Your Record Store Day Black Friday Guide

Everything you need to know about the big day, including the 10 vinyl I'm interested in.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for record collectors—Record Store Day Black Friday is here! This event brings together fans, artists, and over a thousand indie record stores for a vinyl shopping frenzy like no other.

Here’s the full list of Record Store Day releases; there’s 150+ new vinyl, broken up into three categories:

• RSD Exclusive: vinyl only available at indie record stores.

• RSD First: vinyl first available at stores, but may be online at some point.

• Small Run/Regional: vinyl specific to a region or store, or press runs /1000.

For a ballpark idea of what vinyl will cost, my local Orlando shop, Park Ave CDs, has posted their prices.

If you can’t make it in person on Friday, don’t sweat it—many stores put leftover stock online the very next day, usually at 8 AM local time. Be sure to turn on notifications to my Twitter where I’ll be posting up-to-the-second finds.

This year’s RSD features big names like Billie Eilish, Noah Kahan, and Joni Mitchell, but I’ve dug a little deep…