Our look at this year's Record Store Day releases continues with a look at the lineups from Omnivore Recordings, Iconoclassic Records, Friday Music, Light in the Attic, and more of our favorite labels!  All titles here are due on April 20, and all descriptions are taken directly from the labels.  If you are interested in any of these titles, they will be available at your local record store on April 20.  Head over to recordstoreday.com for a list of participating retailers.  U.K. readers, please visit recordstoreday.co.uk and Canadian readers, please visit recordstoredaycanada.ca.  Watch this space close to RSD for our annual RSD Round-Up, featuring our picks for the event's most essential titles!

10,000 Maniacs, Playing Favorites (Omnivore) (2LP) (RSD First)

Recorded before an adoring crowd on September 13, 2014, at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts in Jamestown, New York (except for "Angels of Stone" which was recorded in 2012, at Lake Forest College in Illinois), Playing Favorites features fourteen tracks, including hits and fan favorites from the group's storied and influential career. The 6-piece band (Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Jeff Erickson, Steven Gustafson, John Lombardo, and Mary Ramsey) is augmented by strings, horns, and backing vocalists, making their lush sound even fuller and more engaging. Housed in a color gatefold jacket.

The Alan Parsons Project, Pyramid (Work in Progress) (Cooking Vinyl) (LP) (2,000 copies (U.S.))

This 'Work In Progress' version of The Alan Parsons Project's iconic Pyramid album contains early demos, rough mixes, and Eric Woolfson's Songwriting Diary versions of the nine tracks that appear on the Pyramid album. Six of these tracks are previously unreleased and all of them are making their first appearance on vinyl.  Housed in a poly-lined inner sleeve with an accompanying 12" x 12" insert, this orange vinyl LP is strictly limited to 4,200 copies worldwide.

Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon, In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album (Jazz Detective) (LP) (1,500 copies, RSD First)

In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album is a previously unreleased studio album from West Coast trumpet icons Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon. Recorded in Tustin, California, in 1972 with pianist David Frishberg, bassist Joe Mondragon, drummer Nick Ceroli, and guitarist Jack Marshall. Produced by Jack Marshall and Hank Quinn, the tape comes from the personal archives of Jack Marshall's son, the legendary film producer Frank Marshall. This official release for Record Store Day is co-produced by Zev Feldman and Frank Marshall for Feldman's Jazz Detective label (via Elemental Music). The all-analog recording is mastered by Matthew Lutthans at the Mastering Lab directly from the original master tape reel and manufactured at Memphis Record Pressing. The limited-edition 180-gram LP edition includes an extensive insert with rare photographs, newly commissioned liner notes, plus interviews and testimonials from musicians who were inspired by and knew and played with Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon.

Elmer Bernstein, Airplane! The Soundtrack [Score] (1984/Rusted Wave) (LP) (1,100 copies (U.S.))

First-time vinyl release of the classic 1980 Airplane! soundtrack score by Oscar-winning composer Elmer Bernstein. Over 40 minutes of music, newly remastered, with a gatefold jacket containing original press images.  For this Record Store Day 2024 release of 1,500 worldwide, 750 copies will be offered in "There is no stopping in the WHITE zone!"-colored vinyl, and 750 copies in "There is no stopping in the RED zone!"-colored vinyl.

Buena Vista Social Club, Buena Vista Social Club (BMG) (2LP) (1,700 copies)

Celebrating 25 years since the release of Wim Wenders' iconic documentary Buena Vista Social Club, this classic album is made available on limited edition gold vinyl, and features the remastered audio and bonus tracks released as part of the album's 25th Anniversary in 2021.

Nat "King" Cole, Live at The Blue Note, Chicago (Iconic Artists Group) (2LP or 2CD) (4,000 copies on vinyl, 2,000 copies on CD)

Incredibly rare, never-before-heard live performances from Nat's 1953 Blue Note Chicago residency. This release includes spectacular versions of "Unforgettable," "Paper Moon" and "Route 66."  Restored audio from the original tapes, with lacquers by Kevin Gray, pressed by RTI on 180g vinyl. The double-gatefold tip-on jacket by Stoughton houses extensive liner notes by Grammy-nominated writer and Nat King Cole biographer Will Friedwald, who does an amazing job of placing the listener in Chicago circa 1953, a six-page booklet with photos of Nat in Chicago, and a copy of the original Blue Note Chicago newsletter about Nat's visit.  Also available on 2 CDs.

Jim Croce, Live: The Final Tour (BMG) (LP) (1,800 copies)

The first ever global release of Live: The Final Tour on translucent blue vinyl, exclusive to Record Store Day.  This recording was captured live on tour in 1973 [and first issued on CD in 1989], with guitarist Maury Muehleisen. Featuring two songs never released on Croce's studio albums-- "Ball of Kirriemuir" and "Shopping for Clothes"--along with Croce's incomparable monologues between songs.

Dio, The Last in Live: 40 Years of The Last in Line (BMG) (LP) (1,800 copies)

Newly created DIO art picture disc featuring four live tracks from the classic studio album The Last in Line - celebrating the 40th Anniversary of that Platinum release.

Carol Douglas, Night Fever (Midsong International) (LP) (750 copies)

Carol Douglas is considered a pioneer on the U.S. Disco scene. She was signed to Bob Reno's Midland Records from 1975-79 where she recorded a string of successful hits.  This new compilation for Record Store Day 2024 showcases the best of Reno's four-to-the-floor '70s productions, pressed on limited edition heavyweight fluorescent pink vinyl.

Dixie Dregs, The Great Spectacular (Iconoclassic) (LP) (1,200 copies)

The Great Spectacular is Dixie Dregs' original 1975 demo tape, pressed on vinyl by the band and distributed locally in limited quantities. Yet The Great Spectacular also functions as a Greatest Hits collection of sorts, debuting tracks which would be professionally recorded across Dixie Dregs' classic 1977-1979 Capricorn Records albums, as well as during guitarist/band leader Steve Morse's stint in Kansas.  The four surviving original Dixie Dregs members will be touring beginning in April 2024, with Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess joining the band on keyboards. Original copies of The Great Spectacular are rare collectors' items. This reissue will be pressed on white vinyl, to match the cover art. Will appeal to existing Dixie Dregs and Steve Morse fans plus fans who know Morse from Deep Purple and Kansas, or who are fans of Rod Morgenstein through Winger.

Dr. John, Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya: Singles 1968-1974 (Omnivore) (2LP) (1,800 copies, RSD First)

Includes Dr. John's biggest chart hits, including all the A- and B-sides from the U.S. and U.K. singles between 1968-1974. Color vinyl printed inner sleeves with updated cover art.  Reconfigured and expanded from the 2015 CD release.

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Pictures at an Exhibition (BMG) (LP) (1,300 copies)

Limited edition picture disc of ELP's classic third album, recorded live at Newcastle City Hall and so instrumental in launching the band to superstardom. Hit the top ten in the U.K. and the U.S. upon original release in 1971. Part of the ongoing ELP Record Store Day picture disc series. Disc features the original album artwork.

Astrud Gilberto, That Girl from Ipanema (Friday Music) (LP) (1,00 copies, RSD First)

We lost the world music superstar Astrud Gilberto this past year, but her amazing recordings will continue forever. This 1977 Gilberto-produced album gets its first official release in decades. The long out of print Image Records release That Girl from Ipanema features a bevy of jazz greats like Chet Baker, Ron Carter, Don Sebesky, Dom Um Ramao, Will Lee, and the great Philadelphia International working crew of co-producer Vince Montana, Cotton Kent, Larry Washington, and many others. Features a funk bossa nova jam on her classic "The Girl from Ipanema", as well as songs from Nilsson, Cole Porter, and a duet with Chet Baker on "Faraway."  Mastered impeccably by Joe Reagoso, this beautiful album is presented for Record Store Day 2024 on very cool Aqua colored vinyl.

Vince Guaraldi, It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (Lee Mendelson) (LP) (1,200 copies)

Lee Mendelson Film Productions (LMFP) is thrilled to announce the release - for the first time ever - from recently rediscovered tapes - the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown, the timeless 6th animated Peanuts special, from writer and creator Charles Schulz, director Bill Melendez, and producers Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Originally aired on September 27, 1969 on CBS-TV.  The album includes the original recordings that comprise the cues from the special across twenty-six tracks, plus another six alternative tracks that have never been released or heard before.  Guaraldi lovingly created the soundtrack for the summer camp adventure where Charlie Brown and his gang face off against the girls' camp led by Peppermint Patty. The large jazz combo album also includes the best rendition of Guaraldi classic, "Love Will Come (Nova Bossa)" as well as the first use of additional percussion in Victor Feldman.  The recording features Guaraldi (piano), Monty Budwig (double bass), Jack Sperling (drums), Conti and Pete Candoli (trumpet), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Victor Feldman (percussion), Herb Ellis (guitar), Willian Hood and Peter Christlieb (woodwind), and John Scott Trotter as the orchestra leader. The soundtrack was produced by Sean and Jason Mendelson and restored and re-mastered by Vinson Hudson.  This exclusive Record Store Day 2024 release is pressed on Camp Green Vinyl and includes a 12", 4-page insert featuring liner notes that give a track-by-track analysis by Derrick Bang (author of Vince Guaraldi at the Piano) and notes from Sean and Jason Mendelson, sons of Peanuts producer Lee Mendelson. The album packaging also includes images from the special and images of historical documents from the found tapes.

George Harrison, Electronic Sound (Zoetrope Picture Disc) (LP) (3,400 copies (U.S.)) / Wonderwall Music (Zoetrope Picture Disc) (LP) (3,400 copies (U.S.))

Dark Horse Records and Record Store Day are excited to announce a multi-year partnership to release limited Zoetrope picture disc pressings of George Harrison's entire studio album catalog. The first two titles in the RSD exclusive series -- Wonderwall Music and Electronic Sound -- will be available on Record Store Day in April 2024. Limited to 8,000 units globally and exclusive to Record Store Day, each unit is individually numbered in silver foil and includes an insert reproducing the original artwork.  As a direct result of The Beatles' keen curiosity about experimental music and other avant-garde artistic expression, Apple Records launched its short-lived Zapple subsidiary in February 1969 as a forum for unfettered sonic exploration, or, as announced at the time, "more freaky sounds." George's Electronic Sound and John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions, both released in May 1969, were Zapple's only releases before it was closed down. Electronic Sound's cover art, painted by George, depicts his Moog IIIp synthesizer (which was later used on four tracks by The Beatles on their album Abbey Road) with the four modules from which the sound was synthesized. Each side of the Electronic Sound LP featured one exploratory long-form work.

Released in November 1968, George Harrison's Wonderwall Music was the first solo album released by a member of The Beatles and the first LP to be released by Apple Records. The soundtrack music for director Joe Massot's debut feature-length film, Wonderwall, the predominantly instrumental album is an intricate, vibrant tapestry of Western rock music and compositions in an Indian classical style.

Huun-Huur-Tu, Rizzo, and Dhani Harrison, Dreamers in the Field (Dark Horse) (LP) (800 copies)

Dark Horse Records is proud to announce the release of Dreamers in the Field, the first-ever collaboration between Huun-Huur-Tu, Carmen Rizzo and Dhani Harrison.

Little Richard, Right Now! (Omnivore) (LP) (1,200 copies, RSD First)

In January of 1973 Little Richard went to Muscle Shoals to record an album's worth of material on the heels of his successful releases for Reprise Records. Unfortunately, the material was only ever released in the US in 1973 on United Records and then again in France in 1975 on Musidisc. The album hasn't been reissued properly on its own since, making this special pressing, available first on Record Store Day, the first appearance of this material since the '70s! Included among the tracks are Little Richard's covers of "Chain of Fools" and "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," plus fresh takes on songs he cut during his tenure at Reprise, "Greenwood, Mississippi" (from 1970's The Rill Thing) and "In the Name" (from 1971's King of Rock and Roll and 2020's Southern Child).  Bill Dahl continues to tell the Little Richard story through his new liner notes for the set and this release, following in the footsteps of the very successful Southern Child RSD release, will be presented on unique Sunflare colored vinyl. The audio is restored and mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves.

Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, and Marty Stuart, Sweetheart of the Rodeo 50th Anniversary Live (Friday Music) (2LP) (2,500 copies, RSD First)

2019 was a magical year as legendary Byrds co-founders Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman joined forces with superstar Marty Stuart to celebrate 50 years of The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo album. During their sold-out tour, several of the shows were taped and preserved and now Friday Music is very pleased to announce the deluxe double LP set of Sweetheart of the Rodeo - 50th Anniversary Live.  All the great songs from the epic 1968 release are now presented live and this first-time-ever release includes more Byrds classics like "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Turn Turn Turn" and a rare one-time-only tour performance of "Eight Miles High."  This album is impeccably mastered for vinyl by longtime Byrds fan and friend Joe Reagoso, and will be pressed for the first time anywhere on double translucent gold vinyl in a stunning gatefold cover, featuring the rare Jo Mora artwork elements from the 1968 Byrds masterwork, coupled with new interview and liner notes with Roger, Chris, and Marty. Truly a sensational recording and a stellar document of one of the greatest tours of our time.

The Monkees, The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees: Mono Edition (Friday Music) (LP) (2,000 copies, RSD First)

Their 1968 classic smash album, in monophonic sound, on stunning coral vinyl in a gatefold cover, a lot of firsts! Features their smash hit singles "Daydream Believer" and "Valleri," plus fan favorites "I'll Be Back Upon My Feet," "Zor and Zam," and "Tapioca Tundra." This album is mastered impeccably from the Colgems Records 1968 mono tapes by longtime Monkees reissue producer Joe Reagoso.

The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones: U.K. Edition (ABKCO) (LP) (6,000 copies)

To celebrate 60 years since its original release, The Rolling Stones U.K. edition is being released in a special bespoke package exclusively for Record Store Day 2024. The remarkable, groundbreaking album arrives like a jet-fueled rush of white-hot R&B - just like a night down at The Crawdaddy Club in 1963, as the band stamped their mark on a series of classics such as "Route 66," "Carol," and "Can I Get A Witness." Pressed on 180g blue/black swirled vinyl, this limited-edition release includes a lithograph with images by Terry O'Neill and stamp-numbering on the jacket.

Todd Rundgren, Liars (Cleopatra) (LP) (1,500 copies, RSD First)

Originally released in 2004, this special RSD release commemorates the 20th Anniversary of its original release date!

Nancy Sinatra, How Does That Grab You? (Light in the Attic) (LP) (2,000 copies)

Less than two weeks after "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" made it to the top of the charts, Nancy was back in the studio working on the follow-up. With a newfound confidence and a fresh batch of songs, How Does That Grab You? is a snapshot that captures the fun, creativity, and genius of an artist embracing her moment. The album includes the sparse masterpiece "Bang, Bang," the "Boots"-esque "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?" and Nancy & Lee Hazlewood's very first duet, the proto-psychedelic "Sand."  Equal parts strong, sultry, and savvy, Nancy Sinatra has long been ahead of her time--both in her choices as an artist and as a businesswoman. Unapologetically, she established her own path early on and paved the way for decades of female artists to come--all while firmly maintaining control over her career, her image, and her music. In 1965, Nancy Sinatra changed the face of music, fashion, and culture.  This RSD-Exclusive edition is pressed on Orange Cream wax and freshly remastered from the original analog tapes by John Baldwin.  It includes two bonus tracks: "The Last of the Secret Agents?" and the previously unreleased "If Things Don't Start Picking Up."  The gatefold includes a 20-page booklet with a Q&A between Nancy and reissue producer Hunter Lea plus previously unpublished photos from Nancy's archive.

Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, Rock Art and The X-Ray Style (Dark Horse) (LP) (1,800 copies)

Dark Horse Records celebrates the 25th anniversary of Rock Art and the X-Ray Style, the debut album by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, with a limited pink vinyl Record Store Day exclusive 2LP pressing. The remastered 1999 album, which was Strummer's first album release in a decade, is spread over 2 LPs for optimal sound quality, and the original gatefold artwork by Damien Hirst has been meticulously reproduced.

Various Artists, The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed (Light in the Attic) (LP) (3,000 copies)

A tribute to one of the greatest songwriters & artists of our time.  Features newly recorded covers from Keith Richards, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rufus Wainwright, Lucinda Williams, Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen, Rickie Lee Jones, Mary Gauthier, Bobby Rush, Automatic, The Afghan Whigs, and Rosanne Cash.  Special Record Store Day Edition pressed on Silver Nugget wax and housed in a silver laminated jacket. Booklet features liner notes by compilation producer & former Lou Reed publicist Bill Bentley, featuring photos by Mick Rock and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.​