31st Mega Record & CD Fair Jaarbeurs Utrecht, The Netherlands 18 & 19 April 2009

In the early seventies a new style of music exploded: GlamRock! On the continent Holland was the major producer of this new glamour, bands like Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers, Left Side, Catapult and Smyle all had several top ten hits and played legendary performances. Excelsior Records will premiere a compilation cd with all the known but also the lesser-known Dutch GlamRock bands from those days. Many musicians featured on this cd will be live at the fair and available for signing sessions, dressing room stories and perhaps one or two live songs.

According to (the main magazine in this field) - The British Record Collector, the Mega Record and CD fair is ‘The Record Fair of the World’. It is a worldwide phenomenon visited by music lovers, deejays, pop-professors and celebrities. Over 500 dealers fly in from all over the world to buy, show or sell 60 years of pop culture in the shape of vinyl albums, singles, DVD’s, T-shirts, original programs and much more! Last year’s show attracted over 66.000 visitors in total.

The fair has been sold out for months, remarkable in this day and age. Downloading might be common practice but for a lot of people who cannot get used to the thin digital sound of MP3 players only the real thing counts: the warm sound of vinyl!

Saturday April 18 from 9 am till 6 pm, Sunday April 19 from 10 am till 5 pm.

Entrance: 11 euro per person.
For more information call 00 31 0229 213891 during office hours or email: info@recordplanet.nl or www.recordplanet.nl.

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