Record Store Day.

This will be old news to most vinyl lovers : on April 21th, it'll be "Record Store Day". 

As usual, a bunch of exclusive limited releases will be available in the crates on this special day, covering all genres and all generation.

Beside the international event, French record dealers put together their own version, with the "Disquaire Day". Yes, the name sucks : the simple fact of translating (only part of) the name is a shame. It's called "cultural exception". 

Whatever... at least, the French website is a good way of getting an accurate list of record stores in France, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium. Believe it or not, it's really hard to get a complete list of record shops in Paris, for instance. So this website fills in a need. 

Anyway, I think such an event is a good opportunity to increase people's awareness about independant record dealers. But most of the time, it disappears behind the release of limited issues. If it's not taken as an opportunity to offer significant discounts, then the target is missed...