Put your records on
There are among 500-plus artists supporting the tenth Record Store Day – the annual event celebrating independent record shops – with Prince, David Bowie and Madonna all joining the fun.The 90s band Aqua are celebrating 20 years of Barbie Girl by re-issuing their global smash in a plastic sleeve. Why? Because “life in plastic, it’s fantastic”. Little Mix are releasing a special neon edition of Glory Days for Record Store Day 2017, in the hope it will tempt music lovers to indulge in the love of vinyl.
Here are some of the records music collectors might want to track down online on April 22.
Prince: 12” collection - Reissues of seven classic Prince singles, including Sign O’ The Times, Batdance and Pop Life, with the original B-sides and remixes. Little Red Corvette will also be re-released as a 7” picture disc.
David Bowie: Cracked Actor -A year after Bowie’s death, and the vaults are slowly being opened.Cracked Actor (Live in Los Angeles 1974) is a three-album set recorded on the so-called “Philly Dogs” leg of his Diamond Dogs tour – the same show that was captured in an infamous BBC documentary of the same name.
Madonna – Dance Mix EP -A worldwide release for a mid-80s Argentinean EP, featuring Into The Groove, Vacacion (Holiday) and extended mixes of Angel and Chica Material (Material Girl).The artwork will authentically replicate the original, which changes hands for about £200 in the second-hand market.
Bruce Springsteen: Hammersmith Odeon, London ‘75 -When Bruce Springsteen flew into London for his first-ever UK show, he was greeted by posters declaring “FINALLY! London is ready for Bruce Springsteen”. Enraged, he ran around the Hammersmith Odeon destroying them all. “My business is SHOW business not TELLING. You show people and let them decide,” he fumed in his autobiography, released last year.
Johnny Cash: The Johnny Cash Children’s Album-Available on vinyl for the first time since 1975, it’s worth a listen just for Cash’s self-penned and scientifically-inaccurate Dinosaur Song, in which the country star imagines opening his very own Jurassic Park.
Fleetwood Mac: Alternate Mirage -A completely new version of the band’s 13th album, featuring alternate versions of every song, including Hold Me and Gypsy. Available for the first time on vinyl.
Kate Nash: Agenda EP -Kate Nash’s first new material since 2013; following her well-received appearance at the SXSW festival last week.
Iggy Pop: Post-Pop Depression Live -A full recording of the star›s already-legendary 2016 shows at the Royal Albert Hall, backed by members of Arctic Monkeys and Queens Of The Stone Age
Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive - A full, 15-minute version of the Pink Floyd instrumental, released for the first time on one-sided black vinyl with a fold-out poster.
Kate Tempest: Let Them Beat Chaos / Let Them Speak Chaos -A deconstructed version of the punk poet’s latest album, with just the beats on one vinyl and just the spoken word on the other.
Ramones: Ramones singles box -A box set of the band’s first 10 singles, including Blitzkrieg Bop and Sheena Was A Punk Rocker.
Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt (Demos) - A three-track cassette featuring early versions of the songs Sir Paul wrote with Elvis Costello in 1987.
Wiley: Godfather -One of the few grime releases for Record Store Day, this is a white label vinyl of Wiley’s current, and allegedly final, album.
| Record Store Day is an annual event inaugurated in 2007 and held on one Saturday every April to “celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store”.The day brings together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores across the world. A number of records are pressed specifically for Record Store Day, with a unique list of releases for each country, and are only distributed to shops participating in the event. The event began in the United States and remains headquartered there. Record Store Day has official international organizers in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Australia, and Spain. |
- Courtesy BBC