Friday, April 17, 2009

20 cool Record Store Day exclusives


It's impossible to list all of the in-store goodies that will be available tomorrow, but here is a list of some truly great collectible vinyl:

1. Black Kids - Wizard Of Ahhhs 10"
Band's debut hype-making demo on a physical format for the first time

2. Booker T - Warped Sister/Reunion Time 7"
As in Booker T And The MGs – featuring Drive By Truckers and Neil Young on lead guitar!

3. Camera Obscura - French Navy/The World Is Full of Strangers 7"
First track comes ahead of album release, second is previously unreleased

4. Cursive/Ladyfinger - Split 10"
Features four songs: two new, two previously unreleased on a picture disc

5. The Dead Weather - Hang You From The Heavens 7"
First release from Jack White's new band, and a first for Third Man Records

6. The Decemberists - The Rake's Song/East India Lanes 7"
The b-side is an unreleased rarity

7. Elvis Costello - Complicated Shadows/Dirty Rotten Shame 7"
Features a previously unreleased track

8. Elvis Costello/Jenny Lewis - Carpet Baggers/Go Away split 7"
Available for the first time in the US

9. Flaming Lips/Black Keys - Borderline/Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles split 7"
Two great bands, one vinyl

10. Flight Of The Conchords - Pencils In The Wind/Albi The 7"
Both exclusive new tracks

11. Loney Dear/Andrew Bird - Split 7"
Comes with a hand silk screened cover

12. Lykke Li/Perro Del Mar - After Laughter/At Your Best split 7"
Both are previously unreleased covers

13. Pavement - Live in Cologne 1997 LP
A previously-unreleased show in Germany

14. Sonic Youth/Beck - Pay No Mind/Green Light split 7"
Sonic Youth covering Beck and Beck covering Sonic Youth

15. Sonic Youth/Jay Reatard - Hang Them All (Jay Reatard)/No Garage (Sonic Youth) split 7″ Another split, another RSD exclusive

16. Bruce Springsteen - What Love Can Do/A Night From The Jersey Devil 7″
Comes in clear sleeve with 3"x5" photo

17. Thermals/Thao - Get Down Stay Down split 7"
Two artists, four unreleased tracks

18. Vetiver - Wishing Well/Pay No Mind 7"
Two non-album tracks from oft Devandra Banhart cohorts

19. Tom Waits - Live From The Gillterdome split 7″
Recorded live in Atlanta and Edinburgh

20. Whiskeytown - San Atone/Great Divide 7"
Two unreleased tracks from Ryan Adams' old band

Ben Harper - Shimmer And Shine/Spanish Red Wine 10"

Chicha Libra & Dengue Fever - Primavera En La Selva/Genjer Genjer split 7"

Cold War Kids - Live At Fingerprints EP

Def Jam – History Of Def Jam 4xLP

Depeche Mode - Wrong/Oh Well 7"

Domino Records – Blood On The Tracks compilation LP

Bob Dylan - Dreaming Of You/Down Along The Cove (Live) 7"

Gaslight Anthem - Live From Park Ave 10"

Gomez - Airstream Driver/Edit 7"

Graham Coxon - In The Morning etched 10"

Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For The Others/He Hit Me (Live on KCRW) 7"

Guided By Voices – Hold On Hope LP reissue + 3 bonus tracks

Iron & Wine – Live CD

Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song/Standing In The Shower Thinking 7"

Jesus Lizard – 9x7″ Box Set

Leonard Cohen - The Future/Suzanne (Live) 7"

MC5 - Kick Out The Jams/Motor City Is Burning – 7"

Modest Mouse - Satellite Skin/Guilty Cocker Spaniels 7"

My Morning Jacket - CelebraciĆ³n De La Ciudad Natal (Live at Ear X-Tacy & Louisville Waterfront) CD + 2×10″

Nickel Eye - Dying Star/Brandy Of The Damned (Featuring Wale) Mark Ronson Remix

Oasis - Falling Down Remix LP

Obits - I Can't Lose/Military Madness - 7"

Queen – First EP reissue CD

Radiohead - 10″ vinyl EP reissues

Silversun Pickups - Pikul 12″

Slayer - Psychopathy Red 7"

The Smiths - The Headmaster's Ritual/Oscillate Wildly 7"

Rivers Cuomo - Live At Fingerprints CD/DVD


Many artists have also created some special releases especially for Record Store Day. These are going to be true collectibles as they are being made in very limited supply.

Bad Religion - Original 7" Colored Vinyl EP with 6-tracks from 1981

Bob Dylan - Dreaming of You/Down Along the Cover recorded at Bonnaroo 7" Vinyl

Booker T - Warped Sister/Reunion Time 7" Vinyl

Bruce Springsteen - What Love Can Do/A Night With the Jersey Devil 7" Vinyl

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu Live 2-LP set

Depeche Mode - Wrong/Oh Well 7" Vinyl

Elvis Costello - Complicated Shadow/Dirty Rotten Shame (previously unreleased) Picture Disc

Flaming Lips/Black Keys - Borderline/Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles 7" Vinyl

Grateful Dead - T-Shirt with exclusive design for Record Store Day

Jenny Lewis/Elvis Costello - Carpet Baggers/Go Away 7" Vinyl

King Crimson - 40th Anniversary Tour Box

Leonard Cohen - The Future/Suzanne recorded live in London 7" Vinyl

MC5 - Kick Out the Jams/Motor City Burning 7" Vinyl packaged in original design sleeve (not available since 1969)

Neil Young - Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1968 2-LP Vinyl

Pretenders - Break Up the Pavement/Love's... 7" Red Vinyl

Queen - Queen's First EP Limited edition numbered CD

Slayer - Psychopathy Red 7" Vinyl in special X-Files-style confidential packaging

Sonic Youth/Beck - 7" Vinyl

Sonic Youth/Jay Retard - 7" Vinyl

Talking Heads - 77 Reissue LP

Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual/Oscillate Wildly 7" Vinyl

Stooges - 1969/Real Cool Time 7" Vinyl

Tom Waits - Live From the Glitterdome 7" Vinyl with live tracks from Atlanta and Edinburgh

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