In the 80's kids flocked to record stores for the love of music. Now they are just hoping to get another bigger, better, limited copy of The Velvet Underground and Nico"When is Record Store Day?" "Are you guys doing Record Store Day?" "What are you guys getting for Record Store Day?" These are the three questions that I find myself answering multiple times daily, beginning sometime mid-February, every year. My answer is almost always the same: "Uh. I'm not sure."Record Store Day is the brainchild of six record enthusiasts who wanted to pick a day to celebrate the art of music. The initial idea was to bind independent record shops and catapult sales and interest by observing the third Saturday of April as "RSD," a day chock full of special releases, promotions, and unbearable crowds of slobbering record foamers.The first RSD occurred in 2007, where only about a dozen indie bands contributed a limited release, and a handful of shops around the United States would participate in the physical music stimulus plan. Each year since, the number of groups and shops involved has grown exponentially.Read the rest over at NOISEY.
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