I ran in a race yesterday and the streets of Chapel Hill were all shutdown. I ran right passed my local record shop at 8 in the morning and there were already lines outside of it. I talked to the owner later when I stop by and he told me that there were a number of people camped out, ready to buy the limited edition releases for record store day. That's why you can't go the next day, because there are only so many of these things available and they are rather valuable. As bgood79 mentioned, a lot of this stuff will be up on eBay before you know it, sealing for a sizeable profit. But the casual collector goes to record store day to show support for their store.... And to perhaps get one of the many records released that day. It's fun, later in the day when the lines die down, but given the state of the music industry it's cool to see the stores packed again too.