The Lazy Music Guru

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This post is sponsored by Skillshare. Get two free weeks by clicking here ! Learn a new skill or hobby by watching the online courses! With over 7 million people and more than 29,000 courses, there's a lot to learn from. There is also a free option that gives you access to plenty of content. You can even join through Facebook or Google. Join today to start learning!   If you're a music enthusiast or vinyl collector myself, you know that Record Store Day is an exciting and special day. Finding exclusive releases of albums that have never been released before is something exciting to add to anyone's record collection. While there are a ton of live records, there are still plenty of interesting releases, and 2020 had an amazing list of releases. However, there was one thing that set 2020 apart from other years: they split Record Store Day into three separate days. They had Record Store Day Drop 1, 2 and 3. Even though it was split into three days, there were some good th