Are These the Best Record Store Day Picks of 2024?
Are These the Best Record Store Day Picks of 2024?
Record Store Day Black Friday, held on November 29th, is a highly anticipated event for vinyl collectors. This end-of-year celebration offers special releases across three categories: RSD First Releases, Exclusives, and Limited Run/Regional titles. Here's a breakdown of the best 40 titles from the event:
**RSD First Releases**:
1. **Allman Brothers Band - Manley Field House, Syracuse NY April 7, 1972 (3 x LP)**: A live recording showcasing their improvisational skills, limited to 3,000 copies.
2. **Asking Alexandria - The Black (2 x LP)**: Metalcore reissue on silver and black splatter vinyl, limited to 1,800 copies.
3. **Angelo Badalamenti - Music From Film And Television (1 LP)**: Featuring his iconic scores, limited to 2,000 copies.
4. **The Beatles - "All My Loving" (3" Record)**: A collectible 3" vinyl with a custom case, limited to 2,000 copies.
5. **The Beatles - "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" b/w "I Saw Her Standing There" (7" Vinyl)**: Classic Beatles tracks, limited to 3,000 copies.
6. **Better Than Ezra - Deluxe (2 x LP)**: 90s alternative rock reissue on blue and white vinyl, limited to 3,000 copies.
7. **Biohazard - Mata Leão (1 LP)**: Hardcore punk and metal fusion on translucent red vinyl, limited to 2,500 copies.
8. **Helmet - Betty (2 x LP)**: Alt-metal album on blue and white swirl vinyl, limited to 2,000 copies.
9. **Lacuna Coil - The EPs: Lacuna Coil & Halflife (1 LP)**: Gothic metal EPs on white vinyl, limited to 1,800 copies.
10. **Tony Levin - Bringing It Down (2 x LP)**: Jazz-rock album on blue marbled vinyl, limited to 1,500 copies.
**RSD Exclusives**:
11. **The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (1 LP)**: Remastered live album on orange vinyl, limited to 2,000 copies.
12. **Van Halen - Live in Dallas 1991 (2 x LP)**: Red vinyl live performance, limited to 2,000 copies.
13. **Yes - Fragile Outtakes (1 LP)**: Unreleased studio outtakes on blue vinyl, limited to 1,500 copies.
14. **The Doors - Live in Detroit (4 x LP Box Set)**: Complete live concert, limited to 2,500 copies.
15. **Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (12" Single)**: Deep blue vinyl, limited to 1,500 copies.
16. **Echo & The Bunnymen - Silver (12" Single)**: Silver vinyl remaster, limited to 1,500 copies.
17. **The English Beat - Special Beat Service (2 x LP)**: Ska-pop hits on yellow and black splatter vinyl, limited to 2,500 copies.
18. **Garbage - copy/paste (1 LP)**: Unreleased tracks on clear vinyl, limited to 2,000 copies.
19. **Jimi Hendrix - Songs For Groovy Children (1 LP)**: Live at Fillmore East on purple vinyl, limited to 1,800 copies.
20. **John Lee Hooker - Don't Turn Me From Your Door (1 LP)**: Blues classic on 180-gram vinyl, limited to 1,500 copies.
21. **Jane's Addiction - "Imminent Redemption" (12" Single)**: Red vinyl, limited to 1,500 copies.
22. **King Missile - Happy Hour (1 LP)**: Green and black swirl vinyl, limited to 1,400 copies.
23. **Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake Live (2 x LP)**: Smoky grey vinyl, limited to 2,000 copies.
24. **Steve Martin - King Tut (12" Picture Disc)**: Comedy classic, limited to 1,200 copies.
25. **Duff McKagan - Live At Easy Street (1 LP)**: Black and white swirl vinyl, limited to 1,500 copies.
26. **Modest Mouse - Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again (1 LP)**: Purple vinyl live album, limited to 1,800 copies.
27. **Morphine - B-Sides and Otherwise (1 LP)**: Rare tracks on 180-gram vinyl, limited to 1,500 copies.
28. **Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood (35th Anniversary 7" Boxset)**: Five colored 7"s, limited to 2,500 box sets.
29. **Stevie Nicks - "The Lighthouse" (7" Single)**: White vinyl single, limited to 1,800 copies.
30. **Pearl Jam - RSD Song of the Year (12" Single)**: Exclusive track on black vinyl, limited to 2,000 copies.
31. **Ramones - Greatest Hits (1 LP)**: Vibrant yellow vinyl, limited to 2,500 copies.
32. **Rage Against The Machine - Democratic National Convention 2000 (EP)**: Political live performance, limited to 1,500 copies.
33. **Santana - Let The Guitar Play (12" Single)**: Colored vinyl featuring studio and live tracks, limited to 1,800 copies.
34. **Stone Temple Pilots - Purple Rarities (1 LP)**: Rare tracks on purple vinyl, limited to 1,500 copies.
35. **U2 - How to Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb (1 LP)**: Remastered on blue vinyl, limited to 2,000 copies.
**Limited Run/Regional Titles**:
36. **The Blasters - Over There: Live at The Venue London 1982 (2 x LP)**: Full live concert, limited to 2,000 copies.
37. **Phil Collins - Live From The Board... (10" EP)**: Clear vinyl bootleg, limited to 1,500 copies.
38. **Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (7" Picture Disc)**: 40th-anniversary picture disc, limited to 1,500 copies.
39. **Ultravox - Lament [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix] (2 x LP)**: Clear vinyl remix, limited to 1,800 copies.
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00:00 Introduction
00:31 RSD Firsts
03:09 RSD Exclusives
08:21 RSD Regional