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R.I.P. Record Store Day or can it be saved?Let me preface this post by stating that I LOVE Record Stores. I WANT Record Stores to succeed. I LOVE the spirit that Record Store Day originally championed. I don't want Record Store Day to go away, but there are too many glaring issues that stores don't get to publicly mention and I've been asked to help be a voice for those that are afraid to speak up, for fear of retribution. Ever since March 20th, when the official lists for Record Store Day have come out, you've seen some minor rumblings of a backlash towards Record Store Day. It has started to gain traction, received national attention and was very upsetting to those behind Record Store Day. But the problem is, if this stuff doesn't get discussed, how else can it get out? Not everything can or should be discussed behind closed doors--sometimes transparency is needed. I made a post last year about some tweaks that were needed for Record Store Day here. Because in talking to as many stores as I do, I could see this coming. I was hoping that some of these issues would be fixed, but sadly we are now at the end of the road and two things are getting ready to happen: a) Record Store Day is going to kill itself due to abundance of product b) Record Store Day is going to be abandoned by the very stores/artists/labels it was setup to promote So what are some of the fundamental problems going on in the industry that will help kill Record Store Day:http://new-vinyl.blogspot.com/2014/04/rip-record-store-day-or-can-it-be-saved.html