It’s bigger than Christmas. Record Store Day started in 2008 as a celebration of independence. It’s a day for all involved in independent music — from stores to artists to customers — to come together to celebrate the unique culture of record stores and the indelible mark that these establishments have had on our culture. Every store submits a wish list of sorts for RSD, but they don’t know what releases they’ll have until RSD itself. By the way, a Record Store Day participating store is defined as a stand alone brick and mortar retailer whose main primary business focuses on a physical store location, whose product line consists of at least 50% music retail, whose company is not publicly traded and whose ownership is at least 70% located in the state of operation. (In other words, we’re dealing with real, live, physical, indie record stores — not online retailers or corporate behemoths).
Below are the participating stores on the Front Range. Go check ’em out:
1128 13th St.
Boulder
303.447.0159
2508 E. Colfax Ave.
Denver
303.722.1943
1014 S. College Ave.
Fort Collins
970.484.1699
8793 W. Colfax Ave.
Lakewood
303.237.4445
160 E Elkhorn Ave, Estes Park
970.586.7625
525 3rd Ave, Longmont
720.291.7000
638 E. 13th Ave.
303.831.7246
5360 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder
303.955.1519
1625 Folsom St, Boulder
303.444.1760
7821 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada
303.467.3236
330 E 4th St, Loveland
970.673.0006
804 S College Ave, Fort Collins
970.221.9977
(four locations)
- 937 E. Colfax Denver 303.863.8668
- 1959 S. Broadway
Denver 303.798.6378
- 16711 E. Iliff Aurora 303.337.1399
- 3350 Youngfield
Wheatridge 303.232.4477
DISCLAIMER: There are a lot of independent stores that participate in Record Store Day. Not all of them will choose to participate in all promotions, or carry all releases. Just because a store is listed here does NOT mean it will have the goodie or record you’re looking for. That said, find a store near you and check with them directly. It’s always a good idea to be BFFs with your neighborhood record store.