For about a decade and a half, Record Store Day has been a holiday for vinyl lovers around the world.
In recent years it has been celebrated in April as well as in November, on Black Friday, to be exact - in order to celebrate the culture of independent record stores.
On this day, the major record stores (especially in the United States and the United Kingdom) also offer a variety of special offers for the crazy talkers (and it turns out that there are quite a few - with data showing a significant increase in vinyl purchases over the past year).
Networks like HMV, which specialize in music, offer two vinyl-style deals for 40 pounds (about NIS 176), on albums by popular artists, including Amy Winehouse, Harry Styles, Kate Bush, Phoebe Bridges, Britney Spears, Lauren Hill and others.
Records are life.
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"Urban Outfitters" -style fashion chains, which, along with clothing products, also offer items for the home and conversational objects (hello, a quote book and smart words from Kenya West) also offer significant discounts on vinyls on this day, which can be redeemed on their online sites.
Many of the labels and record stores, including Raff Trade, will be offering special sales on this day, straight from their website.
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As requested on a holiday that honors those involved in the music industry, many artists choose it to chaperone their fans with special releases and other surprises.
These are remixes, unreleased live albums, or festive collections, and the list of musicians offering new or renewed releases of their material is particularly long.
This year it includes names like Aerosmith, Hebbies, Billy Aylish, Lena Del Rey, Leonard Cohen, Dusty Springfield, Fleetwood Mac, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osborne, U-2, and Pooh Fighters.
