Alright! Here we go! Weeks of ordering and receiving and plotting and in about 24 hours, all hell is gonna break loose around here. Tonight we’re gonna close up early and completely strip the walls and replace everything will all them glorious RSD exclusives.
AND just in case you don’t get what you wanted, or maybe you don’t want any of the exclusives, all the other records in the shop will be 20% off as well as gear and other accessories.
AND if that isn’t enough we’ll be giving away all kinds of swag through out the day.
AND if that isn’t enough, our pals from Elm Cafe will be here giving all you early birds free coffee.
AND our pal Nadir is coming down to play some music for y’all around 3:30 pm.
AND IF THAT ISN’T ENOUGH SOMEONE IS GOING TO WIN A $500 REGA QUEEN TURNTABLE JUST FOR SHOPPING HERE ON SATURDAY!
AND if you don’t win the turntable you could still win one of two boards from Local 124.
OR if you don’t win a skateboard you could win one of three coffee prize packages from Elm Cafe.
OR you could win a double guest pass to see the Descendents.
Not so fine print… We will be opening at an hour early, 10am. However, people do start lining up well before that. We do try process this all as fast as possible, but it will likely be crisp out in the morning. Plan to spend a good while outside in line, and dress accordingly. Some exclusive releases are extremely limited, and we have very few copies. Others, not so much. Exclusives are first come, first served and one per customer.
Also, we’ll be launching some new Listen swag on Saturday…
…..top RSD picks…..
Various: Function Underground: The Black & Brown American Rock Sound 1969-1974 (Now Again) LP
“14 tracks by Jimi Macon, Black Maffia, Blacklites and more, many reissued for the first time. Includes a 16 page booklet with extensive notes on an overlooked and important portion of rock n’ roll’s history & a download card to WAV files of the full album. Nearly everyone in the world can rattle off the great African-American musical forms. Jazz, blues, R&B, soul, hip-hop, house, gospel. One influential genre is always left off of the list: a folk music known as rock n’ roll. Rock n’ roll was a term originally coined to market the white-friendly version of a genre that already existed; prior to 1965, the line between rock n’ roll and R&B was thin: Ike Turner recorded and released ‘Rocket ’88’ ‘ in 1951 and, while its Chess Records release reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart, it is regarded by many as the first rock n’ roll record. The Great Divide between R&B and rock n’ roll came after the Beatles and the British Invasion decimated the Top 40 chart in 1964. Simultaneously, R&B entered a new phase, soon to be labeled ‘soul,’ which upped the music’s gospel quotient and turned its frantic twang. So somewhere in the mid to late-1960s, rock n’ roll became perceived as something for the Caucasian kids. When Jimi Hendrix and Arthur Lee made the scene, they were said to be black musicians entering into a white world. While that couldn’t be farther from the truth, that false dichotomy has existed in America’s popular conscious ever since, to the point where the idea of a black rock musician is on the level with the idea of a black cowboy. In the mid-1960s, funk replaced soul as the rhythm that was going to move the world. We know all its progenitor – James Brown, The Meters, Kool & The Gang – and their innovations: the syncopated, 4/4 dance between the bass and drums, horns repurposed as percussion, chicken-scratch and wah-wah guitar. We can trace where they came from. But there is one crucial funk influence that no one seems to want to acknowledge — a devil-may-care attitude we can attribute to rock n’ roll. It’s not a stretch to say that funk is the African-American answer to psychedelia and hard rock rolled into one. The idea of ‘progressivism’ that took over rock music after psychedelia’s heyday in the late 1960s belatedly spilled over to funk. In the early 1970s, as the underground/psychedelic fire burnt out in the white rock world, it roared to a blaze in the black musical community. Nearly every American city with a large black population boasted self-contained funk bands that didn’t consider themselves simply revues or backup groups, but rather fully-operational ensembles in these bands, everything from composing, arranging, record production and distribution, was handled in house by band members. These are the bands whose music comprises this anthology, and while they’re all different, they’re unique in one way: they kept their ears open for new developments in funk and rock music. This anthology presents earnest questions as to why we know so little about these bands and the movement of which they were a part. While we don’t anticipate that we’ll ever find a definitive answer as to what these ensembles’ true goals were, then, we do know that they took their charges seriously. And they knew they were onto something different, something that, though only they and their immediate kin might recognize it, was more interesting than the status quo. Function Underground shines light on an important and overlooked part of rock n’ roll’s history and talented ensembles that toiled in the shadows, derided by their peers ‘Do you realize that Hendrix was dead before most black people in America knew he was a black man?’ Ebony Rhythm Band drummer Matthew Watson questions rhetorically. ‘We was scorned. In that era, everybody else in the black community was wearing three-piece suits, processes and Afro wigs and that shit. We was the first guys to wear bell bottoms. The first guys to wear big hats. We were off into a whole other thing.’ “
File Under: Funk
Moondog: s/t (Sony Legacy) LP
He was born Louis Hardin, but the world knew him as Moondog—and his avant-garde compositions influenced a generation of minimalist composers like Philip Glass and Steve Reich. Now, Moondog, The Viking of 6th Avenue’s seminal 1969 album recorded with producer James William Guercio, will be reissued on white vinyl, its first pressing in over a decade. Featuring original symphonic and classically-inspired works (including material dedicated to Charlie Parker and Benny Goodman), Moondog is an album that must be heard to be believed.
File Under: Experimental, Avant-Garde
Various: Psychic Migrations (Cinewax) LP
For Record Store Day 2017, Cinewax is teaming up with influential California-based board sports and lifestyle brand Volcom to release the original soundtrack to their 2015 surf film Psychic Migrations. Directed by multifaceted surf filmmaker Ryan Thomas, Psychic Migrations was shot on Super 16-mm film & Red Digital Cinema in the West Indies, East Indies, Australia, Polynesia, and the Americas. The global scope of the film is complimented by an international cast of surfers, including Yago Dora, Ryan Burch, Ozzie Wright, Dusty Payne, Mitch Coleborn, and Kelly Slater, among others. To match the cinematic poetry of this psychedelic surf journey, a suitable soundtrack was necessary: proto-New Age piano music by Gurdjieff / de Hartmann, drone jams from Bitchin Bajas and Al Lover, and garage-psych from Thee Oh Sees, Cave and White Fence. An artistic synthesis of eclectic music, pulsating surf action, and mesmerizing scenery, this highly acclaimed film builds on and advances the rich history of surf flicks. The package is completed with a deluxe gatefold jacket, housing double pink vinyl and a digital download card for both the film and soundtrack. Limited to 1,000 copies worldwide.
File Under: Psych, Garage
Various: Nuggets – Come to the Sunshine (Rhino) LP
Originally released as a 2004 compilation by Rhino Handmade, one of two new compilations using the Nuggets name. The title comes from the first track, “Come To The Sunshine” performed by Harpers Bizarre. This orange/yellow marble double vinyl set follows the Record Store Day 2016 release Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults. (Limited worldwide release of 3500.) SOFT LIKE A KITTEN. DEAL.
File Under: Soft Rock, Pop
Popol Vuh: Cobra Verde (One Way Static) LP
One Way Static Records presents exclusively for Record Store Day 2017: COBRA VERDE (Original 1987 Motion Picture Soundtrack composed by POPOL VUH). Born as Florian Fricke’s brainchild, Popol Vuh needs little introduction, the band stayed active between the late 1960s & late 1990s (until Florian’s passing in 2001). Regarded as pioneers in avant-garde German electronic music, their early works practically laid down the foundations for Kosmische Muzik (Space Music) with the then new sounds of the Moog synthesizer joined with ethnic percussions. Later the group evolved to include all kinds of instruments (both electric and acoustic alike) shrouding their music in a spiritual & introspective mystical aura. Popol Vuh influenced many other European bands with their uniquely soft but elaborate instrumentation, which took inspiration from the music of Tibet, Africa and pre-Columbian America. With music sometimes described as “ethereal”, they created soundscapes through psychedelic walls of sound, and are regarded as precursors of contemporary ‘world music’, as well as of ‘new age’ and ‘ambient’. The band regularly contributed soundtracks to the films of Werner Herzog that include classics like Aguirre, Nosferatu, Heart Of Glass & of course Cobra Verde. Cobra Verde (featuring Klaus Kinski) was the final collaboration between Popol Vuh & director Werner Herzog. Originally released in 1987, this is the first time the soundtrack gets a vinyl release outside of Europe. Regal chants accompanied by hand drums, guitars, piano and clavier in a sacred manner are alternated with synthesizer themes that have a tense/dramatic & haunting effect. African ceremonial music and the Choir of the Bavarian State Opera corner this as a landmark meditative & ambient piece of cosmic music. Out of print since 1987, now back available as a gorgeously packaged deluxe vinyl edition, exclusively for Record Store Day 2017. Strictly limited to 1000 copies on green vinyl & comes with insert and extensive liner notes. A necessary purchase for both Popol Vuh fans and Herzog collectors.
File Under: Kosmische, OST
…..RSD Exclusives…..
At this point almost all of this has shown up, some is due tomorrow, there may be some surprises, but this should all be here….
Against Me!: Stabitha Christie 7″
Air: Le Soleil Est Pres De 12″
Alexisonfire: Crisis LP
Alice In Chains: What The Hell Have I 7″
Alien Sex Fiend: Edit/Overdose LP
Andre 3000: All Together Now 7″
Animal Collective: Meeting of the Waters 12″
Atomic Bomb Band: Plays the Music of William Onyeabor LP
Band of Pain/Nurse with Wound: Abbey Rd LP
Banks & Steelz: Wild Season 7″
Ben Folds: Live in Perth LP
Bevis Frond: Triptych LP
Big L: Devil’s Son 12″
Big Star: Complete Third Vol 3 LP+Box
Blitzen Trapper: Unreleased Recordings Vol.1 12”
Blonde Redhead: 3 O’Clock LP
Blowfly: Forever Fly LP
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Nathan Salsburg: Beargrass Song 7”
David Bowie: Bowpromo Box
David Bowie: Cracked Actor LP
David Bowie: No Plan LP
Brian Jonestown Massacre: Pol Pot’s Pleasure Penthouse LP
Brother Ali: Undisputed Truth LP
Danny Brown: Ain’t It Funny 10”
Harriet Brown: Contact LP
R.L. Burnside: Long Distance Call LP
Alex Calder/Homeshake: Nankhatai / Stuck Inside 7”
Camera/Pinhas: RSD 12″
Tristram Cary: Quatermass & the Pit (Electronic Cues) 10″
Tristram Cary Quatermass & the Pit OST LP
Johnny Cash: Children’s Album LP
Cat Party: s/t LP
Archie James Cavanaugh: Black and White Raven LP
Vic Chesnutt: West of Rome LP
Cinematic Orchestra: Ma Fleur LP
Claypool Lennon Delirium: Lime and Limpid Green LP
Cleaners from Venus: Best Of… LP
Coheed & Cambria: Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV LP
Jerry Cole: Astro-Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000 LP
Colleen: Golden Morning Breaks LP
Colleen: Les Ondes Silencieuses LP
Colleen et les Boites: s/t LP
Inna Baba Coulibaly w/ Ali Farkar Toure: Sahel 10″
Crushed Butler: Uncrushed: British Punk from 1969-1971 LP
Curanderos (Bardo Pond): S/T LP
The Cure: Acoustic Hits LP
The Cure: Greatest Hits LP
Miley Cyrus: Bangerz LP
Czarface: First Weapon Drawn LP
Dave Matthews Band: Live at Red Rocks 8.15.9 Box
Deee-Lite: Groove is in the Heart 12″
Thomas De Hartmann: The Music of Gurdjieff 5LP Box
Dillinger Escape Plan: Instrumentalist 7″
Klaus Dinger & Prejapandorf: 2000! LP
Distillers: Coral Fang LP
Doors: Live at the Matrix LP
Steve Earle: Live 7″
Easybeats: Vigil LP
El Nino & The Southern Oscillators: s/t 10″
Faust/Ulan Bator: RSD 12″
Flamin’ Groovies/Dylan Gardner: Side By Side 7″
Flaming Lips: Onboard the ISS Concert for Peace LP
Flower Travellin’ Band: Anywhere LP
Blaze Foley: Sittin’ By the Road LP
Follakzoid w/J. Spaceman: London Sessions LP
Goat: Goatfuzz 7″
Goblin: Notturno LP
Gold Panda: Kingdom 12”
Dexter Gordon: Walk the Blues LP
Grateful Dead: P.N.E. Garden LP
Emmylou Harris: Queen of the Silver Dollar 5LP
Hawkwind: Best of United Artists LP
Hawklords: Live 1978 LP
Head & The Heart: Stinson Beach LP
Heads: Relaxing with LP
Heldon/Pinhas/Schizo: Singles Collection LP
Iron & Wine: Archive Series Vol No.3 12”
Jason Isbell: Live from Welcome to 1979 LP
Jane’s Addiction: Been Caught Stealin’ 12″
Robert Johnson: Centennial Collection LP
Glenn Jones & Matthew Azevedo: Waterworks LP
Sharon Jones: Heaven Bound 7″
Kinks: Got Love If You Need 7″
Kinks: All Day 7″
Kylesa: Live At Maida Vale Studio 10″
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam: Live at KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic LP
Lhasa: La Llorona LP
Lumineers: Song Seeds 10”
Luna: Penthouse LP
Madrigal: S/T LP
Marcy Playground: S/T LP
Marajita: This is Marajita LP
Mayer Hawthorne: Party of One LP
Metavari: Metropolis Re-OST LP
Meters: A Message from The Meters LP
Meredith Monk: Key LP
Moondog: s/t LP
Kevin Morby: Beautiful Strangers 7”
Beny More: El Barbaro Del Ritmo LP
Motorhead: Clean Your Clock LP
NBRQ: High Noon LP
Nico & the Fraction: Fata Morgana LP
Stevie Nicks: Rarities LP
Harry Nillson: Nilsson Schmilsson LP
Noise Addicts: 10,000 Kids LP
Notorious B.I.G: Born Again LP
Old 97’s: Off My Mynd EP 12”
Oneida: Live at Secret Project LP
OST: Abdullah LP
OST: Dark Crystal LP
OST: Don LP
Emmanuelle Parrenin: Maison Rose LP
Emmanuelle Parrenin: Perelandra LP
Dolly Parton: Puppy Love 7”
Pearl Jam: State of Love & Trust 7″
Penguin Cafe & Cornelius: Umbrella EP 12”
Art Pepper: Quintet LP
Pin Group: Ambivalence 7″
Pin Group: Coat 7″
Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive LP
Iggy Pop Post Depression: Live From Albert Hall Box Set LP
Popol Vuh: Cobra Verde OST LP
Roberto Pregadio: Kriminal OST LP
Roberto Pregadio: Satanik OST LP
Prince: Batdance 12″
Prince: I Could Never… 12″
Prince: I Wish U Heaven 12″
Prince: Partyman 12″
Prince: Pop Life 12″
Prince: Sign o the Times 12″
Psychic TV: Fishscales Falling LP
Ramones: Singles Box 7″ Box
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Go Robot 12″
Lou Reed: Perfect Night LP
Ike Reiko: You, Baby LP
John Renbourn & Wizz Jones: Joint Control LP
Jody Reynolds: Devil Girls With Raven Hair LP
Malvina Reynolds: Little Boxes and Magic Pennies LP
Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby Renditions of the Doors LP
Run The Jewels Tote Bag+Pins
Sand: Golem LP
Sara & Tegan: Under Feet Like Ours LP
Lalo Schifrin: My Life in Movies LP
Sex Pistols: Singles Box 7″ Box
Sia: Spotify Sessions LP
Sinn Sisamouth & Ros Serey Sothea: Navy A Go Go 7″
Sloths: Makin’ Love 7″
Patti Smith: Hey Joe 7″
The Smiths: Boy With the Thorn in His Side 7″
Soul Assassins: Muggs Presents LP
Spacemen 3: For All the Fucked Up Children LP
Spacemen 3: Playing with Fire LP
Spacemen 3: Recurring LP
Spoon: Hot Thoughts 12″
Bruce Springsteen: Hammersmith Odeon, London 75 4LP
Star Wars: New Hope OST 10”
Sun Ra: Janus LP
Superchunk: Cup of Sand LP
Super Furry Animals: Fuzzy Logic LP
Suuns: Hold/Still Remixes 12”
Sword: Low Country 12”
Tegan & Sara/Regrettes: Side By Side 7″
Temples/Kadhja Bonet: Fortune 7″
The Time: What Time is it? LP
U-Roy: Dread in a Babylon LP
U.K. Subs: Live n Loud 89 LP
Vangelis: Blade Runner LP
Vanishing Twin: Dream By Numbers 10″
Venom: At War with Satan LP
Arthur Verocai: s/t LP
Vitamin String Quartet: Performs Kanye West LP
War on Drugs: Thinking of a Place 12″
Dennis Wilson: Bambu LP
Wipers: Better Off Dead 7”
Link Wray: Be What You Want To LP
Link Wray: Beans and Fatback LP
Neil Young: Decade LP
Zombies: A Rose for Emily – Cello Version 7”
Various: Ciao! Manhattan OST LP
Various: Close to the Noise Floor LP
Various: Function Underground: The Black & Brown American Rock LP
Various: Giant Single LP
Various: Girls in the Garage: Groovy Gallic Gals Vol.10 LP
Various: Girls in the Garage: Oriental Special Vol.9 LP
Various: Guitars of the Golden Triangle LP
Various: Insane Times LP
Various: Let the Children Techno LP
Various: Like Nashville In Naija: Nigeria’s Romance With Country LP
Various: Lost in Space LP
Various: Magic Cube 10″
Various: Max Kansas City 1976 & Beyond LP
Various: Mighty R&B Instrumentals LP
Various: Nuggets: Come to the Sunshine LP
Various: Nigeria Soul Power 70 7” Box Set
Various: Pineapple Express OST LP
Various: Psychic Migrations OST LP
Various: Really Rock Em Right: Sun Records LP
Various: Rough Guide to Gospel Blues LP
Various: Rough Guide to Blues Women LP
Various: Rough Guide to Cuban Rare Groove LP
Various: Soho Scene ’61 LP
Various: Soul 70 7″ Box Set
Various: Soul Slabs Vol.1 LP
Various: Soul Transfusion LP
Various: Southwest Side Story Vol 19 LP
Various: Space Jam OST LP
Various: Studio One Hi-Fi Special 7″ Box
Various: We’re Gonna Have A Party! LP