Record Store Day 2016: MStars News Celebrates Albums on Vinyl and CD

Record Store Day is just a few short weeks away! The annual event where we celebrate the physical side of recorded music is one of MStars' favorite days of the year, and while streaming and online retailers have become all the rage in the recording side of the industry, we still share the love of going to a local record store and warming up our hearts with walking out the door clutching the brand new vinyl of our favorite artist. 

To celebrate Record Store Day this year, Mstars News is giving you the chance to win some RSD-themed prize packs full of albums (CD and vinyl), headphones and more to make the annual celebration more than just standing in line to dig through bins of beer stained covers. The first- and second-place prize packs include:

1st Place:
- Set of Beats Solo2 Headphones 
- $60 Apple Music Gift Card
- iPhone case made of real album vinyl by Wrecords By Monkey
- Dual CD of the London Philharmonic/John Alldis Choir/Zubin Mehta in Puccini's Turandot
- DVD of The Piano Guys in Live at Red Butte Garden
- Vinyl copy of The Suffers' self-titled debut LP
- CD copy of Gwen Stefani's new solo album, This Is What the Truth Feels Like
- CD copy of The Paper Kites' TwelveFour
- CD copy of Boy & Bear's Limit of Love
- CD copy of Guster's Evermotion
- Vinyl copy of Highly Suspect's 2015 album, Mister Asylum 
- Vinyl copy of Nick Jonas's solo album, Nick Jonas
- Vinyl copy of Seth MacFarlane's holiday album, Holiday For Swing! 

2nd Place:
- Set of V-Moda Wireless Headphones
- DVD of Vesselina Kasarova and Jonas Kaufmann in Bizet's Carmen
- Mixed assortment of vinyl products from Wrecords By Monkey
- Dual CD of The Vienna Philharmonic/Karajan in Puccini's Madama Butterfly
- CD copy of Cub Sport's This Is Our Vice
- CD copy of Radical Face' The Family Tree: The Leaves
- CD copy of Filter's Crazy Eyes

To enter to win, head over to Mstarz.com/CountdownToRSD and fill out the contest's entry from.

Counting down to Record Store Day on your own? Let us know which albums you're looking forward to buying this year on Twitter and Instagram using #CountdownToRSD and make sure to follow MStars on Twitter (@MstarsNews) and Instagram (@MStarsNews).

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