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    SPIN ON RSD 2019

    May 15, 2019 5 minutes
    BY DAVE THOMPSON

    There was a hint of the bittersweet about Record Store Day this year. Rainbow Records (see photo above), Spin Cycle’s home-away-from-home when it comes to RSD, is about to vacate the building where it’s stood for the past 40 years and relocate to the other end of Main Street. It’s only half a mile away, but still it’s sad to see a local landmark move, and we weren’t the only ones who felt that the old space’s final RSD deserved a special farewell.

    The store had not even closed on Friday night than the first RSD shoppers were camped outside... literally ; they even brought a tent. More joined them through the night; by 8am, the line stretched around corners; and by 9:30, when Spin Cycle finally washed up on site, a shopping list of eight must-have items in hand, not

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