Tomorrow (April 17) is Record Store Day, which celebrates the continued existence of independent record stores. Come inside to find out how you can support your local music outlet – and hopefully prevent it going the way of Woolworths!

Over 100 UK stores  – and many more around the world – are participating in the biggest party ever for independent record shops.

Special vinyl and CD releases as well as various promotional products have been made exclusively for the day. (Click here for a full list of participating UK stores.) None of these items will be on sale in chain stores, online, or anywhere else – they can only be purchased from independent stores in person on the day.

Go and get one of the many exclusive items available tomorrow including a special single from Black Sabbath and Metallica.

Limited to just 1,000 copies, and available on 12-inch only, this will feature the Unkle remix of Metallica’s Frantic on one side and an alternative version of the Sabs’ Paranoid on the other, with different lyrics.

Other Classic Rock-friendly items produced for Record Store Day include:

* Jimi Hendrix – Valleys Of Neptune UK exclusive hand-numbered coloured vinyl EP

* Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball (live) 10 inch vinyl release from Giants Stadium backed with The Ghost Of Tom Joad (live featuring Tom Morello)

* Flaming Lips – Dark Side Of The Moon 140g coloured vinyl with free cd  (Warner Bros Records 500 only)

* Jesus & Mary Chain – Just Like Honey/Head 7 inch  (Rhino Records 750 only)

* Jesus & Mary Chain – You Trip Me Up/Just Out Of Reach 7 inch  (Rhino Records 750 only)

* Deftones – Rocket Skates/ Rocket Skates (M83 Remix) 7” (Warner Bros Records 1000 only)

* Avenged Sevenfold – Unholy Confessions 12” picture disc (Hopeless Records/ ADA 500 only)

* The Rolling Stones – Plundered My Soul unreleased track from the ‘Exile On Main Street’ sessions  (Polydor 1000 only)

* Queens Of The Stone Age – Feel Good Hit Of The Summer picture disc + 3 extra tracks (IMS 500 only)

* Midlake – Trials Of Van Occupanther ltd vinyl repress (Bella Union 500 only)

* Soft Machine  – Live At Henie Onstad Art Center 1971 (Smalltown Supersound 500 only)

* The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever clear 180gm vinyl with hand-screened sleeve (Rough Trade 85 only)

* Soundgarden – Hunted Down translucent orange vinyl (Sub Pop 300 only)

* Them Crooked Vultures – Mind Eraser, No Chaser/Highway 1/Vulture Speak interview with the band 10” picture disc  (Sony 100 only)

Find a full list of tomorrow’s special releases here.