Saturday 26th September is the second "Drop Date" for RSD 2020 - where has the time gone?!
You can expect the same procedure as last month's August Drop, however please note that this time the cafe will open at 7am, and the record shop opens at 8am.
Click here to browse all the products we expect to stock on the big day!
We appreciate that this second wave of releases isn't as large as the first, but if you're planning on queuing up before we open / getting here early in the morning, we'll do the same ticketed queue system as we have done previously.
If you weren't here for the last "drop date" have a read of the below article, which should answer any question you could possibly have about how things will run on the day!
Everyone in the queue will be assigned a number based on the order in which they arrived – you’ll get this number as you enter the cafe, or pass by the front door. Once you’ve got your numbered ticket, you can chill-out in the cafe with some coffee and breakfast, sit outside and watch the world go by, or just leave altogether and come back when we open the record shop at 8am. Don’t loose your numbered ticket, as that’s proof of your place in the queue, and we’ll need to see it before we can let you in.
The record shop will open at 8am, but we’ll only be allowing customers downstairs in groups of five. We’ll serve customers in the order they initially arrived (Deli-counter style), and your number will be called at the top of the stairs / at the front door of the cafe, so listen out and don’t miss your slot!
You will be required to use hand sanitiser (provided) and wear a face covering (not provided) before entering the record shop. If you aren’t prepared to do both of these things, you’ll have to stay upstairs / send someone downstairs on your behalf. We have absolutely no fresh air-flow in the basement (“the air is as old as the wallpaper looks!”), so please have your mask on before you begin your decent down the staircase.
All of our previously published Covid-19 reopening rules MUST be adhered to throughout your visit.
Please be aware that RSD products won’t be physically browse-able in the racks, so you’ll need to know what you intend to buy before coming downstairs. We’ll have lists available on the day, but would encourage you to browse our website for product information for now (as well as the official RSD website).
Don’t be the fool who accidentally looks at the American RSD website! Different products are only available in different territories: “.co.uk” NOT “.com” is correct for this region.
We’ll publish a complete stock list of what titles we have in the shop with prices, quantities, etc the day before (mid-afternoon / early evening on Friday 25th September). This way you can make an informed decision regarding when to start queuing based on what we have available. You can now browse all the titles we'll be stocking on our website (click here).
Standard RSD rules apply – you cannot pre-order, reserve, buy over the phone, etc. Physical, in-person sales only (until 6pm). You can only buy 1 of any given title (but buy as many different titles as you want).
We have limited space in the cafe, and no-one wants to contract an easily-preventable deadly disease, so please respect other peoples’ space, don’t block access to the basement, and (if you don’t have a table to sit on), don’t loiter unnecessarily waiting to go downstairs to the basement.
There’ll be plenty of space outside the cafe, and we’ll be calling out numbers at the front door. Observe social distancing and don’t get in the way.
Once the queue system has ended, we’ll still only be allowing a maximum of 5 customers in the basement at once. Please be patient and prepared to wait your turn.
Unfortunately (but obviously) there’s no live music this year.
In a notably different approach this year, once the day ends all remaining stock will go up for sale on our website at 6pm. We can’t guarantee we won’t have sold out of lots of stuff, but if you’d prefer to stay at home this year, get online to snap up what’s left!
All updates (including the full stock list) will be posted on the dedicated Record Store Day 2020 page of our website.
Check back there for more info!
Have fun, stay safe, play nice, and don’t forget your face mask!