CHECK OUT THE OFFICAL LIST OF RSD RELEASE THIS YEAR HERE!
DO ALL RECORD STORES HAVE ALL THE RELEASES?
Nope. Record stores are all unique, especially when it comes to what they sell. Our List of special titles is made to have something for everyone, and every store, and most stores won’t bring in everything on the List (some stores don’t bring in any of them). We always encourage you to be buddies with your record store all year long, so they get to know you and what kind of music you like. It’s a beautiful thing when you find the record store you’re destined to be with! Find record stores to befriend HERE
ARE THERE PRE-ORDERS?
Nope. These releases are a part of the special celebration that is Record Store Day – a party favor, of sorts, that you take home as a souvenir of the day you spent at a record store.
WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE A RECORD STORE OR DIDN’T FIND WHAT I WANTED?
After the big day, record stores may choose to sell from their websites or from their marketplace accounts so they can reach customers further out. That starts on Sunday, April 19 We definitely recommend looking at store websites and accounts rather than buying from flippers. (maybe start at rsdmrkt.com which is kind of like a 24 hour record fair, and all the booths are cool record stores!)
There are three categories on our List:
EXCLUSIVES: These titles are physically released only at indie record stores.
RSD FIRST: These titles are found first at indie record stores but may be released to other retailers or webstores at some point in the future.
SMALL RUN/REGIONAL TITLES: These titles are either regionally based and sold at specific stores, or are press runs under 1000, which means they may be harder to find at record stores around the country. The majority of the titles on this section of the List are Small Run titles; any title that's regionally based and most likely to be found at specific stores will have that called out in the description, which can be found on the web-based version of the List.