Saturday is NATIONAL RECORD STORE DAY

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Events center on festivals this weekend, and those get a full edition (it's just after this short special one). Saturday is also the annual "RECORD STORE DAY," with special releases and plenty of special deals at a record store near you, if you're fortunate enough to still HAVE a record store near you.

Things are looking up: vinyl record sales were up 53% in the first quarter of 2015 over a year ago.

There's an excellent feature story with good stats and fun personal tales in this morning's Portland Oregonian newspaper. Read it online at:

http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2015/04/record_store_day_in_portland.html

The weekend's festivals and Saturday's concerts are in the edition published earlier today.
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