Stores, Record Lovers Rejoice In National Record Store Day
MIAMI (CBS4)- Record lovers and stores across South Florida are reveling on national Record Store Day Saturday, the day when record stores celebrate their existence and offer exclusive and special-edition vinyl albums for sale.
The original idea for 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.
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 at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.
Like book stores, record stores are suffering drops in sales as consumers move to new technologies. But new technology doesn't always mean the best technology. An album on MP3 may not sound as good as one from a record, given that the record is in tip top condition.
But Florida music lovers rejoice, there are still a number of record stores out there. And some will be offering special album releases from the Flaming Lips, White Stripes, Nirvana, Big Star and Beastie Boys, according to USA Today.
Here are some of the record stores in South Florida that are participating in Record Store Day:
Yesterday and Today Store in Miami
Sweat Records in Miami
Yesterday and Today Records in Miami
Uncle Sam's in Miami Beach
Selected Records In Miami
Radio-Active Records in Fort Lauderdale
Kelly's Klassics in Ft. Lauderdale
VP Records Retail in Miramar
We-Got-The-Beats in Oakland Park
Music Movies and More in West Palm Beach
Visit RecordStoreDay.com for a complete list.
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