New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Warner Brothers Records) - To celebrate the third annual Record Store Day on April 17, 2010, several renowned artists will release exclusive LPs, 7"-singles and DVDs leading up to the big day. These releases include the following, with many more coming...
Flaming Lips and Stardeath and the White Dwarfs will see the first physical release of their album covering Pink Floyd's classic, Dark Side Of The Moon on Record Store Day 2010, to be released by Warner Bros on 12" seafoam green vinyl.
The UK's much-celebrated, David Bowie-championed Fanfarlo will release a 7"-single, "You Are One," and original tune b/w Fleetwood Mac's fantastic,"What Makes You Think You're The One," which the band recorded exclusively for the Record Store Day 7" during a day off in Berlin,
Indie rock trailblazers, Pavement will release a special Record Store Day version of their double album, Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement, a fully re-mastered 23-track compilation featuring tracks spanning their career from 1989 to 1999. This limited edition pressing features the track listing submitted by a contest-winning fan, and chosen by the band.
Sonic Youth make it back again for Record Store Day with vinyl reissues of their classic early albums, Confusion Is Sex, (on 12" white vinyl), EVOL (on 12" pink vinyl), and an Interscope release of Hits Are For Squares, a double-LP featuring 15 tracks selected by other artists with an exclusive new Sonic Youth track, "Slow Revolution."
Fans can also expect Coconut Records to release a 7", which includes the "Bored To Death Theme Song"/"Nighttiming", a split 7" from Kill Rock Stars featuring "Separate" from The Thermals and "So Hot Now" from The Cribs, If I Had A Hi-Fi, a new album from Nada Surf being released on CD exclusively for Record Store Day about 4 weeks prior to general release, and a vinyl reissue of TV On The Radio's Dear Science with mp3 download and a bonus Hot Chip remix on 12" vinyl, among many other titles TBA.
Last, but not least, legendary Seattle-based label Sub Pop will release a slew of great stuff for Record Store Day 2010, including the live compilation Casual Nostalgia Fest recorded in 2008, during the label's 20th anniversary celebratory festival SP20 in Seattle. The comp features choice cuts (19 tracks in all) from performances at the festival, including tunes from Iron & Wine, Green River, Low, Flight of the Conchords, the Vaselines, Wolf Parade, and Blitzen Trapper.
For Record Store Day 2010, Sub Pop will also reissue Soundgarden's 1987 debut single "Hunted Down" b/w "Nothing to Say", on orange translucent vinyl, as well as The Album Leaf's There Is a Wind 12" featuring two new songs with two alternate takes of tracks from the band's last album and CocoRosie's "Lemonade" 7", which includes one track from the band's forthcoming Sub Pop debut, as well as a cover of the Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl".
Record Store Day is managed by the Music Monitor Network and is organized in partnership with the Alliance of Independents Music Stores (AIMS), the Coalition of Independent Media Stores (CIMS) and celebrates the culture of independent record stores by playing host to in-store events/performances, signings and special product releases on a global scale. It takes place on Saturday, April 17, 2010.
