Record Store Day Debuts in India. April 22 marked the 10th anniversary of Record Store Day – a global event that has been instrumental in fostering record culture the world over.
It also unfolded a new chapter in India’s romance with vinyl. The island city of Mumbai played host to the first ever Record Store Day in the country.
⬇ Record Store Day 2018 Aftermovie:
The Revolver Club is on a determined mission to spread the Joy of Vinyl in India – and we have many allies. Record sellers throughout the country have kept the medium alive during the years when vinyl was eclipsed by Compact Discs and cheap downloads. These men need to be acknowledged - and celebrated by the growing Vinyl community. The third edition of our Record Store Day therefore was dedicated to the these vinyl heroes – the Recordwalas.
This year we had a truly unique program. In addition to the LP's from our collection we had 12 sellers from across the country bringing over their collections for sale.
👇 #TRCPartner Babu Banerji
👇 #TRCPartner Eddie Tauro
👇 #TRCPartner Abdul Razzak (D.N Road)
👇 #TRCPartner Ramesh Kukreja (Bangalore)
👇 #TRCPartner Rafi Ahmed (Meerut, Uttar Pradesh)
👇 #TRCPartners Nilesh, Salim & Rafi Ahmed
👇 #TRCPartner Muralidhar (Hyderabad) getting his copy signed by Alluri
👇 #TRCPartners Salim, Rafi Ahmad & Abdul Razzak
We also had 5 Independent labels from India and across the world showcasing some of their titles.
In keeping with tradition – Record Store Day opened with a captivating recital of Hindustani Classical music by Ravi Chary on Sitar accompanied by the Tabla wizard Nisarg Dehukar.
Nisarg Dehukar & Ravi Chary
Susan Coelho playing Rock n Roll on the Violin
DJ Jugalbandi between DJ Hi2 & DJ Ashhtron
Vinyl only DJ set by Cradlebrat
A panel discussion with some of our youngest clients:
Angad, Rohan, Uma, Vibhuti & Dvija
An interactive workshop with The Spindoctor about the introduction of DJing on vinyl:
The day was capped by an electrifying performance by Alluri who played songs from his latest Vinyl, Tales Of This Telugu Man.
⬇ RSD 2019 Aftermovie: