We're pretty excited to announce that the Ambassador for Record Store Day 2016 is not one person, but four: the four who make up METALLICA.
From the very first Record Store Day, Metallica have embraced the concept, and celebrated the culture of the indie record store with in-store appearances and special releases for both our special April Saturday and Black Friday. Be sure to check out the Ambassador Statement, written by drummer Lars Ulrich, and the video where the entire band gets excited about record stores and exciting Metallica reissue news.
For Record Store Day 2016, the band's official release is a special live CD, Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, Metallica! - Live at Le Bataclan. Paris, France - June 11th, 2003, a live concert recording from the Paris theatre that became the focus of the world in November 2015. This release, and the charitable donation of its proceeds to Fondation de France’s Give For France charity, fits into a larger theme for Record Store Day 2016 that highlights the relationship between US record stores and their French counterparts, between Record Store Day and Disquaire Day, between music-and-arts-loving humans in the United States, France and the world. More details to come.
In our memories, his music, his videos, his films, his art. We loved the collaborative memorial that came about at WILD HONEY RECORDS when they asked their customers to show their love for David Bowie through art. BLACKSTAR, his final album, and more of the records he created—as musician or producer—are available at record stores. So yeah. Bowie lives.
In case you missed it last year, it was a record store that stole the Today Show and represented small businesses across the country in a spotlight piece about Small Business Saturday. Check out FINGERPRINTS’ star turn here, and make supporting small businesses one of your resolutions for 2016!
