At this point pretty much any remaining store is a locally owned shop (no the music section at your big box store doesn't count), so support Local , support Record Store Day , a day to celebrate independent record stores on Saturday April 19 2014. Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1000 independently owned record stores in the US and thousands of similar stores internationally. There are Record Store Day participating stores on every continent except Antarctica - including our very own Milwaukee of course.