Vinyl is back in a big way and if the annual turnouts for Record Store Day are any indication, so is the love for the independent record stores.
The 18th annual celebration of independent record stores and vinyl records happened Saturday and hundreds of collectors lined up – two diehards even set up shop outside the store with sleeping bags the night before – to get their hands on rare and new titles, with some only available that day.
Andre Lessard at Another Spin Records on Bond Street in downtown Oshawa said Saturday’s event even topped Record Store Day in 2024, which he described as “our craziest ever,” with vinyl fans lined up around the block at before 5 a.m. to be first in the store for the 10 a.m. opening.
2025 did that day one better, with a couple of dedicated record lovers “camping out at 8 at night.”
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