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Don't Forget: Record Store Day Is Saturday

By Ben Fractenberg | April 14, 2016 9:27am | Updated on April 14, 2016 11:25am
 Rough Trade will host musical guests including  The Fleshtones as part of Record Store Day on Saturday.
Rough Trade will host musical guests including The Fleshtones as part of Record Store Day on Saturday.
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This weekend is all about analog. 

Saturday marks the ninth-annual Record Store Day, celebrating independent music stores across the country with live acts.

Brooklyn’s Rough Trade at 64 N. 9th St. in Williamsburg will host performances by Jesca Hoop, The Fleshtones and Mr. Lif

Eli “Paperboy” Reed will kick things off at 10 a.m. with a soul-inspired DJ set.

Other participating locations include Academy Records & CDs at 12 W. 18th St., Majors Records & Video at 12 Barett Ave. in Staten Island, Harmony Records in the Bronx and VP Records at 170-21 Jamaica Ave. in Queens.

You can check out the full list here.

Record Store Day was created by a group of independent music store owners to promote their business in the face of an increasingly online-dominated music business.