While most folks spend this week thinking about hellish airport timelines, the most low-effort and high reward Thanksgiving dish to bring, or if their problematic cousin will show up drunk, we’ve been busy unboxing and pricing RSD Black Friday releases at three (3!) locations.
It’s the first time we’ve done RSD Black Friday 2025 at 3 spots at once (which is why my thanksgiving offering will be limited to green beans and candied almonds – low-effort, medium reward.)
After you’ve gotten your T-Day food fill, supply your audiophile fix with RSD’s rare and coveted vinyl, free coffee and breakfast snacks for the line from our favorite neighbors, free all-vinyl DJ sets from some Denver greats, concert ticket and turntable giveaways, signed Danny Brown records drop, a killer used vinyl drop at each location, and more.
All three stores will open at 9am!
Wax Trax Records (638 E 13th Ave)
Wax Trax’s O.G. store will open at 9am packed with an unbeatable selection of official Record Store Day releases and an exclusive used vinyl drop. Here we’ve ordered everything that’s worth getting, even the off-the-beaten-path type stuff. Those who line up early will be treated to free donut bites and coffee courtesy of Jelly Cafe starting at 8am.
The shop will be giving away a high-end green Victrola Stream Onyx WiFi and Bluetooth Turntable (an $800 value). Our friends at Audio Technica also gave us an AT-LP70XBT-BS turntable and AT-SP3X Bookshelf Speakers, giving a couple lucky winners a great setup to spin their new finds.
Special guests from Denver doom metal band KHEMMIS will be joining from 1-4pm for a special vinyl DJ set and meet n’ greet. AEG will also be joining to sell fee-reduced tickets to their shows. They also threw us some concert tickets to give away for shows like Wiz Khalifa, Dead Pioneers, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and more.
Wax Trax Broadway Bazaar (200 S Broadway)
Wax Trax Broadway Bazaar will open at 9am with a slightly more curated selection of RSD releases as well as a used record drop and rare deals on vintage clothes and accessories. Here we’ll have just a slightly more curated RSD selection! All the best stuff will be there! Over 110 titles!
Those who line up early will be treated to free Voodoo Doughnuts courtesy of VooDoo themselves, starting at 8:15am. There will be a separate giveaway for a white Victrola Stream Onyx WiFi and Bluetooth Turntable. We’re also giving away concert tickets for a buncha shows like MØ, Badflower, Academy Is…, and more. From 12pm-3pm DJ Boyhollow will get things jumping in the shop. He made Lipgloss, the longest running and best known dance party in the city, attracting talent from all over the country to join him on the wheels of steel.
Broadway Bazaar Vintage, the clothes and accessories sister shop inside Wax Trax Broadway, will be offering a 30% discount on vintage all day.
Wax Trax Northside (3641 W. 32nd Ave)
We just opened doors here last month, so it’s the first RSD Black Friday at Wax Trax Northside. Here, we’ll have just a slightly more curated RSD selection so it fits in our new space! All the best stuff will be there — over 110 titles, just like Broadway.
Starting at 8am, we’ll have free croissants and coffee courtesy of Cafe Zuri for the line. Just an hour later, Wax Trax Northside will open at 9am with those RSD releases and a used record drop. There will also be a separate giveaway for a blue high-end Victrola Stream Onyx WiFi and Bluetooth Turntable. More tickets to shows like Dropkick Murphys, Kitchen Dwellers, STS9, Badflower, and more.
We’ll have a special musical guest DJ Woody Deville spinning vinyl from 12-3pm. He’s a sonic storyteller blending deep cuts, rare grooves, and dancefloor heat. Rooted in hip-hop and funk but never confined by genre.
Our rules include:
- It’s first come, first served – please be good to each other in the line!
- No store in the country is ever 100% sure about receiving stuff, but most likely we’ll have it and if it’s popular we’ll have a ton of it. (e.g. yes, the Icona Pop, the Ween, the Role Model, the Talking Heads, the Vince Guaraldi, the Sleigh Bells, we will have plenty of these and much more!)
- All normal RSD rules still apply, no holds, only 1 of the same title.
- RSD items that don’t sell in the shop are and/or will start appearing online here on Sunday.
- To see what’s available, seek out the full RSD list here.
- The store is all very very well stocked and we always make a big drop at the used store on the same day.
You’re going to have a pretty damn good chance of finding what you’re after (and what you didn’t know you were after) here at Wax Trax, as always.
See y’all tomorrow.
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