Metallica cassette second best seller for RSD

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

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