HUNDREDS of people queued outside a Cowley record store from the early hours of the morning today in a bid to get their hands on special vinyl releases.

The eighth celebration of Record Store Day saw a long queue form from about 4am outside Truck Store, in Cowley Road, in anticipation for its 8am opening.

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The annual promotion has been held in the UK since 2008 in support of independent record stores and hundreds of specially produced vinyls are released for it.

Manager Carl Smithson said artists proving the most popular this year included former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, as well as Foo Fighters and the Sex Pistols.

He added: "We have sold out of quite a few things, it seems to be getting busier every year.

"We do sell vinyl throughout the year and I think Record Store Day has played a big part in leading that increase in interest.

"One of my favourite things about the day is always seeing families browsing records together.

"We had a father and daughter at the front of the queue this year, so we are selling to lots of different people from different generations."