Tell us little bit about your record store?
The Basement Discs has been operating below Block Place for a few days more than 20 years. We love supporting and selling music particularly Australian artist releases. We’d like to think we’re getting good at it.
What are you doing to celebrate Record Store Day? What special releases/offers will you have?
Our 7th celebration of Record Store Day will feature instore live performances from our good friends Georgia Fields, Eagle & The Worm , Jen Cloher and Mike Rudd. We will also have a not entirely serious quiz hosted by RRR’s Neil Rogers & Ian Bland. Loads of RSD releases. We are particularly thrilled that Eagle & The Worm will be launching their RSD 7” single on our stage.
What differentiates your record store from the other record stores? Would you say that you have a specialisation?
We are underground. Really underground – as in below the city.
What do you credit as causing the ‘vinyl revival’ we currently find ourselves in?
To paraphrase Tom Waits: “If 200,000 people are all heading in one direction – that’s just one good reason to head in the opposite direction”. Downloads are just numbers. Vinyl and CDs are treasures. Records look and smell better.
What is your most obscure record and why?
The Spring Reverb’s Les Sucettes on grey vinyl.
Who is the most famous/weirdest/prominent customer that is been in your store? What did they buy?
Malcolm McDowell (loads of music mags), Emmylou Harris (mountains of albums), Thurston Moore (Nick Drake), Sam Neil (John Hiatt), Paul Kelly (Gareth Liddiard) etc etc
What’s the best thing about the Diggin’ Melbourne guide?
It’s a map with a beat.
