Record Store Day Picks

The annual event has announced their special releases for 2023. Here are our picks that we think you should add to your list while participating in Record Store day this year. Click HERE to view the full list of releases.

The Cranberries, ‘Wake Up And Smell The Coffee’

Following last year’s Record Store Day release of ‘Remembering Dolores,’ The Cranberries fifth studio album ‘Wake Up And Smell The Coffee’ will be issued for the first time on vinyl. The album originally sold 1,300,000 copies with the initial release in 2001.

The 1975, ‘Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra’

Official UK Record Store Day Ambassadors, The 1975 are releasing this live performance of their second studio album ‘I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It.’ The double clear vinyl will also include a performance of their single “Chocolate.”

Joan Jett & The BlackHearts, ‘Up Your Alley’

This Grammy-nominated album that was released in 1988, features “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” “Little Liar,” and “I Wanna Be Your Dog.” The sixth studio album from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, will be released on lemonade yellow vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day 2023.

Billy Joel, ‘Live At The Great American Music Hall - 1975’

This album, taken from a stop on the Streetlife Serenade tour,introduces the earliest available recordings of future Turnstiles classics “James” and “New York State Of Mind”, and includes examples of Billy’s loving imitations of Joe Cocker, Elton John and Leon Russell — a staple of his early concerts.

Norah Jones, ‘Little Broken Hearts: Live At Allaire Studios’

In early 2022, Norah Jones went into the Allaire Studios in upstate New York with her band and producer Danger Mouse and created a new live version of her acclaimed 2012 album, Little Broken Hearts. . This LP will be its first-ever release as part of Record Store Day 2023 and is pressed on 140g pink vinyl.

Carole King, ‘The Legendary Demos’

This milky clear vinyl will include a compilation of demos recorded from 1962 through 1971. This will cover a collection of works from the 60s to her ‘Tapestry’ album. If you are a Carole King fan, get excited to hear raw recordings of her most renowned songs, including “You’ve Got A Friend.”

Madness, ‘I Do Like To B-Side The A-Side', Vol. 3’

The third volume in the sell-out runs of Madness's B-sides compilations, created exclusively for RSD.

Stevie Nicks, ‘Bella Donna Live 1981’

Available for the first time on vinyl, this 2LP set features Stevie Nicks live, a recording from the White Winged Dove Tour, at the Fox Wilshire Theatre on December 13th 1981. The show included tracks from Bella Donna including “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” “Leather and Lace” and “Edge of Seventeen,” along with Fleetwood Mac favorites “Gold Dust Woman,” “Dreams,” “Sara” and “Rhiannon.”

Pixies, ‘Doolittle - Live In Brussels 2009’

This brand new release for Record Store Day 2023 captures the band’s complete show in Brussels, newly remixed by Tom Dalgety from the soundboard multi-tracks. It includes Doolittle era classics like “Debaser” and an encore of greatest hits like “Where Is My Mind.” Any Pixies fan should plan on adding this to their collection.

Taylor Swift, ‘folklore: the long pond studio sessions’

Taylor Swift’s 3rd GRAMMY® Album of the Year, folklore, was recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown. Taylor and her collaborators were never able to play the album together... until the Long Pond Studio Sessions in September 2020. This is the first time “folklore: the long pond studio sessions’' will be available on vinyl. Recorded live, the album features Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner (The National), Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). This exclusive for Record Store Day will be featured on double grey vinyl LP.

U2, ‘Two Hearts Beat As One/Sunday Bloody Sunday - War & Surrender Mixes’

Limited Edition four song EP celebrating the 40th anniversary of U2’s third studio album, War. The 12” EP features two original studio tracks, both released as singles in 1983, and two reimagined versions from their 2023 album, Songs Of Surrender. Pressed on 180g white vinyl and cut at 45 RPM with an exclusive 600x600m poster on glossy art paper included. 

Click HERE to view the full list of releases.