Single-sided 12" EP featuring two new originals from RSD US Ambassadors Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, a reimagined version of "Tour of Duty" from the Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit album Here We Rest, and a cover of Richard Thompson's "Beeswing". Side B holds a stunning vinyl etching designed by Pearl Rachinsky-Moreland.

1. Old Habits (Amanda Shires)
2. Hired Gun (Jason Isbell)
3. Tour of Duty
4. Beeswing (Richard Thompson)

A single LP collection of the b-sides and rarities featured alongside the singles from Tori's seminal release (and solo debut), Little Earthquakes. This is the first time these songs have been collected on a single release.

Side One
1. UPSIDE DOWN [4:22]
2. THOUGHTS [2:43]
3. SONG FOR ERIC [1:52]
4. THE POOL [2:49]
5. HUMPTY DUMPTY [2:51]
6. FLYING DUTCHMAN [6:30]

Side Two
1. TAKE TO THE SKY [4:18]
2. SWEET DREAMS [3:26]
3. MARY [4:25]
4. SUGAR [4:25]
5. ODE TO THE BANANA KING (PART ONE) [4:08]

Demon Records are delighted to announce the release of Haircut 100% Live! Hammersmith Odeon Spring 1982 for Record Store Day 2023, released with full co-operation of the band. Haircut 100% Live! Hammersmith Odeon Spring 1982 is an in-concert album that highlights the group at the summit of their powers – high speed funk, to-die for pop and sweet melodies against the backdrop of Haircutmania. No overdubs and the high-octane energy of youth. The group moved from being London underground darlings to chart sensations in less than six months, and within a year had disappeared into pop’s ether, leaving behind one memorable album and four Top 10 UK singles, but many have said that the real way to experience the power of the Haircuts was to see them play live.

Pressed on zinging translucent red vinyl, Haircut 100% Live! Hammersmith Odeon Spring 1982 is an absolute must for all fans of frenetic funky fabulous melodic pop. This recently unearthed recording was part of the acclaimed Pelican West 40 CD set.

It includes their cover version of set opener Low Rider by War, where the group all appeared on stage one-by-one. Inner bag contains snapshots taken at the Hammersmith gig and after show on 1 April 1982 from guitarist Graham Jones’ personal archive. Mastered by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering.

SIDE A
1. LOW RIDER
2. BAKED BEANS
3. FAVOURITE SHIRTS (BOY MEETS GIRL)
4. CALLING CAPTAIN AUTUMN
5. MILK FILM
6. SNOW GIRL

SIDE B
1. LEMON FIREBRIGADE
2. FANTASTIC DAY
3. LOVE’S GOT ME IN TRIANGLES
4. LOVE PLUS ONE
5. KINGSIZE (YOU’RE MY LITTLE STEAM WHISTLE)

You're My Favorite Song/Bottle Up My Tears/Lay Your Heart On Mine/How's Everything/Please Please Me/Just A Breath Away/Rainy Day Games/His Way Alone/24-Hour Woman/Sexy Movies/Under The Influence Of Love/Close Enough For Me/Mama Tried

A one man band born in the mid 70’s in Detroit, MI, The Happy Dragon Band is the brain child of Thomas Court. A studio wiz, synth pioneer and electronic music professor. After releasing one private press LP he went on to other pursuits and the obligatory obscurity followed. This is truly a one of a kind mashup of early analog synths, Floydian psych ballads, and even some proto new wave and reggae. The record will be getting its first ever reissue and wide release for Record Store Day 2023, and is limited to 1,000 copies worldwide.

A1 3-D, Free
A2 Positive People
A3 In Flight
A4 Long Time
A5 Bowling Pin Intro
A6 Lyrics Of Love
B1 Disco American
B2 Inside The Pyramid
B3 Astro Phunk
B4 3-D, Free (Electronic)
B5 Re-Re Love (Bonus Track)
B6 Fanty (Bonus Track)

Prefab Sprout announce the RSD exclusive vinyl release of Steve McQueen Acoustic. In the summer of 2006, founder Paddy McAloon recorded new versions of tracks from Prefab Sprout’s critically acclaimed album 1985 album Steve McQueen (released in the US as Two Wheels Good) - rebuilding them from scratch with acoustic guitars, sequencers and samples, with producer Calum Malcolm. Always looking to move forward and reimagine work, Paddy said of the release: “like many people, I’m always curious to hear another take on a song.”

A newly remastered version of Suzi’s second album, taken from the recently released 8CD Box ‘The Rock Box’. This edition features the original album on LP1, but with a bonus vinyl of non-album singles, b-sides and outtakes.  Includes the worldwide hits: The Wild One and Devil Gate Drive.  

Side 1 -  The Wild One / Keep A-Knockin’ / Too Big /  Klondyke Kate / Savage Silk / Move It. Side 2 – Hit The Road Jack / Trouble / Cat Size / A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues / Friday. Side 3 (Bonus Disc) – Devil Gate Drive [Single] / In The Morning [B-Side] / I Wanna Be Free [B-Side] / The Wild One [Single] / Shake My Sugar [B-Side]. Side 4 (Bonus Disc) – Angel Flight [non-album] / The Wild One [Dry Mix]

SIDE A 1-Freiheit Ouvertüre 2-Convict 3-I'm American 4-One Foot In Hell 5-Hostage

SIDE B 1-The Hands 2-Speed Of Light 3-Signs Say Go 4-Re-Arrange You 5-The Chase

SIDE C 1-Murderer? 2-Circles 3-If I Could Change It All 4-An Intentional Confrontation

SIDE D 1-A Junkie's Blues 2-Fear City Slide 3-All The Promises

In 1984, Robert Diggs, now known as RZA, formed a rap group with his cousins Russell Jones and Gary Grice which they called “All In Together Now”.  Diggs and Grice then signed with Jamaica Records for management purposes and Jamaica convinced Tommy Boy Records to sign Diggs as a solo artist under the name Prince Rakeem in 1989.  “Ooh I Love You Rakeem” was released as a single but Diggs was subsequently dropped by Tommy Boy Records, and later went on to form the Wu Tang Clan. This remastered, colored, single contains the track title, “Sexcapades” & “Deadly Venoms” and was initially released in 1991.

A1. Ooh I Love You Rakeem (Baggin' Ladies Mix)
A2. Ooh I Love You Rakeem (Baggin' Ladies Instrumental)
A3. Deadly Venoms (Vocals Up)
A4. Sexcapades (DMD Mix)
B1. Sexcapades (Wutang Mix)
B2. Sexcapades (DMD Radio Mix)
B3. Sexcapades (DMD Instrumental)
B4. Sexcapades (Wutang Instrumental Mix)

In 1992, The Residents pondered their 20th Anniversary. A best-of collection had been proposed, and the group gathered together to draw up a potential tracklist. All was well until one of the Eyeballed Entities, unconsciously expressing something none of them had been able to verbalize, threw up on that tracklist.

Once the dust had settled, somewhere in there, amongst the resulting soggy mess of vomit, paper and ink, The Residents noticed the proposed best-of song titles had congealed into a collage of new, never before heard tunes. 'Kick A Cat' and 'Picnic In The Jungle' had become 'Kick A Picnic', whilst 'Amber' and 'Six Things To A Cycle' had become 'Six Amber Things'. You get the idea.

This was it! Inspired by the rather repulsive mess that sat before them, the group chose to take the entire episode as a sign and began recording collages of select tracks from their back catalogue as instructed by those soggy scraps. What better way to celebrate twenty long dreary years of obscure stardom and sacrifice a few of their own sacred cows at the same time?!

Never before released on vinyl, and with their 50th Anniversary in mind in 2023, The Residents now present 'Our Finest Flowers' for your consideration again. The classic 1992 20th Anniversary album, which saw The Residents rework lyrics, melodies and themes from their entire back catalog into an album of new tracks, on vinyl for the first time. Includes an insightful new essay by JIM KNIPFEL. Celebrating twenty long dreary years of obscure stardom...

SIDE A
1 Gone Again
2 The Sour Song
3 Six Amber Things
4 Mr. Lonely
5 Perfect Goat
6 Blue Tongues
7 Jungle Bunny
8 I'm Dreaming Of A White Sailor

SIDE B:
1 Or Maybe A Marine
2 Kick A Picnic
3 Dead Wood
4 Baby Sister
5 Forty-Four No More
6 He Also Serves
7 Ship Of Fools
8 Be Kind To U-WEB Footed Friends

Ghosts of Princes in Towers is the only studio album by British band Rich Kids, founded in 1977 by Glen Matlock (ex Sex Pistols) and Midge Ure (Ultravox) and Rusty Egan released in August 1978 and produced by ex-Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson.

Exclusive for RSD 2023, the original album will be newly remastered. Release overseen by Rich Kids’ Rusty Egan.

Side 1
1. Strange One [4:26]
2. Hung On You [3:01]
3. Ghosts Of Princes In Towers [3.37]
4. Cheap Emotions [4.08]
5. Marching Men [3.51]

Side 2
2. Young Girls [2.53]
3. Bullet Proof Lover [3.13]
4. Rich Kids [2.57]
5. Lover And Fools [2.36]
6. Burning Sounds [3.40]

The Rockfords could be called a Seattle supergroup, but the band was actually a reunion; Chris Friel and Danny Newcomb of the band Goodness and Rick Friel of Jody Watts were in a band called Shadow with Mike McCready of Pearl Jam during the mid-'80s; in the late '90s they re-formed and added Goodness vocalist Carrie Akre under the name The Rockfords (named after McCready's favorite TV show The Rockford Files). Together, they released one self-titled album for Epic in 2000 that featured production by John Goodmanson (Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Death Cab for Cutie) and a vocal turn by Nancy Wilson of Heart on the song "Riverwide;" the record was critically acclaimed but the band went back to their "day jobs" before recording a self-released EP, Waiting, also produced by Goodmanson and released in 2004. Real Gone Music's 2-LP release (in cherry wax) features both the self-titled LP and the EP, both never before on vinyl, in a sweet gatefold package. Limited to 2500 copies!

Adelaide; Flashes; Silver Lining; This Life; Distress; Coat of Arms; Spiral; Something True; Riverwide; Sureshot; Windows; Island; Waiting; Everything; So Young; Call My Name

In 1968 The Rolling Stones returned to their blues roots on Beggars Banquet, which was immediately acclaimed as one of their landmark achievements. A strong acoustic Delta blues flavor colors much of the material, particularly “Prodigal Son” and “No Expectations.” Basic rock n’ roll is not forgotten with “Street Fighting Man” and “Sympathy For The Devil.” The lyrical bite of the material ensured the album’s place as one of the top blues-based records of all time.

Exclusive to Record Store Day 2023, this LP is pressed on grey, blue, black and white swirl vinyl as an ode to the lyric “a swirling mass of grey, blue, black and white,” from “Salt Of The Earth,” as performed in The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus. Featuring the original album artwork and an original window display poster.

The first authorized concert album from the 1980s San Francisco new wave /post-punk band, captured during the months when the band was recording its debut album, It's a Condition. The 11-song set features most of those album tracks as well as the later B-side, "Guards," and two previously unreleased songs, "Fine Line Number" and "Double Shot." This crucial document provides a snapshot of the band that would soon win notoriety with the MTV hits "Never Say Never" and "A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)."

The performance was not previously available and makes its debut on this vinyl release pressed on Galaxy Blue vinyl, coming first to record stores as part of Record Store Day.

Side A: 1) Guards 2) Nothing for Me 3) Confrontation 4) Fine Line Number 5) Charred Remains 6) Drop Your Eyes
Side B: 1) Love Is an Illness 2) White Sweater 3) Talk Dirty to Me 4) Fear to Fear 5) Double Shot

50th anniversary edition of Todd Rundgren's acclaimed follow up to the popular Something/Anything?,. this album presents Todd at his most experimental and has become one of his most influential records. Pressed on 140g multi-colored cloudy Psychedelic effect vinyl for Record Store Day 2023.

Side 1
1. INTERNATIONAL FEEL [2:53]
2. NEVER, NEVER LAND [1:25]
3. TIC TIC TIC IT WEARS OFF [1:15]
4. YOU NEED YOUR HEAD [1:07]
5. ROCK AND ROLL PUSSY [1:10]
6. DOGFIGHT GIGGLE [1:10]
7. YOU DON’T HAVE TO CAMP AROUND [1:05]
8. FLAMINGO [2:35]
9. ZEN ARCHER [5:25]
10. JUST ANOTHER ONIONHEAD/DA do DALI [2:25]
11. WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FAN/SUNSET BLVD. [4:01]
12. LE FEEL INTERNACIONALE [1:46]

Side 2
1. SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FEEL [4:15]
2. DOES ANYBODY LOVE YOU? [1:31]
3. MEDLEY: [10:34]
I’M SO PROUD
(Mayfield) [2:46]
OOH BABY BABY
(Robinson/Cleveland/Benson) [2:56]
LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU
(Hart/Bell) [2:17]
COOL JERK
(Storball) [2:33]
4. HUNGRY FOR LOVE [2:18]
5. I DON’T WANT TO TIE YOU DOWN [1:56]
6. IS IT MY NAME? [3:50]
7. JUST ONE VICTORY [4:59]

Bish at the Bank: Live in Baltimore is an official, previously unissued set of recordings by one of the unsung heroes of bepop jazz piano, Walter Bishop Jr., featuring a swinging trio with Harold Vick on saxophone, Lou McIntosh on bass and Dick Berk on drums. This hand-numbered (limited edition worldwide of 3000), double LP set was transferred from the original tape reels and is pressed on 180g vinyl and boasts 100 minutes of music, The gatefold sleeve includes an extensive booklet with essays by esteemed jazz journalist Ted Panken and jazz video journalist and friend of Bishop's, Bret Primack, rare photos by Don Schlitten, Raymod Ross and Jan Persson, and poetry pieces written by Bishop. The set is produced by label owner/musician Cory Weeds and "Jazz Detective" producer Zev Feldman.

The double LP set consists of two shows recorded in Baltimore, Maryland, LP 1 recorded at The Madison Club on August 28, 1966 and LP 2 at The Famous Ballroom on February 26, 1967.

Harlem-born Bishop began his performing and recording career as part of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers on his debut Blue Note album in 1948. His bebop style continued on with gigs and recordings with Kenny Dorham, Jimmy Heath, Milt Jackson, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Oscar Pettiford, Wynton Kelly and many others. In the 1960s he fronted a trio with Jimmy Garrison and G.T. Hogan. He recorded for various independent labels including Jazztime, Black Jazz and Muse Records.

The 8-track set cooks with two Miles Davis compositions along with standards such as “Willow Weep for Me,” Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Quiet Nights” and Henry Mancini’s “The Days of Wine and Roses."

Side A (25:10)
1) My Secret Love (12:47)
2) Blues (12:23)

Side B (24:39)
1) Days of Wine & Rose (14:55)
2) Quiet Nights (10:10)

Side C (25:06)
1) If I Were A Bell (11:00)
2) So What (13:45)

Side D (24:54)
1) Willow Weep For Me (11:46)
2) Pfrancing (No Blues) (13:02)

Miss Wendell/Miss Wendell/Miss Wendell/Book Of History/Book Of History/Book Of History

Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank is an official, never-before-released concert recording from one of the greatest female jazz organists of all-time, Shirley Scott, featuring a powerhouse trio with George Coleman on tenor saxophone and Bobby Durham on drums, plus special guest vocalist Ernie Andrews on three tracks. This hand-numbered, limited edition (3000 worldwide), double LP set was transferred from the original tape reels and is pressed on 180g vinyl. It features 100 minutes of music and is packaged in a gatefold sleeve with an extensive booklet with liner notes by acclaimed music writer A. Scott Galloway, rare photos by Don Schlitten and Raymond Ross, and memorabilia from the Left Bank archives plus interviews with jazz organ icon Joey DeFrancesco, former Shirley Scott bandmate, saxophonist Tim Warfield, and pianist Monty reminiscing about drummer Bobby Durham. The set is co-produced by label owner/musician Cory Weeds and renowned archival recording producer Zev Feldman.

The show was recorded at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore Maryland on August 20, 1972 and hasn't ever been previously available. Philadelphia-born Scott rose to fame in the late 1950s playing the Hammond B-3 organ influenced by blues and gospel evolving into '60s soul jazz. She recorded numerous albums for Prestige, Impulse!, Atlantic, Cadet and Candid performing with countless jazz legends including Stanley Turrentine, Oliver Nelson, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Clark Terry and Kenny Burrell.

The 10-track set cooks on songs of the day like "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," and "Never Can Say Goodbye," along with standards such as "Smile," "Witchcraft" and John Coltrane's "Impressions."

Side A (23:23)
1) Impressions
2) Never Can Say Goodbye

Side B (24:39)
1) Like Someone In Love
2) Witchcraft

Side C (25:06)
1) Blues By Five (6:36)
2) By The Time I Get To Phoenix (9:08)
3) Smile (9:22)

Side D (24:54)
1) You Don’t Mess Around With Jim (8:12)
2) Girl Talk (8:38)
3) Blues (Unknown) (8:08)

Making its vinyl debut and taken from the recently released CD deluxe edition of the band’s second album Celebrate The Bullet.The 2 Tone band captured here supporting Elvis Costello & The Attractions at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre in December 1980.  It features the band’s well known hits: On My Radio, Missing Words and Too Much Pressure.

1. Out On The Streets. 1. Danger. 3. Deepwater. 4. Missing Words. 5. Washed Up & Left For Dead. 6. On My Radio. 7. Celebrate The Bullet. 8. Selling Out Your Future. 9. Street Feeling. 10. They Make Me Mad. 11. Bristol & Miami. 12. Facing Situations. 13. Bombscare. 14. Too Much Pressure

Recorded in the lead-up to Amanda Shires 2022 album, Take It Like A Man, Live At Columbia Studio A features 4 tracks recorded at the legendary Nashville studio. Featuring guest appearances by Jason Isbell and Maren Morris, this single-sided 12” EP includes a B-side etching and fold-out poster. 

1. Take It Like A Man
2. Empty Cups
3. Hawk For A Dove
4. Lonely At Night

In the early 2000s, Slum Village was riding high on the success of their Fantastic and Fantastic Vol. 2 releases and upped the ante with the release of Trinity (Past, Present And Future). Despite Jay Dee starting to pursue solo efforts, the production team assembled for Trinity kept the Slum vibe found on the Fantastic albums. Producers on the release include Hi-Tek, Waajeed, Scott Storch, Karriem Riggins, T3, Black Milk, Young R.J., Shelton "Ess" Rivers with a significant contribution from Jay Dee himself.

Unavailable on vinyl since the mid-2000s, Ne’Astra Music Group revisits this too oft overlooked chapter of Slum Village’s history with this double LP Record Store Day 2023 release in a special colored vinyl pressing: one LP Canary Yellow and the other Tangerine.

A Side
1. Intro 1
2. Intro 2
3. Insane
4. What Is This
5. Tainted (Feat. Dwele)
6. La La

B Side
1. All-Ta-Ment
2. Disco
3. Trinity (Interlude)
4. One
5. Hoes

C Side
1. Star (Interlude) (Feat. T. Banks)
2. Star (Feat. Dwele)
3. Slumber
4. Let's
5. S.O.U.L.
6. 80s Skit

D Side
1. Unisex
2. Love U Hate
3. Get Live
4. Harmony
5. Who Are We (Interlude)
6. Fall In Love

New one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition yellow vinyl pressing exclusively for Record Store Day 2023 of Soul Jazz Records’ Gipsy Rhumba: The Original Rhythm of Gipsy Rhumba in Spain 1965 – 1974, with a 28-page booklet and download code. The extensive booklet in this release contains definitive sleevenotes by the musicologist Jose Manuel Gómez, record designs and stunning photography from the celebrated photographer Jacques Leonard.

Soul Jazz Records’ Gipsy Rhumba is the first album outside of Spain to focus on one of the most exciting musical culture clashes ever. In the early 1960s, Gypsies from the Catalan region of Spain, primarily known as the creators of Flamenco, came up with a fascinating hybrid style – Gipsy Rhumba – which blended the Latin and Rhumba music of Cuba and the Caribbean together with their own Flamenco, as well as the emerging Rock ‘N’ Roll from America.

“A capsule of supercharged clapping and joyous vocals” -- The Guardian

“Must-have”. “You all know Gipsy Kings’ blend of flamenco and Latin rhythms … but where did this convergence of Latin music styles occur? This compilation demonstrates how mid-1960’s Barcelona hot-housed gypsy musicians who employed the rumba rhythm… Gipsy Rhumba unearths a forgotten corner of Europop.”-- The Sunday Times

“Musicologists aren’t the only ones who will enjoy pulling at the threads that bind this particular sound clash … Messing with the traditional form is daring at any time, but the result was something quite fantastic, potent and intriguing, full of marvelous grooves and compelling rhythms.”-- Irish Times

“A victory for gipsy party music… A collection worthy of conquering the world”--Dagens Nyheter, Sweden

“Punchy, rhythmic and popular …specialist Rhumba research starts here with this compilation released by the London Soul Jazz label. Another genre of pop history.” -- Junge Welt, Germany

A1. Rabbit Rumba – Nuestro Ayer
A2. El Noi – Labios Morenos
A3. Los Gitanos Polinais – En El Fondo Del Mar De Lima
A4. Antonio González – Sarandonga
A5. Peret – La Fiesta No Es Para Feos

B1. El Gitano Portugués – Fui A Bahía
B2. Maruja Garrido – Ché Camino
B3. Juncal Y Sus Calistros – Tequila
B4. Moncho Y Su Wawankó Gitano – Orisa
B5. Peret – Voy, Voy

C1. Dolores Vargas "La Terremoto" – Anana Hip
C2. Chango – El Guapo
C3. Ramonet Y Sus Rumberos – Bacalao Salao
C4. Lola Flores Y Antonio González – Meneíto Men
C5. Dolores Vargas "La Terremoto" – A-Chi-Li-Pú

D1. El Noy – El Loco
D2. El Noi – Sí, Compay
D3. Chacho Y Sus Rumbas – El Pan Y Los Dientes
D4. Maruja Garrido – Amanecí En Tus Brazos
D5. Antonio González – Levántate

Live tracks previously included on the ’93 – ’03 Best Of CD, which have never before been released on vinyl. This stand-alone release for Record Store Day 2023 has newly commissioned front cover artwork and is pressed on Mandarin Orange vinyl. 

SIDE 1
1. Bullet
2. Nadine
3. Remake / Remodel
4. Living On Soul
5. Burnt Out Rock n Roll
6. All Around The World

SIDE 2
1. Deadman's Curve
2. Six Sixty Six
3. Horrible Day
4. (Do What You Want) Gyaneshwar
5. I Burn Today
6. I'm Not Dead (I'm In Pittsburgh)

Shamballa is the 1993 collaboration from jazz drummer William Hooker, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), and composer Elliott Sharp. The release features Hooker performing duets with each musician. Hooker and Moore’s performance is littered with bursts of feedback and distortion, while the collaboration with Sharp is characterized by a more electronic sound, building a sense of technology. The pieces will be released on vinyl for the first time as a double LP for Record Store Day 2023, limited to 1,500 copies.

The Work - Shamballa - Side 1 "First Meeting"
Sirius Part 1 - Wheels
Sirius Part 2 - Wings
The Work - Shamballa - Side 2 "Continuous - Time ... Consciousness."
The Hat... And Its Train

Soul Jazz Records’ 20th anniversary limited-edition heavyweight green vinyl pressing of Studio One Ska comes for Record Store Day 2023, complete with a download code.

A blistering collection of non-stop Ska classic tunes from Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s legendary Studio One Records, Jamaica's foundation label of reggae music. Featuring classic cuts from the originators of Ska alongside a heavy dose of superb rarities from the mighty vaults of 13 Brentford Road - pure fire!

Studio One Records and the seminal in-house band The Skatalites created and defined Ska, in the process making Jamaican music famous throughout the world. This compilation features classic vocal and instrumental tracks from The Skatalites, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Delroy Wilson alongside super-rare tracks from the likes of Ken Boothe, The Maytals, Jackie Mittoo, Tommy McCook and many more. Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s musical empire was founded on Ska, the first explosive and most exciting music to come out of the newly independent Jamaica, which soon spread across the world. Studio One is often described as both the University of Reggae and the Motown of Jamaica. This album is a celebration of the music of Studio One Records’ seminal Ska releases and features a who’s who of the most important artists and musicians in the history of reggae.

“Every side collected here is a classic” --All Music

“Utterly brilliant collection of Ska music. Essential stuff” --Q

“Ripping Ska compilation. The sound is tremendous as well thanks to Studio One recording techniques - already superior at the birth of Reggae - and Soul Jazz mastering. It's a superior Studio One Ska compilation what's not to like?” --The Face

"Soul Jazz's exemplary Studio One series continues." --The Wire

A1. Jackie Mittoo – El Bang Bang
A2. Ken Boothe & Stranger Cole – Arte Bella
A3. The Wailers – (I'm Gonna) Put It On
A4. The Skatalites – Addis Ababa

B1. Roland Alphonso – President Kennedy
B2. Joe Higgs – (I'm The) Song My Enemies Sing
B3. The Skatalites – Beardsman Ska
B4. Delroy Wilson – I Want Justice

C1. Tommy McCook's Orchestra – Sampson
C2. The Ethiopians – I'm Gonna Take Over
C3. Tommy McCook – Freedom Sounds
C4. The Maytals – Marching On

D1. The Skatalites – Exodus
D2. Roland Alphonso – Look Away Ska
D3. Don Drummond – Don Cosmic
D4. Roland Alphonso – Scambalena
D5. Andy & Joey – You're Wondering Now

Continuing rarities/unreleased of The Specials and Jerry Dammers on 10" singles for RSD. This new release contains two previously unreleased Work In Progress Demos tracks from 1980/81. The first being a rehearsal version of ‘Friday Night, Saturday Morning’ and on the flip side an early version of ‘I Can’t Stand It’ recorded
by Jerry Dammers at the Home Organ, with Horace Panter on bass.

A: Friday Night, Saturday Morning [Instrumental Rehearsal]
B: I Can’t Stand It [Jerry Dammers at the Home Organ with Horace Panter on
bass]

Known to many for their uplifting hit song “O-o-h Child,” STAIRSTEPS (formerly The Five Stairsteps) were The First Family of Soul, providing the template for family bands like The Jackson 5. Originally discovered by Curtis Mayfield, they were introduced to The Beatles by Billy Preston. George Harrison signed the band to Dark Horse Records in 1975 and put out the band’s final album, 2nd Resurrection, which featured one of their biggest hits, “From Us To You.” Billy Preston played synthesizer and served as co-producer alongside Robert Margouleff.

Side 1
1. From Us To You (2022 Remaster)
2. Pasado (2022 Remaster)
3. Theme Of Angels (2022 Remaster)
4. Lifting 2nd Resurrection (2022 Remaster)
5. Time (2022 Remaster)

Side 2
1. Thrownin' Stones Atcha (2022 Remaster)
2. Far East (2022 Remaster)
3. In The Beginning (2022 Remaster)
4. Tell Me Why (2022 Remaster)
5. Salaam (2022 Remaster)

These are Sonny Stitt's last ever live recordings, on November 11, 1981, from Bubba's Jazz Restaurant, whose stage had been the place of so many historical jazz recordings. Stitt performs here alongside fellow tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, backed by the unrelenting drums and bass propulsion of Duffy Jackson and Donn Mast. This concert recording was first issued on vinyl in 1983, and has not been reissued since. This new press (on heavyweight colour vinyl) comes 40 years later as an homage to the late Sonny Stitt who died soon after the recordings, in 1982.

A1 Sonny's Blues
A2 Old Folks
A3 Lax

B1 Yesterdays
B2 What's New
B3 Four

2023 celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Donna Summer’s Hard For The Money tour. This concert was filmed and recorded live on 6th August 1983, at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, CA, with an audience of 18,000 fans, during the second leg of the tour. The set-list includes “MacArthur Park”, “Love Is In Control…”, “Bad Girls’ Medley,” “On The Radio” and “Last Dance”, as well as performances with special guests Musical Youth, her sisters Dara and Mary Ellen on an extended showpiece version of “Woman”, as well as closing the show with her eldest daughter Mimi, performing ‘State Of Independence’.

This RSD 2023 exclusive is pressed as a 140g clear vinyl 2LP set, housed in a gatefold sleeve with an exclusive colour-wash.

SIDE ONE
1. Intro
2. MacArthur Park
3. Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)
4. Unconditional Love (feat. Musical Youth)

SIDE TWO
1. Romeo
2. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
3. On The Radio
4. Forgive Me

SIDE THREE
1. Sisters Dialogue (Donna Summer, Dara Bernard and Mary Bernard)
2. Woman (with Band introductions)
3. ‘Bad Girls’ Medley: Dim All The Lights / Sunset People / Bad Girls / Hot Stuff

SIDE FOUR
1. Last Dance
2. She Works Hard For The Money
3. State Of Independence (with Mimi)

Altar is a collaboration album between experimental music groups Boris and Sunn O))), originally released on October 31, 2006 through Southern Lord Records (SUNN62).

In addition to major players Sunn O))) and Boris, Altar also boasts an extensive roster of guest musicians/collaborators such as Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Joe Preston (Earth, Thrones, Melvins, High on Fire), Phil Wandscher and Jesse Sykes (both of Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter) as well as long time Sunn O))) collaborators TOS Niewenhuizen and Rex Ritter.

The vinyl version of this album has been out of print for over 15 years. The exclusive Lava Red edition for Record Store Day 2023 is cut by Matt Colton from a new lacquer.

Etna/N.L.T./The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)/Akuma No Kuma/Fried Eagle Mind/Blood Swamp

This is the first American official LP reissue of Live and Cookin' at Alice's Revisited
It is a great document of Howlin' Wolf toward the end - still capable of bringing the heat and rocking the house down to the last brick. This was the only live album released during his lifetime.

SIDE A 1. When I Laid I Was Troubled 2. I Don't Know 3. Mean Mistreater 4. I Had A Dream
SIDE B 1. Call Me The Wolf 2. Don't Laugh At Me 3. Just Passing By 4. Sitting On Top Of The World

TANGERINE DREAM is an electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. This release includes the iconic line up of Froese, Franke & Baumann from their most desirable time period. This Legendary concert was the 1st time the band used Laser Lighting on tour. It features never before scene photos of press clipping, backstage passes and other collectable documents from this 1978 tour. This package will be in a 12" by 12" "Slide-up boxset" with marketing sticker, 3 printed inner sleeves and Laser Light Tour poster. Half/Hald Effect Blue, Red & Orange Color Vinyl

Paris Set One, Part 1 | Paris Set One, Part 2 | Paris Set Two, Part 1 | Paris Set Two, Part 2 | Paris Encore One | Paris Encore Two

Kae Tempest is a London-born BRIT Award and Mercury Prize-nominated spoken word artist, rapper, poet, novelist, and playwright who rhymes with a century-turning fury. Kae will release their Nice Idea EP on 12” vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day on April 23, 2023. 

1. Love Harder
2. Thinking Clearly
3. Nice Idea
4. Split The Atom

All Directions is the superb album produced by Motown’s psychedelic mastermind Norman Whitfield, and includes one of The Temptations’ signature songs, “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”, “Papa” won three Grammy Awards in 1973: Best R&B Performance by a Group, Best R&B Instrumental Performance, and Best R&B Song. The album was #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart in 1972, and #2 on the Billboard Top 200, making it the band’s most successful non-collaborative album on the chart. This marks the first official US reissue. 

SIDE A 1. Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On 2. Run Charlie Run 3. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone SIDE B 1. Love Woke Me Up This Morning 2. I Ain't Got Nothin' 3. The First Time Ever 4. Mother Nature 5. Do Your Thing

Harry Whitaker is a piano player, producer and arranger who at the age of 26 recorded Black Renaissance "Body, Mind, and Spirit," a holy grail amongst collectors of soul-jazz and rare groove, and an album so rare it's virtually a myth to many.

Made up of two long tracks that periodically build and release for forty minutes over two sides of an LP it's an improvised masterpiece combining Afrocentric spiritual soul, jazz, poetry, amazing solos, a tasty bass line or two and more than a fair share of funky beats. It's also one of the earliest jazz albums to feature rapping. "I called the project Black Renaissance because that is what I wanted to see happen - especially in music. I describe it as Dixieland circa 1976 - by the end of the songs everyone is playing together."

Given its rarity, when asked if he was surprised that people knew about the album Whitaker jokes "I've told enough people about it over the years! Now they can actually hear it. It was a record before it's time. It's not a commercial release - I think of it as classical. You can call it jazz, but it's free, it's got African roots, it's for people who people who dig that sound."

Harry Whitaker has enjoyed a successful career as a producer, arranger and composer, cutting his teeth on the best of the Roy Ayers Ubiquity releases and making a living working closely with Roberta Flack - as her musical director, even playing on her big Eugene McDaniels' written hit "I Feel Like Makin' Love." Black Renaissance "Body, Mind, and Spirit," was his first attempt at a project where he wrote and composed the music and played keys on both tracks.

Originally released in 1977 and highly considered as one of the grail titles in the Spiritual Jazz, Jazz-Funk canon. Reissued by Luv N'Haight in 2002 with a limited pressing. This repress on black vinyl will be exclusive to RSD.

A1) Black Renaissance B1) Magic Ritual

A special live recording of legendary Scottish rockers Travis performing their album The Invisible Band, captured in their hometown of Glasgow in May 2022 during the 20th Anniversary Tour. Released for the only time exclusive for Record Store Day 2023, this LP is pressed on clear vinyl and includes previously unseen photos from the tour.

Side A:
1. Sing (5:59)
2. Dear Diary (2:51)
3. Side (4:18)

Side B:
1. Pipe Dreams (7:32)
2. Flowers In The Window (3:29)
3. The Cage (3:19)

Side C:
1. Safe (5:58)
2. Follow The Light (4:00)
3. Last Train (3:23)

Side D:
1. Afterglow (5:11)
2. Indefinitely (6:16)
3. The Humpty Dumpty Love Song (5:29)