Ritual Records

Well, this was a nice email to get today! I didn’t even know it was going on.
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Crazy stuff, but we’ve been seeing this for a couple of years at least!

Quick, which music-based physical media do you think had the biggest comeback in 2026? You’d be forgiven for choosing anything but CDs. And yet, here we are.

According to a new mid-year report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), CD revenue had surged. It jumped 58.6% in the United States during the first half of 2026, reaching $171 million. This is up significantly from the same period in 2025, when it was about $108 million.

Owning indie record store Ritual Records with Cory Blackwood This week we chat with Cory Blackwood who owns Bellingham record sh...

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SAVE THE DATE - NEXT MONDAY, AUGUST 10th AT EL SUENITO BREWING COMPANY (Humboldt Street in the Sunnyland Neighborhood, Bellingham).

Join us at El Sueñito Brewing this upcoming Monday, August 10, from 7:00-9:00pm for Good Spins, a night of great music from Ritual Records and tasty food and drinks from our hosts, with $1 from every beverage purchase donated to WHS!

Our Pup Cup Truck will also be spinning tunes and passing out frozen treats to good dogs (and naughty ones too!) between 6:30pm - 8pm.

Drinks, Food, Music, Pup Cups, Community = AWESOME!

Cascadia Daily did a nice little write-up from the front lines of our store on record Store Day!

Holding my place in the (time) line at Record Store Day | Cascadia Daily News One small stack for moi; one giant leap for record-kind

Thanks for stopping by, Colin!

We’re super pumped about Record Store Day this year!

It’s always a crazy day for us, but we’ve generally just dipped our toes in the pond, and have only purchased a few goodies.

This year, we went full out, and invested in loads of RSD stuff, AND we’ve spent a ton of money to build up our general inventory, in not just vinyl, but CDs, DVDs, posters, and cassettes.

On April 18th, all of our used gear, and all of our branded merch will be 10% off, and we’re putting out loads of extraordinarily cool used records to fill your collection.

We’re just a little local shop, but we’re going big on this one!

See you at 9 AM Saturday the 18th.

It’s gonna be a party!

We’ve put out a couple hundred used records this week, and even more new vinyl and CDs. Swing on in to check out the goods!