Metallica’s special cassette release for Record Store Day was the second biggest selling item on the day last weekend.
Record Store Day 2015 was a resounding success according to Buzz Angle Music.
The site reports that overall sales for the day were up 39% with vinyl sales up 45% and albums up 24% but the real winner was singles whose sales increased by 97% over last year’s event.
The amazing impact for independent stores can be seen when comparing sales to the previous Saturday, April 11. Sales of all titles were up 742% week-to-week while the sales of singles was up a resounding 32,072%.
The top twenty sellers for the day:
1. Get Behind Me Satan – White Stripes
2. No Life Til Leather – Metallica (cassette)
3. Bust No Moves – Run the Jewels
4. Changes – David Bowie
5. Alex Chilton – Replacements
6. Meet Me in the City – Black Keys
7. Untethered Moon – Built to Spill
8. I Love You, Honeybear – Father John Misty
9. The Basement Tapes – Bob Dylan
10. Dark Globe – Syd Barrett / R.E.M.
11. Believe – Mumford and Sons
12. Touch Me I’m Dick – Citizen Dick
13. Sheena’s a Punk Rocker – Ramones & Husker Du
14. The Dajeeling Limited – Various Artists
15. The LC LP – Twenty One Pilots
16. Strange Days – Doors
17. Picaresque – Decemberists
18. Songs From the Laundry Room – Foo Fighters
19. Koncert V Praze: In Prague Live – Johnny Cash
20. Social Distortion – Social Distortion
