Record Store Day has outlined plans to launch Vinyl Tuesday, a weekly programme that will release vinyl through independent outlets every Tuesday.
The event, established by the American Association of Independent Music, aims to “maintain and grow physical retail” by providing a weekly stream of vinyl releases, including promotional records, reissues and original special releases.
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In a statement on their website, the association said: “Every Tuesday, participating retailers will celebrate by highlighting special-edition, catalogue, promotional, and new releases on vinyl. The goal is to maintain and grow physical retail while giving music fans more compelling reasons to support this important part of the music business community.”
The five types of release available through Vinyl Tuesday will be catalogue releases; commercial and promotional; pre-CD/digital vinyl releases; Record Store Day exclusives; and vinyl reissues, Fact reports.
Vinyl Tuesday sales will count towards domestic charts, with international retailers expected to take part.
Meanwhile, Foo Fighters recently released a short documentary detailing their intimate Record Store Day performance at a small independent music shop in Ohio.
The band played a nine-song set last month (April 18) at Record Connection in Niles, Ohio – which has a population of 20,000 and is just miles away from frontman Dave Grohl’s hometown of Warren, Ohio. Grohl, who arrived at the venue by motorcycle, was the official ambassador for the 2015 Record Store Day event, which celebrates the culture and plight of independent record shops.
“What a statement it makes for the Foo Fighters to come and play for you guys,” owner Jeff Burke tells the audience in the clip. “It’s mindblowing. I don’t know if it sinks in as much for you guys as much as it does to me, but it’s just unbelievable. Really unbelievable.”
The mini-documentary also shows footage of the band performing ‘White Limo’ from their 2011 album ‘Wasting Light’. Watch in full below.
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