Record Store Day Black Friday’s Most Wanted: Billie Eilish, Aerosmith, Carole King, U2, Jason Isbell, the Cassette Comeback and More

variety.com:

Chris Willman Music WriterRecord Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton knows that Black Friday feels different this year — for the indie record stores that observe the “holiday” as an adjunct to the main RSD event in April, and the retail-consumer culture at large. “All the big boxes have been doing their sales for weeks,” she points out. “Dare I say, in America as a whole, maybe we’ve rounded a corner on Black Friday, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

I don’t know that it’s a day anymore.”Unless you’re a vinyl enthusiast, that is. In that case. you’ve almost certainly got it circled on your calendar, and may even be thinking about winter layering, just like the folks who used to line up for plasma TVs.