Record Store Day 2022: What Day Is National Record Store Day? How Does Record Store Day Work?

This year’s National Record Store Day is on April 23.

National Record Store Day is an annual event started in 2007 that takes place on one Saturday in April and every Black Friday in November to bring together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores around the world.

The day sees several record releases and is only distributed to shops participating in the event.

Now, even though Record Store Day is headquartered in the United States, the official organizers also operate in the UK, Mexico, Europe, Ireland, Japan, and Australia.

Universal Music’s sales manager Marc Fayd’Herbe described Record Store Day as “the single best thing that has ever happened” for independent record shops. The event truly supports these owners with a good income.

In 2013, the event was credited with the highest U.S vinyl sales, and the 2014 edition resulted in independent retailers recording the highest percentage of physical album sales, sich the SoundScan System introduction in 1991.

The day truly takes us back in time when our parents and grandparents visited those old record shops to build their classic music collections. It serves as an inspiration for individuals, musicians, record owners and buyers to nostalgia.