Record Store Day 2015

Overview

The vinyl revival is at its height, meaning that if you're reading an article about Record Store Day, you're either one of those junkies hooked on the spinning black stuff or you're checking in on when this musical nostalgia trend is going to go away.

While music sales in all other formats are decreasing, record sales have increased by a whopping 900 percent since 2004, with 9.2 million copies sold globally in 2014. So it's not surprising that heading to Record Store Day might feel like caving to trend.

But besides special edition releases, discounts and maybe a few in-store gigs, Record Store Day has got something else going for it. It's a day to celebrate that tactile connection with music you get with vinyl in a sleeve — that childish need to have music in the shape of an object that's yours yours yours.

For you converted, basically this Saturday is a chance for you to nerd out. Share in the stupid excitement of finding and owning your favourite album or forking out a precious $10 on an unknown new band in the hopes that you might own something heavenly that no one else has. Head to your local store, gather with your kindred junkies and talk favourite albums, perfect finds and collections, like we know you really want to.