solo) (12» vinyl)
• Fistful Of Mercy – Pale Blue Eyes / Things Go Round (live) (7« vinyl)
• Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues b/w Grown Ocean (12» vinyl)
• Flogging Molly – «Don’t Shut ‘Em Down» (7« vinyl)
• Foo Fighters – Medium Rare (LP 120 grams)
• Gordon, Mike- Inside In (LP)
• Gorillaz – The Fall (LP)
• Grateful Dead – Grateful Dead (LP)
• Green Day/Husker Du – I Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely (7» vinyl)
• Grinderman – Evil (12« vinyl)
• Grinderman – Palaces of Montezuma (12» vinyl)
• Hammond, John – So Many Roads (12« vinyl)
• Hendrix, Jimi – »Fire« (7» vinyl)
• Hendrix, Jimi – «Fire» (CD single)
• Hollywood Undead – American Tragedy (LP picture disc)
• Hurt, Mississippi John – The Immortal (12« vinyl)
• In This Moment – The Promise (CD)
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• International Submarine Band w Gram Parsons – Safe at Home (LP plus 7» single)
• Jackson, Michael – «Hollywood Tonight» b/w «Behind The Mask» (7« vinyl)
• James, Skip – Today! (12» vinyl)
• Jenny And Johnny/Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels featuring Emmylou Harris – Love Hurts (7« vinyl)
• Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American-Deluxe (3LP) (3LP vinyl)
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – I Love Rock & Roll (Limited Edition) (12» 180 gram vinyl)
• Job For A Cowboy – Ruination (10« Green vinyl)
• Job For A Cowboy – Ruination (10» Orange vinyl)
• Job For A Cowboy – Ruination (10« Red vinyl)
• King, Freddy – »Wash Out« (7» vinyl)
• Kings of Leon – Holy Roller Novocaine (10« Red vinyl)
• Kuti, Fela and the Africa 70 – »Monday Morning In Lagos Parts 1 & 2« (7» vinyl)
• Lady Gaga – Born This Way (12« picture disc)
• Lamontagne, Ray – Live Fall 2010 (12» vinyl)
• Lower Dens – «Deer Knives» b/w «Tangiers» (7« vinyl)
• Machine Head – The Black Procession (10» vinyl)
• Manchester Orchestra – «Simple Math» b/w «The Plan» (7« vinyl)
• Mastodon – Live At The Aragon (7» vinyl)
• Mastodon/ZZ Top – Just Got Paid (7« vinyl)
• Matt & Kim – Block After Block (7» vinyl)
• Midlake/Will Self – Am I Going Insane (12« vinyl)
• Mona – »Listen To Your Love«/»All This Time« (7» vinyl)
• Mumford & Sons/Laura Marling – Dharohar Project (10« vinyl)
• My Chemical Romance – Na Na Na (7» picture disc)
• New York Dolls – «Fool For You Baby»/«Pills» (7« vinyl)
• Nirvana – Hormoaning (12» vinyl)
• Of Montreal – The Past is a Grotesque Animal (LP + MP3)
• OFF! – Live At Generation Records (7« vinyl)
• Opeth – »The Throat Of Winter« (7» vinyl)
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• Orbison, Roy – «Only The Lonely (mono»)/«Oh, Pretty Woman (live from Holland)» (7« vinyl)
• Osbourne, Ozzy – »Flying High Again« b/w »I Don’t Know(Live)« (7» vinyl)
• Otis, Shuggie – Inspiration Information: World Psychedelic Classics 2 (2LP 180gram)
• Owen – O, Evelyn (7« vinyl + MP3)
• Owens, Buck – »Close Up The Honky Tonks«/»My Heart Skips A Beat« (7» vinyl)
• Pearl Jam – «Immortality» b/w «Rearviewmirror» (7« vinyl)
• Peter Bjorn and John – »Dig A Little Deeper« b/w »What I Could Do If I Wanted« (7» vinyl)
• Phish – Phish: Two Soundchecks (7« vinyl)
• Piebald – Vol I-III Triple Gatefold 3LP Special Edition (3 LP)
• Pinback – Information Retrieved A (7» vinyl)
• Pink Floyd – London 66/67 (12« white vinyl)
• Queen – »Keep Yourself Alive« b/w »Son And Daughter« (7» vinyl)
• R.E.M. – R.E.M. THREE: First Three Singles from Collapse Into Now (7« vinyl set)
• RHCP/Ramones – Havana Affair (7» vinyl)
• Rise Against – Join The Ranks (7« vinyl)
• Rival Schools – »Wring It Out«/»Choose Your Adventure« (7» clear vinyl)
• Rodriguez Lopez, Omar – Telesterion (Double CD)
• Rush – Caravan/BU2B (7« vinyl)
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• Ryan Adams and the Cardinals – Class Mythology EP (2x 7» colored vinyl, yellow & orange, for each disc with 14«x21» poster)
• Saadiq, Raphael – «Radio» b/w «Can’t Jig Anymore» (7« vinyl)
• Skysaw – No One Can Tell/Serated» (7« vinyl)
• Sonic Youth – Whore’s Moaning (12» vinyl)
• Spektor, Regina – Four From Far (7« vinyl)
• Springsteen, Bruce and E Street Band – »Gotta Get The Feeling« b/w »Racing In The Street« (10» vinyl)
• Television – Live At The Old Waldorf (2LP)
• The Beach Boys – «Good Vibrations»/«Heroes & Villains» (double 10« vinyl)
• The Black Angels – Another Nice Pair (12» Red vinyl)
• The Black Angels – Phosgene Nightmare (10« colored vinyl)
• The Cars – »Sad Song« (7» vinyl)
• The Civil Wars – «Dance Me To The End Of Love» (7« vinyl)
• The Decemberists – Live At Bull Moose (CD)
• The Dodos – »So Cold« (7» vinyl)
• The Flaming Lips – Heady Nuggs: The First 5 Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002 (vinyl box set)
• The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger (Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl) – La Carotte Bleue (LP)
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• The Joy Formidible – «Whirring»/«Chwyrlio» (7« vinyl)
• The Luyas/Twin Sister – Split (7» vinyl)
• The Naked & Famous – This Machine/No Light Double EP (2 CD)
• The Red Krayola – «Hurricane Fighter Plane» (7« yellow vinyl)
• The Republic Tigers – »Merrymake It With Me«/»Whale Fight« (7» colored vinyl)
• The Republic Tigers – No Land’s Man (CD EP)
• The Rolling Stones – «Brown Sugar» (7« vinyl)
• The Velvet Underground – »Foggy Notion« (7» vinyl)
• The Yardbirds – «Goodnight Sweet Josephine» (7« vinyl)
• Toadies – “No Deliverance« b/w “Someone Great” (7» vinyl)
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (White Vinyl LP)
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – You’re Going To Get It! (Blue Vinyl LP)
• Tosh, Peter – «Legalize It» b/w «Equal Rights» (7« green/ yellow)
• Transit – Promise Nothing (7» EP)
• Urge Overkill – Effigy b/w Smokehouse (7« vinyl)
• Various Artists – Portable Shrines Magic Sound Theater Vol. 1 (Double 12» vinyl)
• Various Artists – Kill Rock Stars (12« vinyl)
• Various Artists – Mute Vorwärts (LP + CD)
• Various Artists – Rhymesayers (Vinyl Picture Disc)
• Various Artists – No One Got Hurt (CD)
• Various Artists – Save The Music – A Compilation For Record Store Day (CD)
• Various Artists – Guided By Voices Tribute: Sing For Your Meat (CD)
• Various Artists – Cee-Lo Green, Santana, Robert Randolph – Jimi Hendrix Tribute (CD single)
• Vivian Girls – I Heard You Say (7» + MP3)
• Wild Flag – «Future Crimes» b/w «Glass Tambourine» (7« + download)
• Young The Giant – »Apartment« (7″ vinyl)
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