Vinyl sales increase by 2000% on Record Store Day 2014

25 April 2014, 10:04 | Written by Luke Morgan Britton

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Last Saturday saw this year’s outing of Record Store Day - the annual event celebrating independent shops and music outlets - take place around the world, with sales figures showing the entire thing to be a complete success.

According to figures from BuzzAngle Music, vinyl sales saw a boost on the day of 2,042% while total sales at independent stores worldwide increased by 646% from the week prior. Vinyl sales also accounted for 74% of all products sold on Record Store Day.

Elsewhere, other statistics show Tame Impala’s live EP to be the most popular Record Store Day item, along with Nirvana’s “Pennyroyal Tea” 7-inch. You can check out the Top 25 albums and singles sold on the day right now below, via The 405.

See Best Fit’s own pictorial account of RSD at London’s Rough Trade East here.

Top 25 albums:
1. Tame Impala – Live
2. The Grateful Dead – Live at Hampton Coliseum
3. Joy Division – An Ideal For Living (1978)
4. The Flaming Lips – 7 Skies H3
5. The Ramones – Meltdown With The Ramones
6. The Velvet Underground – Loaded
7. Death Cab For Cutie – Live 2012
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival – The 1969 Singles
9. The Pogues – Live With Joe Strummer
10. Childish Gambino – Because the Internet
11. OutKast – Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
12. Various – The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
13. The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
14. Green Day – Demolicious
15. The Civil Wars – Live at Eddie’s Attic
16. Built to Spill – Ultimate Alternative Wavers
17. Pixies – Indie Cindy
18. Chvrches – Recover EP
19. Various Artists – Sun Records Curated by Record Store Day (Volume 1)
20. The Black Angels – Clear Lake Forest
21. The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
22. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Live At Monterey
23. Johnny Cash – With His Hot and Blue Guitar
24. The Doors – Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine
25. Garbage – Girls Talk

Top 25 singles:
1. Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea / I Hate Myself and Want To Die
2. The Cure/Dinosaur Jr. – Side By Side Series: Just Like Heaven
3. Devo/The Flaming Lips – Side By Side Series: Gates Of Steel Live
4. Bruce Springsteen – American Beauty
5. David Bowie – 1984 Picture Disc
6. Mystery Artists – Rush / Love – Side By Side Series: 7 and 7 is
7. Ray Parker, Jr. – Ghostbusters
8. Frank Zappa – Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow / Down In De Dew
9. Off! – Learn To Obey
10. Conor Oberst/Dawes – Million Dollar Bill / Easy/Lucky/Free
11. Fleetwood Mac – Dragonfly / The Purple Dancer
12. Poison Idea/Pantera – Side By Side Series: The Badge
13. Haim – Forever
14. Regina Spektor – You’ve Got Time
15. Mazzy Star – I’m Less Here
16. Conor Oberst – Hundreds of Ways / Fast Friends
17. Atmosphere – The Lake Nokomis Maxi Single
18. Broken Bells – Holding On for Life
19. Cage The Elephant – Take It Or Leave It b/w Jesse James
20. Ronnie Spector & The E Street Band – Say Goodbye To Hollywood b/w Baby Please Don’t Go
21. Kings Of Leon – Wait for Me b/w Don’t Matter (Live)
22. Dream Theater – Illumination Theory
23. Ray LaMontagne – Supernova b.w. Pick Up a Gun
24. Clutch & Lionize – Run, John Barleycorn, Run / Ether Madness
25. Frightened Rabbit – Live From Criminal Records