Record Store Day 2023 happens April 22 at independent record stores and they’ve announced this year’s exclusive releases. A few that caught our eye:
- Jonathan Richman – Jonathan Goes Country
- Pearl Jam – Give Way: a legenday bootleg that was supposed to be released via Best Buy but never was
- Bjork – The Fossora Remixes
- Blur Present The Special Collectors Edition (first-ever vinyl pressing)
- David Byrne – The Complete Score From “The Catherine Wheel”
- Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
- The Sisters Of Mercy – The Reptile House (40th Anniversary)
- Crispin Hellion Glover‘s infamous album The Big Problem ≠ The Solution. The Solution = Let It Be
- Ivy – The Apartment Life Demos
- Klark Kent – S/T: Police drummer Stewart Copelend’s punk/new wave alter ego, pressed on green vinyl.
- Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen Acoustic
- Ramones – Pleasant Dreams (The New York Mixes)
- The Cure – Show
- Todd Rundgren – A Wizard / A True Star 50th Anniversary Edition
- Sparks – S/T and A Woofer in Tweeter’s Clothing
- The Jazz Butcher – Dr Chomondley Repents: A Sides, B-Sides And Seasides
- RZA as Bobby Digital – Bobby Digital In Stereo
- Tricky – Pre Millennium Tension
- Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Streetcore (20th Anniversary)
- Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club (Expanded Edition with bonus disc of rmixes, b-sides and more)
- The Verlaines – Bird Dog
- Wilco – Crosseyed Strangers: An Alternate Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Check out the full RSD23 exclusives list here.
Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires are this year’s Record Store Day Ambassadors.