Since it’s inception Record Store Day has been like a holiday for music collectors. RSD releases exclusive music to independent music stores around the country. Stuff you can’t get online or in a big box store. Most of the releases are of course on vinyl, but sometimes a CD or even cassette tape will come out. Due to Covid things last year and now this year have a been a little different as there hasn’t been a special day, but instead it’s been spread out over multiple days. Last year there were three Record Store Day Drops and now this year there will be two more, June 12th and July 17th. With titles split up to be released on either one of those two days. From the Record Store Day website:
Things are improving but in this continued “unprecedented global situation”, where production and shipping is still in a state of struggle, the focus of these two Drops dates is on bringing revenue to the stores– as well as to the artists, labels, distribution and every other business behind the scenes making record stores work, in a fiscally and socially responsible way. The spread of titles over two dates in two months allows some flexibility for the struggling vinyl pressing plants and distribution companies as well as provide stores time to prepare budgets and place the orders that safely get music into the hands of customers on a larger than normal release day.
Find all the releases right here.
The local participants in Record Store Day are The Exclusive Company in Green Bay, Appleton and Oshkosh. Plus Rock & Roll Land in Green Bay, Eroding Winds in Oshkosh, Dr. Frued’s in Manitowoc, Mad Hatteur in Fon Du Lac, and Music Boxx in Sheyboygan.
