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February 6, 2025 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 12 - that's the date this year for Record Store Day, the date upon which fans, collectors, and everyone in between flocks to local independent record stores and hopefully gives those brick-and-mortar stores a leg up for the year!  The full list has been posted, and here at TSD, we'll start today by spotlighting various releases from some of our favorite labels!  Craft Recordings is among those labels, and they've just announced a batch encompassing jazz,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Latin, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: A Day to Remember, Carla Thomas, Celia Cruz, Collective Soul, Gerry Mulligan, Record Store Day, Thelonious Monk, Vince Guaraldi, Willie Colon

April 7, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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At 1:00 pm EST/10:00 am PST today, the list of Record Store Day's annual offerings was made public.  As was the case in 2020, this year's RSD festivities will take place over more than one day.  The two RSD Drops are scheduled for Saturday, June 12, and Saturday, July 17.  We'll be sharing periodic announcements of various labels' releases, beginning with this look at Craft Recordings' line-up.  For the full list of all participating RSD retailers, visit RecordStoreDay.com. Craft Recordings

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Celia Cruz, Evanescence, John Martyn, Jonathan Richman, Kenny Dorham, Lamb of God, O.A.R., Record Store Day, The Zombies, Vince Guaraldi, Willie Colon

September 25, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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2020 has been a bit of a rollercoaster and Record Store Day 2020 is no exception: once scheduled in April, it moved forward a few months, and is now spread out across three Saturdays in the summer and fall. The Record Store Day Drop in August proved a success and round two, set for tomorrow, September 26, is sure to please fans of all genres and eras. It's a diverse list full of exciting releases that you can only find through your local brick-and-mortar record store (or through their online

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Brandi Carlile, Britney Spears, Camille Yarbrough, Charles Mingus, Coolio, Ellie Goulding, Fleetwood Mac, Hank Williams, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Giuffre, Lenny Bruce, Melanie, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Orville Peck, Parish Hall, Paul McCartney, Ramones, Record Store Day, Robbie Basho, Roger Waters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Solomon Burke, Suzanne Ciani, The Allman Brothers Band, The Black Crowes, The Doors, The Feminine Complex, The Notorious B.I.G., The Replacements, The Residents, The Rolling Stones, The Unrighteous Brothers, The Yardbirds, Wilco, Willie Colon

June 8, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Recently, Record Store Day organizers announced that in lieu of a single-day celebration, planned 2020 RSD would be released across three months on three special "drop days."  As labels begin to open up following the COVID-19 outbreak, we're excited to give you the latest. Late last week, Craft Recordings announced the full lineup of indie-exclusive vinyl that will be rolled out on August 29, September 26, and October 24, and the label has added a special 50th Anniversary edition of McLemore

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Booker T. and the MG's, Camille Yarborough, Hector Lavoe, Parish Hall, So Solid Crew, The Count Five, Willie Colon

March 5, 2020 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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Craft Recordings has announced a typically eclectic slate of releases for Record Store Day, all of which should be available at your favorite local independent record store on Saturday, April 18 (while supplies last). This year's batch includes long out-of-print albums from blues-rockers Parish Hall and performance artist Camille Yarbrough; another treasure from the Fania Records catalogue; a rare EP from British hip-hop groundbreakers So Solid Crew, and two themed '60s compilations certain to

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Camille Yarbrough, Hector Lavoe, Parish Hall, Record Store Day, So Solid Crew, Willie Colon

September 16, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Craft Latino, a branch of Craft Recordings, will continue their celebration of the legendary Fania label with their first batch of vinyl reissues of classic titles from the label available just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month. On October 25, the label will reissue Celia Cruz and Tito Puente's Alma con alma (1970), Willie Colón's The Hustler (1968), The Fania All Stars' Live at Yankee Stadium (1973 - now presented as a double LP for the first time ever), and the Celia Cruz-Johnny Pacheco

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Jazz Tags: Celia Cruz, Fania All-Stars, Johnny Pacheco, Tito Puente, Willie Colon

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