National Record Store Day: Where To Look For Music Treasures In Wayne

WAYNE, NJ — There are two music stores around Wayne that will celebrate Saturday for Record Store Day, which is a one-day celebration of the nation’s nearly 1,400 independently owned brick-and-mortar record stores.

The first Record Store Day was held in 2008, and since then the event has turned into a celebration of record store owners, the artists whose releases are featured and the customers looking for rare titles and hard-to-find 7-inch 45s.

The stores’ promotions are as independent as their businesses are, but with a range of genres and artists to fit any groove.

Wayne's Sound Exchange Record Shop on Route 23 is one of the websites on the official list, as is Station 1 Books Vinyl & Vintage in an old train station in Pompton Lakes.

Fresh releases for 2024's Record Store Day include the new Taylor Swift double album, and Pearl Jam's "Dark Matter" as well as a limited-edition Beatles collectors' set.

Sound Exchange (1482 NJ-23, Wayne NJ) posted that it has both the Beatles item and some copies of Swift's "The Tortured Poets' Department" with hand-written notes from Taylor herself. Their posted hours Saturday are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Find other stores on the Record Store Day website.