This morning, Omnivore Recordings announced its Record Store Day slate, boasting a trio of limited edition vinyl editions from Big Star, NRBQ and the Art Pepper Quartet.   These will be available at your favorite local independent record store on Saturday, April 22 as part of this year's RSD festivities.

The 1957 album The Art Pepper Quartet, featuring alto saxophonist Pepper, bassist Ben Tucker, pianist Russ Freeman and drummer Gary Frommer, marks its 60th anniversary this year.  Omnivore has teamed with Pepper's wife Laurie to return this seminal jazz classic to vinyl on clear wax in an individually numbered, tip-on jacket.  This all-analog edition has been remastered by Kevin Gray from the original mono master tape, and includes an alternate take of "Blues at Twilight" as a bonus track making its vinyl debut.  CD and digital editions will follow at a later date.

Last year, Omnivore released High Noon - A 50-Year Retrospective, an acclaimed box set dedicated to the eclectic oeuvre of the longtime musical adventurers in NRBQ.  For Record Store Day, that box will be distilled into a limited edition, 2-LP vinyl set.  The vinyl edition of High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective will be packaged in a full-color gatefold sleeve with an inner photo layout chronicling the band's history.  In addition to highlights from the original box, it adds a previously unreleased live version of "Keep This Love Goin'."

Finally, the label offers a slipcase edition of Big Star's Complete Third - Vol. 3: Final Masters.  The remarkable 3-CD box set telling the full story of Big Star's cult favorite album has been rolled out on vinyl in separate volumes, with Vol. 1: Demos To Sessions To Roughs having arrived in November 2016 and Vol. 2: Roughs To Mixes in February 2017. Now, Vol. 3: Final Masters is here for Record Store Day to complete the set.  This 2-LP edition contains every released master recording from every officially released version of Third on three sides of vinyl. The CD set's hidden track (a previously unissued Vocals/Strings-only Mix of "Thank You Friends") is included as a special bonus on the laser-etched Side 4. A download card is included (as in all previous volumes), containing the audio for Vol. 3, plus the complete liner notes and booklet as a PDF.

As an added incentive for Record Store Day 2017, Volume 3: Final Masters will be available in a limited-edition slipcase with room for Vols. 1 and 2 (sold separately). It will also contain an exclusive 20-page, full-color, LP-sized booklet with all the notes, photos and commentary from the CD set.  While the slipcase edition of Vol. 3 will be a Record Store Day title, the standalone volume will also be released to general retail at a later date.

You can check out the track listings for all three of Omnivore's RSD exclusives below!

The Art Pepper Quartet: Art's Opus (Tampa Records LP RS 1001, 1957 - reissued Omnivore, 2017)

1. I Surrender Dear
2. Diane
3. Pepper Pot
4. Besame Mucho
5. Blues At Twilight
6. Val's Pal
7. Blues At Twilight (alternate)

NRBQ, High Noon - A 50-Year Retrospective (Vinyl 2-LP Edition) (Omnivore, 2017)

1. Flat Foot Flewzy
2. Barbara Carr
3. Don't She Look Good
4. Fergie's Prayer
5. C'mon Everybody
6. Down In My Heart
7. Captain Lou - with Lou Albano
8. One Big Parking Lot
9. I Don't Think Of...
10. Me And The Boys
11. Ridin' In My Car
12. Feel You Around Me
13. Over Your Head (Alternate Version)
14. Dummy
15. Love Is Waiting
16. Wacky Tobacky
17. Beverly
18. I'd Like To Know
19. Terry Got A Muffin
20. Sweet And Petite
21. Let Go
22. Fightin' Back
23. Greetings From Delaware
24. Keep This Love Goin' (Live, Previously Unreleased)
25. Ain't It All Right

Big Star, Complete Third: Vol. 3: Final Masters (Omnivore, 2017)

1. Downs
2. Femme Fatale
3. Thank You Friends
4. Holocaust
5. Jesus Christ
6. Blue Moon
7. Kizza Me
8. For You
9. O, Dana
10. Nightime
11. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
12. Kanga Roo
13. Take Care
14. Big Black Car
15. Dream Lover
16. You Can't Have Me
17. Till The End Of The Day
18. Lovely Day
19. Nature Boy
20. Thank You Friends (Vocals/Strings-only Mix)