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Which Record Store Day releases can you still buy?
Records pressed for Record Store Day are distributed only to participating shops, so the only ones you can buy later are the ones that did not sell on the day.
Right now 15 RSD-pressed titles are still stocked at the two US record shops we can see, and they are ordinary new-record money rather than collector money: Rough Trade asks a median of $24.99 across 9 titles, FYE $28.49 across 6. We are not quoting a single median across both, because the mix of the two shops in our read is still moving and a pooled figure would be measuring that instead of the market.
The eleven still on shelves
| Listing | Sold by | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Graphic as a Star (Record Store Day 2021) | Rough Trade | $14.99 |
| David Crosby / Lighthouse Band - Record Store Day 10th Anniversary Recor | FYE | $16.99 |
| Ffrr Record Store Day Sampler Vol. 1/ Various - FFRR Record Store Day Sa | FYE | $24.99 |
| Small World Special Edition (Record Store Day) | Rough Trade | $24.99 |
| Percy (Record Store Day 2021) | Rough Trade | $29.99 |
| Doctor Who - Edge Of Time (Original Soundtrack) [Record Store Day Black | FYE | $30.99 (1 Sept 2026) |
| Replenish - National Album Day 2025 | Rough Trade | $32.99 |
| Curated by Record Store Day | Rough Trade | $32.99 |
| Record Store Day Show Vol 2/ Various - Record Store Day Show Vol 2 / Var | FYE | $33.99 |
| Envy Of None Record Store Day 2023 Picture Disc | Rough Trade | $42.99 |
| Patti Smith - Curated By Record Store Day | FYE | $54.99 |
Prices as published by each seller on 1 September 2026. Two of these are compilations issued for the event rather than artist pressings; one is a National Album Day release, the UK sibling event.
What is actually in the leftovers
| Kind of release | Listings | Median ask |
|---|---|---|
| RSD-pressed records at Rough Trade | 9 | $24.99 |
| RSD-pressed records at FYE | 6 | $28.49 |
| RSD-branded merchandise on resale | 12 | $26.00 |
| Everything naming Record Store Day | 22 | $29.49 |
Half of everything carrying the Record Store Day name in this pull is not a record at all. It is merchandise on peer-to-peer resale: shop tees from 2014 and 2020, promo shirts, tote bags, even a pair of exclusive-edition chukka boots. That is a real market, and it is the one place where the RSD name reliably carries a premium — a store tee from a specific year cannot be reissued.
Our judgment on the records themselves: the leftovers skew towards compilations, picture discs and catalogue reissues, which is exactly what you would predict. Buyers on the day chase the artist pressings that are genuinely scarce. If a title is still sitting on a shelf in September, its scarcity was in the packaging rather than the demand.
How the event works, briefly
- Record Store Day was established in 2008 to celebrate independently owned record stores, and the first one ran on 19 April 2008, launched by Metallica at a shop in Mountain View, California, with roughly 300 US stores taking part.
- A list of releases is pressed for each country and distributed only to participating shops. That is why these records do not appear at general retailers, then or later.
- By 2010 some 1,400 independent stores were taking part, and that year introduced the November edition, Black Friday Record Store Day.
- The event now runs semi-annually: a Saturday in April, typically the third, plus every Black Friday.
Last verified 14 September 2026 against 29 live US listings naming Record Store Day in the CJ product feed, read to a depth of 30 pages of 100 rows per keyword. The pooled median across retailers that this page carried in September has been withdrawn rather than updated: the leading shop’s share of that pool moves seven points across our last three read depths, so the pooled figure tracks how deep we read rather than what the market asks. The two shops are quoted separately instead. Two rows whose titles merely name Record Store Day in the title of a book are excluded. Peer-to-peer asks of $500 or more are excluded as seller placeholders, as are repdigit asks such as $999 and $9,999. Asking prices are what sellers want on this date; they are not sold prices.
Buying Record Store Day releases, asked plainly
Can you still buy Record Store Day releases after the day?
Sometimes. Records pressed for Record Store Day go only to participating shops, and whatever does not sell on the day stays on those shelves rather than going to general retail. That leftover stock is what this page lists: 15 RSD-pressed titles still in US feeds today.
How much do leftover Record Store Day records cost?
The 15 still-stocked pressings here run $14.99 to $54.99 — ordinary new-record pricing rather than a collector premium, with Rough Trade at a $24.99 median and FYE at $28.49. The premium lives on titles that sold out, which are not in these feeds.
When is Record Store Day?
Twice a year: one Saturday in April, typically the third, and every Black Friday in November. The November edition, Black Friday Record Store Day, launched in November 2010.
Are Record Store Day exclusives worth buying to resell?
Most are not. The pressings that hold value are the ones that sell out on the day; anything still sitting in stock months later is priced like a normal record because that is what the market decided it is.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Record Store Day — the 2008 founding, the April and Black Friday cadence, distribution only to participating shops, the 19 April 2008 first event and the November 2010 launch of Black Friday Record Store Day.
- CJ Affiliate product feeds, US advertisers, queried 1 September 2026 — every listing, price and count on this page comes from that pull.
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