Record Store Day announcements are coming fast and furious, and one of the first out of the gate hails from Craft Recordings. The label has a variety of packages coming soon for the RSD festivities at your local independent retailer on Saturday, April 13!
Here's the full list from Craft with descriptions provided by the label.
Track Listing:
Side A:
1. Country Death Song
2. I Hear The Rain
3. Never Tell
4. Jesus Walking On The Water
5. I Know It's True But I'm Sorry To Say
Side B:
1. Hallowed Ground
2. Sweet Misery Blues
3. Black Girls
4. It's Gonna Rain
Bingo Hand Job, Live at the Borderline, 1991 (2-LP):
Myth or legend...? The members of Bingo Hand Job played hundreds of shows over the course of a decade without ever releasing an album. Their reputation as troubadours of the American South extended across the States, eventually to England and Europe, and even South America, Asia and Australia. But how? The two-night stint at London's Borderline, oversold and overwhelmed, proved to be the band's final known performances. The second night - March 15, 1991 - is captured here, officially released for the very first and only time. Available exclusively for Record Store Day, as a 2-LP wide-spine package.
A blistering set from a group described by Record Collector as "a band at the terrifying height of its popularity, caught in the spotlight between college rock integrity and Unplugged stardom."
Track Listing:
Side A:
1. World Leader Pretend
2. Half A World Away
3. Fretless
4. The One I Love
Side B:
1. Jackson / Dallas
2. Disturbance At The Heron House
3. Belong
4. Low
Side C:
1. Love Is All Around
2. You Are The Everything
3. Swan Swan
4. Radio Song
Side D:
1. Perfect Circle
2. Endgame
3. Fall On Me
4. Get Up
5. Moon River
Various Artists, Poppies: Assorted Finery from the First Psychedelic Age (translucent red vinyl):
This new compilation showcases the breadth of music touched by psychedelia in the late 1960s whether it be pop, folk or rock. This eclectic mix of psychedelic masters is drawn from the Vanguard, Original Sound and Stax catalogs, offering tracks from cult-classic artists such as Buffy Sainte-Marie, Southwest F.O.B., the Serpent Power, and many more. The collection includes the previously unreleased song "When Will You Happen to Me" by The Human Jungle, as well as many other rarities in their mono incarnations. The package includes detailed liner notes from GRAMMY®-nominated writer and producer Alec Palao. This will be the first of a planned series of rarities that will include future volumes dedicated to 1960s garage rock and sunshine pop.
Track Listing:
Side A:
1. Poppies - Buffy Sainte-Marie
2. Smell Of Incense - Southwest F.O.B.
3. Sorcerella - Jefferson Lee
4. Redeemer - The Gospel
5. Stand In The Shadows - The Frost
6. Say It Isn't So - The Sot Weed Factor
Side B:
1. In 1582 We - The Honey Jug
2. Flower Eyes - The Paternak Progress
3. Bright Light Lovers - Circus Maximus
4. Open House - The Serpent Power
5. When Will You Happen To Me - The Human Jungle
6. Oracle - Chapter VI
7. Why Come Another Day - Erik
Albert King, Born Under a Bad Sign (Mono) (180-gram vinyl):
This is Albert King's legendary first album for Stax Records, featuring Booker T. & The MGs and the Memphis Horns. The Indianola, Mississippi-born "King of the Blues Guitar" cemented his legacy with this early-career set. While he'd recorded for labels like Vee-Jay, Parrot and Bobbin, it was his chemistry with the Stax team -- label executives Al Bell, Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, songwriters Booker T. Jones and William Bell, and backing from Booker T. & the MGs and the Memphis Horns -- that put King on the blues map. King's first Stax recording was "Laundromat Blues," included on this album. The album has been inducted into the GRAMMY® Hall of Fame and included in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."
Track Listing:
Side A:
1. Born Under A Bad Sign
2. Crosscut Saw
3. Kansas City
4. Oh, Pretty Woman
5. Down Don't Bother Me
6. The Hunter
Side B:
1. I Almost Lost My Mind
2. Personal Manager
3. Laundromat Blues
4. As The Years Go Passing By
5. The Very Thought Of You
Various Artists, Stax Does The Beatles (2-LP):
The influence of The Beatles on popular music of the 1960s can't be overstated -- spreading not only throughout the rock world, but also extending to soul music. The men and women writing and recording songs at Stax Records were no more immune to the Beatles' charm than the rest of the United States. From the mid-1960s onward, numerous Beatles covers were laid down for the label, the output peaking around the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Released on vinyl for the first time, the 15-track, 2-LP set includes vocal and instrumental performances that deliver an eclectic cross-section of soulful Beatles covers by legendary Stax Records artists, including Otis Redding, Booker T. & the MGs, Isaac Hayes, Carla Thomas, David Porter, the Mar-Keys, Reggie Milner and John Gary Williams.
Track Listing:
Side A:
1. Day Tripper - Otis Redding
2. Help! - David Porter
3. Got To Get You Into My Life - Booker T. & The MGs
4. With A Little Help From My Friends - Steve Cropper
5. Yesterday (Live) - Carla Thomas
Side B:
1. Eleanor Rigby - Booker T. & The MGs
2. Let It Be - The Mar-Keys
3. Something - Isaac Hayes
Side C:
1. Yesterday - The Bar-Kays
2. Michelle - Booker T. & The MGs
3. And I Love Her - Reggie Milner
4. With A Little Help From My Friends - The Bar-Kays
Side D:
1. Lady Madonna - Booker T. & The MGs
2. My Sweet Lord - John Gary Williams
3. Hey Jude - The Bar-Kays
Various Artists, Boy Meets Girl: Classic Stax Duets (2-LP):
In 1969, Stax Records paired their best male and female singers for hits penned by the label's top writers. The result was an undeniably soulful example of the Stax sound! This 50th anniversary reissue is back on wax for the first time since its original 1969 release. Featuring vocals by William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Cleotha Staples, Mavis Staples, Pervis Staples, Johnnie Taylor and Carla Thomas, it's a veritable who's who of Memphis soul and a historic marker of Stax's emergence as a powerhouse independent label.
Track Listing:
Side A:
1. Soul-A-Lujah - Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Pervis Staples, Carla Thomas, Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples
2. I Ain't Particular - William Bell, Mavis Staples
3. Just Keep On Loving Me - Johnnie Taylor, Carla Thomas
4. Ain't That Good - Eddie Floyd, Mavis Staples
5. I Can't Stop - William Bell, Carla Thomas
6. I Thank You - William Bell, Mavis Staples
Side B:
1. Love's Sweet Sensation - William Bell, Mavis Staples
2. I Need You Woman - William Bell, Carla Thomas
3. Never, Never Let You Go - Eddie Floyd, Mavis Staples
4. Hold On This Time - William Bell, Mavis Staples
5. That's The Way Love Is - Johnnie Taylor, Mavis Staples
Side C:
1. It's Our Time - Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas
2. It's Unbelievable - Pervis Staples, Carla Thomas
3. Piece Of My Heart - Eddie Floyd, Mavis Staples
4. Leave The Girl Alone - William Bell, Mavis Staples
5. I'm Trying - Pervis Staples, Carla Thomas
6. Don't Make Me a Storyteller - Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas
Side D:
1. Strung Out - William Bell, Mavis Staples
2. My Life - Johnnie Taylor, Carla Thomas
3. It's Too Late - Eddie Floyd, Cleotha Staples
4. I've Just Been Feeling Bad - Johnnie Taylor, Carla Thomas
5. All I have To Do Is Dream - William Bell, Carla Thomas
William Keats says
I see they are keeping the Bingo Hand Job members under wraps! It's well documented elsewhere, so I'll let readers do their own research although it's pretty obvious from the setlist. Also looks like they left off some of the cover versions from that gig; this is not the full show.
Joe Mac Pherson says
So much music, and none of it is available on CD. I gave up my record player in the 1980's, switching to the CD format. Now, with close to 2,500 CD's in my collection and continuing, I won't go back to the record player format. So, no vinyl purchases from my revenue. Ditto for MP3 files. NO.