Music lovers in Bury turned out in high numbers to support an independent record shop ahead of a national day of celebration.
Fans began queueing outside Wax and Beans on Market Street at 7am on Friday morning, more than 24-hours before the start of Record Store Day.
The awareness day celebrates independent record shops across the country and more than 260 independent shops across the country take part.
Music fans queue up for hours to get their hands on exclusive vinyl releases.
To mark the occasion, Wax and Beans will also be opening its doors from 8am today, Saturday, April 22, giving customers access to releases from big names such as Ocean Colour Scene, Loyle Carner and Taylor Swift.
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From 3pm the shop will welcome Wigan-based band Stanley’s who will be performing a live acoustic session with a DJ set from 12-5pm.
Wax and Bean co-owner Ben Soothill says the shop will have a wide range new releases on offer and expects hundreds of people to turn up on the day, with queues bending round the street.
He says Record Store Day has helped independent record shops such as Wax and Beans reach out to the community and thrive.
He expects music fans to arrive from all over the North West to support them, as well as regular customers from in around Bury.
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He said: “[Record Store Day] was an initiative which started in the states to try to drive footfall into these traditional stores in the 90s.
“It was a format that was struggling, but [the event] has more than done it’s job.
“We’ve seen the queue getting younger and younger.”
He also stressed that buying physical copies of albums can be a great help to artists who earn less from streaming.
The ambassadors for this year’s event are Manchester-based pop band The 1975, who are releasing an album in collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
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