Get excited for the greatest day of the year, vinylphiles. Saturday marks the second annual Record Store Day, a celebration of independent record stores across the country. (And they are independent—each participating store has to clear certain criteria. An indie record store is defined as “a physical retailer whose company is not publicly traded and whose ownership is at least 70% located in the state operation,” according to their website.)
Our very own Vintage Vinyl is in on the festivities, and they’ve got an awesome lineup of guest DJs and sweet deals. Members of So Many Dynamos and Story of the Year will be in attendance, as will Radio Rich Dalton and Gentleman Jim Gates. The best part of the day is the number of exclusive Record-Store-Day-only releases. The full list is at http://www.vintagevinyl.com/recordstoreday.asp, but some of the notables are records by Wilco, The Smiths, Bad Religion, Oasis, Slayer, Radiohead, Queen’s first EP ever (!!!), Flight of the Conchords, Andrew Bird, etc. etc. etc
Still not convinced? There’s free beer and no sales tax.
It doesn’t get much better than that.
Happy hunting!