Record Store Day Black Friday Round-Up: BMG, Omnivore, and Real Gone Music

As we gear up for Record Store Day's Black Friday event on Friday, November 28, we're sharing the lists from BMG, Omnivore Recordings, and Real Gone Music. Click here for a list of participating retailers!

First up is BMG's slate...

George Harrison, Living in the Material World (50th Anniversary Mix) (Dark Horse) (Zoetrope LP; 7,600 copies - reprises mix from the 2024 box set)

John Lee Hooker, Chill Out (30th Anniversary) (LP; 1,500 copies - remastered reissue of album featuring Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Booker T. Jones, and Charles Brown)

Billy Idol, "77" (Dark Horse) (12" Picture Disc; 1,500 copies - features original version of "77" and duet version with Avril Lavigne on double-sided picture disc)

Mötley Crüe, "Home Sweet Home" (40th Anniversary EP) (12" Picture Disc; 2,500 copies - includes six versions of the song including the demo, original version, duet with Dolly Parton, and more)

Motörhead, Live at Brixton '87 (Sanctuary) (LP; 2,500 copies; pressed on red vinyl)

Ratt, Invasion of Your Privacy (40th Anniversary EP) (7" Picture Disc; 2,000 copies - features three tracks from Ratt's second album)

Sugar, Copper Blue: The Singles Collection (4 x 12"; 1,500 copies - rounds up singles/EPs from the band's 1992 album in one box set)

Touche Amore, Chasing Brightness: The Complete BBC Sessions 2011-2025 (Rise) (2LP - "Sea Breeze" color vinyl; 1,800 copies)

Omnivore Recordings has four titles coming for RSD Black Friday - and we know that our readers will be thrilled to know that three of them are currently scheduled for CD release, as well!

The Lemon Twigs, Written by Ronnie D'Addario (LP - Opaque Red vinyl; 1,400 copies)

For two decades, Ronnie D'Addario played guitar with Tommy Makem and The Clancy Brothers. He's performed with Judy Collins and had a song recorded (but sadly left unreleased) by Carpenters. Now, his sons Brian and Michael - a.k.a. The Lemon Twigs - are paying tribute to their dad on this new release which features such guest artists as Todd Rundgren, Mac DeMarco, Sean Ono Lennon, Darian Sahanaja, Probyn Gregory, and Matt Jardine - as well as Ronnie himself.

Robbie Robertson, Filmworks: Insomnia (LP; 1,800 copies)

Filmworks: Insomnia celebrates the late Robbie Robertson (1943-2023) with a look at his first three film soundtracks: The Last Waltz, Carny, and Raging Bull. The collection is released in conjunction with his new, posthumously-released memoir, Insomnia, which chronicles the beginning of his long and fruitful creative partnership with Martin Scorsese. Filmworks: Insomnia has been produced in conjunction with the Robertson estate, and premieres one previously unreleased track from Carny. Jon Burlingame provides the new liner notes.

Various Artists, Rock the Plaza: The Concert to Save the Historic Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs (2LP; 1,200 copies)

On November 11, 2022, Brian Ray (guitarist in the Paul McCartney band) led a fundraiser to restore Palm Springs' Plaza Theatre. He enlisted pals Alice Cooper, Paul Rodgers, Joshua Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures), and Orianthi (a guitarist who has worked with include Michael Jackson and Richie Sambora). Ray and Spike Edney (Queen, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin) were joined in the band by Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses), Eric Singer (KISS, Black Sabbath), Jon Button (Shakira, The Who, Sheryl Crow), and guitarist Pete Thorn fpr an evening of classic hits and spirited covers.

Warren Zevon, Epilogue: Live at the Edmonton Folk Festival (2LP with etching; 2,200 copies)

Omnivore premieres the final concert ever performed by the late, great Warren Zevon (1947-2003). Epilogue: Live at the Edmonton Folk Festival preserves for posterity his concert of August 9, 2002 during which he was joined by Matt Carsonis on guitar, dulcimer, fiddle, harmonies, and more. Zevon and Cartsonis ran through his classic songbook (including "Werewolves of London," "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me," and one of only two live performances of "Dirty Life and Times") as well as a cover of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You." Epilogue: Live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has been mastered and restored by Michael Graves and Jordan McLeod of Osiris Studio with Matt Cartsonis (who has also penned the new liner notes).

Note that Epilogue: Live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Rock the Plaza, and Written by Ronnie D'Addario will be available for to purchase on CD and digital formats on December 5.

Last but not least comes the lone title this Black Friday from our friends at Real Gone Music!

Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Sister Sweetly (Sea Blue vinyl - limited to 3,000 copies)

The band's Platinum 1993 release (featuring "Bittersweet," "Broken Hearted Savior," and "Circle") comes to vinyl with the full support of the band as newly remastered for this release by Mike Milchner at SonicVision. An insert features the album's lyrics.

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others. Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.