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BeatRoute Magazine is a monthly arts and entertainment paper with a predominant focus on music – local, independent or otherwise. The paper started in June 2004 and continues to provide a healthy dose of perversity while exercising rock ‘n’ roll ethics.
BeatRoute Magazine is a monthly arts and entertainment paper with a predominant focus on music – local, independent or otherwise. The paper started in June 2004 and continues to provide a healthy dose of perversity while exercising rock ‘n’ roll ethics.
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BLACKBYRD<br />
MYOOZIK<br />
Jeff Kynoch (27) spent the past five years as<br />
store manager of the Blackbyrd Edmonton<br />
location, but transferred to the Calgary<br />
location in Nov. 2017.<br />
What does it take for a record shop to<br />
survive today?<br />
It definitely takes getting to know your<br />
customers and knowing what people are<br />
looking for. You can order all kinds of stuff<br />
if you want, but if the people coming in<br />
looking for things aren’t into what you’ve<br />
got, you’re not going to sell anything. So<br />
you kind of have to gauge your customers<br />
and your market.<br />
It’s a lot easier these days because there<br />
are so many more reissues coming out,<br />
people would come in looking for Led<br />
Zeppelin albums and we used to have to<br />
turn them away and tell them to go look<br />
at a used shop, but now we can sell them<br />
because they’re coming in brand new.<br />
What is one of your favourite records?<br />
Anything from Jeff Parker records to old<br />
Beach Boys records<br />
What is your most anticipated record<br />
for RSD?<br />
This year I’m pretty excited about Pink<br />
Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn<br />
What do you think is unique about your<br />
store’s selection?<br />
I guess just the variety of what we have, we<br />
try to have a little bit of everything whether<br />
it be interesting world music or avant-garde<br />
jazz or classic rock, to bluegrass and folk,<br />
just trying to keep a wide selection. We also<br />
stock lots of audio file reissues.<br />
Why is Record Store Day important?<br />
Well it definitely brings people in, especially<br />
the collectors, let’s say there hasn’t been<br />
a whole lot coming out that they’re<br />
interested in lately, or they already have an<br />
original copy at home. With a lot of reissues<br />
releasing there will be some rarities that<br />
bring people out who might not normally<br />
come out.<br />
Top 3-5 recommendations on what to<br />
buy on RSD?<br />
Definitely Pink Floyd- The Piper at the<br />
Gates of Dawn, there’s also a Mac Demarco<br />
Demos record that’s probably going to be<br />
really big, and Sufjan Stevens is always big.<br />
Mac Demarco will be releasing “This Old<br />
Dog” Demo with a “Beat Happening” cover<br />
for RSD <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
We are also going to be doing giveaways,<br />
like concert giveaways, coffee, donuts,<br />
hopefully some beer tastings with a couple<br />
different craft breweries here in town and<br />
we are having a sale as well, all regular stock<br />
is 20% off including gear, turntables, speakers<br />
and accessories.<br />
HERITAGE<br />
POSTERS<br />
& MUSIC<br />
Jerry Keogh (63) has been in the business<br />
for 50 years, owner of Heritage for<br />
15 years.<br />
What does it take for a record shop to<br />
survive today?<br />
Well for me, I cater to a lot of the roots<br />
and classic rock crowds as well as jazz,<br />
folk and stuff I grew up with in the ‘60s<br />
really. We are really proud of our jazz and<br />
blues vinyl collections and we are unique<br />
because we also track down stuff for<br />
customers.<br />
What is your favourite record right<br />
now?<br />
What I’ve been listening to just recently<br />
is a blues guy out of San Francisco by<br />
the name of Tommy Castro his newest<br />
album Stomping Ground.”<br />
What is your favourite record coming<br />
out on RSD?<br />
There’s a compilation that’s coming out<br />
and I think it’s a two-album set from<br />
the Monterey Pop festival in 1967. It’s<br />
never been out on vinyl and they’re<br />
only <strong>print</strong>ing 1,000 copies. Also, there’s<br />
a four-album box set of the Allman<br />
Brothers I’m interested in.”<br />
What do you think is unique about<br />
your store’s selections?<br />
Definitely our store’s knowledge,<br />
between all of our staff we have over<br />
125 years of experience and it’s all about<br />
finding your niche genre, which for us is<br />
jazz and blues. Also, we sell posters, we<br />
have all the concert tour posters and<br />
other stuff you don’t tend to see.”<br />
Why is Record Store Day important?<br />
I like to say that Record Store Day is bigger<br />
than Christmas. It’s a good flag-waving<br />
day for sure. You know people are<br />
out to support the record stores, but the<br />
bad part about it is that there are some<br />
people out there who just try to buy out<br />
RSD releases and then they sell them on<br />
eBay or Amazon or whatever because<br />
they are limited runs.<br />
Top 3-5 recommendations on what to<br />
buy on RSD?<br />
Reissues of Bob Dylan and the Grateful<br />
Dead are cool also, they’re doing The<br />
National- Boxer Live album. We also get<br />
Record Store Day stuff shipped in from<br />
England that you usually won’t find here.<br />
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