Happy Record Store Day!

04/18/2009

Get off your ass and support your local independent retailer, punk.

By Fred Mills

The 2^nd Annual Record Store Day is finally here at scores of participating indies and mom ‘n' pops. Yay! As pointed out previously, we're dead chuffed to see how many bands and labels lined up with goodies that will be available exclusively at indie stores. From Akron/Family, Cold War Kids, Grizzly Bear, Sonic Youth (twice!) and My Morning Jacket to Dylan, Springsteen, Tom Waits, the Stooges and the MC5, the swag is in the bag for this year's event, and it'll be hard to top it in 2010.

See the full list, below.

Meanwhile, go HERE to see the Record Store Day website and check out the list of stores as well as sundry musical events taking place all over. Viva la vinyl!

Akron/Family	"Everyone is Guilty" 7"	first single from new album; unreleased b-side
Arthur Russell	"Love Is Taking Me" 2LP	2LP (RSD exclusive)
Bad Religion	Original EP 7" reissue	colored vinyl; 6 tracks from 1981
Ben Harper	10" "Shimmer and Shine"/"Spanish Red Wine"	B-side, "Spanish Red Wine" is unreleased
Blitzen Trapper	"War is Placebo/Booksmart"	7" - two exclusive tracks w/die cut sleeve
Bob Dylan	7"--"Dreaming of You"/"Down Along the Cove"	tracks recorded live at Bonnaroo; packaged in clear sleeve with 3x5 photo
Booker T	"Warped Sister/Reunion Time" 7"	7"
Brandi Carlile	7" single "Downpour"/"A Promise To Keep"	"Downpour" is the live track recorded in Boston
Bruce Springsteen	7" "What Love Can Do"/"A Night With The Jersey Devil"	packaged in clear sleeve with 3x5 photo
Camera Obscura	"French Navy" 7"	7" (RSD exclusive)
Cold War Kids	Live at Fingerprints	Live at Fingerprints 5 song EP
Cursive/Ladyfinger	Split 10" picture disc	four songs, two unreleased and two new
Dandy Warhols	Remix CD #2
Death Cab For Cutie	T-Shirt	exclusive design for Record Store Day
Def Jam 25: Volume 1 and 2	4 LP gatefold history of Def Jam, only physical version of this piece is for indies	4 LP gatefold history of Def Jam, only physical version of this piece is for indies
Depeche Mode	7" "Wrong"/"Oh Well"	7"
Derek Trucks	Already Live EP	five previously unreleased live tracks from the 2008 tour
Dr. Dog/Floating Action	Split 7"	7" - exclusive
Elvis Costello	"Complicated Shadows"/"Dirty Rotten Shame" picture disc	"Dirty Rotten Shame" is exclusive track--previously unreleased
Elvis Perkins	"Lorraine Lookout" 7"	two tracks, one unreleased
Flaming Lips/Black Keys	split 7" "Borderline"/"Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles"	7" Borderline/Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles
Flight of the Conchords	"Pencils In The Wind"/"Albi The"	7" - two exclusive tracks w/die cut sleeve
Gaslight Anthem	Live from Park Ave 10"	Live from Park Ave 10" - 6 tracks
Grateful Dead	T-Shirt	exclusive design for Record Store Day
Grizzly Bears	Live on KCRW 7"	two tracks, "While You Wait For The Others"/"He Hit Me"
Guided By Voices	Hold On Hope LP	Three bonus tracks
Heaven & Hell	7" "Bible Black" / Neon Knights (Live)	Created exclusively for Record Store Day
Iron and Wine	Norfolk 6-20-05	Live 18 track CD recorded on the Woman King tour
Jane's Addiction	7" "Mountain Song" / "Standing in the Shower...Thinking"	7" Mtn. Song/Standing In The Shower- Packaged in original replica picture sleeve
Jason Mraz	T-Shirt	exclusive design for Record Store Day
Jenny Lewis/Elvis Costello	split 7" --"Carpet Baggers"/"Go Away"	Never before available in the US
Jesus Lizard	9 x 7" pack	A pack of nine 7"s
Leonard Cohen	7" "The Future/"Suzanne"	tracks recorded live in London, packaged in clear sleeve with 3x5 photo
Loney Dear/Andrew Bird 7"	split 7"	7" - hand-silk screened covers; tour & mail order item
Lykkie Li/Perro Del Mar	7" "After Laughter (Comes Tears)" / "At Your Best (You are Love)"	Made exclusively for Record Store Day featuring two unreleased cover songs.
Magnolia Electric Co,	"It's Made Me Cry" 7"	Jason Molina's first 7" in years
Mastodon	T-Shirt	exclusive design for Record Store Day
MC 5	7" "Kick Out The Jams"/"Motor City Is Burning"	Packaged in the original rare picture sleeve, first time available since 1969
Metric	"Help I'm Alive" 7" Picture disc	"Help I'm Alive"/"Help I'm A B-Side"
Modest Mouse	7" --"Satelite Skin"/"Guilty Cocker Spaniels"	both tracks are brand new
My Morning Jacket - Celebración De La Ciudad Natal	Celebracion De La Ciudad Natal	CD & 2 x 10" Vinyl - 4-14 Street, Vinyl one time shot. Recorded LIVE in LOUISVILLE (at Ear X-tacy, and Waterfront Park), includes classic tracks and selections from the band's most recent GRAMMY nominated album EVIL URGES. PLEASE NOTE: double 10 inch will be a limited edition, ONE TIME pressing - We shall manufacture only what is ordered. Once it's gone, it's gone folks.
New Order	7" Ceremony/Ceremony (live)	"Temptation" / "Hurt" - Never before available in the US as a 7" single.
Oasis	Falling Down Remix LP	Falling Down Remix LP
Obits	"I Can't Lose/Military Madness" 7"	7" - two exclusive tracks w/die cut sleeve
Paramore	T-Shirt	exclusive design for Record Store Day
Pavement	"Live in Germany 1988" LP	unreleased show from 1988
Poison The Well	Six track CD	6 track CD, taken from 2 7" singles that the band sells on the road, and an upcoming 7" single that will be out later this spring
Pretenders	"Break Up The Pavement"/Love's..." 7"	7" - one unrelased track, and track from new album on red vinyl
Queen EP	Queen's First EP	Limited Edition, Numbered CD for the first time in the US
Radiohead	10" vinyl series (see list of titles in NOTES)	THESE ARE BEING RELEASED EARLY FOR RSD: Drill, Creep, My Iron Lung, High & Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Just, Street Spirit, Paranoid Android, Karma Police, No Surprises, Pyramid Song, 2+2=5
Rivers Cuomo	Live @ Fingerprints CD and CD/DVD Combo	Live @ Fingerprints CD and CD/DVD Combo
Silversun Pickups	Pikul 12"	exclusive release ahead of their new album
Slayer	7" single "Psychopathy Red"	packaged in special X-Files-style, "confidential" packaging
Sonic Youth/Beck	split 7"	split 7" (RSD exclusive)
Sonic Youth/Jay Reatard	split 7"	split 7" (RSD exclusive)
Sublime	"Superstar Punani"/April 29, 1992" 7"	7" single with 2 live tracks, first time on vinyl
Taking Back Sunday	7" "Carpathia/Catholic" (live)	7" Carpathia/Catholic (live)
The Black Kids	Wizard of Ahhhs 10"	first time on physical format
The Color Fred	The Intervention CD EP	six acoustic tracks--four new
The Decemberists	7" "The Rake's Song"/"East India Lanes"	B-side, "East India Lanes" is unreleased
The Smiths	7" "The Headmaster Ritual" /"Oscillate Widly"	Never before available in the US as a 7" single.
The Stooges	7" "1969"/"Real Cool Time"	Packaged in the original rare picture sleeve
Thermals/Thao	Get Down Stay Down split 7"	split 7" Get Down Stay Down (4 tracks unreleased)
Tift Merritt	Buckingham Solo CD	recorded live at a church; Tift solo with piano and guitar
Tom Waits	"Live from the Glitterdome" 7"	7" - live tracks from Atlanta & Edinburgh
Underoath	T-Shirt	exclusive design for Record Store Day
Various LITA distributed artists	7" series with Daptone, Numero Group and LITA artists including Sharon Jones, Rodriguez, Serge Gainsbourg, Wheedle's Groove	7" series with Daptone, Numero Group and LITA artists including Sharon Jones, Rodriguez, Serge Gainsbourg, Wheedle's Groove
Various artists	Records Toreism LP	tracks from Mountain Tortoise, Trans Am, White Hills, Double Dagger
Vetiver	"Wishing Well"/"Pay No Mind" 7"	7" - two semi-exclusive non-album tracks w/diecut sleeve
Whiskeytown	7" single - San Atone b/w Great Divide (unreleased tracks)	7" single - San Atone b/w Great Divide (unreleased tracks)
Wilco	Ashes of American Flags DVD	DVD is released with an exclusive window of two weeks for indie stores and mail order
Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs	It's Blitz LP	vinyl version of forthcoming Yeah Yeah Yeahs CD

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