Have no idea what that Garbage thing is all about but a ton of people were buying it along with the Joy Division EP. I passed on the JD as it's $15 for four songs...could just snag a reissue of one of the albums instead, but I get the point since these are non-album tracks. I wonder if it would have been even more sought after with the Nazi drummer boy cover...
My store, Amoeba Berkeley, had everything on my want list (or I'm assuming they did as I didn't see one of them). I ran into a guy that grabbed the last copy of the Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart reissue and I shed a tear as I noticed someone in line holding the REM boxed set. That was easily the biggest disappointment of the day. With only 2500 copies and some 2000 stores participating in RSD, well, you do the math. I ran right over there the second I got in the door and someone else was sadly thumbing through the REM stuff with a sigh. Multiple people in line mentioned that release before we went in and many expected it to sell out quickly. It's now on eBay for around $150 at the low bid. Ugh.
I did not see the reissue of Big Mama Thornton's Sassy Mama, but I'm certain it was there. The biggest sellers seem to be very limited classic rock act releases, and especially, soul reissues. Many were complaining about the Sam Cooke one being gone.
All in all, it was a fucking madhouse, but I got a ton of vinyl for next to nothing thanks to leftover gift certificates I received from birthdays or $10 for $20 deals.
- The Field - From Here We Go Sublime (My #2 most sought after the REM boxed set. This is the first time this classic has been released on vinyl and with a limited run of only 500 copies. Surprising I snagged one, but then I also found one in the bin at the Rasputin down the street which had a rather paltry selection that included, no joke, at least 20 copies of that awful new Pixies album. Very glad I got this)
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Both of these reissues...not sure either was on vinyl before.
The Zombies - Both of these reissues. A mono compilation of early material and a limited mono run of their masterpiece LP.
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic (10th Anniversary Edition)
Life Without Buildings - I think this is also an anniversary or something and comes with a 7"
Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (expected this to sell out quickly given the speed that the REM one probably flew off the shelves, but you can probably pick this one up fairly easily weeks after the fact.)
Ultimately, I showed up about a half hour before opening and there was line of probably 150 people. I don't really regret not showing up sooner as the people that snagged the REM box may have arrived at some ungodly hour.