Record Store Day in Lower Hudson Valley, New York
Two dates to know: Record Store Day Black Friday is Friday, November 29, 2026, and the next main Record Store Day is Saturday, April 17, 2027.
What is Record Store Day?
Record Store Day is an annual event built around independent record stores. The main event traditionally lands on the third Saturday of April each year; Record Store Day Black Friday is traditionally held the day after US Thanksgiving. Both days bring exclusive, limited-run vinyl and CD releases sold only at participating independent shops — not big-box retailers, and not mail order until the in-store exclusives sell through. Because pressings are limited, popular titles can sell out within the first hour, which is why a line-early culture has grown up around the day even at shops that are otherwise quiet on a weekday morning.
Tips for the day
- Arrive early. At busy shops, lines for popular titles can start well before opening.
- Bring cash. A cash line often moves faster than card on a shop's highest-volume day of the year.
- Check each shop's own site or Instagram in the week before the date — participating shops post their own opening time, line policy, and which exclusive titles they've ordered in.
- Release lists are first-come, first-served and vary store to store. A title in stock at one shop may not show up at another, even across town.
- Expect one-per-customer or per-household limits on the most in-demand titles.
- Not every independent record store participates every year, and allocations vary shop to shop — confirm directly with the shop rather than assuming based on a past year.
Shops to check in Lower Hudson Valley, New York
Independent record shops open in Lower Hudson Valley, New York right now. We don't yet track which specific shops participate in Record Store Day or what they've ordered in for a given year — check each shop's own site or Instagram close to the date for their exclusive-release list, opening time, and line policy.
- Big Jim's Records
Buchanan shop buying, selling and trading new, used and collectible vinyl LPs and 45s, run by a 40-year music-business veteran, with a large concert-poster selection and worldwide mail order.
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- Bruised Apple Books and Music
Longtime Peekskill used bookstore and record shop selling vinyl (including rare/out-of-print), CDs, cassettes, books and movies; browsers can test used records on an in-store turntable.
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- Clockwork Records
Hastings-on-Hudson shop specializing in 60s-to-current underground hardcore, punk and metal alongside psych, krautrock, jazz, ska, dub and folk vinyl. Owner Mike James opened it after a 20-year law-enforcement career.
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- Den of Wax
Ossining used-vinyl shop and label founded by husband-and-wife duo Matt and Diana Friedman, specializing in heavier sounds (punk, hardcore, metal) alongside jazz, soul, funk, hip-hop, indie and experimental.
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- La Nouvelle Generation Records
Spring Valley record store, long-registered (incorporated 2008) in downtown Spring Valley, Rockland County.
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- Main Street Beat
Nyack record shop with an extensive, constantly-revolving selection of old and new vinyl; buys used record collections.
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- Marquee Records
Volunteer-run record shop on the second floor of Tarrytown Music Hall, founded by volunteer Greg Jacquin; all proceeds benefit the theater.
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See the full record store listing for Lower Hudson Valley, New York.