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Record Store Day

Support your local shopkeepers. Go to their stores and buy lots of stuff.
- By Ken Richardson
- Posted April 14, 2011
[UPDATE: This year's event is over now, but the RSD Web site remains active all year.]
Since this is the fourth annual Record Store Day, you should know what to do: Go to your local store and buy lotsa "records," be they vinyl LPs, CDs, or whatever else your shop happens to carry.

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Saturday was Record Store Day!

Hundreds of stores celebrated with exclusive releases and gigs. Details here!
- By sandv blog
- Posted April 16, 2010
[This report was posted on Friday the 16th. The Web site for Record Store Day remains active all year.]

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EMI has bad news for indie record stores
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 30, 2009
If you want the latest albums from bands on EMI, you should stay away from indie record stores. The music giant has decided that it will no longer be selling albums to smaller stores, only massive big-block operations.
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April 18 is Record Store Day!
- By sandv blog
- Posted April 16, 2009
Worried about the demise of independent record stores nationwide? Then make a date to visit your local "mom and pop" shop this Saturday, April 18 — the second annual Record Store Day.

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4 Record Stores in 1 Record Store Day
- By sandv blog
- Posted April 25, 2008
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Get Thee to a Shoppery!
- By sandv blog
- Posted April 16, 2008
What's a "record store"? If you've never been to one, it's time for you to paddle away from your computer keyboard's virtual Amazon and enter the real world of bricks and mortar. And if you're, ahem, an older buyer who hasn't been to one in a while, it's time for you to remember the future. (Band? Nationality? Year? Famous guy who joined them later? Answers below.)

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