Record Store Day // Saturday 18th April

Record Store Day is being held worldwide this Saturday 18th April.

"The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived by Chris Brown, and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally.

This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Franscisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April."

This year Crash Records will be participating hosting some live bands in the basement thought the day, free giveaways and competitions. Jumbo Records are also participating with the event

With the event comes a number of limited edition releases from the likes of Sonic Youth, The Stooges, Taking Heads, Beck and many more. Click here for the full list.