Happy Birthday, Harvest Records!

In this day of instant gratification downloads and internet radio stations, there’s still something special about holding an album in your hands – and even better, browsing the racks of a record store to find what you didn’t even know you were looking for.

Harvest Records owners Mark Capon and Matt Schnable submitted a joint quote about what the past decade has meant to them.

 “In all honesty, if we look back on our earliest hopes, dreams and visions of what Harvest Records could become, it would mirror what actually ended up happening. Since our college days together, the idea was consistent: Open a record shop, yes, of course … but don’t let it stop there. Create a space dedicated to the discovery of music, the exchange of ideas, a place for broader discussions about community. Book shows for artists that normally wouldn’t come to town; host art on our walls from local artists who haven’t shown much before; start a record label and release recordings of sounds that may have not otherwise been produced physically. And it all happened.”

Transfigurations is scheduled over Labor Day weekend Aug. 28-30, with Thursday and Friday shows at the Grey Eagle and Mothlight in Asheville. The festivities wrap Saturday at Blannahassett Island in Marshall, N.C.

Along with the artists mentioned above, the lineup also features Michael Hurley, Sonny & The Sunsets, Moon Duo, Angel Olsen, Mount Eerie, Endless Boogie, Reigning Sound, The Sadies and more.

A limited quantity of weekend passes are available for $125. The passes come with a $20 gift certificate to Harvest Records, a Transfigurations II screen-printed poster by a local artist and a screen-printed Harvest canvas bag filled with free goodies.

Single-day tickets went on sale today, starting at $12 advance.

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