20/04/2013

Independent Record Store Day

Well Saturday 20th April is Record Store Day, the sixth in the UK, with over 200 independent record shops taking part.

"This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, meet & greets with artists, DJ's, in store quizzes and many other events."   That included appearances from Paul Weller and Gabrielle Alpin, with Sting playing live in celebration of the independent music shop.

And some more success this year too.... the Entertainment Retailers Association reporting sales up on last year especially with 500 exclusive releases for the day.  So album sales up 60% and singles 20% with an average customer spend of a not inconsiderable £45.

Record Store day also makes the second anniversary of the Independent Record Store Chart, compiled by the Official Charts Company from over 100 of those 'coolest and most vibrant'  independent record shops.   In fact, eight of the Top 10 biggest selling vinyl albums from those 500 were Record Store Day exclusives.


So here's the top 40 of the biggest selling albums from those indie shops over the last 12 months.  With lots of reassuringly familiar names too....

Album Artist
1 BABEL MUMFORD & SONS
2 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS EMELI SANDE
3 BLUNDERBUSS JACK WHITE
4 COEXIST XX
5 THE NEXT DAY DAVID BOWIE
6 BOYS & GIRLS ALABAMA SHAKES
7 AN AWESOME WAVE ALT-J
8 JAKE BUGG JAKE BUGG
9 PUSH THE SKY AWAY NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
10 STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE RICHARD HAWLEY
11 COME OF AGE VACCINES
12 BORN TO DIE LANA DEL REY
13 LONERISM TAME IMPALA
14 EL CAMINO BLACK KEYS
15 TEMPEST BOB DYLAN
16 CELEBRATION DAY LED ZEPPELIN
17 21 ADELE
18 FALL TO GRACE PALOMA FAITH
19 RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME OLLY MURS
20 THE VERY BEST OF NEIL DIAMOND
21 VISIONS GRIMES
22 DJANGO DJANGO DJANGO DJANGO
23 THE LION'S ROAR FIRST AID KIT
24 TAKE ME HOME ONE DIRECTION
25 EVERY KINGDOM BEN HOWARD
26 BLOOM BEACH HOUSE
27 THE 2ND LAW MUSE
28 DON'T PANIC ALL TIME LOW
29 MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY ROD STEWART
30 PSYCHEDELIC PILL NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
31 180 PALMA VIOLETS
32 BATTLE BORN KILLERS
33 MAGIC OF THE MOVIES ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR
34 SIGH NO MORE MUMFORD & SONS
35 IN THE BELLY OF THE BRAZEN BULL CRIBS
36 UNAPOLOGETIC RIHANNA
37 + ED SHEERAN
38 TAKE THE CROWN ROBBIE WILLIAMS
39 UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX BRUNO MARS
40 SHIELDS GRIZZLY BEAR


Sources & Thanks:  recordstoreday.co.uk officialcharts.co.uk