> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Record Store Day Launches New ‘Adapter Prize’ - URL: https://www.hypebot.com/record-store-day-launches-new-adapter-prize/ - Published: 2013-07-10T14:45:00.000Z - Updated: 2013-07-10T14:45:00.000Z - Description: Modeled loosely after the UK's Mercury Prize and Canada's Polaris Prize, U.S. record store owners, have launched The Record Store Day Adapter Prize, an award in four categories determined by record. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/07/record-store-day-launches-new-adapter-prize - Author: Bruce Houghton - Tags: Conventions & Awards, Music Business, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, audio, Compact disc, Entertainment, iTunes, music, Recordings, Shopping, West Jordan Utah, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43 [![image from www.recordstoreday.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201901e34c67a970b-120wi "image from www.recordstoreday.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201901e34c67a970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com) Modeled loosely after the UK's Mercury Prize and Canada's Polaris Prize, U.S. record store owners, have launched The Record Store Day Adapter Prize, an award in four categories determined by record store staff and record store customers. During the inaugural nomination period, and they’re asking fans to their local participating stores (listed below) and make their nominations for: - RECORD OF THE YEAR (NEW RELEASE) - RECORD OF THE YEAR (REISSUE) - RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE OF THE YEAR - BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR "There are a lot of prizes and awards being handed out these days," the organization said in a statement, "but we thought there was definitely room for one more, especially when the folks deciding who got the glory definitely knew their stuff." Here is the [current list](http://www.recordstoreday.com/NewsItem/3666?ref=hypebot.com) of stores: [Scotti's Records Summit, NJ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/7555?ref=hypebot.com "Scotti's Records") [Grimey's New & Preloved Music Nashville, TN](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3547?ref=hypebot.com "Grimey's") [Downtown Sound Loveland, CO](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/13300?ref=hypebot.com "Downtown Sound") [Groovacious Cedar City, UT](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3699?ref=hypebot.com "Groovacious") [Sweet Spot Audio and Records Webster, TX](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/7079?ref=hypebot.com "Sweet Spot") [Independent Records & Video Colorado Springs (Annex), CO ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/12966?ref=hypebot.com "Independent (Annex)")[Independent Records & Video Colorado Springs (Downtown Springs), CO](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/5960?ref=hypebot.com "Independent (Downtown Springs)") [Independent Records & Video Colorado Springs (Platte), CO](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/5961?ref=hypebot.com "Independent (Platte)") [Independent Records & Video Denver, CO](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/5957?ref=hypebot.com "Independent (Denver)") [Independent Records & Video Pueblo, CO](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/5959?ref=hypebot.com "Independent (Pueblo)") [Independent Records & Video Fountain, CO](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/5962?ref=hypebot.com "Independent (Fountain)") [Kingfish Records Tampa, FL](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/12465?ref=hypebot.com "Kingfish Records") [Papa Jazz Record Shoppe Columbia, SC](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/6478?ref=hypebot.com "Papa Jazz") [Kiss The Sky Batavia, IL](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3707?ref=hypebot.com "Kiss The Sky") [Wild Honey Records Knoxville, TN](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/10128?ref=hypebot.com "Wild Honey") [Cheap Thrills Princeton, WV](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/6014?ref=hypebot.com "Cheap Thrills Princeton") [Cheap Thrills Beckley, WV](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/6016?ref=hypebot.com "Cheap Thrills Beckley") [Electric Avenue Music West Chester, PA](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/13400?ref=hypebot.com "Electric Avenue") [Sounds Good Music Port St. Lucie, FL](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/7154?ref=hypebot.com "Sounds Good Music") [Top 5 Records Palatine, IL](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/7167?ref=hypebot.com "Top 5 Records") [Silver Platters Seattle (Sodo), WA ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3468?ref=hypebot.com "Silver Platters (Sodo)")[](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3468?ref=hypebot.com "Silver Platters (Sodo)")[Silver Platters Seattle (Northgate), WA ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/12521?ref=hypebot.com "Silver Platters (Northgate)") [Silver Platters Bellevue, WA](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/12520?ref=hypebot.com "Silver Platters (Bellevue)") [Landlocked Music Bloomington, IN](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3423?ref=hypebot.com "Landlocked Music") [Bohozone Lancaster, PA](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/13011?ref=hypebot.com "Bohozone") [Vintage Vinyl St. Louis, MO](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3556?ref=hypebot.com "Vintage Vinyl") [Radio-active Records Fort Lauderdale, FL](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3769?ref=hypebot.com "Radio-Active Records") [Sweat Records Miami, FL](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/5268?ref=hypebot.com "Sweat Records") [Graywhale Sandy, UT](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/12441?ref=hypebot.com "Graywhale (Sandy)") [Graywhale Salt Lake City, UT](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3594?ref=hypebot.com "Graywhale (Salt Lake)") [Graywhale Ogden, UT](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/12437?ref=hypebot.com "Graywhale (Ogden)") [Graywhale West Jordan, UT](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/12439?ref=hypebot.com "Graywhale (West Jordan)") [Graywhale Bountiful, UT](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/12436?ref=hypebot.com "Graywhale (Bountiful)") [Graywhale Taylorsville, UT](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/12419?ref=hypebot.com "Graywhale (Taylorsville)") [Vinyl Solution San Mateo, CA](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3627?ref=hypebot.com "Vinyl Solution") [Daddy Kool Records St. Petersburg, FL](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/5623?ref=hypebot.com "Daddy Kool") [Waiting Room Records Normal, IL](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/4100?ref=hypebot.com "Waiting Room Records") [Boo Boo Records San Luis Obispo, CA](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3543?ref=hypebot.com "Boo Boo Records") [Sound Revolution Houston, TX](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/6020?ref=hypebot.com "Sound Revolution ") [Princeton Record Exchange Princeton, NJ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3694?ref=hypebot.com "Princeton Record Exchange") [The Culture Clash Toledo, OH](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3545?ref=hypebot.com "Culture Clash Records") [Criminal Records Atlanta, GA](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3262?ref=hypebot.com "Criminal Records") [M-Theory San Diego, CA](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3551?ref=hypebot.com "M-Theory") [The Record Exchange Boise, ID](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/6799?ref=hypebot.com "The Record Exchange (Boise)") [CD Warehouse Springfield, MO](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3536?ref=hypebot.com "CD Warehouse (Springfield)") [Heights Vinyl Houston, TX](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/10157?ref=hypebot.com "Heights Vinyl") [Vinyl Renaissance & Audio Overland Park, KS](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3722?ref=hypebot.com "Vinyl Renaissance & Audio (Overland)") [Southwest Sound Durango, CO](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3723?ref=hypebot.com "Southwest Sound") [Arkansas Record-CD Exchange North Little Rock, AR](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/5438?ref=hypebot.com "Arkansa Record-CD Exchange") [Darkside Records and Gallery Poughkeepsie, NY](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/7198?ref=hypebot.com "Darkside Records & Gallery") [Lakeshore Record Exchange](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3574?ref=hypebot.com "Lakeshore Record Exchange") [Uncle Sam's Music Miami Beach, FL](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3586?ref=hypebot.com "Uncle Sam's Music") [Hot Poop Records Walla Walla, WA](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3548?ref=hypebot.com "Hot Poop") [Twist and Shout Denver, CO](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3507?ref=hypebot.com "Twist & Shout") [BK Music Richmond, VA ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/7081?ref=hypebot.com "BK Music")[The Sound Garden Syracuse, NY ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/5635?ref=hypebot.com "The Sound Garden (Syracuse)")[The Sound Garden Baltimore, MD ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3600?ref=hypebot.com "The Sound Garden (Baltimore)")[Gallery of Sound West Hazleton, PA ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3282?ref=hypebot.com "Gallery of Sound (West Hazleton)")[Gallery of Sound Dickson City, PA ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3282?ref=hypebot.com "Gallery of Sound (Dickson City)")[Gallery of Sound Wilkes-Barre (Mundy St), PA ](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3282?ref=hypebot.com "Gallery of S ound (Wilkes-Barre, Mundy St)")[Gallery of Sound Wilkes-Barre (Provincial Tower), PA](http://recordstoreday.com/Venue/3282?ref=hypebot.com "Gallery of Sound (Wilkes-Barre, Provincial Tower)") Related articles [![](http://i.zemanta.com/noimg_60_80_80.jpg)](https://www.hypebot.com/indie-record-stores-protest-jay-z-kayne-west-itunes-best-buy-exclusives/)[Indie Record Stores Protest Jay-Z & Kayne West iTunes, Best Buy Exclusives](https://www.hypebot.com/indie-record-stores-protest-jay-z-kayne-west-itunes-best-buy-exclusives/) [![](http://i.zemanta.com/85016264_80_80.jpg)](https://www.hypebot.com/independent-record-stores-dominate-vinyl-sales-chart/)[Independent Record Stores Dominate Vinyl Sales \[CHART\]](https://www.hypebot.com/independent-record-stores-dominate-vinyl-sales-chart/) [![](http://i.zemanta.com/91840301_80_80.jpg)](https://www.hypebot.com/vinyl-business-booming-third-man-records-independent-label-market-origami-vinyl/)[Vinyl Business Booming: Third Man Records, Independent Label Market, Origami 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