RECORD STORE DAY
April 12, 2025
A Virtual Line Drawing for this year’s Record Store Day event shall be employed.
Consequently, if you are interested in participating in the drawing, shoot us an email at:
stevewarrenfeltz@gmail.com
Please include your Name and Phone Number in the email.
Placing RSD in your email Subject Line would be helpful as well.
The Participation Cutoff Date is set for Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 11:59pm, … so … the sooner the better.
*************** Dateline Monday, February 10 at 1:00pm. *****************
Once the Virtual Line Drawing has taken place, information regarding such will be posted here on this page down below and will also
be available at the store and via Facebook and Instagram.
LINK TO THE VIRTUAL LINE DRAWING RESULTS
(Not posted yet of course since it hasn’t take place yet!)
HOW ENTRY INTO THE STORE FOR RECORD STORE DAY WILL WORK
Since we have conducted a drawing for placement in line, there is no need to “line up” early although you can arrive as early as you want. There will be someone at the store around 6am but probably no earlier than that.
*** The store will be open for business at 8am on Saturday morning. ***
If the weather is bad, we’ll let people come in earlier than 8am of course.
10 to 15 to 20 people will be allowed in the store at anyone time. As people leave the store, others will be allowed to enter. We will adjust as necessary and the adjustment will depend upon general comfort and reasonableness. In the past, a line of varying sizes lasted throughout most of the morning and sometimes into the early afternoon. How long a line will be present really depends upon lots of things that are somewhat unpredictable.
WHAT ARTISTS AND TITLES WILL WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR RECORD STORE DAY?
Most everything on the list of what is being released this RECORD STORE DAY will, or has been ordered. A lot of a lot of things shall be ordered while only a few of several things will only be ordered as well. Our approach to what we bring in is a reflection of what we typically sell and the general interest of our customers in the titles and artists themselves. We also like to bring in the obscure and interesting whether we are familiar with it or not.
As a side note … Kiss The Sky has participated in Record Store Day and RSD Black Friday events since their inception. And, since the first event took place way back in April of 2008, we have followed a practice of bringing in at least one copy of every title made available with the exception of a few that may not have been appropriate due to the very regional nature of the band. How many pieces of a particular title we receive is really dependent upon a simple set of facts … how many units are being produced of any particular title and how many in total are being ordered by those indie record stores that are participating in the event. I believe that it’s as simple as that. Consequently, we never know how many we may be getting until the product arrives at our store, which can be as late as a couple of days before THE DAY. Hopefully, for the most part, it is sooner than that and certainly not later!
IN SUMMARY …
RECORD STORE DAY 2025 takes place this year on Saturday, April 12, 2025
Kiss The Sky will be open for business at 8:00am that day
We are conducting a Virtual Line Drawing for line placement assignment.
Kiss The Sky will stay open until 8:00pm on Saturday … maybe even a little later if necessary.
EMAIL
for participation and general information:
stevewarrenfeltz@gmail.com
RECORD STORE DAY & RSD BLACK FRIDAY
Record Store Day and RSD Black Friday is a celebration of the Independent Record Store. It was started some 17 plus years ago by a group of music lovers, record store people and folks just like you. This page here is dedicated to talking about how
we (Kiss The Sky) participate in the celebration.
For those of you that are not familiar with what Record Store Day is all about, and it’s wonderful history, please head over to www.recordstoreday.com.
There is a Virtual Line Lottery this go around to participate in our RECORD STORE DAY event. If you have any questions, problems or concerns, feel free to get in touch. Here is an email for you to use if needed, which is also the email to sign up for the Virtual Line Drawing:
stevewarrenfeltz@gmail.com
You certainly can stop by the store at your convenience and talk to us in person as well.