Though you've probably never set foot in a record store — maybe you don't even buy music anymore, for that matter — these little shops still exist around the country and the world. In fact, record stores even have their very own holiday. Now do I have your attention?
Record Store Day 2015 is on Saturday, April 18 this year. Since 2007, Record Store Day has celebrated the nearly 1,400 independently owned record stores and the culture surrounding them in the United States and thousands of others around the world every third Saturday of April. Now is your chance to live out your High Fidelity fantasy. Come on. You know you want to.
While any excuse to support local businesses and celebrate music is always welcome, there is a huge reason why you should run out the door on Saturday to get in on this year's Record Store Day festivities. Record Store Day is so special because many artists release music on vinyl and CDs that you can only get for those 24 hours. Many of these are reissues or never-widely-released albums and singles that you won't be able to get anywhere else.
The official Record Store Day website has a full list of releases available at participating Record Store Day locations, some of which are only available in certain locations or in extremely limited quantities. From hip-hop to country, a classic album from The Doors to newcomer George Ezra's debut album, here are 23 Record Store Day releases you won't want to miss.
1. A$AP Rocky, LPFJ2
Format: 7-inch colored vinyl
Label: RCA
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: This record includes the first two singles off of A$AP Rocky's upcoming sophomore album At. Long. Last. ASAP., "Lord Pretty Flacko Jodeye 2" and "Multiply."
2. Johnny Cash, Koncert v Praze (In Prague — Live)
Format: 12-inch colored vinyl
Label: Legacy
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: This live album features the Man in Black singing some of his best-known tunes in Prague back when it was still a part of the Soviet Union in 1983.
3. Miles Davis, The Prestige 10 Inch LP Collection Vol. 2
Format: 10-inch vinyl box set
Label: Concord
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: This box set of vinyl from the jazz legend has five 10-inch LPs recorded in 1954, including Miles Davis All Star Sextet, Miles Davis Quintet, Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis All Stars, Vol. 1 and Miles Davis All Stars, Vol. 2.
4. The Doors, Strange Days
Format: LP
Label: RHINO
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: The mono version of The Doors' second album gets its first reissue since it was released in 1967.
5. Bob Dylan, The Basement Tapes
Format: LP
Label: Other Peoples Music
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: Dylan's sessions with the musicians that would later become known as The Band gets a special Record Store Day vinyl release. A 180-gram mono version is also available for Record Store Day.
6. The Everly Brothers, 15 Everly Hits
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Varese Sarabande
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: With a tracklist that includes "When Will I Be Loved," "Bye Bye Love" and "All I Have To Do Is Dream," this greatest hits collection from the rock and country duo originally released by Cadence Records in 1962 is truly great.
7. The Kinks, Kinksize Session and Kinksize Hits
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: BMG/Sanctuary
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: These vinyl reissues of The Kinks' first and second EPs, respectively, continue last year's 50th anniversary of the classic British rock band.
8. The Lego Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Format: 2 x 12-inch vinyl
Label: SPACELAB9
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: Relive all of the action, adventure and awesomeness of The Lego Movie with this special vinyl edition of its soundtrack, which also comes with a Lego Movie poster exclusive to Record Store Day.
9. Phish, New Year's Eve 1995 Live at Madison Square Garden
Format: Vinyl box set
Label: Jemp Records
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: This is the first live concert released by the famous jam band on vinyl.
10. Otis Redding, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Format: 2 x 12-inch vinyl
Label: RHINO
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: Listen to one of the legendary soul singer's best albums, which includes the songs "Ole Man Trouble," "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and "Respect." This is the first time the mono/stereo version of the album has been released on vinyl.
11. Frank Sinatra, Songs For Young Lovers
Format: 10-inch vinyl
Label: Capitol
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: The newly remastered first Capitol album from Ol' Blue Eyes includes the classics "My Funny Valentine,” “I Get A Kick Out Of You” and “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.”
12. The White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan
Format: 2 x 12-inch colored vinyl
Label: Third Man Records
Release Type: "RSD First" Release
Description: It's been 10 years since The White Stripes released this Grammy Award-winning album. To celebrate, it's coming at you on its first commercially available vinyl edition for Record Store Day.
13. Sly and the Family Stone, Live at the Fillmore East
Format: 2 x 12-inch colored vinyl
Label: Legacy
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: It's time to get funky with this two-LP vinyl set of Sly and the Family Stone's 1968 set at New York's Fillmore East.
14. Sugarhill Gang, The Best of Sugarhill Gang
Format: 2 x 12-inch vinyl
Label: Friday Music
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: It's time to get old school with this greatest hits album from one of the first hip-hop groups to go mainstream.
15. Tegan & Sara, Live at Zia Records
Format: 12-inch colored vinyl
Label: Vapor/Warner Bros.
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: Tegan & Sara recorded this special LP live at Zia Record Exchange in Phoenix in 2013, which includes songs from their albums from The Con and Heartthrob.
16. David Bowie, Changes
Format: 7-inch picture disc
Label: RHINO
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: Bowie recorded this version of "Changes" and "Eight Line Poem" for a limited run of promo LPs to score the singer a record deal back in 1971. This Record Store Day release will be the record's official debut.
17. Joan Rivers, The Next To Last Joan Rivers Album
Format: CD
Label: Stand Up! Records
Release Type: RSD Limited Run/Regional Focus Release
Description: Keep Rivers' legacy alive by laughing along to her 1968 recording The Next To Last Joan Rivers Album, available for the first time on CD for Record Store Day.
18. Hedwig And The Angry Inch Original Broadway Cast Recording
Format: LP
Label: Atlantic
Release Type: "RSD First" Release
Description: The most rocking musical to hit Broadway in years arrives on vinyl for Record Store Day.
19. The Hold Steady, Boys and Girls in America
Format: LP
Label: Vagrant
Release Type: "RSD First" Release
Description: If you're really ready to rock, this 180-gram vinyl reissue of The Hold Steady's 2006 album has you covered.
20. Bruce Springsteen, Various Releases
Format: LP
Label: Legacy
Release Type: "RSD First" Release
Description: If you're a fan of the Boss, prepare to go crazy this Record Store Day. Classic albums such as The River, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A. get new remastered LP releases.
21. D’Angelo, The Charade
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: RCA
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: Sample D'Angelo's fantastic new album Black Messiah with this limited edition single featuring "The Charade" and "1000 Deaths."
22. George Ezra, Wanted on Voyage
Format: LP Picture Disc
Label: Columbia
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: Ezra may have just released his debut album last year, but he's slowly making a name for himself in the music biz. Now us Yanks can finally listen to Wanted on Voyage on vinyl.
23. Grateful Dead, Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY 3/29/90
Format: Vinyl box set
Label: RHINO
Release Type: RSD Exclusive Release
Description: This live album comes to vinyl for the first time for this year's Record Store Day.
Head over to the official Record Store Day website to check out the full list of this year's releases.
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