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It is no secret that in the increasingly capitalized digital age we now find ourselves living in, independently owned record stores are struggling more than ever to remain afloat. The first annual Record Store Day was celebrated ten years ago as an initiative to support independently owned record stores around the world. Once a year, the Record Store Day\u00a0organization provides participating independent record stores with exclusive releases and reissues. This year,\u00a0Landlocked Music hosted Bloomington’s Record Store Day.\u00a0Situated\u00a0one block\u00a0north\u00a0of the city\u2019s square, Landlocked has been selling vinyl, CDs, cassettes, magazines, zines, posters, and turntable equipment since 2006. It is a great place to find local music, attend exclusive listening parties, and catch live shows that feature local and touring acts.<\/p>\n

I pulled up to Landlocked at around 11:35 Saturday morning. Even though I only arrived five minutes late, there was already a crowd of music-lovers fervently\u00a0descending upon the \u201cfree stuff\u201d bins outside. Inside, a line had formed to purchase records that wrapped around the entire store. The aisles were packed with early birds, who were presumably scouring the store for exclusive scores. Meanwhile, a local DJ played a mixture of mostly rock, soul, and pop tunes. I arrived having a few things in mind that I wanted to get ahold of, and ended up leaving with a bunch of new things that I hadn’t heard of before.\u00a0 Here is some of the loot that I scored at RSD 2017.<\/p>\n

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Label: Radiation (Reissue)<\/a><\/p>\n

Quantity: 500<\/p>\n

Before punk was called punk, British hooligan rock group Crushed Butler was at work laying down its cacophonous foundations. The songs on Uncrushed<\/em> were recorded between 1969 and 1971, predating the subculture by half a decade. Rock and roll proto punk meets affected glam on this album\u2019s six tracks, which center around themes of youthful hedonism and working class frustrations. I would\u00a0call this an early punk album if it weren\u2019t for the virtuosic psychedelic rock\/ blues-influenced guitar solos and steadfast drum fills.<\/p>\n