Ministry 33 1/3 Book Event with author Jason Pettigrew
Aug
8
6:00 PM18:00

Ministry 33 1/3 Book Event with author Jason Pettigrew

It’s our great pleasure to welcome author Jason Pettigrew to the shop as we celebrate the release of his addition to the beloved 33 1/3 book series, wherein he explores Ministry’s landmark album The Land Of Rape And Honey. Jason will be on hand to read from his new book and to discuss the album, the band and the impact they had on music and how The Land Of Rape And Honey inspired an entire genre and a generation of musicians in its wake.

Here are some details directly from the publisher:

This is the definitive chronicle of Ministry's 1988 industrial rock release, The Land of Rape and Honey, that details the zeitgeist where post-punk, metal, funk and straight-up noise converge.

Ministry mainstay Al Jourgensen got a taste of bitter record-biz backwash early on with his first major label bow for Arista (1983's With Sympathy), and then vowed never to drink from that cup again. His pursuit of artistic freedom culminated in Ministry's 1988 release, the record that left an entry wound on the world's assorted underground scenes while helping to foment the industrial rock revolution that inspired a countless number of bands across all sonic frontiers.

Featuring interviews with Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker, Chris Connelly, Jello Biafra, Adrian Sherwood, deadmau5, Fear Factory, and many more famous fans and pundits, this deeply sourced book traces back the climate surrounding Ministry's first two full length releases before examining the vision, methods, and controversies that helped ascend The Land of Rape and Honey to its rightful legend status. The Land of Rape and Honey may be the one common album members of Nine Inch Nails, AFI, and ZZ Top have in their collections, be it phonograph or phone. And the story behind it remains fascinating.

Jason Pettigrew is a freelance journalist based in Pennsylvania. He is an occasional contributor to SPIN and annotator of the photo book Had To Be There: A Visual History of the Explosive Pittsburgh Underground (2023). He is former Editor-In-Chief of Alternative Press.

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TURNSTILE Listening Party
Jun
6
6:00 PM18:00

TURNSTILE Listening Party

Please join us at 6pm on Friday, June 6 as we host a listening party for the brand new TURNSTILE album “Never Enough”. We’ll be playing the new album in full, there will be vinyl copies available for sale and there may even be a few goodies to give away. Mark your calendars, and we hope you can join us!

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Fontaines D.C. Listening Party
Aug
17
3:00 PM15:00

Fontaines D.C. Listening Party

Please join us on Saturday, August 17 as we host a listening party for “Romance”, the upcoming new album from the Fontaines D.C. We’ll get a chance to listen to the entire new album a week before its release, and we hope you can join us! This event is free and all are welcome.

The music will begin at 3pm. See you then!

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Sunday Matinee Show
Dec
3
1:30 PM13:30

Sunday Matinee Show

We are extremely excited to have BITTER BRANCHES and their guests SOCIAL PRESSURE playing here on Sunday, December 3.  This is going to be a fun afternoon with blisteringly great music!

2 Bands, doors are at 1:30pm and the music begins at 2:00pm.  We hope you can come out and join us!

SUNDAY MATINEE…we’ll have you home for dinner time!

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METALLICA Listening Party
Apr
14
6:00 PM18:00

METALLICA Listening Party

Please join us on FRIDAY, April 14 @ 6:00 pm as we celebrate the release of the new METALLICA album “72 Seasons” with an in-shop listening party.  We’ll be playing the new album in full and will have vinyl copies available for purchase. We’ll also have some treats on hand + giveaways.  We hope you can come out and join us!

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The Cure "WISH" Listening Party & Midnight Sale
Jan
26
to Jan 27

The Cure "WISH" Listening Party & Midnight Sale

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On the evening of Thursday, January 26 we will be celebrating the 30th Anniversary of The Cure’s landmark album “Wish” with a listening party and MIDNIGHT sale in the shop.

We’ll be spinning the brand new 2xLP remastered edition of the album beginning at 11:00pm and vinyl copies will be available for purchase at the strike of 12:00 midnight.

We hope you can come and join us.  Pajamas are optional, but encouraged!

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Steve Earle Virtual In-Store Event
May
15
12:01 AM00:01

Steve Earle Virtual In-Store Event

Steve Earle has a brand new album coming on May 22 and we can help you get a copy.  You can directly support A Day In The Life Records by pre-ordering a copy of “Ghosts Of West Virginia” on CD, LP or Limited Edition Indie Only Vinyl (***While supplies last).  Each pre-order guarantees you the album on your preferred format and it will be shipped to your door to arrive on or before May 22, 2020.  As if that wasn’t cool enough, each order also includes a ticket to a virtual in-store that will go live on May 15th. 

Please visit this link bit.ly/GOWVADAYINTHELIFERECORDSPA to pre-order and secure a ticket to this special in-store event.  A link and password to the in-store will be sent to you on May 14 from New West Records.

This link is unique to our store and a portion of each sale through this link will go directly to us!

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Vinyl Nation Film Screening (At Home Event)
Apr
18
to Apr 20

Vinyl Nation Film Screening (At Home Event)

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Vinyl Nation is a new documentary film that will be arriving later this year and it explores the resurgence of record stores in American over the past decade as well as the the special bond created between record listeners and collectors and the physical stores they go out of their way to support.

The makers of Vinyl Nation have arranged something incredibly cool…they are holding a limited time screening and your purchase of a ticket to watch the film in the safety and comfort of your own home will directly support A Day In The Life Records as all proceeds collected from ticket sales will help benefit our store while our physical shop is closed.

You can purchase tickets at this unique A Day In The Life Records link: 

www.brownpapertickets.com/event/a-day-in-the-life-records/4567320

The online screening will be available starting 12:00 midnight Eastern, Sat. April 18 until 11:59 PM Pacific, Sun. April 19.  Following your purchase, you will will receive an email directly from Brown Paper Tickets with the screening URL and password on Fri. April 17.

We’re so excited to see this film and are honored to be able to share access with you.  Thank you to all of our friends, here in Lancaster and the many we’ve made far and wide, for all of your continued support.  Our mutual love of music is what has always brought us together and will do so again, very soon.

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Lancaster City Indie Retail Week
Jul
15
to Jul 21

Lancaster City Indie Retail Week

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We are very excited to be a participant in Lancaster City Indie Retail Week, happening July 15-21. To celebrate, we will be choosing album selections from some of our favorite INDIE record labels and offering 10% off on those titles for the entire Indie Retail Week. Stay tuned to this page and our social media sites for more details and be sure to come out and support all of Lancaster's independent retail shops!

Click here for more details: https://www.facebook.com/lancindieretail/

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Do You See What I'm Hearing?
May
18
7:00 PM19:00

Do You See What I'm Hearing?

Lancaster, PA artist Matt Allyn Chapman recently proposed a wildly exciting idea to us. He said, choose 10 albums that you love, 10 that are important and speak to you. Allow me to listen to them, absorb them and I will then paint for you…what I hear. We could barely contain our exuberance and began choosing our "10". Matt is ready to reveal his 10 corresponding paintings and we invite you to join us in the shop on Saturday, May 18 at 7:00pm as he unveils these new works. We are so excited to share with all of you the very first public display of these new pieces by distinguished and celebrated artist Matt Allyn Chapman. This event will be part of our shop's weekend-long 3rd Anniversary festivities!

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Record Store Day
Apr
21
9:00 AM09:00

Record Store Day

We will be an official participant of Record Store Day in 2018.  We'll be carrying the RSD exclusive releases in our shop on Saturday, April 21 as well as offering some very special rare, out of print and unique vinyl items for this day that celebrates records and independent record shops.

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