Celebrating physical music across formats, get clued up on the limited edition releases you don’t want to miss out on as Record Store Day returns for 2023 on Saturday, April 22!
A Flock Of Seagulls – B-Sides & Rarities
BMG
LP
Pressed on transparent vinyl with the original A Flock Of Seagulls album sleeve design reworked for this limited edition release, the LP includes single edits and mixes, along with B-sides from the era with the standalone single (It’s Not Me) Talking.
Alison Goldfrapp – Remix EP
BMG
12″
A four-track collection including collaborations with Claptone and Paul Woolford, her brightly shimmering remix of Impossible from Röyksopp which Alison featured on last year and a remix from niina on a brand new Alison track.
Alison Moyet – The Other Live Collection
Cooking Vinyl
LP
A 10-track highlights live album available recorded during the critically-acclaimed ‘The Other Tour’ in 2017, including The English U, The Rarest Birds, Whispering Your Name, All Cried Out, packaged with an excerpt from Alison’s self-penned tour diary.
Altered Images – Clara Libre
Cooking Vinyl
12″
Available on white vinyl for the very first time, the EP includes reimagined 2022 recordings of four classic hits originally released alongside last year’s ‘Mascara Streakz’: Happy Birthday, Don’t Talk To Me About Love, See Those Eyes and I Could Be Happy.
Belinda Carlisle – Remixes
Demon Records
2LP
Packaged in brand new specially-commissioned artwork, the set is pressed on clear vinyl and includes 12 hit remixes – with contributions from Shep Pettibone, William Orbit, and others – collected together on vinyl for the first time.
Björk – Ovule (Sega Bodega Remix) / Atopos (sideproject Remix)
One Little Independent Records
12″
Reversible two image sleeve featuring Nick Knight & Vidar Logi imagery with black metallic hot foil lettering designed by M/M Paris and crystal clear vinyl.
Blur – Blur Present The Special Collectors Edition
Parlophone
2LP
Issued on coloured vinyl for the first time ever, the 1994 Japan-only set was previously a CD exclusive, featuring a collection of B-sides taken from the of their first three studio albums singles from the albums ‘Leisure’ (1991), ‘Modern Life Is Rubbish’ (1993) and ‘Parklife’ (1994).
Bros – When Will I Be Famous? / I Owe You Nothing remixes
Music On Vinyl
12″
Pressed on translucent green coloured vinyl, the newly compiled 12” features remixes of When Will I Be Famous? and I Owe You Nothing, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of Bros’ classic debut album ‘Push’.
Confidence Man – RE-TILT EP
Heavenly Recordings
12″
A 7-track EP featuring reworks from the group’s second album ‘TILT’, courtesy of Tame Impala, CC:DISCO!, X-COAST, Daniel Avery, CHAI and Erol Alkan.
Darren Hayes – Let’s Try Being In Love – The 12 Inch Mixes
Powdered Sugar Productions Ltd
12″
Following his return to the charts last year with ‘Homosexual’, his first solo album in over a decade, the Savage Garden star unveils an accompanying collection of extended mixes.
David Bowie – Laughing With Liza – The Vocalion And Deram Singles 1964 – 1967
Decca
5 x 7″ box
An artist on the cusp of genius, in the height of Swinging London, Bowie’s early Deram singles are collected in a 7″ box for the very first time, including a never before released version of Space Oddity, his breakthrough hit.
Donna Summer – A Hot Summer Night (40th Anniversary Edition)
Driven By The Music/Crimson
2LP
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Donna Summer’s ‘Hard For The Money’ tour, the classic concert is pressed on 140g clear vinyl and housed in a gatefold sleeve with an exclusive colour-wash.
Duran Duran – Carnival Rio!
Parlophone
1LP
For the 40th anniversary year of the group’s classic ‘Rio’ LP, their internationally acclaimed Night Versions and Carnival Remixes are collected on one collection for the first time exclusively on red and blue swirl vinyl.
Ellie Goulding – Halcyon Nights
UMC / Polydor
2LP
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of her second album, this recycled vinyl edition features bonus and non-album tracks such as the Calvin Harris collaboration I Need Your Love, and the soundtrack cuts Mirror (‘The Hunger Games’) and Bittersweet (‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1’).
Elton John – Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only The Piano Player
UMC/EMI
2LP
Marking the 50th anniversary of his sixth album Don’t Shoot Me, featuring Crocodile Rock and Daniel, the album is repackaged on coloured vinyl with an expansive bonus disc of the album’s session demos, recorded at the infamous Château d’Hérouville.
Garbage – Witness To Your Love
BMG
12″
Presented on transparent vinyl for the first time with new vibrant artwork, this 12’’ single includes the rare track Witness to Your Love as well as three previously unreleased recordings.
Gaz Coombes – Turn The Tracks Around
Virgin Music
12″
An exclusive acoustic re-recording of four tracks from the album ‘Turn The Car Around’, pressed on orange coloured vinyl with exclusive artwork.
Groove Armada – Black Light
BMG
2LP
The sixth album by the London electronic duo makes use of eighties synthesisers and includes vocal collaborations with Bryan Ferry, Fenech-Soler, Jess Larrabee, Nick Littlemore, Saint Saviour and Will Young.
Haircut 100 – Haircut 100% Live!
Demon Records
LP
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in spring 1982, the in-concert album that highlights the group at the summit of their powers, delivering high speed funk, to-die for pop and sweet melodies against the backdrop of Haircutmania.
Happy Mondays – Balearic Beats
London Records
12″
Four of Happy Monday’s best dance reworks on one vinyl, with classic remixes from Paul Oakenfold, Terry Farley, Pete Lorimer and more, packaged with sticker in a promo bag.
Howard Jones – Complete BBCSessions 1983-1987
Cherry Red Records
2LP
Containing all 19 session tracks that Howard Jones recorded for the BBC between 1983-1987 – 17 of which have never previously been released on vinyl – the set is exclusively pressed on blue wax
Jamiroquai – Live at Maida Vale
Sony CMG
12″
Recorded live at Maida Vale in 1999, the five-song blue vinyl EP features Travelling Without Moving, Canned Heat, King For A Day, Soul Education and Cosmic Girl, and has never been officially released physically before.
Jessie Ware – Free Yourself
EMI
7”
Coinciding with the release of her hotly-anticipated fifth studio album ‘That! Feels Good!’, the singer-songwriter’s summer 2022 smash receives its first vinyl single pressing.
London Grammar – If You Wait
Ministry Of Sound
2LP
Celebrating 10 years of their debut album with a gold and black splatter coloured edition, the album includes the UK Top 20 hit single Strong.
Madness – I Do Like To Be B-Side The A-Side, Vol. 3
BMG
LP
Following on from Part 2 (released exclusively for Record Store Day 2021), the follow-up includes 12 Madness B-Sides with brand new artwork designed by Paul Agar in association with the band.
Madonna – American Life Mix Show Mix
Warner Records
LP
An eight track remix EP from the Queen of Pop celebrating 20 years of ‘American Life’ and honouring the life and work of Peter Rauhofer.
Marc Almond – Fantastic Star
UMC/Mercury
2LP
The Soft Cell star’s stunning 1995 solo album is available on vinyl for the first time ever, newly mastered at Abbey Road Studios and completely reevaluated by the musician himself to bring fans this new ‘Artist’s Cut’.
Maria McKee – Late December/ Live Acoustic
Afar
2LP
Marking the first time on vinyl for the star’s sixth solo album, the set comes complete with a second LP featuring rare recordings from her Live Acoustic LA tour in 2006 along with new liner notes.
Marianne Faithfull – A Secret Life
UMC/Island
LP, CD
The First global vinyl pressing for the legendary musician’s final album for Island records, it marks an orchestral new direction for Marianne and was written with the Italian composer Angelo Badalamenti, known for his atmospheric scores to David Lynch’s films.
Marvin, Gaye/ Shorty, Long – This Love Starved Heart Of Mine (It’s Killing Me)/Don’t Mess With My Weekend
Deptford Northern Soul Club Records
7″
A limited edition red coloured vinyl version of Marvin Gaye’s Northern Soul classic.
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells – Opus One
UMC/EMI
LP
The original demo recorded by Mike Oldfield that was later to become the global phenomenon ‘Tubular Bells’ appears on vinyl for the first and only time ever in a limited pressing, cut at Abbey Road by Miles Showell, with a brand-new cover designed by Phil Smee and overseen by Mike.
Missing Persons – Live in New York 81′
Sound City Records
2LP
Including live versions of most of the songs from their 1980 debut EP and their 1982 debut album ‘Spring Session M’, more than a year before the LP entered the charts, the tracks were recorded at My Father’s Place in Roslyn, New York on August 25, 1981.
The Orb featuring Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – The Upsetter At The Starhouse Sessions
Cooking Vinyl
LP
Compiled by The Orb founder Alex Paterson, with all tracks recorded by Alex with Thomas Fehlmann and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, and featuring new artwork designed by long-time Orb collaborator Mike Coles, the album is pressed tangerine-coloured vinyl with six songs new to the format.
The Police – Every Breath You Take
UMC/POLYDOR
2 x 7″
Complementing the recent Record Store Day double single package of Message In A Bottle, this a brand new exclusive double pack single is presented in a gatefold sleeve and features the rare track Every Bomb You Make – an exclusive version re-recorded specially for ‘Spitting Image’.
The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die Remixes +
Cooking Vinyl
12″
A special remix version of the group’s fourth album ‘Invaders Must Die’, eight of the 10 tracks are making their first appearance on orange coloured vinyl, with two previously unreleased recordings and new artwork designed by long-time Prodigy collaborator Luke Insect.
Sam Fender – Wild Grey Ocean/Little Bull Of Blithe
Polydor
7″
Originally released on the Live Deluxe Edition of Sam Fender’s No. 1 album ‘Seventeen Going Under’, Wild Grey Ocean and Little Bull Of Blithe are presented for the first time on limited edition white 7″ vinyl with exclusive artwork.
Sam Smith (feat. Kim Petras) – Unholy
EMI
7”
The global chart topping single from the duo gets its first single pressing on vinyl, following the release of its parent album, Sam’s UK No. 1 ‘Gloria’.
Self Esteem – Compliments Please
Fiction Records
LP
Having made waves globally with her latest LP ‘Prioritise Pleasure’, the long-awaited repress of the debut album from the Mercury Prize-nominated musician arrives on limited edition gold double vinyl.
Sheena Easton – The Essential 7” singles
Cherry Pop
2LP + 7″
Her first ever vinyl collection featuring every UK + US top 40 hit from her EMI years, Sheena’s new compilation is pressed on double white vinyl with a bonus pink glow 7” disc featuring Anything Can Happen (Single Version) and Sweet.
Simple Minds – Neapolis
Will
LP
Originally released in March 1998 after departing Virgin Records, the 11th album from Simple Minds makes its vinyl debut on green wax.
Siouxsie & the Banshees – A Kiss In The Dreamhouse
UMC/Polydor
LP
The fifth Siouxsie and the Banshees studio album has been cut half speed vinyl at Abbey Road Studios for a new pressing on clear and gold marbled vinyl, with unique artwork overseen by Siouxsie and Steven Severin.
Soft Cell – Light Sleepers
BMG
12″
The most recent single from the duo’s Top 10 LP ‘*Happiness Not Included’ is pressed on clear 12” vinyl with new mixes from The Grid, along with re-recorded brass edits of Last Chance, a track from previous album ‘Cruelty Without Beauty’.
Sparks – Live at Record Plant 74′
Sound City Records
12″
An eight-song studio in-concert by Sparks in LA, recorded in September 1974, with the Propaganda line-up of Ron & Russ Mael, Ian Hampton on bass, Dinky Diamond on drums and Trevor White on guitar, makes its vinyl debut.
Stevie Nicks – Bella Donna Live 1981
Rhino
2LP
Available for the first time on vinyl, this 2LP set features Stevie Nicks live recording from the ‘White Winged Dove Tour’ at the Fox Wilshire Theatre on December 13th 1981.
Stewart Copeland – Klark Kent
BMG
12″
The 1980 debut solo release from The Police drummer and the first solo release recorded by a member of the group comes pressed on green vinyl and includes the UK Top 50 single Don’t Care
Suede – Demos
Demon Records
LP
Thirty years since the release of the group’s eponymous debut album, the band’s demos are issued on vinyl for the first time on clear vinyl, in specially-commissioned sleeve artwork, conceived by Brett Anderson, which resembles a cassette inlay.
Suggs & Paul Weller – OOH DO U FINK U R
BMG
7″
The sunny, optimistic and defiant Motown and ‘60s R&B influenced stomper – released last summer – arrives on picture disc following a sold out limited 7” release.
Supergrass – St. Petersburg
BMG
10″
A limited edition plum coloured vinyl release featuring four of Supergrass’ key tracks from 2004-2005, with artwork recreated from the original ‘St Petersburg’ single artwork, originally released in 2005, featuring the famous statue of Peter the Great from Saint Petersburg in Russia.
Swedish House Mafia – The Singles
EMI
LP
A brand new limited edition clear vinyl repress celebrating 10 years of the album, originally released in 2013 as a limited run of black vinyl.
Taylor Swift – folklore: the long pond studio sessions
UMG
2LP
Recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown, Taylor and her collaborators were never able to play the ‘folklore’ album together until the Long Pond Studio Sessions in September 2020, which arrives pressed for the first time on grey vinyl.
Tears For Fears – Saturnine Martial & Lunatic
UMC/Mercury
2LP
The first time on vinyl for this collection of B-Sides and rare tracks from the band’s time with Mercury, from 1982–93, which was originally released in 1996.
Tom Grennan – Here
Insanity
7”
The new single from the singer-songwriter arrives on coloured vinyl, signed and with the exclusive unreleased song Unbreak A Broken Love on the B-side.
Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes Rarities
Rhino
LP
A black vinyl edition of the B-sides and rarities featured with the singles from Tori’s seminal LP (and solo debut), Little Earthquakes, marking the first time these songs have been collected on a single release.
U2 – New Year’s Day (40th Anniversary Edition)
UMC/Island
12″ EP
A limited edition, four-track EP celebrating the 40th anniversary of U2’s third studio album ‘War’ (1983) with two original studio tracks and two reimagined versions, on white vinyl with exclusive poster.
