Record Store Day 2014: Jack White releases song on vinyl 4 hours after recording

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jack White played his new single "Lazaretto" for a couple of hundred fans on Record Store Day and four hours later a copy of the performance was available on a limited run of vinyl. jackwhitepromo.jpg In this June 24, 2011, file

But all that news — grim as it is — obscures one of the more surprising success stories in music: the perseverance, and even growth, of independent stores around the country, helped partly by Record Store Day, a campaign that comes to 2,000 stores

Eric Church fans will soon be able to add his No. 1 album, The Outsiders, to their vinyl collections. Church has revealed that his most recent release will be available for Record Store Day this Saturday (April 19). The Outsiders 

As Record Store Day expands its reach, collectors and shop owners experience more and more problems. Diehards camp outside shops in the early morning, shuffling around with newfound friends, only to get worked up 

Record Store Day, this Saturday's eighth annual tribute to indie disc shops, finds New York at the vinyl vanguard. Record stores, which seemed ready for a swan song some years ago, are getting an unlikely encore, what with two shops — Rough Trade NYC