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Barcelona celebrates Record Store Day with exclusive vinyl, queues, and concerts at its independent shops
Barcelona's independent record shops will experience one of their busiest days of the year this Saturday, with limited editions, live performances, and a community of music lovers coming together once again around vinyl.
This Saturday, Barcelona's independent record shops will experience a unique day. Exclusive vinyl, long queues and live concerts will set the city's pulse. Three protagonists tell how it is experienced from within. Music can once again be felt as a community.
Barcelona is preparing for one of the most eagerly awaited events for lovers of music in physical formats. This Saturday, Record Store Day returns to independent record shops, filling the city with limited-edition vinyl, queues from early morning and impromptu concerts that turn every shop into a meeting point for music lovers.
The experience goes far beyond buying music. Raül Chamorro, from Ultra-Local Records, describes the vibrant atmosphere felt both in the shop and on the street, where anticipation is palpable from early in the day. Carlos Pascual, head of Record Store Day in Spain and part of Revolver, provides the global perspective on an event that connects thousands of people through their passion for vinyl and musical discovery.
This year, the event adds a special attraction: Jordi Ganchitos presents a new vinyl record, his Greatest Hits, an edition that explores his irreverent universe and his distinctive mystical patxanga, all in a physical format that invites listening calmly and attentively. The day promises emotion, reunions and the feeling of being part of a community that champions another way of enjoying music.
Record Store Day was born in 2007 as an initiative to support independent record shops and has become an international celebration. In Barcelona, the event has grown year after year, becoming a cultural phenomenon that revitalises local commerce and encourages connection between artists, shops and the public. Each edition adds new proposals and reinforces the role of these spaces as engines of the city's musical life.
Official list of Barcelona shops: Revolver, Wah Wah, Ultrapop, Subwax, Lucifer, etc. (>20). Presentation event at Apolo with Medalla. Limited purchases (1 RSD per person). RSD Spain app for release list. Raül Chamorro, DJ/producer linked to the local scene.