Celebrate Record Store Day on Waterloo

Tomorrow is Record Store Day and Waterloo is THE place to be to celebrate. Why Waterloo? Well, we have not one, but TWO, record stores participating in this exciting event. Both Music Saves and the new Blue Arrow Records have a variety of promotions that should make tomorrow incredibly exciting.

So, what exactly is Record Store Day? Well, in their words:

MUSIC SAVES celebrates the 2nd Annual Record Store Day on Saturday, April 18th!

MUSIC SAVES will open for Record store day at noon and remain open until 11pm. During that time, customers can purchase over 60 special releases available for the first time on that day, most of which are exclusive to independent stores and extremely limited. A complete list of what we will have is on our website (www.MUSICSAVES.com).

In addition, anyone coming in wearing an indie record store t-shirt will receive 10% off their purchase, and everyone making a purchase will receive a bag of goodies from indie labels, including a wide array of CD samplers, stickers, buttons, posters, download cards, and other cool stuff. Every bag will have a slightly different mix! For every $25 spent, customers will be entered into a raffle to win a ton of really great prizes also given to us by our favorite labels and distributors. A full list of goodies and prizes is available on our website.

Our coloring contest of last year has been replaced this year by Diorama-RAMA!, a diorama contest to see who can make the most creative, music-themed scene inside the confines of a shoebox. The winner will be chosen by TEAM MUSIC SAVES, and will receive a $100 gift certificate to the store. Entries are due by 10pm on Thursday, April 16.

MUSIC SAVES and Blue Arrow Records are also hosting live music in the evening:
5:30pm Brian Straw (OUT-store at MUSIC SAVES, on the sidewalk)
6pm Prisoners (IN-store at Blue Arrow Records)
6:30pm Trouble Books (OUT-store at MUSIC SAVES, on the sidewalk)
7pm HotChaCha (IN-store at Blue Arrow Records)
7:30pm The Very Knees (OUT-store at MUSIC SAVES, on the sidewalk)

Other Waterloo businesses are getting into Record Store Day, too! If customers spend $10 or more at MUSIC SAVES, This Way Out, or our newest record store, Blue Arrow Records, each of those 3 receipts is good for $1 off a beer in the Beachland Tavern! The Tavern will open at 11am with a special lunch menu and excellent brunch cocktails, and our galleries, shops, and the new Waterloo Cafe will be open, with other events and specials going on throughout the day. It’ll be a great day to hang out on Waterloo!

Excerpt from the Record Store Day website:
The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally.

This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.

For more information, please contact:
MUSIC SAVES
Melanie and Kevin
15801 Waterloo Road
Cleveland, OH 44110
(216) 481-1875

Sounds great! Check it out and celebrate music!