Record Store Day: What To Look For

Almost 400 items (mostly on vinyl) will be released for Record Store Day on Saturday. Head to the Record Store Day website for the complete list.

Here are a few notable picks to search out this weekend:

Courtney Barnett – “Everybody Here Hates You” 12-inch single. A brand-new track recorded specifically for Record Store Day.

Bingo Hand Job (a.k.a. R.E.M.) – Live at the Borderline 1991 – two-LP. This heavily bootlegged concert came during R.E.M.’s promo tour for Out of Time. The only song previously released from it was a goofy cover of “Tom’s Diner.”

Elvis Costello and the Imposters – Purse EP – 12-inch single. This includes songs Costello co-wrote with Burt BacharachPaul McCartneyJohnny Cash and Bob Dylan.

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – 4 Way Street (Expanded Edition) – three-LP. The 1992 reissue of this classic album comes to vinyl with 10 bonus tracks.

Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks: Original New York Test Pressing – LP. This is the original album before Dylan decided to re-record half of it in Minneapolis in late 1974.

Peter Gabriel – Rated PG – LP. A collection of the many songs Gabriel has done for films over the years.

Benjamin Gibbard – “Me and Magdalena” / “The Concept” – seven-inch single. Two tracks Gibbard did with Richard Swift, who passed away in 2018.  The A-side is the unreleased demo of the song Gibbard wrote for The Monkees‘ 2016 album Good Times! The B-side is an alternate unreleased version of the Teenage Fanclub track.

Goo Goo Dolls – Topography – five LP box set. This collects the band’s last five albums on vinyl — Let Love InGutterflowerSomething for the Rest of UsDizzy Up the Girl and Magnetic.

Green Day – Woodstock 1994 – LP. The band’s historic performance is released in full for the first time.

Greta Van Fleet – From The Fires – LP. The Grammy-winning band’s debut “double EP” finally gets released on vinyl.

John Hiatt & Lilly Hiatt – seven-inch single. Lily covers her dad’s “You Must Go” and he covers her “All Kinds of People.”

In The Garage: Live Music From WTF With Marc Maron – LP. This album has 10  acoustic performances from the popular podcast, including Melissa EtheridgeBen Harper and Charlie MusselwhiteNick LoweJason Isbell and Aimee Mann.

Elton John – Live From Moscow – two-LP. This concert was original broadcast on the BBC on May 28th, 1979.

Lord Huron – “The Night We Met” – seven-inch single. This remake has vocals by Phoebe Bridgers.

Brian May – “New Horizons” – 12-inch single. Two remixes of the track done as a tribute to the NASA New Horizons team who successfully orchestrated the most distant encounters ever by the human race.

Mumford & Sons – Delta Acoustic Sessions: Live From Electric Lady – 10-inch Picture Disc. This features four previously unreleased acoustic recordings of tracks from Delta.

Pearl Jam – Live at Easy Street – LP. The 2019 Record Store Day Ambassadors reissue their 2005 performance at Seattle’s Easy Street Records.

Chad Smith & Josh Klinghoffer – “Jeepster” / “Monolith” – seven-inch single. Two Red Hot Chili Peppers members team up for two T. Rex covers.

Jeff Tweedy – Warmer – LP. This collecion of songs was recorded at the same time as Warm.

U2 – The Europa EP – 12-inch single. This contains a live performances and remixes of “New Year’s Day” and ‘Love Is All We Have Left.”

Third Man Records three-inch singles. The label has four of these special singles coming out — The Raconteurs‘ “Store Bought Bones,” The Dead Weather‘s “Be Still,” Jack White‘s “Love Interruption” and The White Stripes‘ “Candy Cane Children.”