Record Store Day at Bridge Nine Records this Saturday, April 20th!
If you’re in the greater Boston area, make sure you stop by Bridge Nine in Beverly, Massachusetts on Saturday! We are opening early at 8am and will have hundreds of RSD exclusives. As a record store we lean towards the hard and heavy, but on RSD we have a little bit of everything! We will also be joined by our friends at Iodine Recordings who will have a table at B9, so come say hi!
At 2pm, our good friend Drew Stone (Incendiary Device, The New York Hardcore Chronicles) will be moderating a Q&A with punk frontman Ray Cappo (Youth of Today, Shelter) about his new book, From Punk To Monk. Copies will be available for sale and Ray will be signing them, so come say hello and pick one up!
Saturday night we’re turning our warehouse over to our friends at MOON Booking (Music Organizers Of the Northshore) and they’re hosting a handful of bands, including Smooth Brain, 5ever, Return Address and Hyber. Looking for something to do? Come check out some new bands! Doors at 6, show at 7 pm! Tickets are available in advance online here or at the door!
Everything you need to know about our record store (directions, upcoming events, address, etc) can be found HERE!
Bridge Nine's First Official Record Store Day & Indie Label Market A Success
Chris Wrenn (L) with Chris Foley (Drummer, SSD), Al Barile (Vocalist, SSD), and Jaime Sciarappa (Bass, SSD). Photo by Nancy Barile.
Bridge Nine Records celebrated its first ever Record Store Day as an actual record store this past Saturday, April 22nd, and also with the label’s first ever official Record Store Day release. Agnostic Front released “United Blood (The Extended Sessions)”, a 19-song LP version of their original 10-song EP from 1983. We pressed 3,000 copies on clear vinyl and it was amazing to hear from so many other stores that this record was the only other record that sold out that day besides Taylor Swift. This was a great way to commemorate 40 years of United Blood.
The Bridge Nine store opened early at 10 am to a line of RSD supporters and the store quickly filled with excited shoppers. An indie label market, featuring local labels from the New England area, also took place in the store’s back warehouse. Participating labels were X-Claim! Records, Counter Intuitive Records, Crimewave Records, Tor Johnson Records, Sound Investment Records, Hellhound Publishing, and Iodine Recordings.
Al Barile was onsite with X-Claim! along with his wife, Nancy Barile, author of the book “I’m Not Holding Your Coat”. Photo by Nancy Barile
The market featured lots of other vendors and organizations from the punk community. Al Quint of Suburban Voice, an avid record collector and seller, set up shop with some awesome titles for sale. Women Of The Pit, a charity based organization established to highlight and promote bands and fans of the hardcore music scene, was also in attendance promoting their first compilation, Stronger Together Vol. 1, featuring various female led punk and hardcore bands. The team behind Hope Fest, a yearly benefit music festival that takes place in Salem each year, was also onsite to promote their September 2nd festival in support of nAGLY. Larry Kelley displayed items from the late Lexa Vonn, an activist, fashion designer and music memorabilia collector. Local educator and author Nancy Barile was onsite with her awesome book, I’m Not Holding Your Coat. And Al Barile, Jaime Sciarappa, and Chris Foley of SSD hung out for a few hours, telling stories and sharing memories.
Needless to say, it was an incredible day and the Bridge Nine team is grateful for a few hundred of our supportive customers coming through and all our amazing vendors. We hope to do more events like this in the future, so be sure to join our email list if you haven’t already and follow us on social media!
New Noise Magazine features Agnostic Front & Bridge Nine
BRIDGE NINE AND AGNOSTIC FRONT CELEBRATE RECORD STORE DAY
by Toni Elton
“Bridge Nine Records, a hardcore and punk music label hailing from the mid-90s, commemorates Record Store Day this Saturday with a remixed and remastered version of Agnostic Front’s “United Blood” EP. Agnostic Front helped pave the way for the hardcore scene in New York in the early 80s, with “United Blood” being their first release in 1983. The re-release of the EP by Bridge Nine, pays homage to the band and the early days of the scene that it was part of.” Click here to continue reading article on New Noise Magazine’s website…
Bridge Nine Records featured in Salem News
Vinyl roars back on Record Store Day
By Joel Barrett
“At Bridge Nine Records in Beverly, proprietors of the shop, which began as and continues to be a record label, are kicking out the jams for RSD 2023.
The day will feature the label’s release of a 40th anniversary expanded edition of legendary New York hardcore band Agnostic Front’s “United Blood” EP.
The extended version is a remaster of the original EP, as well as previously unreleased versions of the band’s earliest and classic recordings. Bridge Nine is also inviting other independent record labels to set up tables in its warehouse for a RSD market to sell vinyl and merchandise and network. It’s a way for these labels to gain extra exposure and new fans.” Click here to continue reading the article on Salem News…
AGNOSTIC FRONT "United Blood" Record Store Day: What To Know
This Saturday, make sure you visit your local record store carrying RSD releases to pick up this record (for the full list and to search, click HERE!)
We are proud to help Agnostic Front commemorate 40 years of United Blood by offering an expanded, 19-song LP version of their original 10-song EP from 1983. NYHC recording legend Don Fury, who produced the session, has returned to the original reels to remix and remaster United Blood to include unreleased and alternate tracks. For Record Store Day, we’ve pressed 3,000 copies on clear vinyl. Once these are sold out in stores, there WILL be a re-pressing, so don’t stress!
EUROPE and overseas fans: Due to a distributor error, all copies were committed to domestic, North American accounts. This is understandably disappointing to AF’s many fans overseas, so please know that we are working with our distributors to make a special pressing available for you as soon as possible.
Record Store Day LABEL MARKET At Bridge Nine / April 22nd
SAVE THE DATE & JOIN US FOR RECORD STORE DAY: Saturday, April 22nd! We'll be opening early at 10:00 am and will have lots of RSD2023 exclusive releases in store, including the RSD exclusive extended edition of Agnostic Front's United Blood! In the spirit of Record Store Day, we've also invited local independent record labels to pop-up in our warehouse event space for the day. Visit with labels like X-Claim! Records, Crimewave Records, Tor Johnson Records, Sound Investment Records, Hellhound Publishing, Iodine Recordings, and more! If you have a label or know a label that might be interested, have them contact us - spots are free and we have plenty of space. We are also excited to announce that educator and author Nancy Barile will be here with her book, I'm Not Holding Your Coat!
See you on Record Store Day! More details are available on the Facebook event page HERE!
The 2023 Record Store Day List is Now Available!
Bridge Nine Records has celebrated many a Record Store Day as a record label, but we’re excited to be celebrating our first as an actual record store! Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 22, 2023 and come visit us! Not only will we have Agnostic Front’s new United Blood extended session 12” LP, we’ll also have other Record Store Day excusive releases and Chris will be pulling special pressings from the Bridge Nine Records vault!
What Is Record Store Day?
Record Store Day is an annual event that was created to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. Artists will often have records pressed and released specifically for RSD. For this reason, RSD releases are not available for pre-order and cannot be held in advance. Instead, folks are encouraged to engage with their local record store and let them know what RSD releases you want them to carry! This helps them plan what to order, how many, etc.
So be sure to let your local record store know you want them to carry Agnostic Front’s new United Blood extended session 12” LP!
Also, be sure to review the full Record Store Day 2023 list here and comment to let us know what we should carry here in the Bridge Nine Records store! To learn more about Record Store Day, go to https://recordstoreday.com/.