Record Store Day

Info from local stores:

B-Side: RSD will be pretty typical for us but no live music is arranged for Peace Park. So: Open from 9-7; goodie bags for early shoppers, 10% off sale on everything all day, except RSD items.

The Door: Putting out a special selection of used items, and open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday.

MadCity Music: Record Store Day 2022 will be on Saturday April 23! We'll be opening at 9am stocked full with exclusive RSD items & tons of new used collectible vinyl! Hundreds of gift bags full of cool stuff, while supplies last! Your chance to enter to win fantastic prizes of new vinyl & CDs, concert tickets, and gift packs from great local businesses such as: Barley Pop, Black Saddle Bike Shop, Blue Ox Music Festival, HiFi Haus, FPC Live and others! Complete details at madcitymusic.net

Strictly Discs: OPEN at 8AM with DEEP selection of all RSD releases. Great Dane beer will be on tap plus spicy chocolate bacon from Barriques for the early birds. Then at around 10AM we’ll unveil 600+ extraordinary, rare & collectible used LPs that we’ve been squirreling away. All the genre bases are covered: jazz, metal, hip hop, psych, disco, folk, rock, punk, country, reggae and more. Plus free beer to take home that’ll kick start home listening sessions from our friends at New Belgium Brewery. 

Here is Strictly Discs' plan for the day:

1. We OPEN at 8AM for RSD shopping

2. Line to form westbound on Monroe Street

3. While in line, you will be handed a menu of all RSD titles  

4. We will pull your requests & you will check out outside

5. The shop will open for normal browsing at approximately 10 (when the RSD line is gone)

6. RSD titles will be located upstairs

Sugar Shack: April 23 will be our last day of operation on Atwood Avenue, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., as Gary John Feest is retiring. It's become a tradition for Sugar Shack to host WORT-FM DJs, and that will happen one more time; DJ Phil, 9 a.m.; Bad Sister Heidi, 10:30 a.m.; DJ El Serpentine, noon; Helena White, 1:30 p.m.; Kayla Kush, 3 pm; and Paul Novak, 4:30 p.m.

Also: The Dane County Humane Society Thrift Store, 6904 Watts Road, has a special sale timed to RSD. The record sale will run from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on April 23, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m., April 24-25; the sale will include both LPs and 45s.

2022 releases list here!

media release: In 2022, there is one Record Store Day, April 23. We feel strongly that stores have learned and adapted in the past few years and are ready to bring back elements of a “traditional” Record Store Day, bands and beer and fun and people and whatever parts of the party they like, in ways that make them, and their customers, comfortable.  We also feel strongly that it’s important to focus on those stores themselves, and celebrate what they do year-round, in their communities.

As we’ve all learned in the past few years, it can be hard to make any plans in permanent ink, so it’s always a good idea to have a sort of contingency plan. A safety net for anything a few months still down the road. In the last few years, our plans for RSD Drops helped record stores around the world get through the pandemic, by marking a change in the way Record Store Day was focused. In “normal” times, the list of releases is a part of the celebration as a whole, but for RSD Drops, the focus became the releases themselves, and getting them into stores, and then into customer homes as safely as possible, bringing much-needed revenue and stock in a very unpredictable time. Importantly, those dates weren’t called Record Store Day, because they weren’t. They were release dates –important release dates, but not the party that Record Store Day is.  That was an important distinction.

But we’re well aware of where we are in terms of manufacturing, shipping, etc. etc. We help the stores deal with it every release day, and we know that our Saturday in April is no exception to issues. We worked proactively with artists, labels and distribution to push back by several months the planning for Record Store Day 2022, some of these titles have been worked on for more than a year. We’re also being proactive with designating an RSD Drops date on June 18. That will serve as a street date safety net, for titles that are part of the Record Store Day celebration, but for any number of reasons beyond controlling, can’t make it into stores on April 23. The List includes titles that are coming to record stores on Record Store Day in April and those that will be coming in June. As we become aware of issues for any specific title, that title will move to the RSD Drops date and you’ll see that on the List on the website.

The titles on the RSD 2022 Official List will be released at participating record stores on Record Store Day, April 23, and some on RSD Drop date June 18. There is one List, with titles broken out for each date.  You can choose to view the List on our website, with added detail and artwork, or you can print out a PDF that can be used as a wishlist or shopping guide.

RECORD STORE DAY DOES NOT SELL THE RELEASES. THERE IS NO WEBSITE WHERE THESE CAN BE PRE-ORDERED. Please use the Participating Store Search to find a store near you (note: Madison area participants list is somewhat out of date) and contact them directly to find out how they’re participating and celebrating Record Store Day.  Stores in the US may choose to sell releases online starting Sunday, April 24, and Sunday, June 19.