Robert Plant at RSD
Record Store Day (April 18) is honoring Robert Plant as this year’s 'Record Store Legend' and he even visited Spillers Records ahead of the event — a symbolic nod for collectors and fans. (everettpost.com) (billboard.com) Plant is tied to a limited four‑track EP called Saving Grace: All That Glitters, Crosley is releasing a Rolling Stones‑themed RSD3 mini turntable for 3‑inch Japanese singles on April 18, and local shops like The Sound Garden in Syracuse are already scheduling early openings for shoppers chasing releases. (everettpost.com) (analogplanet.com) (syracuse.com)
Robert Plant is getting a new plaque, but the setting is the point: Record Store Day picked him as its 2026 “Record Store Legend,” and he turned up at Spillers Records in Cardiff to mark it in person before the April 18 event. Spillers calls itself the world’s oldest record shop, so the tribute landed in a place built for crate-diggers, not a red carpet. (billboard.com) Record Store Day is the annual Saturday when independent shops open early, stock one-day exclusives, and draw lines before breakfast for records that may never be pressed again in the same form. The 2026 event falls on Saturday, April 18, and Record Store Day says thousands of stores worldwide take part. (recordstoreday.com) Plant is not just lending his name to the day. He also has an exclusive release tied to it: a four-track vinyl extended play record called *Saving Grace: All That Glitters...*, issued with his current group Saving Grace. (nonesuch.com) That group is the version of Plant that fans have been seeing lately, not a Led Zeppelin reunion machine. Nonesuch says the release follows the recent *Saving Grace* album and features singer Suzi Dian alongside the band Plant assembled from musicians in the English countryside where he lives. (nonesuch.com) The award itself is still a new tradition. Record Store Day’s UK site says Elton John was the first “Record Store Legend” in 2017, Johnny Marr got it in 2025, and Plant is the 2026 pick from the United States and United Kingdom sides of the event together. (goldminemag.com) The visit to Spillers was also a small history lesson in how this day sells records: Plant went to a real shop, helped unveil the official plaque, and appeared in a video made for collectors who still care which store a release comes from. Record Store Day’s own announcement framed the stop as part of the award, not a random celebrity drop-in. (recordstoreday.com) Around Plant, the rest of the April 18 lineup shows how wide the hunt has become. Analog Planet reports that Crosley is releasing a Rolling Stones-themed RSD3 Mini Turntable built for 3-inch singles made in Japan, turning one corner of Record Store Day into a toy-store-for-audiophiles chase. (analogplanet.com) Record Store Day’s listing says that Rolling Stones mini turntable is limited to 2,500 units and comes with a matching crate for the tiny records. That is the kind of detail that sends collectors to line up early, because the format is part music release and part physical object. (recordstoreday.com) Stores are already planning for that rush at street level. The Sound Garden in Syracuse says it will open at 9 a.m. on April 18 for shoppers chasing the limited-edition titles, which is the local version of the same ritual happening across the country. (syracuse.com) So the Robert Plant news is really two stories folded together: a 77-year-old rock star getting honored, and a retail holiday reminding people that records are still sold by shops with doors, bins, and opening times. Plant showing up at Spillers made that second part visible in one shot. (billboard.com)
