Record Store Day: April 20th, 2013

by Eric Scharf

04/19/2013

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• At The Drive In
• Buck 65
• CD Wharehouse
• Compact Music
• Hilotrons
• Legend Records
• Mumford and Sons
• ottawa
• Planet of Sound
• Record Store Day
• Support Local
• The Notorious B.I.G.
• The Record Centre
• Vertigo Records

Dust off or tune-up your turntables, because Saturday April 20th is Record Store Day.

What is Record Store day you ask? It is an international event where bands and music labels release a limited amount of special edition, rare, unreleased and re-released material in support of record stores.  A complete list of this year’s releases can be found here.

Some of my must haves include:  Mumford and Sons Live from Bull Moose,  The Notorious B.I.G. Ready To Die,  At The Drive In Relationship of Command and  Buck 65 Talkin‘ Honkey Blues. What are yours?

There are a bunch of great local record shops participating this year:

• CD Warehouse – Ottawa
• Compact Music
• Legend Records
• Planet of Sound
• The Record Centre (The Hilotrons will be performing in the afternoon)
• Vertigo Records

Most shops will have free food, draws or door prizes as well as sales on the go Saturday. So why not go out and score yourself some sweet vinyl while supporting a local music store.