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Record Store Day

April 2024

  • ‘Then – bingo!’ … James Briggs delves deep at Chestnut Tree House.

    ‘After eight hours, my feet and fingers throb’: my epic treasure hunt for vinyl gold

    This Saturday, Record Store Day will see an avalanche of pricey rarities and flashy reissues. Instead, our writer scours the secondhand bins of indie stores and charity shops – and bags a dozen crackers

April 2023

  • Sarah Baker and Tom Scott at 19th Nervous Breakdown record store in Forrest Lodge, Sydney.

    Australia’s boom in record shops: ‘Our regulars are high school kids who can stream stuff for free!’

  • Guardian music writer Dave Simpson hard at work in Jumbo Records, Leeds

    ‘Our children will know who we were by our vinyl’: the magic and mayhem of running a record shop

April 2022

  • Barbara Ellen

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

    Barbara Ellen
  • The Record Deck, a floating record shop launched by Luke Gifford.

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

February 2022

  • Queues outside the Sounds of the Universe record shop in London on Record Store Day 2020.

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

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

July 2021

  • socially distanced record-buying on the first of two Record Store Days in 2021.

    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

June 2021

  • Psychedelic explorer … Elton John in 1968.

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

  • In Sounds that Swing record shop in Camden, regular customer and Elvis fan Nick Martin.

    10 of the best independent record shops in London

October 2020

  • ‘Who wants a dance record? There are no clubs any more’ … Mirwais Ahmadzaï on 2016 – My Generation.

    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

August 2020

  • Queues outside the Sounds of the Universe record shop in Soho, London.

    Your vinyl choice: Record Store Day 2020 – in pictures

    The celebration of independent music shops is being held over three days this year

March 2020

  • Shoppers in Rough Trade East, London, on Record Store Day 2018.

    Record Store Day postponed until June over coronavirus

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

December 2019

  • ‘Cheapness is not a main goal, celebrating art is’ ... shoppers in Rough Trade East, London, on Record Store Day in 2018.

    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

April 2019

  • Browsers in Rough Trade East, Brick Lane, London on Record Store Day 2018.

    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

April 2018

  • People in Rough Trade East, Brick Lane, London on Record Store Day 2018

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

  • A hand going through record sleeves

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    Kicking up a stink on Record Store Day

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    Wallets at the ready! Join our tour of the UK's greatest record shops

  • A shopper browses at the Love Vinyl record shop in Hoxton, London, during Record Store Day 2016

    Record Store Day 2018: share your photos and stories

March 2018

  • Customers look through racks of vinyl records at Rough Trade East in London on 19 April 2014, Record Store Day.

    Record Store Day: why vinyl gimmicks alone won't save local shops

    Rupert Morrison
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    Record Store Day 2018: the exclusive releases in full

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