SATURDAY: Record Store Day 2016 @ Easy Street will go super-Sonics

Were you at Easy Street Records for that historic show on Record Store Day 2015The Sonics, with special superstar guests (including Eddie Vedder, 22:26 into the video) – benefiting KEXP? The station just released that video of the show – which figures into Record Store Day 2016 (this Saturday!) in a big way, as announced by ESR, with the vinyl release of “The Sonics Live at Easy Street.” From ESR’s Rod Moody:

This LP will be available at all stores participating in Record Store Day, but we are the only store in the world that will be selling the Easy Street Special Edition, a limited edition of 500, which will include the following:

* Custom-screened, hand-numbered outer sleeve
* Copy of signed set list
* Ticket for the event
* Download card good for two free bonus songs from the concert not included on the album
* Detailed liner notes by Easy Street president Matt Vaughan

The Sonics’ Record Store Day in-store last year was one of the biggest and most awesome events we’ve ever put on, featuring guests such as Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready, Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden), the Screaming Trees’ Mark Pickerel and Van Conner, Emily Nokes (Tacocat), Chris Ballew (Presidents Of The United States Of America, Caspar Babypants), Matt Lukin (Mudhoney), and many others (including myself!). The album was mixed by legendary NW producer Jack Endino and it sounds fantastic.

Over the weekend, if you’re visiting KEXP’s new home @ Seattle Center, you’ll find an Easy Street pop-up store there, noon-9 pm Saturday and 10 am-6 pm Sunday.

At the Junction store on Saturday, Greg Vandy from KEXP’s The Roadhouse and the online mag American Standard Time will have a book signing and Q&A 3 pm-6 pm. Then Acapulco Lips‘ record-release in-store performance is at 7 pm, “also the debut of their West Seattle-based label, Killroom Records.”

Record Store Day kicks off at ESR (California/Alaska if you somehow didn’t know that already) at 7 am with “hundreds of exclusive, limited titles in all shapes, colors & sizes,” most of which will only be available that day. (Good thing they sell coffee, too.)

3 Replies to "SATURDAY: Record Store Day 2016 @ Easy Street will go super-Sonics"

  • skeptic April 15, 2016 (8:21 am)

    What an awesome venue to see musicians play up close.  Who do you have to know to get inside?

  • Mike April 15, 2016 (8:31 am)

    It’s pretty awesome that the West Seattle arts scene is so lively.  I need to go to Easy Street more often, it’s great they’re helping Seattle hold onto some of the greatness from the past.

  • burglarbustingdad April 15, 2016 (11:53 am)

    I have seen Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Gratetful Dead and more…that I remember.  This intimate, well organized night of music was one of the best!

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