Tag: Record Store Day

Ramones to release 10-disc set of pre-1980 7-inch singles for Record Store Day

Ramones to release 10-disc set of pre-1980 7-inch singles for Record Store Day

A box set of 10 pre-1980 singles by the Ramones with reproduced Sire labels and picture sleeves (where applicable) will be released next month as part of Record Store Day in the U.S. and U.K., a collection of “great punk rock tracks that changed the course of rock ‘n’ roll.”

The Cars to issue unreleased ‘Live at the Agora 1978’ on vinyl for Record Store Day

The Cars to issue unreleased ‘Live at the Agora 1978’ on vinyl for Record Store Day

New Wave powerhouse The Cars will issue the previously unreleased 13-song in-concert set Live at the Agora 1978 on a double LP for Record Store Day next month, collecting hits like “Good Times Roll,” “Moving in Stereo” and “My Best Friend’s Girl” on three sides, with a custom “tire tread” etching on the fourth side.

The Smiths to issue unreleased versions of 2 songs on Record Store Day 7-inch

The Smiths to issue unreleased versions of 2 songs on Record Store Day 7-inch

Rhino/Warner Bros. will release a limited-edition 7-inch single by The Smiths on Record Store Day next month that features previously unreleased versions of the band’s 1985 single “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side” and its original B-side, “Rubber Ring.” Record Store Day is April 22.

The The re-enlists Johnny Marr on first new single in 10 years for Record Store Day

The The re-enlists Johnny Marr on first new single in 10 years for Record Store Day

Two years after announcing work on a new The The album, Matt Johnson is releasing his first full-band music under that moniker in the form of “We Can’t Stop What’s Coming,” an etched one-sided 7-inch single to be issued next month as part of Record Store Day in the U.K.

The Cure preparing ‘Greatest Hits,’ ‘Acoustic Hits’ vinyl picture discs for Record Store Day

The Cure preparing ‘Greatest Hits,’ ‘Acoustic Hits’ vinyl picture discs for Record Store Day

The Cure appears poised to celebrate this year’s edition of Record Store Day with vinyl picture-disc reissues of 2001’s Greatest Hits and a standalone release of the Acoustic Hits set that was included as a bonus disc in early pressings of the CD version of that best-of set. The two double-LP sets are expected to be released April 21.

Johnny Marr debuts video for Record Store Day cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’

Johnny Marr debuts video for Record Store Day cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’

Former Smiths guitarist/songwriter Johnny Marr today debuted the video for his cover of Depeche Mode’s riff-heavy 1993 single “I Feel You,” a track he will release on a limited-edition 7-single on Record Store Day. Check out out the fairly dark clip right here.

Record Store Day 2015: The Replacements, Tears For Fears, JAMC, Siouxsie + more

Record Store Day 2015: The Replacements, Tears For Fears, JAMC, Siouxsie + more

With the 2015 installment of Record Store Day just a little more than a month away, the official exclusive-release lists for both the U.S. and U.K. installments have been made public, with sure-to-be-pricey vinyl pressings coming from a host of ’80s college-rock grads.

Siouxsie and the Banshees to reissue ‘Join Hands’ on vinyl with original artwork, tracklist

Siouxsie and the Banshees to reissue ‘Join Hands’ on vinyl with original artwork, tracklist

Siouxsie and the Banshees will reissue their second album — Join Hands, originally released in 1979 — on 180-gram vinyl for Record Store Day in the U.K., a limited-edition pressing featuring the original rejected sleeve and with the song “Infantry” restored to its “rightful place as the album closer,” according to the band.

Stream: Johnny Marr covers Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’ for Record Store Day single

Stream: Johnny Marr covers Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’ for Record Store Day single

On tour last year, Johnny Marr introduced a surprise to his encore set: a cover of Depeche Mode’s 1993 single “I Feel You.” Now, for Record Store Day, Marr is releasing a studio version of that cover as a limited-edition 7-inch single, backed by a live cover of The Smiths’ “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want.”

Johnny Marr: Blame landlords — not just the Internet — for the demise of record stores

Johnny Marr: Blame landlords — not just the Internet — for the demise of record stores

On this holiest of holy days — Record Store Day, of course — Johnny Marr took to Facebook to lament the ongoing loss of record stores, calling them “a very important kind of shop,” and blaming greedy landlords for pricing music more and more retailers “out of their premises and livelihoods, and our culture.”

Pixies sneak surprise 7-inch into Record Store Day release of ‘Indie Cindy’

Pixies sneak surprise 7-inch into Record Store Day release of ‘Indie Cindy’

The Pixies’ forthcoming album Indie Cindy collects the 12 new songs the band released over the past year via a series of three EPs, but fans who buy the pre-release vinyl edition of the album today at participating Record Store Day retailers are in for a surprise: a 13th new song, “Women of War.”

Premiere: Mazzy Star debuts video for new Record Store Day single ‘I’m Less Here’

Premiere: Mazzy Star debuts video for new Record Store Day single ‘I’m Less Here’

The 2014 installment of Record Store Day finally is upon us, and one of the scores of acts participating in this year’s extravaganza is the recently reunited Mazzy Star, who today release a limited-edition “Coke-bottle” clear vinyl 7-inch featuring two previously unreleased tracks: “I’m Less Here” and “Things.”

Joy Division’s debut EP ‘An Ideal for Living’ to be reissued on Record Store Day

Joy Division’s debut EP ‘An Ideal for Living’ to be reissued on Record Store Day

The full U.S. and U.K. releases lists for Record Store Day are due to be released today, but bands and labels continue to offer sneak peaks of what’s coming, the latest of which is this morning’s announcement that Joy Division’s 1978 debut EP An Ideal for Living will be reissued on vinyl.