Diese Bewegung heimste auch die Unterstützung und Aufmerksamkeit von Major Labels ein. Größen wie Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen bekräftigen dieses einzigartige Ereignis, aber auch Rapper wie P.O.S. von den Rhymesayers und viele andere teilen ihre Liebe auf der Record Store Day Webseite.
“The record store is where me and my friends cut our teeth growing up,” erklärte P.O.S. “I love getting lost trying to master every section, walking with a stack of possible purchases and weighing all my choices at the end of it. Nothing will ever replace that for me.”
Emcee Eyedea aus Minnesota verpasste der Seite eine kleine politisch Note:
“It is important to support independently owned businesses, especially in a climate of corporate imperialism. We don’t want our record stores going the way of the independent pharmacy which unfortunately is pretty much the way of the dinosaur.”
Paul Wall teilt seine Meinung absolut.
“When you walk into a record store it’s an escape for some of us. It seems like whatever situation you’re going through in your life, there is a song or artist that can describe it perfectly, whether it’s a happy feeling, or something bad, there’s an artist and song that can describe it perfectly. If I’m struggling with something in my life, then the right song will help me through it. The record store is like a giant medicine cabinet. It’s an environment of people of all walks of life that are professionals in what they do. The opinion of those people working at record stores are so important to me as a customer. They’ll tell me what’s good and let me know the truth on what’s only hype. They’ll tell me ‘when you buy this listen to track number six’ and might even say, ‘there’s only two really good songs on there, the rest is just B.S.’ They know the history about the artists and music. When I buy music I want quality music. At the record store they can let me know what’s good, not just what the top seller is.”
Lil Boosie gab den Tante-Emma-Laden Shout-Outs, denn ohne deren Unterstützung wäre er heute nicht da wo er ist.
“When no one else was supporting me… the mom and pops would sell my music. I been out here for 10 years and before the deal…it was the mom and pops that was feeding my family.”
Record Store Day formt sich zu einer Besonderheit! Jadakiss, Keri Hilson und eine Menge anderer Künstler werden diesen Feiertag unterstützen, wo sie nur können. Def Jam wird anlässlich sein bestes Material auf Vinyl bereit stellen. Für mehr Informationen zum Record Store Day klickt hier.
