Free goodies with purchase while supplies last. Book signing with Russell Lissau (a contributor to Tori Amos Little Earthquakes : The Graphic Album) and Steve Horton ( Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams) from 10 AM-noon. All-vinyl DJ sets by Sonorama Discos, Soulphonetics, and Sol Son from 1-6 PM. Resident shop vendor South Rhodes Records has curated a selection of new and used vinyl. Northwest Hwy., 31, įifteen percent off all stock. Laurie’s says it has acquired a large collection of used records that it will put up for sale on RSD. Free doughnut holes and snacks plus free coffee from Dark Matter. Free giveaways with every purchase and free toys for children. The Reader was unable to reach anyone at Dorian’s. 9 AM-7 PM, 1042 Sterling, Flossmoor, 70, Birthday party for co-owner Jennifer McKee begins at noon, with food from Bullet Proof BBQ and beer from Metropolitan Brewing-including a specialty collaboration only available at Bucket o’ Blood. Giveaways all day from 97.1 FM the Drive. In-store performances every hour beginning at 2 PM: Spread Joy, Edging, Orisun, Soup Activists, and Denara Auriel. The Brewed next door opens at 7 AM for early-bird customers. But even with those omissions, we’ve compiled more shops than you could reasonably visit in one day-especially given the distance between, say, Conservatory Vintage & Vinyl in Flossmoor and Vintage Vinyl in Evanston. Some pop-up shops are deliberately concealing their locations ( No Requests wants you to DM for the address of theirs). We couldn’t reach a few shops, including Let’s Boogie Records & Tapes in Bridgeport, to confirm RSD plans (but Let’s Boogie is definitely still truckin’, as Caporale wrote in this year’s Best of Chicago issue). The following RSD listings aren’t exhaustive, unfortunately. Other new shops since our 2021 guide include Washington Park storefront Miyagi Records and Hegewisch spot Katalyst Coffee Lounge & Music Gallery, which opened in October 2021. After a monthlong goodbye sale, Crain sold his remaining stock to Signal Records, an Avondale shop that former Chicago Research founder Blake Karlson opened last summer. In December, Dave Crain bid adieu to his Lincoln Park vinyl mecca, Dave’s Records, after more than 20 years in business. Chicago Ray Records in Rogers Park shuttered in February 2022 upon the death of its founder, Ray Pate. The Reader most recently published a guide to local record shops in 2021, and at least a couple have closed since then. I collaborated with my colleague Micco Caporale to compile this roundup of almost every Chicago store doing RSD business. I’d rather encourage you to visit Chicago record shops for their own sake. I love a good gimmick, but I’m less inclined than ever to highlight the special RSD releases (you can find a list here). RSD special releases have also contributed to the strain on the handful of remaining vinyl pressing plants, so that these days, independent bands and labels often have to wait about a year for their records. RSD typically entices shoppers by supplying stores with vinyl manufactured specifically for the occasion, but for all the good this commercial holiday has done, it’s also produced some harmful side effects for record stores and the record-selling business.įor almost as long as RSD has existed, for instance, savvy record resellers have stalked shops to flip limited pressings online at outrageous prices. Many of them will participate in this year’s Record Store Day, which falls on Saturday, April 22. Selling vinyl is still a niche business, but some record shops have found a way to thrive. Of course, that huge number-84 percent of the industry’s total take-doesn’t translate into a living wage for the vast majority of artists who stream their music, but that’s a different story. Physical music sales totaled $1.7 billion last year, according to the RIAA, about 13 percent of streaming’s $13.3 billion in revenue during the same period. Last year, the Recording Industry Association of America reported that in 2022, sales of vinyl records (41 million) outpaced sales of CDs (33 million) for the first time since 1987. Vinyl sales had already been growing for a couple years at that point, and they’ve grown every year since. Streaming wasn’t yet the behemoth business it is today-Spotify also launched in 2008, and it wouldn’t reach the U.S. Record Store Day began 15 years ago as a way to mobilize consumer support for independent brick-and-mortar record stores, which were seen as niche enough to be at risk of extinction from big online retailers. Credit: Kathleen Hinkel for Chicago Reader
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