It seems like every year that this national day of commerce gets bigger and bigger. The thought of no record store saddens me, and I hope the independents that are left find a way to be profitable in these dark financial times. Record Store Day starts tomorrow for us when Citizen Cope plays Twist and Shout. See below for more deets! There’s a lot going on, as you can imagine, and for those of you living in Nashville, you’re in for a treat! BTW, I got interviewed about RSD by Twist and Shout. You can read it here, but first a word from the ambassador of Record Store Day.
Record Day Exclusives
Pavement – Quarantine The Past: Best of Pavement 12” vinyl, track listing selected by winner of Record Store Day contest (1,000 available)
MGMT – “Siberian Breaks” 12”single-sided disc with 12 minute track and etched side
Hole – Skinny Little Bitch 2 track single from upcoming album 10” white vinyl
Monsters of Folk – Double LP set on clear blue vinyl (2,000 available)
Wilco – Kicking Television deluxe package vinyl reissue box set with 4 LPs, 8 extra tracks, and extra CD (1,000 available)
REM – Chronic Town EP individually numbered 12” blue vinyl; previously out of print debut from REM (Limited Edition)
Passion Pit – “Little Secrets” 7” clear red vinyl single; Album Version & Felix Da Housecat Pink Enemy Remix (Limited Edition)
Them Crooked Vultures – “Mind Eraser, No Chaser” & “Hwy 1” (Live from Sydney – EXCLUSIVE unreleased track)/“Vulture Speak” interview with the band on B Side; individually numbered 10” Picture Disc
Joy Division – 4 LP, 180 gram 12” vinyl Box Set (820 available)
Bon Iver and Peter Gabriel – “Come Talk to Me”/“Flume” 7” single; Peter Gabriel and Bon Iver cover each other’s music, Bon Iver track is EXCLUSIVE to this release (2000 available)
DEVO – Fresh, What We Do 12” single featuring new tracks (2500 available); Duty Now For The Future cd reissue (3000 available) and 12” vinyl reissue (2500 available)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – “Heaven Can Wait”/”IRM” 7” single with unique Beck remixes originally broadcast on KCRW (2,500 available)
Queens of The Stone Age – Feel Good Hit of the Summer 10” vinyl picture disc EP previously unreleased in the US and first issue on vinyl
The Thermals & The Cribs – Split 7” vinyl single
John Lennon – Singles Bag Box set with 3 7” singles [“Mother”/“Why,” “Imagine”/“It’s So Hard,” “Watching The Wheels”/“Yes, I’m Your Angel”], 3 postcards, 24×36 poster, and custom 45 adaptor hub (5,000 available)
Beastie Boys – Super surprise content white label 12” vinyl (1,000 available)
Drive-By Truckers – “Your Woman is a Living Thing”/”Just Maybe” 7” vinyl single (both tracks RSD exclusives)
Fela Kuti – 4 songs recorded in LA in 1969 10” EP with replica cover artwork of first Nigerian Fela Kuti record (1,000 available)
Sonic Youth – Hits Are For Squares, 15 tracks selected by other artists with exclusive new Sonic Youth track “Slow Revolution” on individually numbered Double LP [Confusion is Sex and EVOL reissues on 12” white and pink vinyl respectively available early for RSD as well]
Phoenix – “Fences” album track plus remix 12” single on pink vinyl (first vinyl from Phoenix; 3,500 available)
Twist and Shout Celebrates Record Store Day
DJ’s from Twist & Shout’s favorite public radio stations (KUVO, Radio 1190) will be spinning music during the day as well as local favorite DJ A-What, and an international star Ninja Tune recording artist Bonobo, performing a free live DJ set at 4 p.m. There might even be yummy cake and beer too!
April 16
Citizen Cope live performance and autograph signing at 6 p.m.
April 17
10 a.m. – Kuvo’s Arturo Gomez spinning vinyl.
12 p.m. – Radio 1190’s Sam Sacher spinning vinyl.
2 p.m. – Denver’s own DJ A-What spinning vinyl.
4 p.m. – Ninja Tune recording artist Bonobo DJ set (details below)
Spend Record Store Day w/the Raconteurs
Saturday, April 17th is Record Store Day! To celebrate the re-release of The Raconteurs debut LP Broken Boy Soldiers, Third Man Records pressed 300 Copper Colored Record Store Day limited edition copies of the LP. Plus, Brendan Benson and Patrick Keeler, along with some friends, will be performing Raconteurs songs at Third Man as The Racontwoers.
But before that all kicks off, Third Man will have the three remaining Go Karts from the “Steady, As She Goes” video on display and for a small fee you can have a Polaroid picture taken with them. However, even more exciting is that if you buy any piece of Raconteurs merchandise at the Third Man Records shop, you will receive a raffle ticket to enter to win either Brendon Benson’s or Jack Lawrence’s Go Kart. There will be no limit on the amount of tickets you can buy.
Additionally, Jack White’s very own Copper Kid Go Kart will be auctioned off to the highest bidder with all proceeds to benefit the Nashville Homeless Mission. It’s a good cause, so bid high! All that and BBQ, Popsicles from Las Paletas, DJs and much more!
Third Man Records
623 7th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
12-2 pm: Shop is open to buy your copper colored Broken Boy Soldiers record and any other merchandise
2:15 – 2:45 pm: Raffle and Auction
3:00 pm – The Racontwoers perform live in the Third Man venue