Record Store Day gets boost from Katy Perry

Record Store Day has most definitely busted out of its britches. Since its first installment in 2008, this homage to independently owned brick-and-mortar record stores has grown from a small underground phenomenon into an ocean-straddling monster.

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By David Malitz Crooked Beat Records will stock the most Record Store Day releases in the area. (Jeffrey MacMillan ) Record Store Day — the annual celebration of vinyl and the brick-and-mortar stores that still sell dying/resurgent format — is

Record Store Day arrives in April 21, and with it a bunch of limited edition vinyl. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts offers ten highlights to seek out.

By David Malitz Crooked Beat Records will stock the most Record Store Day releases in the area. (Jeffrey MacMillan ) Record Store Day — the annual celebration of vinyl and the brick-and-mortar stores that still sell dying/resurgent format — is