Chris Willman Music WriterRecord stores will not be dark on Black Friday this year — at least not the thousand-plus in the U.S.
that have been participating in Record Store Day release events this fall and will do so again the day after Thanksgiving.It will mark the fourth month in a row for a Record Store Day event, as August, September and October will have all seen “RSD Drops” days parceling out the more than 400 exclusive releases that had been scheduled to be released through the main annual event in April, before the pandemic forced a tri-part postponement.The lineup announced for Black Friday is slightly trimmed down from last year’s, which might be expected, given the effects of shutdowns on the music industry.
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