10 Reasons To Visit Your Local Record Store On Friday

Record Store Day has become its own holiday for longtime music collectors. Nothing brings cheer to a connoisseur quite like unwrapping a rare find from an independent record store. It's fitting, then, that the people behind the institution are kicking off the holiday season with a special Black Friday event just for the vinyl lover in your life, full of exclusive releases and limited editions from some of music's most collectible artists, new and old. Here's a link to the entire list of exclusive releases, but below, NPR Music's team has sifted through the selections to highlight a few must-haves.