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Various Artists, Tommy Boy’s Baddest Beats, 2022 on Tommy Boy

I don’t normally chase special releases put out for Record Store Day, but this was an “RSD First” release in 2022, limited to 3500 copies. Great collection of…

Mose Allison, Live 1978, 2022 on Liberation Hall

Although this was recorded (at the Showboat Lounge in Silver Spring Maryland) in 1978, it was unreleased until 2022 when it was put out as a Record Store…

Son Volt, Day of the Doug: The Songs of Doug Sahm, 2023 on Transmit Sound

Jay Farrar and Son Volt performing the songs of Doug Sahm, over 20 years after he passed in 1999. This was a “Record Store Day First” release back…

Various Artists; The Sam Phillips Years: Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day Volume 9; 2022 on Org Music

Great collection timed to coincide with Sun Records’ 70th anniversary, Record Store Day’s 15th anniversary, and Tito’s Vodka’s 25th anniversary – which is why the inner sleeve is…

Maria McKee, Peddlin’ Dreams, 2005 on Cooking Vinyl / Eleven Thirty

McKee was the front woman for Lone Justice, who put out two albums in the 80s, but has gone on to a solo career that has resurged in…

Justin Townes Earle, Live at Grimey’s, September 4th, 2014, on BMG.

Though it was recorded in 2014, and released in 2015 on Vagrant Records, my copy is the 2023 Record Store Day reissue on BMG – two 45rpm records…

Conor Oberst, Ruminations, 2016 on Nonesuch

Oberst was hospitalized in 2015 in the middle of a tour for the punk band Desaparecidos, and this album was written and recorded in the recovery from that…

Gil Evans, Gil Evans & Ten, 1957 on Prestige

My copy is the 2023 reissue by Craft Recordings for Record Store Day. Players: Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, this was Gil Evan’s fist recording as a pianist….

Echo and the Bunnymen, B-Sides and Live (2001-2005), 2022 on Demon Records

Released digitally in 2007 by Cooking Vinyl, but reissued on vinyl by Demon Records for Record Store Day 2022, on clear vinyl. A number of songs from Live…

The Magnetic Fields, i, 2004 on Nonesuch

All the songs on the album start with the letter i, a very Stephin Merritt thing to do. (Is this also related to the “i” in his first…

Golden Gate Groove: The Sound of Philadelphia Live in San Francisco 1973, 2021 on Philadelphia International Records

There’s a complicated set of dates here – recorded in 1973 and released originally in 2012 on CD by Philadelphia International Records and Legacy (Sony’s label for reissues),…

Various Artists, Newbury Comics 30th Anniversary, 2008 on Rhino.

Promotional record originally handed out at Newbury Comics on Record Store Day in 2008. I found a copy at Vinyl Destination in Lowell, MA. Not sure what the…

Billy Bragg, Life’s a Riot with Spy vs Spy, 30th Anniversary Edition, 2022 on Cooking Vinyl

Record Store Day 2022 release on Cooking Vinyl, combining the original Spy Vs. Spy EP from 1983 with a live set at Union Chapel London June 5th 2013….

Justin Townes Earle, Kids In the Street, 2017 on New West Records

Originally released in 2017, my copy is a 2021 reissue as part of Record Store Day (Black Friday). This was Earle’s penultimate album (the last was The Saint…

The Magic Numbers, The Magic Numbers, 2005 on Heavenly / Capitol

The debut self-titled album from The Magic Numbers, which came out in 2005 on Capitol in the US, but on Heavenly in the UK and EMI in other…

Jewel, Live at the Inner Change, 2020 on Craft.

Jewel, Live at the Inner Change, 2020 on Craft. Record Store Day release from 2020 including a show flyer Early live material from a coffee shop in Pacific…

Kristin Hersh, Wyatt at the Coyote Palace, 2016.

Kristin Hersh, Wyatt at the Coyote Palace, 2016. Originally published as a book plus 2xCD album, then a 2xLP vinyl issue by Happy Birthday To Me Records in…

Ray Charles, His Orchestra, and the Raelettes, Live in Stockholm 1972, 2021 on Tangerine Records.

Ray Charles, His Orchestra, and thr Raelettes, Live in Stockholm 1972, 2021 on Tangerine Records. Part of Tangerine Records 6 CD True Genius conp, on vinyl for Record…

Echo and the Bunnymen, Live in Liverpool, 2021 on Demon Records.

Echo and the Bunnymen, Live in Liverpool, 2021 on Demon Records. Originally released in 2002 on CD by Cooling Vinyl, my copy is the 2021 Record Store Day…

The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince), The Truth, 2021 on NPG Records.

The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince), The Truth, 2021 on NPG Records. Originally released in 1998 as a bonus CD to the Crystal Ball album, now available on…