Arts and Entertainment with Jeff Brandt
Annual Event at Vintage Vinyl Supports Local Music
Record Store Day brings special edition records and free beer to Delmar Loop for the third year.
A special event at the Delmar Loop's premier music store brought in droves of audiophiles this past weekend. From 10 a.m. to midnight on Saturday, Vintage Vinyl hosted Record Store Day, a day of live music and special releases on vinyl records held the third Saturday of April. The sales event to support record stores -- which have greatly declined in recent years due to the rise in digital music -- has spread across the United States and the world since its inception in California. Vintage Vinyl co-owner Tom "Poppa" Ray was thrilled to see so many customers pack into the store. "It's become by far our biggest single day of business of the year," Ray said. "It's just a way the independent record store community around the country chooses to…
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