Among the bigger surprises of an already packed Record Store Day slate is seeing labels increase their presence within the usual offerings. One such case: BMG, a company steadily growing in prominence since corporate owner Bertelsmann sold a four-year stake in Sony Music and started rebuilding with a host of classic rock, pop and other catalogues as well as new releases from those acts. This year, the company has prepped a baker's dozen special vinyl titles for the RSD festivities on Saturday, April 12, drawing from a list of well-known acts or members thereof with an offering of plenty of rare and unreleased material.

Here's a look at BMG's Record Store Day releases!

De La Soul, Bigger / Respect (2 x 7" - 1600 copies)

Acclaimed rap trio De La Soul made headlines in 2023 when their sample-heavy back catalogue finally made it onto digital music services after a lot of clearances (and some select reconfiguring of some classic albums). This spring, they're celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seventh album, 2004's The Grind Date, with a double-disc single release that offers two unheard tracks from the album's sessions, backed with two instrumentals of album cuts.

Dokken, Beast from the East (Live) (Green/Orange 2LP - 1500 copies)

The metal group's first live album, recorded in Tokyo in the spring of 1988, was even longer on vinyl than it was on CD by three tracks. That double LP pressing is back on color vinyl this spring.

Duran Duran, Danse Macabre De Luxe (Bonus Tracks) (Zoetrope 12" - 2700 copies)

Duran Duran embraced their darker side once more with last year's reissue of 2023's Danse Macabre, an inspired collection of new songs, covers and revisited deep cuts meant to celebrate Halloween (as well as their own rich legacy, with founding guitarist Andy Taylor and his replacement Warren Cuccurullo making their first appearances on Duran albums in decades). A limited vinyl version of the reissue offered even more bonus tracks than the CD or digital editions, but a new pressing of that bonus LP, featuring all seven tracks - covers of Electric Light Orchestra's "Evil Woman" and Classics IV's "Spooky" plus a new "dark phase" take on the band's 1984 hit "New Moon on Monday," plus three instrumentals and a spoken interlude - will be available for RSD, complete with a collectible new spin thanks to its zoetrope design.

HIM, Join Me (12" Picture Disc - 3000 copies)

For the 25th anniversary of "Join Me (in Death)," the song that put Finnish goth-rockers HIM on the map around the world, it's being released as a commemorative picture disc, featuring a rare remix of the track from the 1999 sci-fi flick The Thirteenth Floor and two live cuts (including a take on Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell").

Johnny Marr, Look Out Live! (Orange 2LP - 1800 copies)

Last year, guitar legend Johnny Marr went on the road in support of a new solo best-of collection, and a set at London's Hammersmith Apollo might have been the best of the tour, thanks to spirited covers of not only his work with The Smiths but even a surprise reunion of his post-Smiths duo Electronic, featuring Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant guesting on their hit "Getting Away with It" and David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel." That special night will be preserved on wax for Record Store Day.

Mötley Crüe, Smokin' in the Boys Room / Home Sweet Home (7" Picture Disc - 2500 copies)

Two of the Crue's biggest hits on one picture disc single.

Motörhead, The Löst Tapes, Vol. 6 (Live in Berlin 1992) (Purple 2LP)

The iconic metal-punk trio have released five soundboard-quality live sets for Record Store Day since 2021, later releasing them in a CD box set in 2024. Now, their sixth volume, already digitally available and to be pressed on purple vinyl, will showcase the band on tour in support of 1992's March ör Die.

Dolores O'Riordan, No Baggage (Transparent Violet LP - 2100 copies)

The second and final solo album from the late Cranberries frontwoman, originally released in 2009, takes its bow on the LP format.

Keith Richards & The X-pensive Winos, Live 3.10.22 (Red 12" with Etching - 1300 copies)

The unmistakable solo sound of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards comes to life on this new live EP, recorded in 2022 at the annual Love Rocks benefit concert in New York City, which raises money for God's Love We Deliver, a non-sectarian charitable organization that provides meals for the seriously ill.

Saxon, Wheels of Steel (45th Anniversary Edition) (Red/Blue 2LP - 900 copies)

The only exception to BMG's standard RSD exclusives is this regional-focused reissue of the breakthrough sophomore album by British heavy metal icons Saxon. It'll pair the original album as remastered in 2009 with a bonus disc of the band's set at the Donington Monsters of Rock festival in 1980.

Sexwitch, Sexwitch (10th Anniversary) (LP - 1500 copies)

BMG's most unique Record Store Day release might be this anniversary re-press of the sole album by Sexwitch, an offbeat ensemble featuring Bat for Lashes vocalist Natasha Khan backed by the British band Toy on a series of psychedelic and folk covers from Iran, Morocco and elsewhere. Its inner artwork has been newly redesigned and expanded for this vinyl release.

Thompson Twins, Into the Gap: Live! (Turquoise/Yellow 2LP - 1300 copies)

A terrific complement to last year's deluxe edition of the trio's breakthrough Into the Gap, this 14-song live set from the ensuing tour (released on video four decades ago) adds a new shade to the era that gave us "Hold Me Now," "Doctor! Doctor!" and others.

Ronnie Wood, Live At Electric Ladyland (Turquoise LP - 1800 copies)

A live outing from British guitarist Ronnie Wood, recorded at Electric Lady Studios in 1992, paid tribute to Wood's work in The Rolling Stones and Faces in both set list ("Stay with Me," "Flying," "Black Limousine," "Pretty Beat Up") and through his killer sidemen (Stones associates Chuck Leavell on keyboards and Bernard Fowler on vocals, as well as Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan). It's available for the first time on vinyl, more than two decades after its original release.