![]() – 77 Gramaphone haven’t announced how they’ll be handling RSD this year just yet, but check the shop’s socials and here for more updates! The Exchange is an RSD-pledged store and they usually have a few releases in store! If you do go, remember to have your mask and social distance! Free gifts and swag with every purchase! Get there bright and early for free coffee from Dark Matter and free palletas! And there will still be some crowd control due to COVID, so be safe! Titles that do not sell out on-site between 7am and noon will be available online the following day. Check out their guidelines on how to purchase your RSD exclusives here! They’ll be limiting the number of people allowed in the store, so you’ll fill out a form of what records you’d like and they’ll pull them out and hand them to you. – 77 – Dusty Groove‘s Record Store Day will run from 7am to 6pm. But after welcoming his first grandchild and a good year’s rest, DAVE IS BACK FOR RSD! Dave will open at 11am with lots of records for you to get! Also check out that cool poster he had on sale for the April RSD!ĭusty Groove Records – 1120 N. – 77 – Last year Dave was recovering from surgery and taking it easy. – 31 – Bucket O’ Blood haven’t announced what they’re doing this RSD yet, so keep an eye on their socials for updates.Ī post shared by Daves Records Records – 2604 N. They haven’t announced what their doing this RSD yet, but keep an eye on their Instagram for updates!īucket O’ Blood Books and Records – 3182 N Elston Ave. They did have a few RSD exclusives earlier this year and will have some this time around as well, so if you haven’t shopped around this store, today is a perfect day to support the Chicago staple.īric-A-Brac Records & Collectibles – 3156 W Diversey Ave – 77 – This Logan Square staple is all set up in it’s new digs and had a great April RSD. – 77 – Beverly Records will be opening up at 8am for all your RSD needs! They’ll also have a 20% used vinyl sale!īob’s Blues & Jazz Mart– 3419 W Irving Park Road – 77 The amazing owner of Bob’s Blues & Jazz Mart, Bob Koester, died last year, leaving behind a beautiful musical legacy. Allport – 31 – 606 Records will open from 10am to 6pm with plenty of RSD titles available! Conoley Ospovat (Kimochi, Continental Drift Records) will be playing records from Noon to 2PM!Īnemoia Chicago – 2032 W 18th – 31 Anemoia Chicago hasn’t announced what their doing this RSD yet, but keep an eye on their Instagram for updates!īeverly Records – 11612 S. RSD PLEDGED & RSD ADJACENT STORES : ChicagoĦ06 Records – 1808 S. If there are any stores missing or that should be noted, leave a comment and we’ll add them to the list! And remember, you don’t have to go out to support these stores if you don’t feel comfortable, but if you do be a responsible shopper in these COVID-19 times. We also mapped out the shops on Google Maps, so take a look at your neighborhood, click on your local record shop’s marker, and see what they’re doing for this first RSD Drop! You can see the slightly fuller list of Illinois stores at the RSD website. Saturday is a day to support all record stores, and if you don’t feel comfortable going out, most will have an online store to purchase regular releases and RSD releases at a later time. Below is a list of stores taking part in RSD as well as stores that are not. You can check out the list of releases at the RSD website. Usually RSD is the biggest sales day of the year for these shops (usually…) and with all the past two years of closures, they sure as hell need the boost now. RSD is meant to bring music lovers together and support these shops by packing a sizable list of exclusive releases to help celebrate the music community. Thankfully stores are adhering to COVID-guidelines (some going above and beyond) and making sure that everything is as safe as can be.Ī lot of the community aspects of the event are slowly trickling back as the pandemic numbers are at a relatively low point. ![]() And now with the ever looming pandemic, safety has become an issue. The fun event has always had some criticism, specifically its focus on costly vinyl, records that don’t necessarily need to be repressed, flippers picking up all the rarest goodies to resell at even more ridiculous prices, record stores not making as much as they once did because of all the corporate overlords digging their nails into the backs of small business, etc. ![]() This Saturday, June 18, will see many of those pushed titles that couldn’t make it in time finally up for sale! The pandemic and interest in vinyl rising has also caused delays, pushing records off their originally announced dates. It’s time for another Record Store Day! Since COVID-19 forced the annual day of record store celebration to split into three in 2020 and two editions last year, things have been a little tumultuous. ![]()
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