Record Store Day 2024

The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die is the rare album that has reached legendary status without hyperbole. In 2022, Rolling Stone named it the #1 Hip Hop Album of All Time. In honor of the album's 30th anniversary year, the instrumental tracks will be released together for the first time as a special Record Store Day release. This compilation includes instrumental versions from Biggie's classic debut Ready to Die and rare 12" singles
Limited Edition 1LP Cut at 45rpm. Featuring: Big Poppa, Juicy,One More Chance/Stay With Me, and More. Black Vinyl 140g

A reissue made available for Record Store Day to celebrate the 75th anniversary of this landmark recording. In September of 1949, Charlie Parker crossed paths with Swing Era giants Roy Eldridge and Lester Young onstage at Carnegie Hall. The band – which also included Ray Brown, Hank Jones, Flip Phillips, Buddy Rich and Tommy Turk – wailed on standards and extended, improvised tunes, producing this exciting performance. This LP has been mastered from the original analog sources and pressed on yellow vinyl.

The second of the English Beat's three albums expanded to included 2 sides of non-LP tracks and B-sides. Wha'ppen reflects the band's signature melange of musical styles and influences, shifting from a heavy reggae/ska/punk sound to a more eclectic sound that included African, steel drum, and dub influences for a wholly original sound. Social Conscious and politcally oriented lyrics that remain as relevant today as the context of the album's original release during the 1981 riots in England. 2LP 140g Yellow & Green translucent vinyl

First-time vinyl release of the classic 1980 Airplane! soundtrack score by Oscar-winning composer Elmer Berstein. Over 40 minutes of music, newly remastered, with a gatefold jacket containing original press images. For the 1,500-unit release, 750 copies will be offered in “There is no stopping in the WHITE zone!”-colored vinyl, and 750 copies in “There is no stopping in the RED zone!”-colored vinyl.

Finally! A vinyl release for the last (1992) studio album from Wolverhampton's finest, The Mighty Lemon Drops. These guys were masters of texture, justifiably compared to Echo and the Bunnymen, but this record flexes some power pop muscle on "She's So) Out of Touch" and some acid pop a la The Stone Roses on "Falling Deep," which features Susie Hug of the Katydids. Our vinyl release comes in tan vinyl nestled inside a printed inner sleeve. Limited to 1100 copies, exclusive for Record Store Day!

Detroit Deli (A Taste Of Detroit) Is Presented In A Clear/ .Orange/Green Splatter Pressing. Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) is the fourth studio album by legendary Detroit hip hop group Slum Village, released in 2004. The first single from Detroit Deli was "Selfish", produced by and featuring Kanye West, with John Legend providing
vocals during the chorus. The song was the group's highest charting single. The album kept SV’s long run of hit
albums intact and remains a semi-slept on gem in the group’s amazing catalog. Production from J Dilla, B.R. Gunna, Black Milk, Kanye West, T3, and Young RJ. Featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Dwele, MC Breed, John Legend,
Black Milk, Phat Kat and even a rare microphone appearance from J Dilla himself!

Sun Ra At The Showcase: Live In Chicago 1976-1977 contains previously unreleased live recordings of the legendary intergalactic composer/pianist Sun Ra captured live at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase in Chicago. This is an official release on producer Zev Feldman's Jazz Detective record label, in partnership with Elemental Music, and in cooperation with the Sun Ra Trust. Researched and compiled by longtime Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson, and transferred from the original tape reels, this limited-edition 180-gram 2-LP set includes an extensive insert with rare photographs; liner notes by GRAMMY-winning author and historian Ashley Kahn; and interviews and statements from a who's who of music icons.

Atlanta-based singer/songwriter Summer Walker's 2019 debut album, Over It (LVRN/Interscope Records), contains the platinum-certified single "Come Thru" and the 3x platinum hit single "Playing Games." The album features appearances from Bryson Tiller, Usher, 6LACK, PartyNextDoor, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, and Jhene Aiko. Her acclaimed effort helped her win Soul Train Music Awards in 2019 and 2020 for Best New Artist and Album of the Year, respectively. This Record Store Day 5-Year Anniversary exclusive of Over It (The Complete Set), contains the original tracks along with the live, acapella, and instrumental versions that have never been on vinyl. This 2 LP set is pressed on eco-mix recycled vinyl.

The meeting of great minds usually happens behind closed doors, but for two of the worlds foremost bassists -- Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer -- the collaboration proved so fruitful that a duo album exploring their collective backgrounds in jazz, folk, classical, bluegrass and funk was born.

Long awaited reissue of the original cassette only release on CBGB’s own Off the board cassette label. This New York City Hardcore set is considered an absolute classic of the genre. Damage were thought of as one of the defining bands bands of the NYCH live scene. Their only recorded output consists of two live sets from CBGB this one dates from 1986.

Featuring music from Hip-Hop legends including Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane, Craig G, MC Lyte, Special Ed, Doug E. Fresh, Jungle Brothers, Grand Puba, Masta Ace, Dres (of Black Sheep), Smooth B (of Nice & Smooth), Grandmaster Caz & Melle Mel and Chubb Rock, Top Shelf 1988 is a love letter to classic hip-hop. Purportedly, during the early rise of Hip-Hop, Top Shelf’s Lower East Side studio became a safe-haven for artists to create magic without pressure from the industry. Unfortunately, things came to a screeching halt after a riot took place in August 1988 outside of Tompkins Square Park. After the melee, producers returned to find they had been looted of everything - including their treasured masters. Years went by until they were found and “Top Shelf 1988” was fully released.

On August 23rd, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) released the first single "Bauhaus Staircase" from their 14th album Bauhaus Staircase. The album dropped shortly after on October 27th. OMD are one of the earliest, most commercially successful, and enduring synth pop groups. They've continually drawn from early electronic music as they've alternately disregarded, mutated, or embraced the conventions of the three-minute pop song.

Originally released in 1981, “Genuis of Love” is the Tom Tom Club’s timeless classic track that’s been sampled by such artists as Mariah Carey, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, 2 Pac, Public Enemy, Busta Rhymes, Redman, Ice Cube and most recently, Latto. The song was written and performed by Talking Heads founders Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth . These 9 remixes were originally released as a bonus disc on their 2010 “Genuis of Live” CD and were never available on vinyl. Features creative and inventive mixes from Money Mark, Senor Coconut, Kinky and other leading names of the Latin electronica world. The limited-edition RSD exclusive LP will be pressed on a color variant with unique artwork created by Chris and Tina.

LIMITED EDITION (1,000 COPIES) 2x CLEAR BLUE VINYL
Ann Wilson (from Heart) and her stellar band, Tripsitter: Live in Concert, performing Heart classics and solo songs.

From the use of mojo bags and goofer dust to visiting the Seven Sisters and Aunt Caroline Dye, blues lyrics have long alluded to the mysteries of hoodoo. This collection provides an intriguing insight into hoodoo lore through the words of blues divas Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie and Victoria Spivey as well as other early blues pioneers.

Soul Jazz Records’ new 18th anniversary one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition red and cyan coloured vinyl pressing (+ download code) exclusively for Record Store Day 2024 of their long out of print classic release Studio One Rude Boy. This album is fully remastered and relicensed for RSD 24! From the early days of Bob Marley and The Wailers (whose striking sharp-suited Rude Boy style appears on the front cover) through to the classic 1970s Jamaican films ‘The Harder They Come’ and ‘Rockers’, Rude Boys have been synonymous with Jamaican Reggae culture. This Jamaican Rude Boy anti-establishment attitude and stylish attire was later adopted by bands such as The Clash (in the film Rude Boy) as well as The Specials, Madness, Selector and others in the Two-Tone era that swept across the UK at the end of the 1970s. The album features classic tracks from Studio One featuring Jamaica’s finest singers and groups such as The Wailers, John Holt, the Wailing Souls and Dennis Brown alongside super-rare hard-to-find tracks from artists such as Mr Foundation, Dudley Sibley and Jim Brown. Driving Ska and Rocksteady rhythms, classic singers, killer horn lines, great Rude Boy themed-songs, all recorded under Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s supervision at the legendary Studio One. With musical backing comes from the legendary in-house bands – The Skatalites, The Sound Dimension, Soul Vendors and Soul Defenders – this is rightly one of the most in-demand Studio One releases that Soul Jazz Records have ever released. release)

Mark Knopfler’s The Boy is a 12” EP featuring 4 brand-new tracks released exclusively for Record Store Day – something extra special Mark wanted to give to fans whilst supporting local record stores! The tracks revolve around boxing and fairground boxing booths where members of the public could take on a professional fighter – if they lasted three rounds, they got paid!

Exclusively for Record Store Day, this 12” Picture Disc features the single “Puppy and a Truck,” from Jenny Lewis’ critically acclaimed album, Joy’All, released in 2023 on Blue Note Records. Also featured is a live rendition of “Puppy and a Truck” recorded at Nashville’s Eastside Bowl, backed with the album tracks, “Psychos” and “Giddy Up.”

One of the elements Soft Cell’s rapturously received deluxe 6 CD boxset of their stone cold 1981 electro pop classic, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, released in December 2023, was the inclusion of the entire original album presented as extended 12” versions. Now available on vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day, Non-Stop Extended Cabaret features contemporary full-length versions of the tracks, many of which have never been on vinyl before. The debut album from Marc Almond and Dave Ball (aka Soft) is truly an icon of electronic music. Not only did ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ introduce the world to classic singles “Tainted Love” (one of the biggest global hits of all time,) “Bedsitter,” and “Say Hello Wave Goodbye,” it also shocked and delighted in equal measure with a 10-track song cycle straight out of the seedier, sleazier, darker side of life. “Sex Dwarf,” “Frustration,” “My Secret Life,” and “Seedy Films,” still have the power to thrill, shock and swoon four decades on. Created by Dave Ball using only the original studio parts – they’re not remixes, they’re extended versions! Also included are a new rework of their first single for Phonogram, “A Man Can Get Lost,” and the new, previously unreleased remixes of its flipside, “Memorabilia,” by The Hacker and Daniel Miller.

The only album credited to Marc Bolan & T. Rex and released in March 1974, Zinc Alloy was the last T. Rex album to be produced by Tony Visconti and features the autobiographical hit single, “Teenage Dream.” Recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, Bolan was heavily influenced by his new relationship with songwriter Gloria Jones and a new interest in Black music that he heard on U.S. radio stations while on tour in 1973. The album is presented as a Zoetrope Picture Disc LP for Record Store Day.