With just a little over a month until the 12th annual Record Store Day arrives on April 13, we wanted to point out a few awesome releases that you are going to want to have in your vinyl collection.
- Kelsea Ballerini‘s RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus Release features her Spotify Singles Session that includes live versions of “Miss Me More” and a cover of Shawn Mendes’ “Lost In Japan.”
- Kip Moore is releasing a RSD Exclusive of ROOM TO SPARE. Side A has selections from the acoustic album, while Side B features “Kip Essentials.”
- LeAnn Rimes will release a new live album Live from Gruene Hall as an exclusive “RSD First.”
- Marty Stuart‘s 2012 Icon will be featured as a “RSD First ” release.
- In The Garage: Live Music from WTF with Marc Maron is a collection of acoustic performances from 10 artists including Jason Isbell and Margo Price with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Musicians On Call.
Click below for details on each of the releases above and others:
Artist — Album — Label — Format — Quantities Available — Release Type
Kelsea Ballerini — Spotify Singles — Black River Entertainment — 7″ — 500 — RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus
Emmylou Harris — The Studio Albums 1980-83 — Warner Bros. — 5 x LP — 1000 — “RSD First”
Kip Moore — ROOM TO SPARE — MCA Nashville — LP — 1500 — RSD Exclusive
LeAnn Rimes — Live from Gruene Hall — Everle Records — LP — 1000 — “RSD First”
Marty Stuart — Icon — Mercury Nashville — LP — 1500 — “RSD First”
John Paul White — The Hurting Kind — Single Lock Records — LP — 950 — RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus
In The Garage: Live Music from WTF with Marc Maron — RSD Records — LP — 2000 — RSD Exclusive
For those who may not be familiar with RSD, it’s a day to celebrate the world’s independent record stores as vinylphiles can shop for (or in some cases fight over) special releases of vinyl records ranging from limited edition re-releases to new live albums, singles, picture discs, previously unreleased demos, and more. Most are released in quantities of 3,000 or less across the country (hence the fighting) and not all stores carry every record offered. For the serious fans, it’s become a bit of a yearly quest, from getting the list as soon as its available, figuring out what he or she wants and then figuring out how to get them. Participating annually allows one to build up a strategy of becoming friendly with your local record store to help your odds at finding the coveted pieces of wax (which also in turns helps the record industry from disappearing into oblivion).
For more information on Record Store Day, visit http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home
For the list of all RSD 2019 releases, visit http://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases