Record Store Day is right around the corner, and while it’s not an “officially” recognised holiday (yet…) we here at Richer Sounds can’t contain our excitement! While we can’t give away the details just yet, rest assured we have some exciting events and incredible surprises lined up for the day!
Keep an eye on our Richer Sounds Facebook page and www.richersounds.com for the latest updates. In the meantime, we’re sharing a small handful of the RSD-exclusive offerings that we’re most excited about. For the full list of exclusive releases, head to the official Record Store Day website.
The Allman Brothers Band – Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival
Format:
Quadruple LP Vinyl
Label:
Legacy / Sony Music
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An early show recording from iconic Southern band. First time on LP Vinyl. Deluxe packaging with x8 page booklet (from www.recordstoreday.co.uk).
Arcade Fire – Arcade Fire EP
Format:
12″ Vinyl EP
Label:
Legacy / Sony Music
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First time on Vinyl for this 12 transparent Blue coloured & individually numbered EP, with augmented Gold artwork. Originally released in 2003 as a CD demo only available at live dates (from www.recordstoreday.co.uk).
Bunny Striker Lee – Reggae Going International 1967-76
Format:
2xLP
Label:
Kingston Sounds
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This year is the 50th anniversary of Bunny Lee arrived in London. To celebrate this historic event we are releasing this greatest hits package of Bunny Striker Lee an icon in the world of Reggae. This Deluxe Double vinyl album is limited to 175 on Red vinyl,175 on Green Vinyl and 175 on Gold Vinyl. The three wonderful colours of the Jamaican flag (from www.recordstoreday.co.uk).
David Bowie – Now
Format:
1 x 180g 12″ White vinyl album
Label:
PLG UK Catalog
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The first commercial release of a rare 1977 US only compilation promotional only LP on white vinyl. The tracks are drawn from the Low and Heroes albums (all audio remastered from the A New Career In A New Town box set) and the package now features a newly designed inner sleeve with black and white images taken in Berlin in 1977 by Corrine Schwab (from www.recordstoreday.co.uk).
Fleetwood Mac – Tango In The Night Alternate
Format:
1 x 180g 12″ Black vinyl album
Label:
Rhino Warner
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1LP of alternate takes disc from Tango In The Night deluxe edition, released in 2017. Previously released only on CD, first time on LP (from www.recordstoreday.co.uk).
Goldie – Goldie Presents: 25 Years of Goldie Unreleased and Remastered
Format:
3 x 12″
Label:
Metalheadz
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3 x plates collectors package with RSD only sleeving and coloured vinyl (from www.recordstoreday.co.uk).
Jeff Buckley – Live At Sine
Format:
Quadruple LP Vinyl
Label:
Legacy / Sony Music
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A x4 LP Vinyl set in deluxe packaging, with a booklet & numbered sleeve. First time on LP Vinyl (from www.recordstoreday.co.uk).
Led Zeppelin – Rock And Roll
Format:
7″ Yellow vinyl single for RSD 2018. With large hole and adaptor.
Label:
Rhino Atlantic
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Yellow 7 Single, with large hole and adaptor that can be removed, housed in a printed paperboard sleeve. Tracks: Side A: Rock And Roll (Sunset Sound Mix) / Side B: Friends (Olympic Studios Mix). Both tracks are previously unreleased (from www.recordstoreday.co.uk).
Nas – Live From The Kennedy Center
Format:
2XLP
Label:
Mass Appeal Records
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Nas has announced a new concert film of his Illmatic performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Produced by Mass Appeal, the film will include backstage footage along with the performance, as well as commentary from Nas on the classic 1994 album. The film premieres on February 2 on PBS as part of their Great Performances series and will stream on PBS’ website following it’s initial debut. Originally recorded in 2014, the Kennedy Center performance celebrated Illmatic’s 20th anniversary, and featured the National Symphony Orchestra. Packaging includes 2XLP in a red velvet gatefold cover, sheet music, lyrics, and download for the film (from www.recordstoreday.co.uk).
Marc Bolan & T. Rex – The Final Cuts
Format:
Picture Disc LP
Label:
Demon Records
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Exclusive to RSD 2018, this special numbered picture disc LP is the first time this material has been issued on vinyl. Originally released in 2006 on CD, this album was put together from multi-track tapes that had been returned to Bolan’s son Rolan. Recorded at AIR Studios’ Oxford Street location, these tapes had been kept by the studio receptionist in her broom cupboard in Weston-Super-Mare, southwest England in the intervening years. These tapes make up the bulk of the final recorded studio work from the final twelve months of Marc Bolan’s life. With the addition of four tracks recorded at Decibel Studios in Stamford Hill in April 1977, the picture is almost complete and we can enjoy and understand more fully in context the direction in which Marc Bolan’s music may have been heading as he approached his thirties. Seven of the twelve songs on this were not released during Bolan’s lifetime. This is limited to 2000 units worldwide.
