Black Friday used to be pure awfulness — fist fighting for Tickle Me Elmo in a WalMart anyone? But thanks to Record Store Day, Black Friday now devotes a tiny-but-vital slice of commerce to amazing art.

This year, the holiday celebrating independent brick and mortar record shops has quite a few ace exclusives. Best of luck on your quest to find these limited editions in stores from Harvard Square to Mass Ave.

Love is everything. Now Love is everywhere thanks to a new box set that gathers the ’60s band’s first four albums. But back to Love being everything.

During its short history, songwriter-frontman Arthur Lee’s band proved it could be an American answer to the Beatles (see “She Comes in Colors”), Kinks (“Your Friend and Mine”), Who (“My Flash in You”), and Moody Blues (“Alone Again O

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