The 10th annual Record Store Day to celebrate independent record stores is coming up on Saturday, April 22nd. And while there’s been a degree of backlash about how good the day is for both record pressing plants and smaller bands that have to wait for months to get vinyl pressed because Toto is coming out with an “Africa” picture disc (that’s happening this year), it’s still a major way to get music fans into stores, and also an opportunity to pick up cool and exclusive releases that you wouldn’t be able to get anywhere else.
According to thevinylfactory, here are some of the releases that will be available next month at your favorite independent record store. This is taken from Reddit and Vinyl Community, so keep in mind that nothing’s official, but with a little over a month away, we wouldn’t be surprised if this is made official in the next week or so.
[UPDATE 3/21: The official list of Record Store Day releases is out now. We’ve made changes and enhanced our original list.]
Alice In Chains – What The Hell Have I/A Little Bitter and Get Born Again/Died [2×7”] (gatefold, limited to 4000, indie-retail exclusive) 7″
Avenged Sevenfold – Waking The Fallen [2LP] (Picture Disc, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Bullet for my Valentine – Don’t Need You (10″ translucent red vinyl)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium – Lime and Limpid Green (10″vinyl) featuring “Astronomy Domine” (Pink Floyd cover), “Boris the Spider” (The Who cover), “The Court of the Crimson King” (King Crimson cover), “Satori” (Flower Travellin’ Band cover)
Coheed And Cambria – Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV Volume One [2LP] (150 Gram Splatter Vinyl, gatefold, download, first time on vinyl, limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Damnation A.D. – Pornography [LP] (Clear Blue Vinyl, first new album in 10 years, covers of The Cure’s ‘Pornography’ album, download, indie-exclusive, limited to 800) LP
Darkest Hour – ST 7” [7”] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) 7″ Featuring “Enter Oblivion,” “I Don’t Wanna Hear It” (Minor Threat cover) and “Painkiller” (Judas Priest cover)
Darkthrone – Arctic Thunder [LP] (Picture Disc, limited to 500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Def Leppard – The Def Leppard EP (12″ limited to 4,000)
Dillinger Escape Plan, The – Instrumentalist (7” White Vinyl, limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive) 7″ Features “Dissociation” (instrumental) and “Fugue” (Me On Monday remix)
Enslaved – Roadburn Live [2LP] (Purple Vinyl, exclusive poster, limited to 500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Halestorm – ReAniMate 3/0: The CoVeRs EP (12″ picture disc, limited to 2,700)
Hawkwind – Best Of The United Artists Years: 1971-1974 [LP] (Colored Vinyl, limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Integrity – Humanity Is The Devil (Remix & Remaster) [LP] (new 36”x24” poster cover and layout, download, indie-exclusive, limited/numbered to 750) LP
Katatonia – Proscenium [10”] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) 10″
Kylesa – Live At Maida Vale Studio (A BBC Redording) [10”] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) 10″
Kylesa – Live At Maida Vale Studio (A BBC Redording) [Cassette] (limited to 150, indie-retail exclusive) Cas
Kylesa – Live At Maida Vale Studio (A BBC Redording) [CD] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) CD
M.D.C. – Magnus Dominus Corpus [LP] (limited to 1100, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Motorhead – Clean Your Clock [2LP] (Picture Disc, limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam State Of Love And Trust / Breath [7”] (limited to 5000, indie-retail exclusive) 7″
Saxon – Into The Labyrinth [LP] (Picture Disc, A-side features the original cover paining by Paul Gregory, B-side features a painting by Kai Swillus, limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
The Sword – Low Country (LP, colored vinyl, limited to 1,500)
Thrice – Sea Change [7”] (limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive) 7″
Today Is The Day – How To Win Friends And Influence People: 25th Anniversary Vinyl Remaster [10”] (limited to 700, indie-retail exclusive) 10″
Venom – At War With Satan [LP] (Picture Disc, limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Warbringer – Woe To The Vanquished [LP] (Picture Disc, limited to 400, indie-retail exclusive) LP
White Zombie – Gods on Voodoo Moon (7″ limited to 750)
