Record Store Day 2018: Where To Shop Old-School In Motown

DETROIT, MI – For old-school music fans – the kind of people who appreciate vinyl, tunes blaring from an old in-store stereo and spending hours browsing through racks and bins filled music gems – Saturday is for you. It's Record Store Day, a sort of unofficial holiday for those among us who appreciate not only listening to music, but the packaging it comes in, as well.

And in Detroit – Motown – the day is celebrated by at least four stores:

• Shantinique Music at 8933 Harper Ave.
• Peoples Records at 100 Woodward Ave.
• Paramita Sound at 1417 Van Dyke
• Detroit Threads at 10238 Joseph Campau in Hamtramck

Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners. The very first Record Store Day was in April 2008, making this the 10th anniversary of the event.

"This is a day for the people who make up the world of the record store—the staff, the customers, and the artists—to come together and celebrate the unique culture of a record store and the special role these independently owned stores play in their communities," the Record Store Day website says. "Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, DJs spinning records, and on and on."

Stores across the United States are participating in the event Saturday. A complete list of stores across the nation can be found at the Record Store Day website.

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