Record Store Day

I love an LP, but spare me the Vinyl Snob going on like a broken record | Barbara Ellen

Just what is it about a day celebrating music stores that sets off those who fetishise format over pleasure?

Barbara Ellen

24, Apr, 2022 @6:00 AM

Canals, charcuterie and beer: the weird ways record shops are staying afloat

This weekend’s Record Store Day will give indie shops a cash boost – but it’s not enough. UK shopkeepers explain why they’re diversifying to survive

Joe Muggs

22, Apr, 2022 @11:21 AM

Record Store Day is harming, not helping, independent music shops like mine

Supply chain chaos and a worldwide vinyl shortage means the annual event that once saved record shops from extinction has lost its way

Rupert Morrison

17, Feb, 2022 @8:52 AM

Pressing issues: vinyl revival held back by production capacity, Brexit and more

This weekend’s Record Store Day celebrates the vinyl revival, but the format is facing various major difficulties at once

Eamonn Forde

16, Jul, 2021 @1:00 PM

Elton John: Regimental Sgt Zippo review – the long lost ‘trippy’ album

This album of psychedelic, Beatles-inspired Taupin/John songs was shelved at the very start of Elton’s career, but it has a naive charm and shows hints of what was to come

Dave Simpson

11, Jun, 2021 @8:00 AM

10 of the best independent record shops in London

It’s Record Store Day on Saturday. To celebrate we asked the author and photographer of London’s Record Shops to choose their favourites

Garth Cartwright and Quintina Valero

11, Jun, 2021 @6:00 AM

Mirwais on producing Madonna: 'I'm not comparing her to a bull but –'

The electrofunk star is releasing an apocalyptic anthem fuelled by Trump, Covid and Kubrick’s 2001. He talks about his Afghan origins, overcoming drugs – and his role in Madonna’s yoga rap

Michael Cragg

20, Oct, 2020 @2:35 PM

Record Store Day postponed until June over coronavirus

Independent retailer event says ‘there is no easy answer’ during disease crisis

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

13, Mar, 2020 @2:06 PM

A very Black Friday: how the fetish for vinyl is sending prices soaring

The popularity of Record Store Day – and its Black Friday edition – is turbo-charging the collector mentality at the expense of the average buyer

Daniel Dylan Wray

04, Dec, 2019 @3:53 PM

Record Store Day: 20 exclusive releases to look out for

Classic vinyl reissues, limited collectors’ editions and unreleased recordings from Fela Kuti, Prince and David Bowie join rare pressings by the Prodigy and the Notorious BIG this Saturday

Gregory Robinson

10, Apr, 2019 @2:00 PM

'Nothing beats the hunt for tunes that will change your life': readers on Record Store Day 2018

We asked you to share your experiences from the weekend’s orgy of events and special edition records – here’s what our readers managed to bag

Guardian readers

24, Apr, 2018 @8:00 AM

Kicking up a stink on Record Store Day | Letters

Brief letters

22, Apr, 2018 @5:23 PM

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