Record Store Day

Record Store Day was conceived by Chris Brown, and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day, and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day 2008 at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008, and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April. In 2009, Record Store Day took place on April 18. One band that planned to release vinyl records is Green Day, who announced on March 13, 2009 that they were planning to release their entire catalog on vinyl in 2009. The vinyl edition of their hit album Dookie was set to be released a few days before Record Store Day. In 2009, there were plans for Record Store Day celebrations in the U.S., Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and Australia. Record Store Day is currently managed by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Scott Register, and Carrie Colliton. The event is sponsored by NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers.

External links

• Official webpage
• April 2009 NUVO feature on Record Store Day in Indianapolis
• Strange Glue magazine, "Indie Retailers Due To Get Wilco DVD Early Thanks To Record Store Day"
• Coverage from NJ.com, publisher of the Newark Star-Ledger
• Coverage from Pitchfork Media
• [1] Green Day