A Bristol student used Deliveroo as a vinyl courier service on Record Store Day

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It begs the question: is Record Store Day about buying records or celebrating record stores?

Quite evidently from its name, Record Store Day was intended to celebrate the record stores and their reinstated seat at the music industry table. For one day of co-ordinated revelry throughout the world, record stores become a hive of activity, with special DJ sets from friends of the store, soundtracking a day of buying exclusive RSD presses.

One student in Bristol, who remains anonymous, decided to buck this trend by sending a Deliveroo driver to pick up a purchase from Idle Hands. Employee and recent STW Bristol Spotlight guest, Sam Hall, told us that the driver arrived with the order written on a piece of paper, having already been called out to collect some food nearby.

While this audaciously lazy feat is almost impressive, this does raise a wider question about Record Store Day: is the celebration of record stores being undermined by the records themselves, and the resultant rush to claim these exclusive presses?

Sam Hall seems to think so, and also points out the benefits of going to the extra effort on the day. “You’ll probably end up meeting new people and get the chance to listen to a massive variety of records while getting recommendations from the people that work in the store.”

Let’s hope this doesn’t spark an influx in vinyl courier services and record stores continue to be supported on Record Store Day, and all the days in between.

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