Record Store Day Black Friday: The Perfect Time to Shop
Record Store Day Black Friday (RSDBF) is back, and this year, it’s more important than ever to support your local record store. Give someone the gift of music, or treat yourself!
We all know this year has been a rough one, especially for small businesses, so what better time to support small biz than by picking up one (or two) of the 131 titles available on #RSDBF? Some of those releases include:
- Alice In Chains – SAP (1992 EP)
- Baroness – Live at Maida Vaile BBC Vol II (Philadelphia-based metal)
- Chuck Berry – Rockin’ Rollin’ New Year’s Eve
- Johnny Cash – Multiple releases on mini 3″ vinyl
- Chris Cornell – Patience (7″ vinyl single)
- David Gilmour – Yes I Have Ghosts (featuring Gilmour’s daughter on the harp)
- George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (the first Number One solo single by a Beatle, released 50 years ago this month)
- Dio – Dream Evil Live ’87
- Little Richard – Southern Child (on yellow vinyl)
- Motorhead – Ace of Spades (holiday edition – the cover features the band in Santa suits)
- My Chemical Romance – Life on the Murder Scene
- Puscifer – Apocalyptical/Rocketman (7″ vinyl single)
- Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed (Collector’s Edition on splatter color vinyl – only 900 available worldwide!)
- Corey Taylor/Dead Boys – All This and More (Side By Side) (the Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman covers the legendary punk rockers)
- U2 – Boy (40th Anniversary Edition of their debut album on white vinyl)
To find a record store near you taking part in RSDBF and for a complete title listing, head over to RecordStoreDay.com.
Here’s just a few of our favorite record shops in the Philadelphia area:
- Creep Records in Philly
- Electric Avenue in West Chester
- Grooveground in Collingswood
- Inner Groove in Collingswood
- Long in the Tooth in Philly
- Main Street Music in Manayunk
- Milkcrate Cafe in Philly
- Positively Records in Levittown
- Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton
- Rainbow Records in Newark
- The Record Museum in Berlin
- Repo Records in Philly
- Siren Records in Doylestown
- Vinyl Altar in Philly
- Vinyl Revival in Lansdowne
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Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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