The vinyl revival has shown that records still hold a solid place in people's hearts, and the best way to get them is undisputedly thumbing through crates at your favourite local. So on Record Store Day this 13 April, do yourself a favour!
Courtney Barnett - Everybody Here Hates You
Seriously, CB is dropping her first single of 2019 as an exclusive Record Store Day vinyl release with a hand-drawn cover and Small Talk as a B-side. There's only going to be 2,000 copies of the Everybody Here Hates You 12", so, ah, move quick.
The Birthday Party - Mutiny/The Bad Seed
The last word from the seminal Australian band before they imploded in 1983. Nick Cave described Mutiny, "A document of the group in utter collapse," while historian Clinton Walker called The Bad Seed, "The definitive Birthday Party record." Here's your chance to snag them both.
Idles - Meat/Meta
Considering the impression Idles made on Australian crowd during their recent tour, we'd be pretty shocked if this wasn't a hot ticket item. It's the first time the four-track EP has been issued on vinyl and features the EP Meta with remixes on the B-side.
Green Day - Woodstock 1994
A rowdy, mud-soaked set that propelled Dookie into the mainstream, this performance is perhaps most notable for bassist Mike Dirnt losing a tooth after getting spear-tackled by security after they mistook him for a stage-climbing fan.
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (Original New York Test Pressing)
If you know your Dylan lore, you'll know that many of the original, bootlegged New York recordings of Blood On The Tracks outshine the revisions that Dylan made to the already incredible album in Minneapolis. This is a big deal for Dylan fans who love their vinyl.
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Alternative
We dare you to listen to the original Astral Weeks and not feel moved by it, we DARE you! An album that can only be described as truly magical, this release compiles a few extended tracks and bonus songs for their fist appearance on wax.
The Fall - Medicine For The Masses (The Rough Trade Singles)
TOTALLY WIRED FOR MASS CONSUMPTION OF ALL THE MOST GROTESQUE SINGLES FROM BRITAIN'S THE FALL, NORTHERN WORKING CLASS TRACKS THAT FIGHT BACK. MADE WITH THE HIGHEST ATTENTION TO THE WRONG DETAIL FUCK-FACE. That's our best Mark E Smith impression, hope you enjoyed it.
Aretha Franklin - The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967
So much soul it'll make your turntable come alive. This new compilation collects all of the 1967 singles from The Queen of Soul's I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You era in one tidy little boxset. R-E-S-P-E-C-T that!
Weezer - Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets (The B-Sides)
A quality collection of "Blue Album"-era B-sides including Susanne, Mykel & Carli, Paperface and more, this is peak Rivers Cuomo. Any of these terrific songs could have sat on their 1994 debut, so we're excited to finally have them on vinyl too.
Various Artists - Lost In Translation OST
Ever just wish you had some music for like, I dunno, chilling out but, like, also having sex, but while being depressed, you know? Ever just been feeling a lot of kind of, existential ennui? Oh, the Lost In Translation soundtrack is on vinyl now? That's chill.
X-Ray Spex - I Am A Cliche (Anthology)
There's many a great band out there with a singer that either makes or breaks the music for new listeners. X-Ray Spex's Poly Styrene is one of them, and the band's new vinyl compilation is bound to divide audiences all over again.
Jeff Buckley - In Transition
Normally we're against the continuous milking of a dead artist's archives - but this is Jeff Buckley we're talking about! With seven previously unreleased studio recordings from 1993, we're stoked to hear the demos of originals like Mojo Pin and Last Goodbye as well as an early rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
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