Ed O'Sullivan of Mundelein sifts through the record bins at Hip Cat Music in Wilmette Saturday afternoon during Record Store Day. | Eric Davis~For Sun-Times Media
Jason Gassel (left) of Lincolnwood gets set to pay for his purchases -- Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Lady Land" and "Outlandos d'Amour" by The Police -- from James Cooper, owner of Hip Cat Music in Wilmette during Record Store Day Saturday afternoon. | Eric D
Robert Tanchez of Niles sifts through the record bins at Hip Cat Music in Wilmette Saturday afternoon during Record Store Day. | Eric Davis~For Sun-Times Media
Diane Tanchez, of Niles, keeps an eye out for that special record at Hip Cat Music in Wilmette during Record Store Day on April 21. | Eric Davis~For Sun-Times Media
Customers wait outside of 2nd Hand Tunes in Evanston for a special Record Store Day midnight sale on Friday, April 20, 2012. | Michael Jarecki~For Sun-Times Media
Customers wait outside of 2nd Hand Tunes in Evanston for a special Record Store Day midnight sale Friday. | Michael Jarecki~For Sun-Times Media
Customers look through racks of records and CDs at 2nd Hand Tunes in Evanston for a special Record Store Day midnight sale on Saturday, April 21, 2012. | Michael Jarecki~For Sun-Times Media
Customers wait inside of 2nd Hand Tunes in Evanston for a special Record Store Day midnight sale Saturday. | Michael Jarecki~For Sun-Times Media
Victoria Thied, owner of 2nd Hand Tunes in Evanston, lets the first customer into the store for a special Record Store Day midnight sale Saturday. | Michael Jarecki~For Sun-Times Media
Johnny Balmer (right), owner of 2nd Hand Tunes in Evanston, bags records purchased by Corey Achino of Niles, during a special Record Store Day midnight sale Saturday. | Michael Jarecki~For Sun-Times Media
Adam Ward of Grayslake looks at a MinuteMen record while waiting in line inside of 2nd Hand Tunes in Evanston for a special Record Store Day midnight sale Saturday. | Michael Jarecki~For Sun-Times Media
A customer grabs his recently purchased records at 2nd Hand Tunes in Evanston during a special Record Store Day midnight sale Saturday. | Michael Jarecki~For Sun-Times Media
Neil Rigler of Evanston looks at a Record Store Day list of releases Friday while waiting in line outside of 2nd Hand Tunes in Evanston for a special midnight sale. | Michael Jarecki~For Sun-Times Media
Customers wait outside of 2nd Hand Tunes Friday in Evanston for a special Record Store Day midnight sale. | Michael Jarecki~For Sun-Times Media
Vintage Vinyl record shop owner Steven Kay does some last-minute pricing on albums before his store opens for Record Store Day Saturday morning in Evanston. | Eric Davis~For Sun-Times Media
Vintage Vinyl record shop owner Steven Kay (second from left) takes a phone call as audiophiles mob his store for Record Store Day Saturday morning in Evanston. | Eric Davis ~ For Sun-Times Media
Audiophiles line up outside before the doors open up at Vintage Vinyl record shop in Evanston for Record Store Day Saturday morning. | Eric Davis ~ For Sun-Times Media
Howard Russell of Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood sifts through the albums at Vintage Vinyl in Evanston Saturday morning for Record Store Day. | Eric Davis~For Sun-Times Media
Northwestern University student Jason Lederman and Kisty Allen of Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood sifts through albums at Vintage Vinyl in Evanston Saturday morning for Record Store Day. | Eric Davis~For Sun-Times Media
Vintage Vinyl record shop owner Steven Kay, left, has a busy day ahead during Record Store Day in Evanston. Record Store Day took place on April 21. | Eric Davis~For Sun-Times Media
There was plenty of evidence Saturday that area music lovers were more than willing to ditch digital and buy local. Storeowners uncrated special vinyl and CD releases, all of them limited runs made exclusively for Record Store Day. …Read More