Record Store Day 2020
Image Credit: RSD 2020
UPDATE – Postponed until Saturday 20th June.
On Saturday April 18th June 20th, Record Store Day is back for its 13th year with over 450 new vinyl releases, including new material from Christine and the Queens, Paul McCartney, Primal Scream and My Chemical Romance which will only be available at independent record stores.
The vinyl release list contains three categories, but not all releases will be available in every country and at every store, so check in with your local participating RSD stores to see if they will be stocking that special vinyl release. The three categories are:
RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE RELEASES:
Exclusively available on Record Store Day at Record Store Day participating stores. Will not be available anywhere else in the same format.
RECORD STORE DAY LIMITED RUN/REGIONAL FOCUS RELEASES:
Also exclusively available on Record Store Day at Record Store Day participating stores, but may not be distributed nationally, or the quantities of these titles are EXTREMELY limited. 1000 and under and WAY under 1000 in some cases. Most titles on this section of the list are Limited Run releases.
RECORD STORE DAY FIRST RELEASE:
These are titles that you can find on Record Store Day at Record Store Day participating stores, and at some point in the future, generally four to six weeks, these titles will be available in other places.
Here are the links to Record Store Day sites in other countries.
- RSD AUSTRALIA: HERE
- RSD BELGIUM: HERE
- RSD CANADA: HERE
- RSD FRANCE: HERE
- RSD GERMANY: HERE
- RSD HUNGARY: HERE
- RSD IRELAND: HERE
- RSD ITALY: HERE
- RSD JAPAN: HERE
- RSD MEXICO: HERE
- RSD NETHERLANDS: HERE
- RSD POLAND: HERE
- RSD SPAIN: HERE
- RSD UK: HERE
- RSD USA: HERE
Hopefully this year will be even more successful than 2019, despite the current Coronavirus outbreak.
Record Store Day is an annual event inaugurated in 2008 and held on one Saturday every April and every “Black Friday” in November to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. The day brings together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores from across the world. A number of records are pressed specifically for Record Store Day that are only distributed to shops participating in the event. The event began in the United States which remains its headquarters. Record Store Day has official international participants throughout the world including the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Australia and Spain.
The idea was originally pitched by Bull Moose Music’s Chris Brown and Criminal Record’s Eric Levin, and was in founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, and Don Van Cleave. It is now celebrated by record stores across the globe with recording artists, industry executives, special appearances and performers meeting their fans. The event helps raise funds for community none-profits and releases an every growing number of limited pressings of vinyl and CD, together with a host of other promotional events and offerings.
Each stores event and offerings are unique to that participating store. So driving between stores on RSD will provide the widest range of experiences and recording selections, as not every store will carry every re-release.
Although RSD only occurs once a year, the organization provides promotions, marketing, and other opportunities for stores throughout the year, maintaining a website, social media and other means of spreading its views about the value of independent record stores. RSD is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Dept. of Record Stores, along with the Coalition of Independent Music Stores and the Alliance of Independent Media Stores.
Here is the Record Store Day Website USA.
Here is the Record Store Day Website UK.
See here for the entire list of special releases.
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