![]() On the south side of the river at End Of An Ear - the city’s silver medalist in the record store Olympics, the Waterloo’s gold - the usual 11 a.m. The employee with his grey ponytail frantically arranges the shrinking collection of RSD exclusives on the wall as titles sell out, determined to preserve alphabetical order (sorry, out of Willie Nelson‘s Teatro), as the customers continue to trickle in. ![]() ![]() By 10:15, there are maybe a dozen customers who pack the small shop, but who leave a fair amount of merchandise on the shelves. Those who would rather sleep in can try some of the other stores: Antone’s, the longstanding king of blues, jazz, and Texas music, opens at 10 - and the scene there after opening is downright manageable. ![]() opening time means those who seek the more limited releases need to start lining up in the pre-dawn hours (the store does provide complimentary pastries and bloody marys for those who are up for it). Waterloo Records stocks everything, but the 7 a.m. In Austin, shoppers can choose between honoring their slacker impulses or getting everything they want. To make up for it the band gave away a vinyl test pressing to the most “peculiar” dancer during its live set. “Due to the popularity of this arcane sound carrier, we don’t have any albums here,” noted bassist Graham Lewis, who added that vinyl pressings of the band’s latest album had been delayed due to the growing number of record store day releases taking over manufacturing plants. ![]() We’ve got a long way to go,” said Rough Trade co-owner Stephen Godfrey after a blistering early afternoon set by British post-punk veterans Wire. “It seems a bit more civilized this year, calmer, less frenetic, but the volume of crowds is on par and it’s still early days. The store also reported brisk sales of classics such as Bruce Springsteen. ![]()
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