An OC Guide to Record Store Day 2014

Record Store Day is this Saturday, April 19th. Not sure where to head for the best selection, sales or coolest live performances? We've got you covered. We've called every participating record store in Orange County to find out what will be going down at each location. If you wake up really early and plan accordingly, you can hit up each shop… or just cherry-pick based on your interests and this nifty list:

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1. Fingerprints
420 E. 4th Street
Long Beach, CA
562-433-4996
http://fingerprintsmusic.com
Tons of RSD releases. Dream Theater will be signing copies of their 'Illumination Theory' release. Pre-order recommended. DJ set by Mayer Hawthorne and 14kt at 3 PM. by In-store performance by Wayne Kramer & Lexington at 5:30.

2. Durty Mick Records
403 E. 3rd St.
Long Beach, CA
562-437-3590
http://durtymickrecords.com
DJs all day!

3. Bagatelle Records
260 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, CA
562-432-7534
http://bagatellerecords.com
Hundreds of various sampler records from the 50s, 60s, and 70s will be $1, that day only.

4. Third Eye Records
2701 East 4th St.
Long Beach, CA 90814
714-415-9814
http://thirdeyerecordshop.com
20% off all used vinyl. Open at 10 AM. (And the guy who answered the phone was totally charming, ladies).

5. dyzzyonvynyl
3004 E. 7th street
longbeach, CA
562-438-8928
Store-wide sale. Same hours.

6. Bionic Records
6012 Ball Rd.
Buena Park, CA
714-828-4225
Select sales. Lots of RSD releases were ordered.

7. Ceremony
423 S. Brookhurst St. Suite O
Anaheim, CA
714-927-0487
http://facebook.com/ceremonyrecords
Freebies. Tons of RSD exclusives. Meat in the Middle food truck will be on site from 4:00-8:00 PM, just in time for the live bands.

8. Black Hole Records
108 N Harbor blvd
Fullerton, CA
714-449-1788
http://blackholerecords.info
Still ironing out details…

9. Programme Skate & Sound
2495 E. Chapman Ave.
Fullerton, CA
714-798-7565
http://programmehq.com
All records on sale. RSD releases present. This is the stop for punk and hardcore lovers. Other items like skateboards and clothing also available.

10. Burger Records
645 S. State College Blvd. Unit A
Fullerton, CA
714-336-0561
http://burgerrecords.com
Ppening at 9am, will have a huge stock of RSD titles and will
be having lots of limited edition Burger items available only in the
shop!

11. Pepperland Music
850 N. Tustin Street
Orange, CA
714-639-0909
http://pepperlandmusic.com
Performance by Chris Cruz. $1 record sale bin. LOTS of RSD releases and a large selection of used CDs and DVDs.
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12. Moonlight Graham of Orange
160 N. Glassell St.
Orange, CA
714-639-0084
Could not be reached.

13. Sound of California
19241 Doe Run
Santa Ana, CA
714-544-4683
Could not be reached.

14. Left of the Dial Records
320 French St. Unit B
Santa Ana, CA
657-900-2275
http://leftofthedialrecords.com
Open 6 AM. RSD releases available. Channel 3 will be performing at 4 PM. Sales, promos and giveaways! Lots of exclusives here.

15. Resurrection Records
https://facebook.com/GetResurrected
Moved to Portland…

16. Vinyl Solution
18822 beach blvd #104
huntington beach, CA
714-963-1819
http://myspace.com/vinylsolution
Private record collections will be on sale. Exclusive releases. Dano Forte's Juke Joint Freakshow (a blue's band) will be performing. Open 10 AM – 7 PM.

17. Dr. Freecloud's Record Shoppe
18960 Brookhurst St.
Fountain Valley, CA
657-888-4695
http://www.drfreeclouds.com
RSD releases. Djs and local artists will be performing. $1 record sale bin. 50% off inventory sale.

18. Analog
3313 Hyland Ave
Costa Mesa, CA
949-500-0330
http://analogcollective.com
RSD releases will be available. $1 record bin.

19. TKO Records
21405 Brookhurst St.
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
714-962-0500
15% off storewide sale on non-RSD releases. Open 9 AM. First 150 costumers will receive goodie bags containing a record tote and poster. Exclusive color editions of Poison Idea's “Getting the Fear” and the Belltones LP will be available.

20. Port Of Sound Record Shoppe
1500 Adams Ave #102
Costa Mesa, CA
714-444-2337
http://portofsoundrecords.com
Lots of RSD releases will be available here.

21. Creme Tangerine
2930 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA
714 932 0552
http://cremetangerinerecords.com
50% off entire 'outside section' of the store. Open 8 AM to 8 PM. More RSD releases purchased this year than any other year. “We go all out for RSD, so come down and get weird with us!”

22. Factory Records
440 East 17th Street
Costa Mesa, CA
949-722-8101
http://factoryrecordsshop.com
Annual Parking Lot Sale with over 10,000 albums for $1 each! Tons of RSD exclusives will be available. Open 5 AM – 8 PM.

23. Sound Spectrum-Music & Memorabilia
1264 s. coast hwy.
laguna beach, CA
949-494-5959
http://soundspectrumlaguna.com
RSD exclusives. Open 10 AM – 8 PM. $1 bin. $2-5 section of used vinyl. The Reggae selection here is hard to beat.

See also
10 Punk Albums to Listen to Before You Die
10 Goriest Album Covers
10 Most Satanic Metal Bands

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