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
Letters: Record buying | Inventing country rock | Like Frank Zappa | At the Tate | Prince Charles and the unBritish | Cotton buds
Brief letters
22, Apr, 2018 @5:23 PM
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