What was in your bag on Record Store Day? (10 photos)

What was in your Record Store Day bag? SooToday stopped into the Rad Zone on Saturday, April 16 to find out.

Tyler chose an eclectic mix of Van Halen, the Beatles, Black Sabbath, and Blue Oyster Cult.

“They’re all iconic albums that I love and they’re all in good playable condition,” he told us.

For no other reason than nostalgia, Dave’s bag contained nothing but The Alan Parsons Project.

Graham’s purchases included Jethro Tull, Tangerine Dream, and David Bowie.

“These are ones that I’ve been looking for for a while,” he said, explaining that he splits his music listening evenly between vinyl and digital.

He does, however, prefer vinyl.

“There’s the tangible aspect [to vinyl] that you don’t get with YouTube.”

As far as special limited edition Record Store Day releases go, The Rad Zone’s Evan Belleau said he found The Grateful Dead’s live at the Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ 4/25/77 the most interesting, an item that sold surprisingly fast given its hefty price tag.

Rad Zone owner/operator, Paul Muncaster, felt Rob Zombie’s Well, Everybody's F**king In A U.F.O. was the release of the day despite that fact he had to censor the album’s cover.

“We definitely had to cover that one up. It was very alien and vulgar,” he said.

“The cross-over was really good this year, and people bought a lot of different stuff because of it. And Bowie sold very well this year, of course, because of his death,” Muncaster explained.

“The last three years have been great… lots of people at the door and everybody seemed to find a piece in the used stuff. It was another good Record Store Day.”

There was one locally unique piece of vinyl available at The Rad Zone for Record Store Day - an EP split featuring Sault Ste. Marie’s AlgomA and Saskatchewan’s Chronobot.

“It’s really an important piece because other than Kalle Mattson, no one else locally has done an LP. It’s just a really cool thing that local groups are starting to put together,” said Belleau.

Melodie Taylor, another Rad Zone vinyl peddler, told us she notices many music collectors will play music digitally, but keep their vinyl unopened.

“We’re all a sucker for it, but I play my vinyl except for the autographed stuff,” she said.

Record Store Day was founded in 2007 as an international celebration of vinyl culture, collecting and independent record stores.

It’s officially hosted annually on the third Saturday in April.

For more information about Record Store Day, visit the official website.

To keep up with the fine folks at The Rad Zone, please click here.