Document Retailer Day appears to be like slightly totally different this yr. Contemplating the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, Document Retailer Day will take the type of “RSD Drops,” going down on two separate days, June 12 and July 17. Unbiased shops will stay in command of their very own gross sales and releases, relying on their specific location’s setup.
“The unfold of titles over two dates in two months permits some flexibility for the struggling vinyl urgent vegetation and distribution corporations,” reads a press release on the Document Retailer Day web site, “in addition to present shops time to organize budgets and place the orders that safely get music into the fingers of consumers on a bigger than regular launch day.”
This yr’s class of releases options a formidable array of music. Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker’s She’s the One soundtrack album has been reimagined and retitled as Angel Dream, Pearl Jam will launch a brand new model of “Alive,” the only from their debut album which celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this yr and, for the primary time, the property of Prince will put forth The Fact, the principally acoustic accompaniment to 1998’s Crystal Ball.
Forward of the discharge dates, you possibly can view a whole record of this yr’s RSD Drops on-line.
June 12
AC/DC, “By the Mists of Time/Witch’s Spell” (12″ Image Disc)
Black Sabbath, Mob Guidelines; Heaven & Hell (Image Disc LP)
Cat Stevens/Yusuf, Songs From ‘Harold & Maude’ (LP)
Canned Warmth, Blues Band (Trans Gold Vinyl/Restricted Anniversary Version)
Col. Bruce Hampton, Arkansas (2LP)
The Remedy, Religion (Image Disc)
Def Leppard, Stay In Oxford (2LP)
The Doorways, Morrison Resort Periods (2LP)
Elton John, Regimental Sgt. Zippo (LP)
Emerson Lake & Palmer, Tarkus (12″ Image Disc)
The Fixx, Attain the Seashore (LP)
Flaming Lips, The Gentle Bulletin Companion (2LP)
Genesis, Stay at Knebworth 1990 (LP)
Grateful Lifeless, Olympia Theatre, Paris, France 5/3/72 (6LP)
Iggy Pop, Stay on the Channel Boston (2LP)
Janis Joplin, Pearl (12″ Image Disc)
Jefferson Airplane, Acid, Incense and Balloons: RSD-Collected Gems From the Golden Period of Flight (LP)
Jim Croce, “You Do not Mess Round With Jim/Operator (That is Not The Method It Feels)” (7″ Vinyl)
Jim Messina [Buffalo Springfield], The Dragsters (LP and CD)
Joe Strummer [The Clash], “Junco Companion (Acoustic)” (12″ Image Disc)
Joey Ramone [The Ramones], Do not Fear About Me (LP)
Joni Mitchell, Archives, Vol. 1 (1963-1967): Highlights (LP)
Keith Richards, “Depraved As It Appears (Stay)” (7″ Vinyl)
Michael Schenker Group [UFO], Stay In Manchester 1980 (2LP)
Motley Crue, fortieth Anniversary Cassette Field Set
Motorhead, St Valentine’s Day Bloodbath (10″ Image Disc)
The Police, Stay! Vol. 1: Boston 1979; Stay! Vol. 2: Atlanta 1983 (2LP)
Robert Palmer, Sneaking Sally By the Alley (180-Gram Emerald Inexperienced Audiophile Vinyl/Restricted Version)
Robert Plant, Stay at Knebworth 1990 (LP)
Rolling Stones, Scorching Rocks (fiftieth Anniversary 2LP)
Small Faces, Full Biggest Hits! (LP)
Steely Dan, Two In opposition to Nature (2LP); The whole lot Should Go (LP)
Styx, The Similar Stardust (Vinyl EP)
Suzi Quatro, Stay & Kickin [2021 Mix] (2LP)
Tears For Fears, Stay at Massey Corridor (2LP)
Tom Petty, Angel Dream
Tommy Bolin [Deep Purple], Vitality II (LP)
U2, “Hearth” (fortieth Anniversary 12″ Image Disc)
UFO, “Mom Mary/This Child’s” (10″ Vinyl)
Uriah Heep, The Magician’s Birthday (LP)
Warren Zevon, Preludes (2LP)
The Who, Face Dances (expanded anniversary reissue)
The Zombies, Oddities & Extras (LP)
July 17
Allman Brothers Band, The Remaining Notice (2LP)
Bob Dylan “Jokerman/I And I” (12″ Vinyl Remixes)
Canned Warmth, Dwelling the Blues (2LP)
The Conflict, If Music Might Discuss (2LP)
Crosby Stills Nash & Younger, Deja Vu Alternates (LP)
The Remedy, Wild Temper Swings (2LP Image Disc)
Dave Davies [The Kinks], Bug (2LP)
Dio, God Hates Heavy Metallic (12″ Image Disc)
Dire Straits, Encores (LP)
The Soiled Knobs [Mike Campbell], Humdinger/Feelin Excessive (7″ Vinyl)
Corridor and Oates, Voices (LP)
Hawkwind, Greasy Truckers Get together (2LP)
Scorching Tuna, America’s Selection (LP)
Jerry Garcia Band, Jerry Garcia Band (5LP thirtieth Anniversary Reissue)
Joey Molland [Badfinger], Be True to Your self (LP)
John Fogerty, Blue Ridge Rangers (12″ Vinyl EP)
John Prine, Keep Unbiased: The Oh Boy Years Curated by Indie Document Shops (LP); Stay on the Different Finish, December 1975 (4LP and 2CD)
Jon Anderson [Yes], Olias Of Sunhillow (forty fifth Anniversary Version LP)
Judas Priest, Greatest Of (2LP)
Lou Reed, Set the Twilight Reeling (2LP)
The Monkees, Lacking Hyperlinks Quantity 1; Quantity 2; Quantity 3 (LP)
Mr. Massive, Lean Into It (LP)
Pearl Jam, Alive (12″ Vinyl and Cassette)
Queen + Adam Lambert and Freddie Mercury, Stay Across the World (Vinyl EP) “Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow” (Pink 7″ Vinyl)
The Ramones, Stay on the Wi-fi Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia, July 8, 1980 (LP)
Randy Newman, Roll With the Punches: The Studio Albums (LPs)
Rory Gallagher, Cleveland Calling Pt. 2 (2LP)
Sammy Hagar and the Circle, “Heavy Metallic (Stay)” (12″ Image Disc)
The Candy, Platinum Uncommon (2LP)
Tesla, Mechanical Resonance (LP)
