Record Store Day started in 2008 as a way to support the roughly 1,400 independent record stores in the U.S. and around the world.
A shopper browses albums at a record store in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Photographer: Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Nearly all of the 270 special releases available Saturday are on vinyl. According to USA Today, Pearl Jam is among the few CD releases announced for Record Store Day. The "Give Way" album is a recording of the band’s 1998 concert in Melbourne, Australia. Last year, vinyl sales surpassed CD sales for the first time in 35 years, largely thanks to artists like Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and Olivia Rodrigo, the top artists for record sales in 2022.Florida school district has hilarious response to students who wanted to skip school for Taylor Swift concert
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, consumers bought 41.3 million records last year – more than 70% of all physical music sales last year were vinyl. That’s $1.2 billion in revenue. Shoppers browse albums at a record store in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Photographer: Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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