![]() (Dolby added that mall management, the Simon Property Group, was very helpful and accommodating to the store for the event.) opening time, about 150 people were waiting, Dolby reported, including one customer who arrived at 1 a.m. Like other stores later in the day, store manager Dolby positioned himself at the front door, regulating entry to make sure the store didn’t get too crowded and overwhelm the staff. Upon arrival at 9 a.m., about 40 people were lined up outside. RSD in NYCīillboard began its New York City-area Record Store Day trek by driving out to Newbury Comics at Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island. “Record Store Day has been a longtime partner to Alliance Entertainment, always collaborating to benefit the independent record store community,” Alliance senior vp of sales Ken Glaser said in a statement. In acknowledgement of the day’s impact, Alliance Entertainment, the largest music wholesaler, says that more than 800,000 units of vinyl were created and shipped for RSD, with retail sales expected to surpass $32 million. ![]() The Swift line had its own dedicated cash register too. Likewise, Rough Trade store manager George Flanagan said the store’s line was “informed by Taylor Swift fans,” while Newbury Comics store manager Therrien Dolby says the Swift release was the “big draw.” And In Patchogue, N.Y., Jeff Berg, the owner of Record Stop, says there were so many Swift fans, the store had to create two lines: one for fans seeking her release and one for everybody else. Record Store Day: Here’s Why the Vinyl Business Is Still Growing “On Saturday, we had one record, Taylor Swift, selling 75,000 or almost that amount, and plenty of sales from other releases.” It’s likely that her release could be a top 5 record on next next week’s Billboard 200. When RSD “began 16 years ago, we had 30 releases that sold about 80,000 copies,” Kurtz says. Cheapo CD & Record Exchange on Long Island, N.Y., put it: “Today, it was all about Taylor Swift.”Īn assessment of Record Store Day wouldn’t be complete without a call to its administrator and co-founder, Michael Kurtz, who noted that RSD is on course to break the sales record for the most vinyl sold in a single day. While the spread of Record Store Day releases is now a major draw unto itself, the Swift release, which enjoyed a 75,000-unit distribution to stores across the United States, was the best-selling title by far. ![]() Record Store Day already has a magnificent track record of bringing music fans out to stores, but this year the event received an added boost from Taylor Swift’s folklore, the long pond studio sessions - a double LP that resulted in longer-than-usual lines at retailers.
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