ANDERSON
PAAK & BUSTA RHYMES * BOB DYLAN * BRIAN MAY & TAYLOR HAWKINS * CANNED
HEAT * COURTNEY BARNETT * CRAIG MACK
& NOTORIOUS B.I.G. * DAVID BOWIE * ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS *
ERYKAH BADU & JAMES POYSER * FOO FIGHTERS * GREEN DAY * GRETA VAN FLEET *
HIGH ON FIRE *JANIS JOPLIN * JEFF TWEEDY * JOHN LENNON * JOHN THE MARTYR *
JASON ISBELL* MARC MARON * MARK RONSON & MILEY CYRUS * MOTORHEAD * PEARL
JAM * PRINCE * SLY & THE FAMILY STONE * SOCCER MOMMY * SWERVEDRIVER *
WEEZER
First, a
little note: we’re bringing tiny back! This year we’re introducing our own
turntable, the RSD3, and it is an adorable little thing. Of course, if you’ve
got a 3” turntable, you need some 3” records, and we’ve got those two. A Foo
Fighters 3” record, (ironically, it’s “Big Me”), and two blind box series from
Epitaph Records and Third Man Records hit the shelves on April 13. (With more
to come, for the cutest little record collection you’ve ever seen).
We’re always
asked what we’re most excited about, and this year, we can say we’re looking
forward to the release of In The Garage: Live Music From WTF With Marc Maron, a
collection of lovely intimate performances from the podcast, which brought
together a team that included Marc, folks from Newbury Comics, Fingerprints,
Tito’s HandMade Vodka and us—for the first release on our own Record Store Day
record label. Best part? This compilation with music from Ben Harper and
Charlie Musselwhite, Karen Kilgariff, Jason Isbell, Dave Alvin, Eels, J Masic, Aimee Mann,
Melissa Etheridge, Margo Price and Nick Lowe benefits the amazing organization
Musicians on Call, who know something about the beauty of the intimate
performance—they bring musicians to hospital facilities to bring a little joy
to patients across the country.
Other than
that, we’re always psyched about any title that ties back directly to a record
store or artists we know are record store lovers. Our 2019 Ambassadors Pearl
Jam certainly fit the bill—and their RSD 2019 contribution is the vinyl release
of their legendary Live At Easy Street CD. Not only was this set recorded live
at a record store in Seattle, the audience was made up of staff from record
stores across the country (who says there are no perks of the job?) Our beloved
PRINCE was devoted to his local Minneapolis record stores, and he’s got two
titles on this year’s list: a vinyl release of His Majesty’s Pop Life/The
Purple Mix Club and the truly sought after The VERSACE Experience: PRELUDE 2
GOLD, a cassette release never commercially released—but given out at Versace’s
1995 Paris Fashion Week show. Ooh la la!
Jeff Tweedy spent some time working at a record store himself, and he’s
got a spot on the list with an entirely new album, Warmer. Recorded during the
sessions for his latest album, Warm, this companion album for Record Store Day
is ten brand new songs.
Collaborations
run strong too, as Anderson Paak teams up with Busta Rhymes for a single, Mark
Ronson and Miley Cyrus get physical with their hit “Nothing Breaks Like A
Heart”, we revisit a classic cassette from Craig Mack and the Notorious
B.I.G. and if posthumous collaborations
count, the group that came together when Queen’s Brian May and Foo Fighters’
Taylor Hawkins fleshed out a track left by Beach Boy Dennis Wilson is pretty cool. (Brian May is everywhere this
RSD: his other band has a reissue single of that song that will never be a
hit--- “Bohemian Rhapsody”, with its original B-Side “I’m In Love With My Car”;
a picture disc of the Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack: and he has a single all his
own.) And while there are usually some David Bowie treasures to be found on
Record Store Day, the single celebrating the celluloid collaboration of Bowie
with Marlene Dietrich in Just A Gigolo stands out.
Musicians
love music just as much as we do, and some of them use RSD as a chance to take
on their own favorite songs. Erykah Badu and James Poyser take Squeeze’s
“Tempted” down another road, Swervedriver bring the shoegaze out in classic
tracks from the Byrds and The Supremes, Motorhead’s love of the Ramones is
evident on their RSD 2019 7” release, High On Fire give Celtic Frost and Bad
Brains some attention on the flip side of their brand new single, and Weezer
tops them all with their full covers record The Teal Album (guess what color that
vinyl is?).
Elvis
Costello and The Imposters release the tidy Purse EP that brings together the
songs Elvis has written with some of the best songwriters in history, including
Paul McCartney and Johnny Cash. Some
other names on a lot of ‘Best of All Time’ lists are also on our RSD 2019 list,
including Steve Earle, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Joe Strummer, U2, Gorillaz,
Rolling Stones, Devo, Aretha Franklin, Charlie Parker and more. Two of the most
well known albums ever released get a fresh look on April 13: Bob Dylan’s Blood
On The Tracks—The Original New York Test Pressing and John Lennon’s Imagine
(Raw Studio Mixes) give fans a new look at beloved music, while newer artists
like Greta Van Fleet, Courtney Barnett, John The Martyr and Soccer Mommy are here
for that musical discovery side of record stores.
And of
course, this year marks the 50th anniversary of that magical time out on
Yasgur’s Farm, and the Record Store Day 2019 list highlights that with releases
of the sets from Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone, Canned Heat and a 3
LP Mono release of the original Woodstock soundtrack—exactly as you would have
heard it from the loudspeakers in August 1969.
(Oh, and for good measure, a release that visits Green Day’s set from
that second Woodstock.)
About Record
Store Day
Record Store
Day, the organization, is managed by the Department of Record Stores and is
organized in partnership with the Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS),
the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) and promotes independent
record stores year-round with events, special releases and other fun things.
Record Store
Day, the global celebration of the culture of the record store, takes place
annually in April. Record Store Day 2019 is April 13.
Record Store
Day Sponsors:
ADA,
Caroline, Crosley Turntables, D’Addario, Dogfish Head Brewery, Furnace Record
Pressing, Glowtronics, InGrooves, Music Business Association, MVD
Entertainment, The Orchard, Redeye Distribution, Sony Music, ThinkIndie,
Traffic Distribution, URP Distribution, , Vans, Vinyl Styl, WEA
For more
information about Record Store Day, please visit www.recordstoreday.com
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