Like it or not, the holiday season is upon us. As we all know, the big kick-off is Black Friday, when everyone shakes off the inevitable Thanksgiving food coma and hits the streets to forage for the best deals on gifts for friends and family.
Rather than heading to the nearest mall to wait in hellish lines in national chain stores, we suggest you support local independent businesses and hit OC's top notch record shops.
We've made it easy for you and listed every shop with Record Store Day deals, their addresses, and their hours for Black Friday. You'll find vinyl exclusives, limited edition merch, and crazy deals on new and used vinyl, CDs, DVDs, and more. Brave the crowd. We promise it'll be worth it.
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Bionic Records
• Limited edition Record Store Day exclusives
Hours: 10:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Black Hole
• Limited edition Record Store Day exclusives, including the Beatles box set and Misfits vinyl
Hours: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Might open at 10 a.m. — call (714) 828-4225 first if you're thinking about showing up early)
Burger Records
• Half off $5 and $1 bargain bin records
• Half off all used
cassettes
• 15% off all used vinyl
• 10% off all new viny
• All Burger LPs will be $10
• Burger tapes will be 3 for $10
Address: 645 S. State College Blvd. A, Fullerton
Hours: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Creme Tangerine
• Half off discount records and tapes
• A free records section
• Limited edition Record Store Day exclusives
• Bob Rodman as Santa claus and more!
Address: The LAB, 2930 Bristol St, Kiosk 2, Costa Mesa (NOTE: The LAB and the CAMP will host a Black Friday circus with sales, arts & crafts, free stuff, stilt walkers, jugglers, music and more!)
Hours: 9 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Dr. Freecloud's Record Shoppe
• Super cheap used records
• Putting out new stock
Address: 18960 Brookhurst St., Fountain Valley
Hours: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Factory Records
• Limited edition Record Store Day releases
• 20% off purchases of $50 or more all weekend long
Address: 440 East 17th St., Costa Mesa
Hours: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Fingerprints
• Various labels have put together special RSD/Black Friday vinyl specials, including Beatles and Nirvana packages
Address: 420 E. 4th Street, Long Beach
Hours: 9 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Hours: 8 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Mass Media Records
• Huge sale
• Black Friday exclusive releases
• Every $20 in records gets you a free record from their discount bin
Address: 614 E. 4th St., Santa Ana
Hours: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Moonlight Graham
• A ton of RSD limited edition releases, including the Byrds Sundazed 7″ reissues, Ryan Adams' “Do I Wait”/”Darkness” 7″, the new Black Keys single, The Who's Quadrophenia 2XLP, Bob Dylan's “Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window” 7″ — basically all of the best RSD exclusives can be found here!
Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Address: 850 N. Tustin Ave., Orange
Hours: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Port of Sound Record Shoppe
• Pulling out a ton of recently acquired gems, including Big Star and Beatles collectables
Address: 1525 Mesa Verde Drive East, Suite 116B , Costa Mesa
Hours: 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Second Spin
• Buy one used album and get the second for $2
• Killer prices on CDs and DVDs, including new titles
Address: 1781 Newport blvd, Costa Mesa
Hours: 8 a.m. – 11 p.m. (Though they've already started their sale!)
TKO Records
• Rolling out all Record Store Day Black Friday exclusives
• Will host a small business Saturday (Nov. 26) sale as well: 50% off t-shirts and accessories and %15 off vinyl, CDs, books, and movies
Address: 18948 Brookhurst St., Fountain Valley
Hours: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Vinyl Solution
• 20% off used records if you mention OC Weekly
• 10% off new records if you mention OC Weekly
Address: 18822 Beach Blvd Ste BI, Huntington Beach
Hours: 9 a.m. – 12 a.m.