Fucking Nostalgic Record Store Day Highlights

Record Store Day, now in its fourth year of existence, is a celebration of those wonderful little stores that actually still sell physical music (shocking, I know). Merchants around the country (some 700 participants) take part in selling exclusive Record Store Day releases, and many of them hold in store events. This year, RSD takes place this Saturday, April 16th. If you're a collector, and in New York City, it's a great day to stock up and spend some cash. Here are some highlights Fucking Nostalgic have deemed awesome.

Big Star's "Third" was paid tribute to

Big Star’s classic (and final) studio album Third was given tribute on 3/26 at Baruch College’s Mason Hall. Rolling Stone has a report you can read here. I wish I could have made it to this one. Not only was the lineup fantastic (Ira Kaplan, Matthew Sweet and *gasp* Michael Stipe), but Third is a severely underrated album, even in Big Star terms. Hopefully this was not a one-off show and this will be taken on the road.