Record Store Day & Green Vinyl 2025

November 13, 2025

Carlo F. L.

Fo and er & CEO of mySo and book.eu

Why Vinyl is booming – and which 10 new releases you should have on your turntable now

Vinyl is more than retro. While streaming provides background music, records are reclaiming the living room as sound format,design object and collector's item. 2025 shows this trend particularly clearly:

Record Store Day & RSD Black Friday are filling stores.
Green Vinyl and new materials are making the record noticeably more sustainable.

And practically: We're looking at 10 current vinyl new releases 2025 that you can recommend to your readers from mySo and book with a clear conscience.

1. Vinyl 2025: Why the Record Store is relevant again

For years it looked as if the CD would be the last physical format - then came the comeback of the vinyl record. Vinyl sales have been rising steadily for many years, and in some markets vinyl has already overtaken CDs.

What drives the vinyl boom:

Tactility & Ritual: Record out of the sleeve, cover in hand, drop the needle – that's conscious music enjoyment instead of background playlist.
Design & Collectible Value: Large-format covers, colored vinyl, limited editions – records have long been living objects too.
Record stores as cultural places: Record stores are becoming meeting points for music nerds, DJs, and hi-fi fans again.

Record Store Day & RSD Black Friday: The big holidays of vinyl

The Record Store Day in spring and the RSD Black Friday in autumn have developed into real highlights. Only on these days are there:

Exclusive pressings (RSD Exclusive / RSD First)
Limited editions on colored or transparent vinyl
Archive treasures: previously unreleased live recordings or alternative mixes
In-store events, signing sessions, DJ sets

For record stores, these days mean:

maximum foot traffic, high shopping cart – and a perfect stage to introduce new customers to vinyl.

2. Green Vinyl: How sustainable can a record really be in 2025?

As great as the vinyl boom is: classic PVC is not exactly a dream ecologically. This is exactly where the new generation of Green Vinyl comes in.

BioVinyl & ReVinyl – from frying fat to hi-fi

Modern pressing plants are increasingly relying on BioVinyl – a material where the petrochemical component of PVC is partially replaced by biogenic raw materials and waste materials (e.g., used frying oil).

Advantages of BioVinyl & Co.:

Significantly reduced CO₂ footprint compared to standard PVC
Compatible with existing pressing machines – no loss in sound quality
Fully recyclable, often in internal material cycles (keyword ReVinyl)

Many releases are now also or exclusively available on Recycled Vinyl, meaning on records that are newly pressed from production leftovers and returns. Sonically, this – with good quality management – is hardly distinguishable from new goods.

Biobased plastics & PET: Evovinyl, Green Vinyl & Co.

Take another step further biobased plastics like Evovinyl (e.g., based on sugarcane) or PET sheets, which are produced using injection molding:

Less energy consumption during pressing
Away from classic PVC
Long-term better recycling options

For labels, this means:

“Sustainability” is no longer just a sticker on the shrinkwrap, but a real product feature – as important as 180g, half-speed mastering, or AAA chain.

What HiFi & vinyl fans can do concretely

When you're in the record store, it's worth taking a close look:

Look for signs like BioVinyl,Recycled Vinyl,Eco-Mix,ReVinyl,Eco-Wax.
Ask in the Record Store actively looking for sustainable pressings – demand creates supply.
Support pressings that clearly label recycling or biobased materials, even if they cost a few euros more.

3. 10 vinyl new releases 2025 that you should know about

Here come 10 current and hotly debated 2025 releases, perfect for a recommendation section on mySoundbook. You can incorporate them as a box or list with small icons (🌱 for Green Vinyl, 🎯 for RSD Exclusive) into the layout.

1. The Doors – Live in Copenhagen, 1968 (RSD Black Friday 2025, 2×LP Clear)

A highlight for classic rock fans:

First fully released concert from Copenhagen 1968
Double LP on crystal clear vinyl
RSD Black Friday exclusive with high collector potential

Who is it for?
Jim Morrison followers, 60s purists, live junkies.

2. Black Sabbath – The Eternal Idol (RSD 2025 – Ruby Vinyl)

Later Sabbath classic in a new guise:

Translucent Ruby Vinyl
Strictly limited for Record Store Day
Shows that even the later Sabbath years are increasingly appearing on collector's radar

Who is it for?
Metalhead with a sense of depth in the back catalog.