One of two new DVDs about the rise and fall (and rise?) of Independent Record Stores
This week - just two days before 2013 Record Store Day - I got TWO new DVDs, both documentaries celebrating independent record shops. One covers the British market while the other focuses on one store in Louisville, KY, while it does include interviews with shop owners in other parts of the US. Since they are similar, I'm making this a combined review and will post it under both titles. Both have "release" dates of April 23rd but should be in independent record stores on April 21st (RSD)
"Last Shop Standing" (LSS) is really the "official DVD" of Record Store Days 2013 (per the distributor). A standard version of the 48-minute film is available in the PAL-format (not playable in the US) but has no bonues. The "Deluxe Edition" (the one coming on 4/23/13) adds 74 minutes of extras (more on those in a minute). Based on the book of the same name LSS is a compilation of interview segments with owners of 27 different independent record stores in the UK as well as musicians (who...
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