READ MORE: Document Retailer Day 2025: Right here’s the complete listing of releases
This 12 months’s annual occasion will see some large names placing out particular one-off collectable vinyl and cassettes, with the likes of Oasis, Charli XCX, Fred.. Once more, The Remedy, Gorillaz, Taylor Swift and lots of extra placing out unique releases.
A whole lot of releases from artists together with Beabadoobee, Rachel Chinouriri, Confidence Man, English Instructor, Lil Uzi Vert, Megan Thee Stallion, MJ Lenderman and Put up Malone, in addition to legends like Public Picture Ltd, Lou Reed, The Jesus and Mary Chain and extra, might be made out there – on a first-come-first-served foundation – at over 270 unbiased document retailers throughout the nation, in addition to 1000’s extra globally.
As ever, the occasion introduced out large numbers of followers to document shops across the UK early this morning, with well-prepared attendees bringing chairs and umbrellas to courageous the wait and the climate. Taking to X/Twitter, Piccadilly Information mentioned they’d already discovered their first queue member yesterday (April 11), in Evan, from Wigan.
“He’s by no means queued up earlier than for RSD, arrived at 9am this morning,” they wrote. “23 hours earlier than we truly open at 8am tomorrow. He’s after the Depraved: Soundtrack, I feel he’ll get one.”
First particular person within the queue for @recordstoreday 2025 is Evan from Wigan. He’s by no means queued up earlier than for RSD, arrived at 9am this morning. 23 hours earlier than we truly open at 8am tomorrow. He’s after the Depraved: Soundtrack, I feel he’ll get one. pic.twitter.com/BwPUsyuEjz
— Piccadilly Information (@PiccadillyRecs) April 11, 2025
It’s freezing and pouring down rain so all of us agreed to arrange chairs and sit in our automobiles…. Effectively somebody didn’t have a chair and introduced the subsequent smartest thing 😭 #rsd #rsd2025 pic.twitter.com/SwXc8Wm3R7
— Bernadette (Taylor’s Model) (@picturetobern13) April 12, 2025
Remind me why I’m doing this #RSD2025 pic.twitter.com/c3zcdZMugg
— Lauren 🧵 (@LoSewsSwiftly) April 12, 2025
the #RSD25 queue at Banquet
inventory stage queries to pic.twitter.com/1LONIJZFjX
— Banquet Information (@BanquetRecords) April 12, 2025
WICKED
That is a particularly restricted launch so solely a fortunate few will get their fingers on it… pic.twitter.com/WsMNQHWRdV
— Banquet Information (@BanquetRecords) April 5, 2025
Banquet Information additionally shared clips of their in depth queue, having beforehand nodded to the wanted Depraved soundtrack in a social media video, warning followers except they had been first or second within the queue, they wouldn’t handle to nab one.
With solely 2000 models out there worldwide, many followers had been dissatisfied to search out them already popping up on eBay at inflated costs. Others had been luckier, and shared their hauls on X.
dwelling and items secured. #RSD25 #RSD #RSD2025 #depraved #charlixcx #yungblud #taylorswift pic.twitter.com/f1CDiSdVNG
— keri. (@kerikimberley) April 12, 2025
The Depraved ICON that I’m Tough Commerce West💅🏼💖💚 #RSD2025 #RSD25 #RSD #Depraved pic.twitter.com/uFh8rwPIAF
— MªElena 💜💜💜 (@M_ElenaCarballo) April 12, 2025
Depraved RSD vinyl: ACQUIRED !!!!! Well worth the 15 hours of sleeping on the concrete pic.twitter.com/fZYODdmvs6
— Lyric & Eilidh’s Adventures 🐝 (@EilidhAdventure) April 12, 2025
One well-liked launch of the day to date is Taylor Swift’s unique 7″ white vinyl of ‘Fortnight’ – which follows final 12 months’s Document Retailer Day combing with the discharge of ‘The Tortured Poets Division’, which then noticed the very best weekly vinyl gross sales for 30 years. Based on social media, different in demand finds embrace Charli XCX’s 7″ Black Vinyl of ‘Guess’ that includes Billie Eilish, and Oasis’ ‘Time Flies… 1994 – 2009’ LP.
Received what I wished #RSD #oasis #liamgallagher #noelgallagher #RSD2025 #RSD25 pic.twitter.com/HYnCoJBEks
— raymie (@raymie77) April 12, 2025
Am I allowed to cry 😭🥹☠️ @taylornation13 #RSD25 #RSD2025 pic.twitter.com/7Q7k7rcLht
— erica ⸆⸉ ✨🪶📝🤍 TAYronto (@polaroidofus_tv) April 12, 2025
Comfortable Saturday! #RSD25 #RSD #Oasis pic.twitter.com/PKD3sVlzn3
— Joe (@JScaife25) April 12, 2025
I acquired the LAST vinyl within the document retailer!! First time I used to be in a position to safe a RSD unique Taylor Swift vinyl 🥹 #RSD25 @taylornation13 pic.twitter.com/w1FYXq6ZSz
— Yasilein (@PurrfectlyTS) April 12, 2025
Profitable #RSD25
A number of bangers! 💜#Prince #Blur #Springsteen #Killers #Swift #CharliXCX pic.twitter.com/p8Vm1jKox7
— Ok. (@OShaughnessyK) April 12, 2025
Forward of the day, the occasions personal UK ambassador Sam Fender went vinyl procuring in Hackney’s Stranger Than Paradise, selecting out 5 data and sharing he solely began going to document shops in its 20s on account of its latest resurgence: “It’s one of the simplest ways of exhibiting help for the artists that you simply like”.
The increase in recognition noticed vinyl and bodily document gross sales hit a 20 12 months excessive in 2024, regardless of the very fact “beneath the floor, most UK artists earn far under common salaries”, with many music followers immediately calling for folks to proceed supporting their native unbiased retailers.
I hope all those that are lining up at document shops up & down the nation on Saturday help the retailers for the remainder of the 12 months. It is my solely gripe about document retailer day seeing folks seize what they need & are by no means seen once more. They want our help greater than ever now #RSD2025
— Lee (@embleton01) April 10, 2025
Comfortable #RecordStoreDay #RSD2025 everybody. Making a particular journey out to help my native retailer. Simply As a result of.
Don’t have to see any extra bands doing ‘our 12 months on streaming’ posters on socials. Want extra folks to help music within the excessive avenue. Marvs pic.twitter.com/vUIFZZ2Syz— Man B (@GuyB_rockshow) April 12, 2025
Very proud of my @recordstoreday haul, contemplating I queued nowhere. Visited a few indie shops mid morning and nonetheless up most of what I wished. The day is concerning the occasion, supporting your native shops and denying the love of music! #RSD25 #rsd2025 pic.twitter.com/d4xcM7xigS
— Kenny Smith 🌻 (@kennsysmith) April 12, 2025
Elsewhere, final 12 months’s version of Document Retailer Day was held on April 20 and noticed releases from The 1975, David Bowie, Daft Punk, Speaking Heads, Paramore, Blur, Lily Allen, Gorillaz, Elton John, Paramore and Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds.
And, in different 2025 Document Retailer Day-related information, a choose group of the UK’s vinyl retailers are set to be profiled in a brand new YouTube collection. Titled Behind The Counter, the 12-part collection is premiering each Tuesday main as much as Document Retailer Day itself – and every episode will showcase the colourful tradition surrounding a distinct unbiased document store.
Elsewhere, Key Manufacturing Group has rolled out a recycling scheme for unplayable vinyl and CDs backed by UK indie document retailers. Vinyl data and CDs are created from several types of plastic – vinyl from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and CDs polycarbonate – each of which might take a whole lot of years to decompose in landfills.
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