We've already filled you in on Rhino's upcoming Record Store Day releases from the late David Bowie, but the label has now confirmed the rest of its vinyl offerings for the April 16 event! This year's crop of 25+ titles is a diverse one, with a number of vinyl premieres, new entries in the label's longtime "Side by Side" series, and more! You'll find all details just below.
a-ha - Hits South America
12-inch 180-gram vinyl
Limited edition of 3000 copies, $14.98
AIR - Casanova 70
12-inch translucent splatter vinyl
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $14.98
Bee Gees / Faith No More - I Started A Joke (Side By Side series)
7-inch doublemint green vinyl
Limited edition of 5,500 copies, $7.98
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
12-inch picture disc with alternative German artwork
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $21.98
David Bowie - TVC15
7-inch picture disc
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $14.98
John Coltrane - The Roulette Sides
10-inch vinyl
Limited edition of 4,500 copies, $14.98
The Doors - Roadhouse Blues (Live) b/w A Feast Of Friends
7-inch white vinyl
Limited edition of 4,000 copies, $7.98
The Doors - Live At The Aquarius Theater: The First Performance
3-LP set on 180-gram clear vinyl
Individually numbered limited edition of 5,000 copies, $34.98
Fleetwood Mac - (Alternate) Tusk
2-LP set on 180-gram vinyl - vinyl premiere of disc from 2015's Tusk: Deluxe Edition
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $34.98
Grateful Dead - Capitol Theater 4/25/77 - Passaic, NJ
4-LP set on 180-gram vinyl
Limited edition of 7,700 copies, $79.98
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - The Criteria Sessions
12-inch 180-gram vinyl
Individually numbered limited edition of 3,500 copies, $21.98
Ethan Hawke with The David Braid Quartet - My Funny Valentine b/w I've Never Been In Love Before
7-inch vinyl
Individually numbered limited edition of 2,000 copies, $7.98
The Idle Race - Idle Race
12-inch 180-gram splattered vinyl
Limited edition of 1,800 copies, $21.98
Jethro Tull - Too Old To Rock 'n Roll: Too Young To Die - 12-inch 180-gram vinyl
Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $21.98
Albert King / The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Born Under A Bad Sign (Side By Side series)
7-inch bone inside swamp green vinyl
Limited edition of 3000 copies, $7.98
Madonna - Like A Virgin & Other Big Hits!
12-inch pink vinyl
Limited edition of 4,500 copies, $14.98
The Monkees - Classic Album Collection - vinyl premiere of recent CD box set
10-LP set on various color vinyl
Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $134.98
The Monkees - Saturday's Child (Mono TV Version) b/w You Just May Be The One (Mono TV Version)
7-inch Monkees logo-shaped picture disc
Limited edition of 4,500 copies, $11.98
Alanis Morissette - The Demos 1994-1998 - Ten new-to-vinyl demos from the Jagged Little Pill: Collector's Edition
12-inch translucent splatter 180-gram vinyl
Individually numbered limited edition of 4,500 copies, $21.98
Mystery Artists - ?? (Side By Side series)
7-inch blood red translucent vinyl
Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $7.98
Willie Nelson / Uncle Tupelo - Truck Drivin' Man (Live) (Side By Side series)
7-inch bronze inside black vinyl
Limited edition 3,000 copies, $7.98
The Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
12-inch "money" green vinyl
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $14.98
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
12-inch picture disc
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $21.98
Son Volt - Live At The Bottom Line 2/12/96
2-LP set on 180-gram vinyl
Limited edition of 3,500 copies, $31.98
Allen Toussaint - Live in Philadelphia 1975
12-inch 180-gram vinyl
Individually numbered limited edition of 3,600 copies, $21.98
Various Artists - Nuggets: Hallucinations - Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults
2-LP set on 180-gram purple marbled vinyl swirl
Individually numbered limited edition of 4,000 copies, $31.98
Warren Zevon / Flamin' Groovies - Werewolves Of London (Side By Side series)
7-inch picture disc
Limited edition of 5,500 copies, $9.98
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Ho-hum. Vinyl. Call me when Record Store Day has stuff for the CD buyers that have kept the independent "record" stores afloat since 1990..
Yep! Exactly.
Aaaand stuff that's affordable too, regardless of the format. The Grateful Dead release, for instance. That's a great show, but $80??
I guess The Monkees collection, 10 LPs for $135, is a steal by comparison. But still nuts.
I don't understand the current vinyl craze (is it even a "craze"? I don't know anyone who buys vinyl), and I know media outlets keep writing obituaries for CDs, but we CD buyers are still out there. Just give us a reason to come back to your stores, retailers!
They sell a ton of vinyl on RSD every year. I just wonder how many buyers actually play those records, or if they just file them away? I have been suckered into buying a couple over the life of RSD and a needle has never touched down of any of them. That is why I stopped. I feel like if I am not going to play and enjoy them, why buy em? However I think vinyl is the only music format that has shown big increases in the last couple of years. I do wonder if that is due to the high sticker price or if it is number of pieces sold? I don't know how they measure that.
That's why they call it record store day. Get it RECORD
"I hate records, so I go to Record Store Day sites to b*tch!"
Buy what you like. Period. I know there are collectors of everything under the sun who never touch what they collect. Must consider themselves museum curators or something. It's their hobby, so fine. There are plenty of speculators who drive up costs in any collector's market (remember the B&W Comic book glut of the 1980s?).
There are also plenty of folks who just enjoy what they purchase. Certainly the broad majority (imnsho).
And if you want to say that the media is too expensive, well LPs cost $10.95 ca 1985 for domestic releases. Much of the quality then was cr*p. So $15 to $30 for most records isn't really such a jump in 1985 dollars. Also, most LPs pressed today are done so in fairly limited numbers; economies of scale don't come into play as much in the current vinyl market.
Heck, if I were a Bill Gates, I would own several $30,000 turntables and all of the exotic cables in the world. I bet you could find plenty of ways to squander excess wealth that would put off plenty of folks who just wouldn't "get it".
And to the complainers, it might be worth looking into how little most artists make from streaming services. Certainly less than is necessary to support the kinds of creativity seen in past epochs. But at least we American Idol and The Voice to keep us in pop bubblegum and MOR music. Ho Hum, indeed!
Lastly, vinyl sales are the only segment of the music industry to be posting meaningful profits.
By all means, stay home and leave these gems in the stores for me!
"At least we *have* American Idol..." durned analog fingers...