National Record Store Day at Vintage Vinyl: Video from Saturday, April 19

The above interview has footage of the party at Vintage Vinyl and the record store's co-owner, Tom Ray, talking about the state of his record store in the midst of the iTunes and YouTube generation.

Independent record stores like Euclid Records and Vintage Vinyl here in St. Louis celebrated the first National Record Store Day on Saturday. The aim of the day was to celebrate music, records -- and the fact that their doors are still open.

See pictures here.

In the iTunes era, it's a lot more convenient to browse, pick and click than to actually go to a physical store; the fact that you don't have to buy entire albums anymore helps too. But as Paul McCartney said, ''there is nothing more glamorous than a record store." It's also romantic – it reminds you of the days when to waited in line to get your favorite new release or the hours you spent sitting on the floor sampling new artists. (Okay, so you might never have sat on the floor for hours, but this writer certainly did.)

And this nostalgia attracted the hundreds of people who walked through the doors of Vintage Vinyl on Saturday; the free beer and no sales tax helped too.

It was a lively scene at the store, with visiting DJs and live acts outside. Visitors also got to meet the members of their favorite bands, who walked in and out of the store all day long.

Some people came for the records and others came to support the live acts, such as the Monads, DJ Needles and Theodore.

-- Anastasia Folorunso