Record Store Day’s celebration of vinyl returning to Ontario communities Saturday [Video]

Record Store Day is returning to Oshawa and Ontario and indeed around the world Saturday, the 18th annual celebration of independent record stores.

The event is also an opportunity to honour the vinyl record and especially all the people who collect, cherish and sell records, with Another Spin Records locations in Oshawa, Bowmanville, Ajax and Whitby, as well as Kops and Now and Then (Oshawa), Sunrise (Pickering) and Zap’s Record in Cobourg among the record stores participating.

Andre Lessard at Another Spin said the day is a chance to bring in some “rare and new titles” for the event, as well as run a contest to win rare vinyl from Chappell Roan, Taylor Swift and the Tragically Hip.

“Last year was our craziest ever – people lined up around the block at 4-5 a.m. to get in. We want to show our customers the love back,” Lessard said of Saturday’s …