It’s that time of year again. Well, yes Spring but more specifically for a music blog it’s the annual season of blossoming limit selections of rare and obscure vinyl known as Record Store Day. The event has helped fuel the resurgence in sales and pushing the few remaining pressing plant’s production capacity to the hilt. As is tradition the event will be taking place on the fourth Saturday in April. For 2017 that means Saturday, April 22nd.
Record Store Day offerings are scarce, unique releases, some only available in specific regions. Some are produced in very limited runs, some totaling no more than a few hundred total.
Check out the Americana and roots selections below and take a look at the full list. Get to your favorite indy record early on April 22nd (I’ll be at Good Records in Dallas) and share those great finds with me on Instagram and Twitter.
Blaze Foley – Sittin’ By The Road [LP] (180 Gram Gold Colored Vinyl, detailed liner notes by film maker Kevin Triplett, limited, indie-retail exclusive)
Brandy Clark – Live From Los Angeles [LP] (previously unreleased songs, limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Hammersmith Odeon London ’75 [4LP] (150 Gram, first time on vinyl, numbered/limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
The Cadillac Three – Live At Abbey Road [10 †EP] (limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive)
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin, Hard Travelin’ EP (Yep Roc Records) Packaging: 12†Vinyl / Transparent Red
Dolly Parton – Puppy Love [7â€] (limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive
Drive By Truckers – Live In Studio, New York, NY 12/07/16 [LP] (Clear Vinyl, limited to 3530, indie-retail exclusive)
Emmylou Harris – Queen Of The Silver Dollar [5LP + 7 †Box Set] (Emmylou’s first five studio albums plus a bonus 7 †single, limited to 1100, indie-retail exclusive)
Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels – Live 1973 featuring Emmylou Harris [LP] (180 Gram, gold foil jacket and holographic numbered/limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Hayseed Dixie – Free Your Mind And Your Grass Will Follow [LP] (Clear Vinyl, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Head And The Heart, The – Stinson Beach Sessions [LP] (unreleased songs and demos, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
Iron And Wine – Archives Series Volume No. 3 [LP] (Translucent Blue Vinyl, limited to 700, indie-retail exclusive
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Welcome to 1979 – Live recordings direct cut to acetate at Nashville studio Welcome To 1979. 12″, tip-on style, simple sleeve jacket, white dust sleeve. Side A: 1. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (Jagger/Richards) 2. Storm Windows (Prine) 3. Heart on a String (Jackson/Buckins) Side B: 1. Atlantic City (Springsteen) 2. Sway (Jagger/Richards) 3. Never Gonna Change (Isbell)
John Paul White & Donnie Fritts – John Paul White Sings Donnie Fritts, Donnie Fritts Sings John Paul White [7â€] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Leon Russell – Guitar Blues [CD] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
The Lumineers – Song Seeds [10â€] (limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive)
Neil Young – Decade [3LP] (1977 compilation of solo and group hits, remastered, 2 photo reproductions by Henry Diltz, limited to 5000, indie-retail exclusive)
Nels Cline (Wilco) – In The Wee Small Hours [7 â€] (Frank Sinatra cover, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Old 97’s – Terlingua b / w Off My Mynd [12 â€] (Opaque White Vinyl, Unreleased exclusive B-sides, etched B-side, limited to 2530, indie-retail exclusive
Pokey LaFarge – Riot In The Streets / Better Man Than Me [10 â€] (B-side etching of original hand-drawn image by Pokey, limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive)
Robert Johnson – The Complete Recordings: The Centennial Collection [3LP] (150 Gram, gatefold, download, 12×24 poster, numbered/limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive)
Sharon Jones with the E.L. Fields Gospel Wonders – Heaven Bound b/w Key To The Kingdom [7â€] (‘picture frame’ custom jacket with easel-back, limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive)
Sharon Jones, Corey Harris & Peter McGennis – Bubble Girl (Soundtrack) [12â€] (limited, indie-retail exclusive)
Shooter Jennings & Waymore’s Outlaws – Live [12â€] (Coke Clear Vinyl, single jacket with white inner sleeve, limited to 500, indie-retail exclusive)
Steve Earle & The Dukes – Live [7 â€] (picture sleeve, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Live At Carnegie Hall [2LP] (150 Gram Marbled Brown Vinyl, download, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
Townes Van Zandt – Live At Austin City Limits [LP] (limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive)
Waylon Jennings & The 357’s – Waylon Forever [12â€] (Clear Orange Vinyl, single jacket with white inner sleeve, limited to 250, indie-retail exclusive)