Record Store Day
Paramore and David Byrne announce collaborative Record Store Day release
The 12-inch features Byrne's cover of "Hard Times" and Paramore's rendition of "Burning Down the House." Paramore and David Byrne Announce Collaborative Record Store Day Release Scoop Harrison
Record Store Day 2024: The 30 Must-Have Releases
Including exclusive releases from Talking Heads, David Bowie, At the Drive-In, South Park, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Daft Punk, Record Store Day 2024: The 30 Must-Have Releases Scoop Harrison and Eddie Fu
ATEEZ named Record Store Day’s first-ever K-pop Artist of the Year
The group has also announced an exclusive vinyl release in celebration of the occasion. ATEEZ Named Record Store Day’s Inaugural K-pop Artist of the Year Mary Siroky
Billie Eilish, David Bowie, Olivia Newton-John Highlight Record Store Day Black Friday Releases
David Bowie, Madonna, Beck, Etta James, Pete Rock, RZA as Bobby Digital, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Motorhead, Billie Eilish and Duran Duran are among the artists releasing exclusive vinyl at stores nationwide on Nov. 25 as part of this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday event. Eilish’s Happier Than Ever will receive its exclusive double LP release via Darkroom / Interscope as one of the few newer titles on this year’s Black Friday list. In honor of the late Grease icon Olivia Newton-John, fans can look forward to an exclusive Physical LP picture disc, while Bowie’s The Next Day will be released as an EP and his Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy with Bing Crosby will come out on an exclusive 12″ vinyl. For ’60s and ’70s country-rock and psych fans...
Childish Gambino Lands First No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart With ‘Kauai’ Vinyl Debut
Record Store Day 2022’s fingerprints are all over Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated May 7), as six of the top 10 have sales owed to a special release for the annual indie retailer holiday. Leading the pack at No. 1 is Childish Gambino’s Kauai EP, which debuts atop the list with 17,000 sold in the U.S. in the week ending April 28, according to Luminate. It’s his first No. 1 on the chart, and third top 10. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Kauai was originally released in 2014 as digital download at retail, and charted for five weeks that year. It was issued on vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day (April 23) and nearly all of the album’s sales in the week ending April 28 were from its vinyl LP. Kauai was pressed on three surprise co...
Taylor Swift Celebrates Record Store Day 2022, Shouts Out ‘Taylor’s Version’ Mural at Nashville Retailer
Taylor Swift is celebrating Record Store Day 2022. The 32-year-old pop superstar, who was announced earlier this year as the first-ever global ambassador for Record Store Day, took to social media on Saturday (April 23) to acknowledge the annual event and give a special shout-out to Nashville-based indie music retailer Grimey’s New and Pre-Loved Music. “Happy Record Store Day!” Swift wrote in her Instagram Story. “Honored to be this year’s Global Ambassador and glad we get to celebrate these sacred & important places now more than ever.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The singer’s post included a mural photo of the artist’s face emblazoned on the record store’s outside wall. “Thanks @grimeys for the mural, I am overwhelmed,” Swift ...
Record Store Day Returns: RSD 2022 Releases Worth Digging For
After two years of navigating fragmented drop days due to a pandemic that cared very little about your shopping agenda, Record Store Day once again returns to its rightful place on the penultimate Saturday in April. Granted, there will be a designated make-up day on June 18 that plans to serve as something of a retail safety net for those titles that couldn’t arrive in stores on the April 23. But the good news is that the lion’s share of these exclusive pieces will, in fact, arrive on the intended date, which also serves as the 15th anniversary of RSD as an international shoppers’ holiday. To commemorate the milestone, the RSD folks have appointed global ambassadorship this year to American pop queen Taylor Swift, who in the last 15 years has firmly established herself as one of the great ...
Record Store Day 2022: The 20 Must-Have Releases
Record Store Day 2022 is approaching, and this year, organizers have decided to return to the traditional single-day holiday model. In light of the pandemic, Record Store Day was spread out across multiple dates over the last couple years, but for 2022 the vast majority of special releases will drop on April 23rd. An additional day, June 18th, has also been named as a safety net date for any problems that arise. This year’s notable releases includes Alice In Chains’ first studio EP, a 40th Anniversary Edition of U2’s “A Celebration,” two different EP reissues from David Bowie, a Foo Fighters 7-inch of alternate versions from their 2021 LP Medicine At Midnight, and Pearl Jam’s double vinyl live album, Live On Two Legs. Taylor Swift, who was recently named as Record Store Day’s 2022 Glo...
U2, Pixies, Foo Fighters and Taylor Swift Highlight Record Store Day 2022 Releases
Record Store Day has just released the list of exclusive pressings that will be available on April 23. In case supply chain issues get in the way of the planned date in April, a safety net’ date of June 18th was established as a backup. This year returns to the normal Record Store Day format since there will be a single date instead of the two “Drop” dates that took place in 2020 and 2021. Even with a single date, the list of exclusive releases is no less exciting. U2, Pixies, David Bowie Foo Fighters, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, St. Vincent, Prince, Stevie Nicks, and Lou Reed, among many more, will release limited edition vinyl. Taylor Swift, the Record Store Day 2022 global ambassador, will release a seven-inch pressing of her bonus track “the lakes” from 2020’s folklore. U2 will celebrat...
Record Store Day’s ‘Improbable’ Success Recounted in New Book for 15th Anniversary
Record Store Day is getting a book-length origin story. On April 12, ahead of the annual celebration’s 15th anniversary, Rare Bird will publish author Larry Jaffee’s Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century, a book recounting how the long-running event helped save independent record stores across the world and played a major role in relaunching the now-booming vinyl format. The tale is told in the voices of those who were pivotal to the movement, including RSD’s founders, artists who were supportive of the event and independent record store owners, among others. Jaffee is a New York-based journalist who teaches writing at the New York Institute of Technology and Mercy College and serves as co-founder/conference director of the Making Vinyl series of conferences th...
Aerosmith Unearth 1971 Seven-Song Rehearsal Tape, Share Unreleased Version of “Movin’ Out”: Stream
Aerosmith have dug up a rare 1971 recording, which the legendary band is releasing on Record Store Day Black Friday on November 26th. The previously unreleased seven-song rehearsal tape, will be issued on vinyl and cassette under the title Aerosmith – 1971: The Road Starts Hear, with the collection’s “Movin’ Out” available to stream below right now. The recording offers an extraordinary glimpse into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band’s early years, having been recorded just a year after they formed, and two years before the release of their 1973 self-titled debut album. According to a press release, “The landmark early recording was made with Joe Perry’s Wollensak reel-to-reel tape machine in 1971 by Mark Lehman, who owned the infamous van and became Aerosm...
10 Record Store Day 2021 Releases Every Music Fan Should Own
Crate Digging is a recurring feature in which we take a deep dive into a genre and turn up several albums all music fans should know about. In this special edition of the series, we’re shining a spotlight on Record Store Day‘s second drop of 2021 by rounding up the 10 releases you won’t want to miss. Due to the global pandemic, Record Store Day 2021 was split into two “RSD Drops,” with the first occurring on June 12th. (RSD typically occurs in April of each year.) Saturday, July 17th marks the second and final event; as always, it’s a celebration among independent record stores uplifting the collection and preservation of vinyl. RSD has grown into a global event and continues to include designated releases — below, we’ve rounded up our picks for ten can’t-miss Record Store Day drops, in no...
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