Wirral, UK | West Kirby’s Dig Vinyl to take part in Record Store Day: A Wirral vinyl shop has announced it will be taking part in Record Store Day. Dig Vinyl in West Kirby has announced that it will participate in Record Store Day UK on Saturday, April 12, 2025. This marks the shop’s second year taking part after its successful debut last year. Record Store Day, which began in 2007, celebrates and promotes the distinctive culture of independent record shops with special vinyl releases made exclusively for the event and stocked only by participating retailers on the day. Over the years, it has evolved into a global celebration of record shops, with thousands of stores taking part across the world, including over 260 in the UK. Dig Vinyl expanded to Wirral in November 2023, opening its second shop on Banks Road in West Kirby marking a major milestone in Dig Vinyl’s decade-long journey, which began with the opening of its Bold Street shop in Liverpool back in 2014.
AU | Record Store Day 2025 Australian release list gets updated: Several new titles have been added to the list, including You Am I’s Someone Else’s Crowd: Live at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, August 1994 12”. Two new titles have been added to the list of Aussie vinyl dropping on this year’s Record Store Day. You Am I are releasing Someone Else’s Crowd: Live at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, August 1994 12” for the very first time on vinyl. The record will be released on black vinyl with new album artwork. Royel Otis are also releasing their Nashville Sessions EP 10”, which is sure to be snapped up quickly by fans of the band. These two Aussie acts join the likes of local artists Danni Minogue, Pond, The Saints and everybody’s favourite cartoon dog, Bluey, who all have special edition vinyl available on Saturday, April 12. Confidence Man, Ruel and The Veronicas also have Australian imports up for grabs for international fans.
UK | Record Store Day 2025: When is it, Scottish participating shops, available records, how to buy, and can you buy online? Vinyl outsold CDs for the first time in over 35 years in 2024—meaning that this year’s event celebrating the reinvigorated music medium is likely to be as popular than ever. Record Store Day has become a major event for vinyl lovers since the inaugural event in the US in 2007 sold barely more than 10 different limited edition pressings by artists including Death Cab for Cutie, R.E.M. and Stephen Malkmus. Now over 200 independent record stores across the UK take part each year, selling thousands of copies of exclusive vinyl, from new releases to old classics. Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s event.
Sarasota, FL | Record collector turns passion into retail with Vinyl Vault: The vintage record store held its grand opening March 2, inviting The Garbage-Men band for a performance. When he found a space in an old plaza near Downtown Sarasota, Brad Schalk decided it was the perfect retro spot to house vintage records. He had started collecting records in high school before he moved into selling them. On March 2, his store, Vinyl Vault, held its grand opening celebration. While the new store has around 20,000 vintage records in stock, he hopes it will also serve as a hub for the community, offering “open mics and kind of a community outreach.” “I want to be a touchstone for the community to bring collections in that maybe they don’t know much about, and then feature that stuff,” he said.
UK | How Black music record stores changed UK music forever: More than just a place to buy records, specialist record stores across the country helped foster communities and provide a space for Black genres ignored by the mainstream—in this op-ed, arts organisation 2Funky Arts explain why they are working to document the undersung history of Black record stores. There is a vibrant UK history, previously untold, of record stores that specialised in Black music. These were bustling community hubs, bringing together like-minded people to share their interests and discover what the revered tastemakers behind the counter rated as the latest sounds. 2Funky Arts has recently taken a deep dive into this history, uncovering a veritable treasure trove of photos, footage and nostalgia. …Research also includes interviews with over 100 customers, DJs, artists and record store owners, in a story that spans 70+ years.
Buena Park, CA | OC Records Show draws crowds searching for vinyl: Music lovers gathered for the Orange County Records Show in Buena Park to check out vinyl records on Feb. 23 from 7:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. The OC County Records Show is one of the biggest in Southern California with over 90 vendors selling vinyl records in the UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers) Union Hall building. Ryan Blavout, one of the organizers for the show, said, “It’s something I’ve been a part of for 25 years as a vendor and customer, so I just wanted to keep it going. We’ve been doing more signings more and more vendors” Blavout runs the OC Record Show with his wife, Cynthia Blavout. The OC Record Show started in 1986, but Ryan Blavout took it over from the original organizer in 2022. “I specifically like jazz records so we saw that there was an ad for the OC Show so we decided to come,” said Zoei Ma.
Cheektowaga, NY | The Buffalo Record Riot! Vinyl Records! Sat March 15th, Knights Hall, 2735 Union Rd, Cheektowaga NY: The Buffalo Record RIot! It’s a GIANT vinyl record POP-UP sale at the Knights Hall in Cheektowaga! Over 15,000 vinyl records in ONE ROOM! Great music and amazing family fun. LPs/CDs/45s, DOOR PRIZES. The Buffalo Record Riot returns! It’s a GIGANTIC vinyl record POP-UP sale at Knights Hall, 2735 Union Road in Cheektowaga! Over 15,000 vinyl records in ONE ROOM! Great music and amazing family fun. LPs, CDs and 45s. Dealers from far and wide converge for a giant music sale! All types of music from punk to funk to country to classic rock, hip hop, soul/jazz and more. Dust off that turntable and come on down. DOOR PRIZES TOO! Regular admission starts at 10 AM ($5) with early admission at 9 AM ($15). Don’t miss the BIG VINYL DIG!
Howick, NZ | Next vinyl records fair spins in Howick: Howick Village is the place to be this Saturday for enthusiasts and collectors of vinyl records and other music products and memorabilia. The next East FM Vinyl Fair is staged in the Howick Information Centre / War Memorial Building at the town square where the Howick Village Market is held, in Picton Street, on March 8, from 8.30am to 2.30pm. Friendly vinyl record traders are coming from miles around to make available their excellent selections, and sellers’ tables are booked out, so the choice of 33rpm and 45rpm records for buyers will be extensive. Buyers are advised that East FM has no EFTPOS facility at the venue, though some traders have their own machines, so it’s suggested that using cash is the way to make purchases.
Patina puts a vinyl record simulator in your browser for free: It took decades, but we freed ourselves from analog formats and sound degradation and entered a perfect digital world online. So, let’s use our Web browser to add all the sound artifacts of vinyl back in, for free! Here’s the surprise. Patina runs in a browser, and it may be free of charge, and it may even let you upload sounds for processing and download the results. But if you’re expecting that means this is a crude proof of concept, think again. It sounds surprisingly realistic. Co-developer Al Hug, who built this with his friend Faison, writes us: Give it a spin. Of course, we love what we created, but the feedback we’ve been getting from folks is overwhelming. Some are calling it the best vinyl simulator out there and are begging us to make it into a plugin version.
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