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Black Friday: Neil Young, 5SOS put spin on vinyl release
from: usatoday.com
By Patrick Ryan
Black Friday is more than a mad dash for price-slashed gadgets and garb. For vinyl lovers, it's a chance to head to participating record stores nationwide (found at recordstoreday.com) and find exclusive, oftentimes never-before-heard releases from your favorite artists.
Celebrate this post-Thanksgiving companion to the annual Record Store Day event in Aprilwith some of the hottest vinyl selections to hit the turntables this Black Friday:
Neil Young, Official Release Series Discs 5-8
Limited to 3,500 pressings, this box set includes remastered editions of the rock legend's Time Fades Away, On the Beach, Tonight's the Night and Zuma albums. T-shirts designed to coincide with the albums are also being sold as RSD exclusives.
Wu-Tang Clan, C.R.E.A.M.
This 10-inch picture disc of the hip-hop group's breakout single C.R.E.A.M. not only features B-side The Mystery of Chessboxin', but is cut in the shape of the Wu-Tang logo.
Elvis Presley, Showroom Internationale
This two-LP live release features his full dinner show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on Aug. 12, 1970, immortalized in the concert film Elvis: That's the Way It Is. Of the 17 songs included, 13 of the performances are previously unreleased.
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS || 'JOAN JETT and theIt's time to break out the turntables, as Record Store Day invades Black Friday this weekend. Here are 10 vinyl releases that are worth a spin: JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS || 'JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS' || A comprehensive book and 7-inch vinyl of unreleased live recordings (Photo: BLACKHEART RECORDS)
For those who want to delve into the life of one of rock's most iconic figures, this book offers never-before-seen images and interview excerpts chronicling Jett's career from the RUNAWAYS to the BLACKHEARTS. The book also comes with a 7-inch vinyl of previously unreleased live versions of songs such as Bad Reputation and Cherry Bomb.
Diplo, F10rida
Celebrate 10 years of the larger-than-life DJ/producer with this vinyl reissue of his 2004 album. The two-disc set includes the original LP, his 2003 EP Epistemology Suite and previously unreleased tracks and remixes.
Various Artists, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
We are all Groot this Black Friday. You can listen to the oldies just as Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) heard them with this ultimate geeky gift: the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack on cassette.
Miles Davis, Miles Davis: The Prestige 10-inch LPs Collection Vol. 1
The 10-inch vinyl boxed set features five albums from the jazz icon's time as a leader for Prestige Records in the early '50s, including Modern Jazz Trumpets, The New Sounds and Blue Period. It also comes with a booklet of liner notes by jazz historian Ira Gitler, a Prestige staffer from that period and the author of some of the original liner notes.
5 Seconds of Summer, 5 Seconds of Summer
For the kiddies just starting their vinyl collections, this Aussie pop-punk band's breakthrough debut could make a fitting first addition. As a bonus, song Wrapped Around Your Finger is included on the RSD picture disc.
St. Vincent, Pieta
The art-rock singer/guitarist is currently on tour in support of her self-titled fourth album, but has new music on the way this Black Friday. Her RSD release features two new songs: Pieta, which she has incorporated into her live shows, and Sparrow, a meditation on death.
Ramin Djawadi, Game of Thrones
It was only a matter of time until TV's most epic theme song got the vinyl treatment. Curl up in your Iron Throne with that and more of Djawadi's stirring music from the first season of HBO's fantasy series. |
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