We Need You! ADAPTER PRIZE Nominations Due In-Store 7/31

Remember those awesome people who bring you Record Store Day each year? Well, they're back again, and they need your help. They've just announced a new set of awards which honors the releases record store staff  - us! - and their customers - you! - think are the very best: the ADAPTER PRIZE.

Carrie Colliton, Record Store Day co-organizer enthuses, “I have never been so happily immersed in new music, of all genres, as when I worked within the walls of a record store every day. The folks who work there and the folks who shop there know their stuff (and I’ve found many of them are not shy about expressing their opinions, either!). I think it’s great that there’s finally a way for them to collectively give a slap on the back to the artists and labels who create the records that they love each year.”

The nomination process is going on now until July 31st at OV, and you can help by either coming into the store, e-mailing us (highfive@origamiorigami.com), or tweeting at us (@origamivinyl using #ADAPTERPRIZE) to nominate titles in these four categories: 

1. RECORD OF THE YEAR (NEW RELEASE)
2. RECORD OF THE YEAR (REISSUE)
3. RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE OF THE YEAR
4. BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR

To be eligible for nomination for the 2013 Record Store Day Adapter Prize, titles must have been released between May 1 2012 and April 30, 2013, and titles must have general national distribution and be available to all stores across the country.  Full criteria  for each category and a growing list of stores accepting nominations is available on their website.

Once the nominating time period has closed, nominations will be tallied and the top five nominations meeting the criteria in each category will be placed on a short list. We'll keep ya'll posted as soon as the five nominations per category are announced. The recipients of the first-ever Record Store Day Adapter Prize will be announced in September 2013.

Every entry matters, so come out to OV, email us, or tweet at us using #ADAPTERPRIZE to nominate the artists and labels you feel are worthy of the Adapter Prize.