This Saturday, April 20th, is Record Store Day. For the uninitiated, this is a very cool and exciting day for the music enthusiast and a downright holy day for the collector.
First off, this day is about supporting your local indie record store. To find out about where one is located near you go to http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home. Here in Pittsburgh, my personal faves are Daves Music Mine http://www.davesmusicmine.com/ , Eide’s Entertainment http://www.eides.com/ , and of course Jerry’s Records http://www.jerrysrecords.com/ . You will absolutely find me at one if not all of these stores this Saturday. Why you ask?
There are three types of special releases for this day:
RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE RELEASES. Exclusively available on Record Store Day at Record Store Day participating stores. Will not be available anywhere else in the same format.
RECORD STORE DAY LIMITED RUN/REGIONAL FOCUS RELEASES. Also exclusively available on Record Store Day at Record Store Day participating stores, but the quantities of these titles are EXTREMELY limited. Under 1000, and WAY under 1000 in some cases. We felt it was only right to put them on a special sub-list, so that everyone is clear on the odds.
‘RECORD STORE DAY FIRST’ RELEASE. These are titles that you can find on Record Store Day at Record Store Day participating stores. So if you’re a fan of the artist, you get first listen. At some point in the future, generally four to six weeks, these titles will be available, in the same format, at other retailers.
THE LIST 2013
After the jump: Some of the most anticipated heavy metal and hard rock releases of Record Store Day:
All That Remains: Fall of Ideals
Avenged Sevenfold: Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough, Carry On
Between the Buried and Me: Parallax 1 & 2 vinyl boxset, The Anatomy Of
Cream: Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6- 2005″
Deep Purple/Type-O Negative: Side By Side: Highway Star
Deftones: Live: Volume 1 — Selections From Adrenaline
Dio: Magica
Dio/Killswitch Engage: Side By Side: Holy Diver
Jimi Hendrix: “Hey Joe” B/W “Stone Free”
Lamb of God: New American Gospel (Gray Marble Edition)
Testament: Dark Roots Covers
Rob Zombie: Dead City Radio and The New Gods of Supertown/Teenage Nosferatu
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Puscifer: V Is for Vagina
As for the rest of you, check out some of the stuff coming your way in this video…
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