Kiss The Sky
Record Store Day & Black Friday

Record Store Day & Black Friday


RSD BLACK FRIDAY
November 29, 2024


A Virtual Line Drawing for this year’s RSD Black Friday 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 BF DRAWING in your email Subject Line would be helpful as well.
The Participation Cutoff Date is set for Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:59pm, … so … the sooner the better.



*************** Dateline Monday, November 25, 2024 at 5:00pm. *****************
The Virtual Line Drawing took place in the very early am this morning, Monday, November 25, 2024.
The results of the Virtual Line Drawing are contained in a PDF File accessible by way of the link directly below this Dateline.
The PDF file contains two pages with the first page being in compiled in first name order of the people participating in the drawing,
and the second page is formatted in sequential order by place in line.
The line placement for each person is the number that is located immediately to the left of that person’s name. As an example, on page one, the first person listed in the very first column is Brooke Meyer and the number immediately to the left of Brooke’s name is a 1.
That means that Brooke Meyer is the first person in Friday’s line.
Brooke will be the first customer person to enter the store assuming that she attends RSD Black Friday at Kiss The Sky this coming Friday and we are very much hoping that Brooke is here first in line!

Kiss The Sky would like to thank all of those who participated in the Virtual Line Drawing for your desire to be a part of our RSD Black Friday celebration. We are honored. In addition, we hope that all of your RSD desires are fulfilled and that you have a great time, and a most wonderful
Thanksgiving.

LINK TO THE VIRTUAL LINE DRAWING RESULTS

HOW ENTRY INTO THE STORE FOR RSD BLACK FRIDAY 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 Friday 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 RSD BLACK FRIDAY?

Most everything on the list of what is being released this Black Friday has been ordered. A lot of a lot of things has been ordered while only a few of several things have been 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 its 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 received 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 …
RSD Black Friday takes place this year on Friday, November 29, 2024
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 9:00pm on Friday … 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 16 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 RSD BLACK FRIDAY 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.