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Record Store Day
&
Black Friday

Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1400 independently-owned record stores in the US and thousands of similar stores internationally. The first Record Store Day took place on April 19, 2008. Today, Record Store Day is celebrated at independently-owned brick-and-mortar record stores around the world.

This is a day for the people who make up the world of the record store—the staff, the customers, and the artists—to come together and celebrate the unique culture of a record store and the special role they play in their communities. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, DJs spinning records, and on and on. In 2008 a small list of titles was released on Record Store Day and that list has grown to include artists and labels both large and small, in every genre and price point. For several years, 60% or more of the Record Store Day Official Release List came from independent labels and distributors. The list continues to include a wide range of artists, covering the diverse taste of record stores and their customers.

For more information regarding Record Store Day, and the organization and folks behind it all, visit their website at www.recordstoreday.com.

How We Handle RSD BLACK FRIDAY

Information regarding April's Record Store Day Event will be available after the first of the year in February or March.


2025 Black Friday
11-29-25

In the past, we conducted a Virtual Line Drawing for placement in a line for entry into the RSD Black Friday Event.
However, this year we are NOT going to conduct a drawing. Instead, entry will be determined on a First Come, First Served basis much
like we used to do in days of yore. So ... people will begin lining up whenever depending upon desire, weather and whatever.

Sorry 'bout that if that's not desirable. However, things have been crazy around the farm so to speak and there hasn't
been sufficient time to afford the management of a Virtual Line Program and to do it justice.
The store will open at 8am on Black Friday and our plan is to stay open until 8 or 9pm depending upon need.

As a side note, we can tell you that we have placed an order that includes pretty much every title being released specifically for RSD Black Friday. The quantities ordered for each item vary of course. How many is dependent upon what we think our demand is going to be.
And what we end up getting is something that we won't know until the week of The Event, and is based upon how many of each item
is being produced versus what is being ordered by the 1,400 some odd record stores that are participating.
Some items DO get allocated due to the fact that demand is greater than supply.

If there are any further questions, do not hesitate to stop in the store and ask or shoot us an email. I would stay away from
contacting us via Messenger.

Hope to see a bunch of ya here on Black Friday.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!
 
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