What is Record Store Day? What Happens On Record Store Day?

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Record Store Day is held on one Saturday in April every year and was first conceived back in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees in the US as a way to celebrate the culture surrounding independently owned record stores.

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Its first official events took place on April 19, 2008 in the US, with Metallica opening the event at Rasputin Music in Mountain View, California – today there are RSD participating stores on every continent.

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Who is the ambassador for Record Store Day 2022?

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Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day.

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Festivities also include live performances, meet and greets with artists, parades, DJs spinning records, and vinyl market stalls.

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