Record Store Day Reminder
If you’re reading this right now, please stop doing so at the end of this sentence and go see if you have April 21 circled on the calendar.
Now that you’ve done so, see which of these best applies to your situation and do as instructed.
1) If April 21 is indeed circled, did you happen to notice if any explanation about why it’s circled was scribbled nearby? If so, then you know why we’re here, so you can probably just go ahead and move on to the next article.
2) Is April 21 is circled, but you can’t remember why you circled it, and you didn’t have the foresight to write it down? If so, then jump to the paragraph located after #3.
3) If April 21 is not circled, then keep reading…and prepare to have your mind blown.
April 21 is Record Store Day 2018, the day that vinyl fans literally spend all year waiting for. As usual, Rhino will be offering up a plethora of limited-edition releases to help spur you into heading to your local record retailer and spending some money in their establishment, and – also as usual – we think we’ve done a pretty darned swell job of putting together a collection of items that spans the genres without offering anything that feels gratuitous. Indeed, everything on here is something that the well-studied music consumer can look at and say without fear of contradiction, “Hey, that’s pretty cool!”
Here’s the full list of Rhino’s Record Store Day 2018 offerings, along with the details on format, number of copies that’ll be pressed, and how much they’ll set you back. Don’t say we didn’t warn you…and don’t say we’re not delivering some pretty sweet stuff, either, because we are.
Oh, boy, are we…
AIR - Sexy Boy
12-inch picture disc – Limited edition of 6,000 copies, $21.98
Cheech & Chong - Up In Smoke (40th Anniversary Edition)
7-inch, scratch and sniff, marijuana-shaped picture disc – Limited edition of 4,500, $17.98
David Bowie - Bowie Now
12-inch white vinyl – Limited edition, $21.98
David Bowie - Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78)
3-LP vinyl set, Limited edition, $49.98
David Bowie - Let's Dance (Full - Length Demo)
12-inch vinyl single, Limited edition, $14.98
Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night Alternate
12-inch 180-gram vinyl, Limited edition of 8,500 copies, $21.98
Grateful Dead - Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA 2/27/69
4-LP set on 180-gram vinyl with etching Limited edition of 9,000 copies, $79.98
Hawkwind - Dark Matter (The Alternative Liberty / U.A. Years 1970 -1974)
2-LP vinyl set with gatefold, Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $29.98
Jethro Tull - Moths
10-inch vinyl – Limited edition of 6,500 copies, $14.98
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things Part I & II
7-inch single – Limited edition of 1,000 copies, $7.98
Lalo Schifrin - Enter The Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1-LP picture disc, Limited edition of 6,000 copies, $21.98
Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll / Friends
Yellow 7-inch single, with adapter, Limited edition, $9.98
Lou Reed - Animal Serenade
3-LP set on 140-gram vinyl – Limited edition of 7,500 copies, $34.98
Madonna - The First Album
Picture disc – Limited edition of 14,000 copies, $21.98
Madonna - You Can Dance
Red vinyl LP with poster and obi-strip, Limited edition of 12,000 copies, $14.98
Miles Davis – RUBBERBAND
12-inch vinyl single – Limited edition of 6,000 copies, $14.98
Prince – 1999
1-LP on 180-gram vinyl – Limited edition of 13,000 copies, $21.98
Ramones - Sundragon Sessions
1-LP on 180-gram vinyl – Limited edition of 10,000 numbered copies, $21.98
The Cure - Mixed Up
2-LP picture disc with gatefold – Limited edition of 7,750 copies, $34.98
The Cure - Torn Down: Mixed Up Extras 2018
2-LP picture disc with gatefold, Limited edition of 7,750 copies, $34.98
The Doors - Live At The Matrix Part 2: Let's Feed Ice Cream To The Rats, San Francisco, CA - March 7 & 10, 1967
180-gram vinyl, Limited edition of 13,000 numbered copies, $21.98
The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
12-inch single on clear/black marble swirl vinyl, Limited edition of 9,000 copies, $14.98
The Stooges - The Stooges (The Detroit Edition)
Double LP on 180-gram vinyl with gatefold, Limited edition of 8,000 copies, $34.98
THE STREETS - Remixes & B-Sides
2-LP with white label – Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $29.98
Van Morrison - The Alternative Moondance
1-LP on 180-gram vinyl, Limited edition of 10,000 copies, $21.98
Various Artists - Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack)
2-LP picture disc, Limited edition of 11,000 copies, $34.98
Various Artists - Twin Peaks (Music From The Limited Event Series)
2-LP picture disc, Limited edition of 10,000 copies, $34.98
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (30th Anniversary Edition)
12-inch picture disc, Limited edition of 6,500 copies, $21.98
Wilco - Live At The Troubadour 11/12/96
2-LP on 180-gram vinyl, Limited edition of 8,500 copies, $34.98
Yes – Tormato
12-inch picture disc – Limited edition of 5,400 copies, $21.98
