Living in Chicago we have access to some of the best record stores in the country according to Rolling Stone. Record stores like Dusty Groove, in Wicker Park, Dave's Records in Lincoln Park and Laurie's Planet of Sound in Ravenswood are constantly rated among the best records stores in the country, and Record Store Day gives yet another reason to go shop excessively for records at these shops, but Record Store Day doesn't just give individuals an excuse to go to shops they might never go to or just support their local record shops but it brings a worldwide community of music snobs (myself included) together to support shops that still sell vinyl and show everyone that digital music will not be the demise of vinyl records.
It is awesome to see how many people come out to Record Store Day and support their local shops because it would be a shame to see any of these record stores go out business, but I also think people should still make time when its not Record Store day to go to these local shops. Instead of simply downloading music from Itunes or worse illegally downloading music.
Keep your local record stores in business and support your favorite artists by buying Vinyl or even buy a CD, don't just settle for the easy way out by downloading some overly compressed Mp3 that sounds awful!
If you didn't get out to Record Store Day this year go next year, keep up with their website, and check out some of the cool stuff that artists do to support local record stores or for charities. This year the Beastie Boys released a limited amount of 7" vinyl singles from their new album through the Record Store day website and all the proceeds went to a relief fund for the disaster in Japan.
So again this is a good cause support Record Store Day and support your local record stores!!
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