The first Record Store Day took place on April 19, 2008, at independent brick-and-mortar outlets – and the annual event still finds ways to surprise and delight.
This year’s edition, set for Saturday (April 18), offers key exclusives from Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Foreigner, Black Sabbath, the Rolling Stones, Motorhead and the Cars, among others. The day is also set to include a number of LPs that will be available first to early record buyers, including key releases by Yes cofounder Jon Anderson and Cream, the supergroup featuring Eric Clapton at his most fiery.
Pink Floyd’s four-disc 16-song Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975 is made up of found material recorded by bootlegger Mike Millard. The audio has been restored and remastered by Steven Wilson. Plant’s four-song Saving Grace: All That Glitters LP continues the former Led Zeppelin frontman’s recent collaborations with Suzi Dian. Only 3,500 will be sold.
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Tony Iommi returns to Black Sabbath’s Seventh Star, the first of his three collaborations alongside former Deep Purple star Glenn Hughes, with an an expanded LP on a 5,400-copy run. Foreigner’s self-explanatory two-disc RSD exclusive 4 Live Tour 1981-82 was recorded during shows in Anaheim, California, Birmingham, England, and Dortmund, Germany. There will only be 2,500 available.
Motorhead’s Lost Tapes, Vol. 7 features material from the late frontman Lemmy Kilmister’s 50th birthday at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood. It’s a two-disc exclusive on a 3,000-copy run. The Cars perform songs from a four-times platinum smash on the 2LP Heartbeat City Live, with 3,500 available.
One of the more unusual Record Store Day offerings comes from the Rolling Stones, who are featured in a series of special three-inch vinyl recordings of key songs like “Honky Tonk Women,” “Play With Fire” and “Get Off of My Cloud,” among others. (And yes, there is also a companion mini-turntable release from Crosley.)
RSD First releases include Cream’s Wheels of Fire: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium and Winterland Ballroom, with just 4,500 copies available. One of the tracks has never been issued before. Jon Anderson is also expanding his recent True album. The special two-disc vinyl set will be limited to 1,500 LPs.