Record Store Day Picks 2013

After a depressing day of assembling bombing anniversary coverage, I now am tasked with telling you all about Record Store Day. Record Store Day is a pretend holiday where people get together and agree to spend a bunch of money at local independent record stores. In return, bands and labels release a whole bunch of exclusive stuff for the obsessive collectors to battle over. In this spirit of commerce and camaraderie, the participating stores go all out, having concerts, bringing out free booze, basically doing whatever they can to bring the teeming masses inside to spend some cash on sweet, sweet colored vinyl, picture discs, limited releases, exclusive 7” singles and more. Here are the local stores officially participating in RSD:

 

Size Records – 2 Locations

8915 n. western ave, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114

Go check out their new store in The Plaza District! It’s by your house probably!

1701 NW 16th St  Oklahoma City, OK 73106

“so, here are the details for tomorrow:
the Plaza location will open at 10am
the Tulsa location will open at 11am
the Western location will open at 12pm
we have a reasonable amount of items, mostly just enough for one at each store. we’re not holding anything for anyone, nor will we be responding to phone calls, emails, smoke signals or morse code to ask if we have whatever you’re looking for – you know what Sweet Brown says, so i won’t quote her. the Plaza store will have the rsd releases scattered throughout the racks, so you’ll just have to dig for them. the Tulsa store will have a separate table for easy perusal, and the western store is still a mess, so wherever the fuck i can find space is where they’ll go. the nice folks at KIDROBOT INC. supplied us with some All-City Breakers toys, so those are FREE with every purchase.”

Guestroom Records – 3 Locations

36th & Western
2pm Kyle Reid
3pm John Calvin

Norman
7pm Jabee
8pm Skating Polly9pm Depth & Current

Vintage Stock – 2 Locations

 

Randy’s M+M’s , Edmond

I’m not entirely sure this store still exists, but it’s listed on the RSD website, so…

Incidentally: There’s a CD Warehouse still in Shawnee?

There are other stores in the metro who are running specials but are not officially participating, so no super exclusive vinyl there…but if you’re a real vinyl fanatic you’ll want to hit them all.

Charlie’s Jazz-Rhythm & Blues Records

Trolley Stop Record Shop

Alley Records

 

Here is the full list of special releases:

http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases

 

Here are the things I would buy if I had money:

Big Star

Nothing Can Hurt Me [Special Pressing]

DETAILS
Format: 12″ Vinyl
Label: Omnivore Recordings
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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Limited First-Edition 2-LP 180-Gram on colored vinyl of the soundtrack to the soon-to-be released documentary film (Magnolia Pictures). All previously unissued versions of classic Big Star songs. Download Card Included.

 

Billy Bragg

No One Knows Nothing Anymore / Song of the Iceberg

DETAILS
Format: 7″ Vinyl
Label: Cooking Vinyl
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
More Info:

“No One Knows Nothing Anymore”/”Song of the Iceberg”

New music from Billy Bragg”

Brian Eno

Brian Eno x Nicolas Jaar x Grizzly Bear

DETAILS
Format: 12″ Vinyl
Label: Warp
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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Split 12″. Each Track remixed by Nicolas Jaar

Side A: Sleeping Ute (Nicolas Jaar remix) / Side B: LUX 2 (Nicolas Jaar remix)

Built To Spill

LIVE

DETAILS
Format: 12″ Vinyl
Label: Warner Bros.
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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2 LP

Stunning collection recorded during the 1999 “Keep It Like A Secret” tour. Originally released in 2000, but has been unavailable for more than a decade.

 

Flaming Lips

Zaireeka

DETAILS
Format: Vinyl Box Set
Label: Warner Bros.
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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4LP Box Set with unique art specific to this release, 45 RPM with unique colors for each LP. Comes with 12-page booklet.

Gza

Liquid Swords Chess Box

DETAILS
Format: Vinyl Box Set
Label: Get On Down
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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GZA’s Liquid Swords album w/ bonus material packaged in a 12×12 box that doubles as a Chess Set.

King Crimson

Going Schizoid With King Crimson: Collectables Set

DETAILS
Format: CD
Label: DGM/Inner Knot
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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Collectors CD, Vicar graphic novel, poster, t-shirt, sticker

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Live in Central Park, NYC 1974) 2. I Talk To The Wind (Live at the Marquee. 1969) 3. Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part 1 (Live at the Beat Club, Bremen, 1972) 4. Ladies of the Road (Live at Jacksonville, 1972) 5. The Sailor’s Tal

Fela Kuti

Sorrow Tears and Blood/Perambulator

DETAILS
Format: 12″ Vinyl
Label: Knitting Factory Records
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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“Sorrow Tears and Blood”/”Perambulator”

Original version of ‘Sorrow Tears and Blood’ previously unreleased outside of Nigeria (over 30 minutes of music)

 

Willie Nelson

Crazy: The Demo Sessions

DETAILS
Format: 12″ Vinyl
Label: Sugar Hill
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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When Willie first got to Nashville he cut some demos for Ray Price and Hal Smith’s publishing company, Pamper Music. Though these cuts were used to pitch songs to artists (including ‘Crazy’ for Patsy Cline) and producers, many weren’t released. These 1960-1966 tracks are raw, real and really good, clearly the work of an artist/songwriter headed for stardom.

Orange Juice

You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever

DETAILS
Format: 12″ Vinyl
Label: Domino
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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The incredible debut album by Orange Juice is finally available again! Originally released in March of 1982 this gem is finally available for Record Store Day! This is the first of their four Polydor-era albums to be reissued on 4/20/12. The package also includes an MP3 download card.

Destroyer

This Night

DETAILS
Format: 12″ Vinyl
Label: Merge
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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Limited-edition vinyl pressing of 2002’s This Night by Destroyer exclusive for Record Store Day! First vinyl pressing in the US. Vinyl is limited to 2,000 copies worldwide, remastered and  includes a full album download

Various Artists

Adventures in Afropea 3: Telling Stories to the Sea

DETAILS
Format: 12″ Vinyl
Label: Luaka Bop
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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Classic Luaka Bop comp available on vinyl for the first time.

Various Artists

Cotillion Records: Soul 45s (1968-1970)

DETAILS
Format: 7″ Vinyl Box Set
Label: Rhino
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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10 7″ singles, all from 1968-1970. Includes 8-page booklet, a selection of stickers and a Cotillion 45 adaptor. Many of the tracks previously only available on rare original vinyl.

Various Artists

The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Brazil

DETAILS
Format: 12″ Vinyl
Label: World Music Network
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
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This Rough Guide is a psychedelic treat that is full to bursting with far-out Brazilian grooves. Discover cutting-edge explorations by artists like Tom Zé and Laranja Freak , then dig deep into the archive and let loose to the retro vibrations of Quintal De Clorofila and José Mauro. Next, revel in one of the first ever reissues of the track ‘Renata’ from a rare 1970 EP by offbeat psych-garage band, Liverpool.