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Record Store Day is back on April 16
Record Store Day is back on April 16. Today, the list of releases available exclusively at independent record stores on that day has been announced. Artists like David Bowie, Run the Jewels, the Weeknd, Outkast, J Dilla, Mac DeMarco, Bob Dylan, Chvrches, the Flaming Lips, Jay Reatard, the Shaggs, Big Star, Fleetwood Mac, Foals, Best Coast, Jason Molina, and many more are all included. Here are a few highlights of what's coming:
- David Bowie reissues of "TVC 15" and "The Man Who Sold the World" on picture disc, plus the 50th anniversary release of his Pye singles, I Dig Everything - The Pye Years 1966
- A 16-track LP of Mac DeMarco demos, Another (Demo) One, recorded in his bedroom
- Previously unheard songs by the Shaggs on a new 7", "Sweet Maria" b/w "The Missouri Waltz (Missouri State Song)"
- J Dilla's long-lost vocal album The Diary
- Big Star's reunion show Complete Columbia: Live at Missouri University 4/25/93, on double-LP
- Patti Smith's Horses Live Electric Lady Studios, a new live version of the classic album, recorded last year in the same studio as the original
- The Weeknd's The Hills Remixes, featuring Eminem and Nicki Minaj
- Run the Jewels' very own virtual reality viewer (for viewing their "Crown" VR video, coming soon)
- Metz and Mission of Burma cover each other on "Good Not Great" b/w "Get Off," available on starburst 7"
- Florence + the Machine's "Delilah / Only Love Can Break Your Heart," featuring studio and demo versions of "Delilah" alongside the Neil Young cover
- Outkast's "Elevators (Me & You)," reissued on "glow-in-the-dark alien vinyl" for the 20th anniversary of ATLiens
- The Feelies' Uncovered, featuring covers of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, the Doors, Patti Smith, and more
- Fleetwood Mac's (Alternative) Tusk, featuring the alternative version of the album on double-LP
- A 7" featuring new songs from Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval
- Best Coast's "Late 20s" b/w "Bigger Man" 7", featuring two previously unreleased B-sides
- Chvrches' Every Open Eye Remix EP, featuring takes on the track by Four Tet and others
- Low/S. Carey's 10" single "Not a Word" b/w "I Won't Let You," featuring two, exclusive seven-minute collaborations
- The Flaming Lips' alternate mix of Cloud Tastes Metallic, with an accompanying comic written and illustrated by Wayne Coyne, plus an 8xLP albums boxset called Heady Nuggs Vol.II Studio Albums 2006 - 2012
- Jay Reatard's Blood Visions 10th anniversary reissue on red vinyl, with a bonus demos 7"
- A Bob Dylan EP called Melancholy Mood – previously exclusive to his recent Japanese tour – backed by four tracks from his forthcoming Fallen Angels album
- Husker Du's "In A Free Land" returns the long out-of-print 1982 single to 7"
- A 7" compiling Townes Van Zandt covers by the late Jason Molina
- Death Cab for Cutie's "Tractor Rape Chain"/"Black Sun," two live tracks including a Guided by Voices cover
- The Runaways' rare single "Right Now/Black Leather" reissued on cherry-red vinyl
- Lush's five album reissues in the Origami boxset
- Live New York performances by Sun Ra and His Arkestra, recorded in 1966 and '68, on color vinyl
- Foals' "Rain" 7" backed by a cover of Mark Ronson and Kevin Parker's "Daffodils"
Metallica are this year's Record Store Day ambassadors.
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