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Record Store Day 2020
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ONE of the big tragedies of this year…
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has been record stores closing their doors. Whilst many are providing online deliveries, the fact we cannot visit and browse is a source of pain for all music lovers. Record Store Day was supposed to happen last month, and the date has been moved again. There were plans to move it to June but, as things are uncertain still, there is this new plan – as Pitchfork explain in this article:
“Record Store Day 2020 has been rescheduled once again in the wake of COVID-19. It was originally planned to take place on April 18 and was postponed until June 20. Now, the annual celebration of independent record stores will be held through a series of “RSD Drops.” These will occur on three Saturdays spread across three consecutive months: August 29, September 26, and October 24.
On each day, record stores will receive a different bundle of exclusive releases. A press release notes that the focus of these drops will be “bringing revenue to the stores, as well as to the artists, labels, distribution and every other business behind the scenes making record stores work. ” A new version of the previously announced list of releases will be available on June 1”.
It is a shame we could not celebrate Record Store Day last month, but the fact we get three different days to enjoy it is a good thing! Let us hope things stand and we can celebrate the first Record Store Day in August.
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By then, we should be in a better situation, and things will start to return to normal. It will be wonderful for record shops, as they will have three days where business is booming. For most, Record Store Day is their busiest trading day, so to cancel altogether would have been a disaster. At the present, many are getting buy through online sales, but I hope most will be able to reopen and will not suffer too much during this difficult time. By having three different days and staggering Record Store Day, we get to, if you are a proper vinyl nut, visit our local record shop three times! I love the fact there are going to be these special releases and rare offerings. I love record shopping the rest of the year, but Record Store Day provides this chance to pick up something different and mingle with lots of other record lovers. When the first Record Store Day happens in August, it will see a huge outpouring of love for local record stores. Maybe there will be social distancing rules and a change of pace then, but it will be great to be back out at record stores and enjoying a very important date in the calendar. For music lovers around the country, the three dates of Record Store Day 2020 are…
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SOMETHING to look forward to.