It's that time of year again! Record Store Day announcements are coming fast and furious in anticipation of the big day, Saturday, April 20. As usual, Rhino's slate is a packed one, with a whopping 39 titles including releases from The Doors and Dwight Yoakam on CD as well as vinyl. Click here for a list of participating independent record stores. All descriptions below are provided by the label. (*) denotes worldwide units.
AIR - Kelly Watch the Stars
Limited Edition of 5,500* copies; 12" picture disc
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - The Spotlight Kid (Deluxe Edition)
Limited Edition of 7,000* copies; 2-LP on 140g milky clear vinyl
Chase Atlantic - Chase Atlantic
Limited Edition of 4,000 copies; 1-LP on transparent milky clear vinyl
Cheech and Chong - Up in Smoke
Limited Edition of 8,000* copies; 1-LP on 140g smokey green vinyl
The Cure - The Top
Limited Edition of 10,000 copies; 1-LP picture disc
David Bowie - Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth)
Limited Edition of 18,000* copies; 1-LP on 180g black vinyl
Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes (Deluxe Vinyl)
Limited Edition of 10,000* copies; 2-LP on black ice vinyl
Dio - The Last In Line (40th Anniversary Zoetrope Picture Disc)
Limited Edition of 5,000 copies; 1-LP zoetrope picture disc
The Doors - Live at Konserthuset, Stockholm September 20, 1968
Limited Edition of 11,300* numbered copies; 3-LP on 140g translucent light blue vinyl
Limited Edition of 13,100* copies; 2-CD
Dwight Yoakam - The Beginnings And Then Some: The Albums of The '80s
Limited Edition of 5,000* copies; 4-LP on 140g black vinyl boxed set
Limited Edition of 6,500* copies; 4-CD boxed set
Electrafixion - Burned
Limited Edition of 5,000* copies; 1-LP on 140g black & white swirl vinyl
The English Beat - Wha'ppen? (Expanded Edition)
Limited Edition of 5,500 copies; 2-LP on 140g translucent yellow & green vinyl
Faces - The BBC Session Recordings
Limited Edition of 8,500* copies; 2-LP on 140g clear vinyl
Farm Dogs - Last Stand In Open Country
Limited Edition of 5,000* copies; 2-LP on 140g black vinyl
Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap
Limited Edition of 6,500* copies; 2-LP on opaque violet vinyl
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Limited Edition of 18,000* copies; 1-LP picture disc
Foghat - Permission To Jam: Live in New Orleans 1973
Limited Edition of 6,000* copies; 2-LP on 140g black vinyl
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
Limited Edition of 4,000* copies; 12" on 140g on black vinyl
Grateful Dead - Nightfall of Diamonds
Limited Edition of 10,000* copies; 4-LP on 180g black vinyl + etching
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff
Limited Edition of 4,000 copies; 1-LP on 140g transparent red vinyl
Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage
Limited Edition of 6,000* copies; 1-LP on splatter color vinyl
Linda Ronstadt - The Asylum Albums (1973 - 1977)
Limited Edition of 5,000* copies; 4-LP on 140g black vinyl
Lowell George - Thanks, I'll Eat It Here (Deluxe Edition)
Limited Edition of 5,500* copies; 2-LP on 140g black vinyl
Mudhoney - Suck You Dry: The Reprise Years
Limited Edition of 5,000* copies; 5-LP on 140g multi-color vinyl
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die: The Instrumentals
Limited Edition of 7,500* copies; 1-LP on 140g black vinyl
The Other Two - Tasty Fish (Remix)
Limited Edition of 3,000* copies; 12" on 140g transparent blue vinyl
Psyché France Vol. 9
Limited Edition of 2,000* copies; 12" on 140g black vinyl
Ramones - The 1975 Sire Demos
Limited Edition of 13,500* copies; 1-LP on 140g ultra-clear w/ black splatter vinyl
The Replacements - Not Ready for Prime Time: Live At The Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986 [concert previously included in Tim: Let It Bleed Edition]
Limited Edition of 8,500* copies; 2-LP on 140g black vinyl
The Sisters of Mercy - Body and Soul / Walk Away
Limited Edition of 8,000* copies; 1-LP on 140g blue galaxy vinyl
Talking Heads - Live at WCOZ 77
Limited Edition of 13,500* copies; 2-LP on 140g black vinyl
Todd Rundgren - Todd
Limited Edition of 6,000* copies; 2-LP on orange & green vinyl
Tom Verlaine - Souvenir From A Dream: The Tom Verlaine Albums (1979-1984)
Limited Edition of 2,500 copies; 4-LP on 140g crystal clear vinyl
Various Artists - Even More Dazed and Confused (Music from the Motion Picture)
Limited Edition of 7,500* copies; 1-LP on 140g smokey purple vinyl
Various Artists - Lost in Translation (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]
Limited Edition of 11,500* copies; 2-LP on 140g black vinyl
Wallows - Nothing Happens (5th Anniversary Edition)
Limited Edition of 5,400 copies; 2-LP on splatter color vinyl
Willie Nelson - Phases and Stages
Limited Edition of 7,500* copies; 2-LP on 140g black vinyl
Yes - Yale Bowl '71 [concert previously included in The Yes Album box set]
Limited Edition of 8,000* copies; 1-LP on 140g black vinyl
Young Thug - Jeffrey
Limited Edition of 8,000* copies; 1-LP on galaxy vinyl
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After the last live Doors RSD release I’m skeptical of the sound quality of this years live album.
that last rsd of the doors is terrfic. we should be luck that it was recorded. the stlkm shows are pro shows that have been circulated incomplete. here are the complete shows at last. a killer release
agree the recording is very poor, but it's up to the fans of the band to decide whether to buy the product, in what ever format.
could not agree more bought the Matrix box set recently & the sound quality is quite poor. The new live one due as Jim Morrison towards the latter part of 1970, as his drinking would obviously effect his voice, dead cats dead rats, & goodness knows what else he was going through at the time, not for me no thanks.
Well one great release or a new reissue is the best of The Doors & this one they have decided to place it on a bluray edition in 5.1 surround sound, this one is an automatic buy for me.
I hope that Talking Heads set shows up as a general CD or digital release before long.
Definitely in for the overlooked and underrated (and long OOP) Farm Dogs album!
Interesting that there's never any unreleased studio recordings from Linda Ronstadt. I presume there's some, but they've never been added to her album reissues. And why is it still called Record Store Day when nearly all releases are vinyl. I'd be happy to support my local record shop, but I'm not going back to vinyl to do so. Maybe call it Vinyl Record Store Day...
I agree. I would like to see more unreleased Linda Ronstadt recordings. Her self-titled album "Linda Ronstadt" had three live tracks recorded at the Troubadour. The entire set was recorded, and at least parts of it were filmed, as clips were seen in the Eagles documentary and the first Ronstadt documentary. A special edition of this album with the entire live concert as an extra add-on would be a spectacular release.
Hope they put the Linda Ronstadt set on CD.