WARNER BROS. RECORDS AND AFFILIATED LABELS EXCLUSIVE
RELEASES INCLUDE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, THE BLACK KEYS, THE FLAMING LIPS,
METALLICA, GARY CLARK JR., ERIC CLAPTON, MASTODON, COMMON, REGINA SPEKTOR, WILCO, MICHAEL BUBLÉ,
DISTURBED, DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR., AND MORE
GARY CLARK JR. AND XIMENA SARINANA IN-STORE SIGNINGS SET
FOR RSD AT COACHELLA'S ZIA RECORDS TENT ON APRIL 20TH
"VINYL REVISIONISTS" GRAPHIC ALBUM
COVER ART REINTERPRETATIONS AVAILABLE NOW
RECORD STORE DAY is nearly here! Saturday,
April 21st Warner Bros. Records will have a special
series of vinyl albums and singles available in honor of the 5th annual Record
Store Day - a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700
independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores
internationally. Warner Bros. Records is proud to be an official sponsor of
Record Store Day.
Among the most anticipated releases this weekend includes a
pair of highly sought-after 7" vinyl limited edition pressings: Mastodon
/ Feist split 7", otherwise referred to as FEISTODON and
theMastodon / Flaming Lips Side By Side 2012 series 7"
single. The members of Mastodon, currently in the middle of an extensive US
tour, are avid participants of Record Store Day and wanted fans to know: "Mastodon
are proud to uphold their long-standing commitment to supporting Independent
Record stores on Record Store Day. The vinyl album and single format remains an
important part of our culture and heritage as recording artists and we hope
you'll enjoy our interpretations of these songs by artists we admire and
respect."
Once again, these very special releases are as follows:
THE FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY FWENDS: A double album
pressed on two high-quality, multi-color vinyl discs housed in separate custom
art jackets and poly bagged together. No two discs will look exactly alike.
This double album will be very limited and released exclusively for Record
Store Day. Once it's gone, it will not be repressed again making THE
FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY FWENDS the most anticipated RSD release
this year.
Track-listing for THE FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY FWENDS is
as follows:
Side 1:
2012 (featuring Ke$ha and Biz Markie)
Ashes In The Air (featuring Bon Iver)
Helping The Retarded To Know God (featuring
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)
Side 2:
Supermoon Made Me Want To Pee (featuring Prefuse
73)
Children Of The Moon (featuring Tame Impala)
That Ain't My Trip (featuring Jim James of My
Morning Jacket)
You, Man? Human? (featuring Nick Cave)
Side 3:
I'm Working At NASA On Acid (featuring
Lightning Bolt)
Do It! (featuring Yoko Ono)
Is David Bowie Dying? (featuring Neon
Indian)
Side 4:
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (featuring
Erykah Badu)
Thunder Drops (featuring New Fumes)
I Don't Want You To Die (featuring Chris Martin
of Coldplay)
The Black Keys: El
Camino (Deluxe vinyl album)
A stunning and highly collectible deluxe vinyl issue of the
critically acclaimed 2011 album from The Black Keys. Cut for vinyl from the
master tapes at Bernie Grundman Mastering and pressed at Pallas for sonic
perfection. This album will never sound or look better. This RSD exclusive
package also contains a bonus CD, a limited edition poster, and a two song 45
rpm 7" single featuring previously unreleased live tracks: "Sister" and "Money
Maker."
Gary Clark Jr.: Gary
Clark Jr. Presents HWUL Cuts Vol. I (12" vinyl single)
A RSD exclusive contains two previously unreleased live
tracks, "If You Love Me Like You Say"and "Bright
Lights" capture over twenty minutes of music from one of the most
anticipated guitar players in music today. This first-ever vinyl release from
Clark is sure to be sought out by fans and collectors alike. Cut at 45 rpm by
Bernie Grundman Mastering for the very best in analog sound quality and
presentation.
Eric Clapton: Blues (Deluxe Vinyl Album
Box Set)
Released to critical acclaim leading up to RSD's Back To
Black Friday 2011, this limited edition box set is close to selling out.
The set includes all three of Eric Clapton's seminal blues albums,From
The Cradle, Riding With The King (with B.B. King) and Me
And Mr. Johnson,remastered from original source material for
vinyl. First time vinyl versions of these albums afford the listener an
absolutely stellar new audio experience. With little more than 1,000 box
sets left it's time to get your hands on this audiophile treasure.
Common: The
Dreamer/The Believer (12" vinyl album)
A limited edition offering featuring exclusive album art of
Common's ninth studio album for Record Store Day. The Dreamer/The
Believer reunites Common with producer No. I.D., who produced the
rapper's most acclaimed CDs. Robust tracks revere and update the past, such as
the retro-soul, Curtis Mayfield-influenced "Lovin' I Lost" and
tremulously beautiful "Gold."
On Record Store Day, Nonesuch releases Mermaid
Avenue: The Complete Sessions, which includes: Mermaid
Avenue; Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (re-mastered); Mermaid
Avenue Vol. III, comprising 17 previously unreleased recordings made
during the Mermaid Avenue sessions; director Kim Hopkins' 1999
film Man in the Sand, which documents those sessions; and a
48-page booklet with new liner notes by Nora Guthrie, full lyrics, archival photographs,
and facsimiles of lyric sheets and sketches by Woody Guthrie.
Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr.: We
Almost Lost Detroit EP (12" vinyl EP)
A Record Store Day exclusive containing three remixes and
three covers, including Madonna's"Like A Prayer," "I
Think Of You" by Sixto Rodriguez (both exclusive to this release
only) and the memorable Gil Scott Heron cover "We Almost Lost
Detroit" from their debut album IT'S A CORPORATE WORLD and
remixes by Stepdad, Phantasmagoria, and Chuck Daniels. This six-song single
disc is cut at 45 rpm by Bernie Grundman Mastering.
Disturbed: The
Collection (Vinyl Album Box Set)
We are proud to announce the definitive Disturbed vinyl
box-set edition, THE COLLECTION. A five-album, six-disc
offering of the band's complete studio album discography featuring The
Sickness (2000), Believe (2002), Ten
Thousand Fists (2005), Indestructible (2008),
and Asylum(2010). A career retrospective spanning ten years
and 18 Billboard Top 100 hits of sophisticated and
life-altering heavy music. For this box set, each album has been carefully
mastered and pressed on 140-gram vinyl for the very best in audio quality. Each
album has been meticulously showcased in a stunning art presentation that is
unique and exclusive to this release. This is a limited edition box of only
2500 units worldwide.
Dr. John: Locked Down (Vinyl album)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted boogie and blues
pianist with an inimitable growl of a voice, Dr. John's most
enduring achievements have fused New Orleans R&B, rock, and the Mardi Gras
party spiritto come up with his own brand of "voodoo" music. Dr.
John's new album, Locked Down (due April 3rd),
is a bold statement produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and will be Dr.
John's first for Nonesuch Records.
Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood
Mac (Deluxe and Standard vinyl editions)
What can be said about this classic album that has not been
said before? Originally released in 1975 and representing not only a rebirth of
the band, with the addition of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, but really a
second debut for a group firmly rooted in the rock genre, now reinventing
themselves into a pop rock force in a way that few other artists can lay claim
to. The album includes the iconic songs "Rhiannon," "Say
You Love Me," and "Over My Head." Cut
for vinyl at Bernie Grundman Mastering from the original analog tapes and
pressed in both 33 rpm and 45 rpm for the very best in audio presentation. A
collectible and definitive version for any generation.
Jeff The Brotherhood: Upstairs
at United Vol. 3 (12" vinyl EP) This release is a 3
song EP ofJEFF The Brotherhood as a 5 piece band (recorded live to
tape) performing "Master Of The Universe" by
Hawkwind (from the album In Search Of Space), a brain-melting new track called"In
Space, Nobody Can Hear You Scream" plus a reprised
"cover" of "I'm A Freak." Pressed
at 45rpm for greater sonic impact at United Record Pressing and distributed by
URP Music Distributors and 453 Music. You have no idea what you're in for...
Kimbra: Settle Down (Deluxe CD EP)
International newcomer Kimbra's digital EP is being
re-released as a physical CD just in time for RSD and her tour with
Gotye. The five-song release, which now includes the sultry "Good
Intent,"also features title track "Settle Down" as
well as a remix of "Cameo Lover".
Metallica: Beyond
Magnetic (12" color vinyl EP)
Beyond Magnetic consists of four outtakes from the 2008
Death Magnetic sessions and is available for the first time on silver vinyl
just for RSD. A potent and exceptionally well-produced example of Metallica's
most recent work, which can hold its own with anything within their vast heavy
music cannon. Previously unreleased on vinyl and includes a limited edition
Metallica sticker.
In conjunction with Cherrytree/Interscope Records- A very
exclusive and highly anticipated RSD pressing features Mastodon covering the
Feist song "A Commotion," (from her album Metals)while
Feist covers Mastodon's "Black Tongue." A unique and
highly buzzed-about Record Store Day prize.
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium (Deluxe
180 Gram vinyl Box Set)
On April 14, 2012, the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be
inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and to commemorate this
historic event, this classic Deluxe box set of the band's first number one
album will be specially priced for Record Store Day. The Deluxe
package was mastered for vinyl by Steve Hoffman and includes two 16-page
booklets - "Jupiter" and "Mars."
The Red Hot Chili Peppers won four Grammy® Awards for Stadium
Arcadium including: Best Rock Album, Best Boxed Or Special
Limited Edition Package in addition to Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance
by a Duo or Group for their chart-topping, record-breaking single "Dani
California."
Ximena Sarinana: Maps
/ La Llorona (7" vinyl single)
A two-song 7" from an exceptionally original and
emerging artist, featuring two audio tracks: "Maps" (a Yeah Yeah
Yeah's cover) from Rolling Stone Live and "La Llorona" (a Latin
America folk song) from KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic." A
special release to celebrate her Coachella 2012 appearance.
Regina Spektor:
"The Prayer of François Villon (Molitva)"/ "Old Jacket (Stariy
Pedjak)" (7" color vinyl single)
A RSD exclusive features two b-sides from Regina's upcoming
album What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, due in May. This
single on white vinyl, mastered by Bob Ludwig, features two songs originally
penned by Russian Poet/Musician Bulat Okudzhava, and are performed completely
in Russian.
Tegan and Sara: Get
Along (12" color vinyl album)
A Record Store Day exclusive - never before on vinyl.
Featuring music from the 2011 Get Alongrelease, comprised of
15 favorites like "Alligator," "Call It
Off," "Monday Monday Monday,"and "Sentimental
Tune." This single live disc, pressed on 12" white vinyl,
finds the duo waltzing through its 15-year career with the kind of ease and
amiable confidence that can only come from longtime friends who also happen to
be siblings.
Grateful Dead: Dark Star - 5/4/72 - Olympia Theatre
- Paris, France (12", 180-gram vinyl)
"Dark Star" was their ultimate
improvisational vehicle, allowing the band to really stretch out and jam
freely, often times for over a half hour. DARK STAR - 5/4/72 - OLYMPIA THEATRE
- PARIS, FRANCE includes one of the longest versions of the song in Dead
history, clocking in at over 40 minutes. Mixed by Jeffrey Norman and mastered
by David Glasser, the vinyl features nearly 20 minutes of the song on the first
side followed by a mid-song drum solo and the song's epic finale on the
second side. Released in celebration of the 40th anniversary of
the Dead's legendary Europe '72 tour.
T-Rex: The Electric Warrior Singles Box: (Six
7" vinyl singles)
This RSD exclusive comes housed in a clamshell-box featuring
the entire album, plus the non-album b-side "Raw Ramp," spread
across six singles. When combined, the six picture sleeves form an image of T.
Rex founder Marc Bolan in his prime. Chris Bellman used the original analog
masters to cut each disc at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
Misfits: Walk Among Us (Color vinyl album - 3
different colors)
Rhino will also offer three colored-vinyl versions of the
Misfits' WALK AMONG US to mark the 30-year anniversary of the band's 1982 full-length
debut. It is a faithful reproduction of the original with music cut from the
original analog masters and packaging that duplicates details down to the
printed inner sleeve. The album will be pressed on red (1,250 pieces), blue
(1,250 pieces) and clear (500) vinyl. Color variations will be distributed
randomly. There will also be a purple vinyl pressing released internationally
that will be limited to 1,500 copies.
Side by Side 2012 Series:
A continuation of the well-received Warner Bros Records "Side
by Side" series, which was initially introduced in 2011. All are
exclusive for Record Store Day on uniquely colored and extremely limited
edition 7" vinyl singles, featuring Warner artists covering other historic
and personally influential iconic artists. This year's series includes:
The mighty Mastodon faithfully covers the Lips classic "Spoonful
Weighs a Ton," from The Soft Bulletin album.
Ferociously beautiful!
"You're The One I Love" (7" olive green
with blue/black splatter vinyl single)
Sara Watkins covers The Everly Brothers classic "You're
The One I Love" and features co-vocals from a very special guest,
Fiona Apple. From Sara's new full-length album available later this spring.
Michael Bublé's first ever 7" vinyl release featuring a
cover of Ray Charles' classic "Georgia On
My Mind" on "Georgia Peach"
colored vinyl.
Carolina Chocolate Drops / Run-DMC: "You
Be Illin'" (7" Coke-bottle green vinyl single)
The Run-DMC classic rendered in an entirely new way by
old-time string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops. The Drops' version was
recorded at the same sessions as their February 2012 release Leaving
Eden, which was produced by Nashville legend Buddy Miller.
MC5 / Afrika Bambaataa: "Kick Out
the Jams" (7" White with red splatter vinyl single)
The incendiary original coupled with a cover version from
the pioneer of The Electro Funk Sound.
Otis Redding / Aretha Franklin:
"Respect" (7" gold vinyl single)
The seminal classics meet for the first time together on
vinyl.
Looking for more unique and rare artifacts? Here at Warner
Bros. Records we are strongly committed to vinyl as an art form. Last month,
the label mounted its first-ever art show at its iconic Burbank headquarters.
The exhibit, entitled Vinyl Revisionists, featured street
artists, painters, and graphic designers reinterpreting the covers of their
favorite Warner Bros. Records artists' albums. Spanning the rich 50-year
musical history of label, it included imaginative interpretations of covers of
albums by Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, Frank Zappa,
Prince, Van Halen, Roxy Music, The Smiths, and Mastodon, among others. All the
pieces are currently for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit
Hollywood Arts. To view and purchase the work, visit http://wbrartgalleries.wmg-gardens.com/index.php.
NEWS FLASH: Many of our artists will profess
their love of Record Store Day by making special appearances at various
Independent record stores around the country. The grand schedule is as follows:
Friday April 20th
Ximena Sarinana - Coachella Music & Arts
Festival / ZIA Records Tent - 6:30pm
signing copies of her RSD Release "Maps / La
Llorona" 7'' vinyl single
Gary Clark Jr. - Coachella Music & Arts
Festival / ZIA Records Tent - 7:00pm
signing copies of his RSD Release Gary Clark Jr.
Presents HWUL Cuts Vol. I
Saturday April 21st
Art of Dying - Tunes @1205 Tilton Road
Northfield, NJ 08225 - 1:30pm
(609) 241-6917www.tunesonline.net/ - Acoustic Performance + signing
The Belle Brigade - Record Archive @ 33 1/3
Rockwood Street Rochester, NY 14610 - 3:30pm
(585) 244-1210 www.recordarchive.com/ - Acoustic performance + signing
(585) 244-1210 www.recordarchive.com/ - Acoustic performance + signing
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - The Majestic Theater @
4120 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48201 -8:00pm (313) 833-9700 www.majesticdetroit.com/majestic-upcoming-events/dale-earnhardt-jr-jr-the-hard-lessons-phantasmagoria.html
Concert + pop-up store signing of their RSD release: We
Almost Lost Detroit EP (12" vinyl EP)
Eric Hutchinson - Electric Fetus @ 2000 4th Ave
S Minneapolis, MN 55404 - 4:00pm
(612) 870-9300 www.facebook.com/ElectricFetusMPLS - Acoustic
performance + signing
Jeff The Brotherhood - Grimey's Records @ 1604
8th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203 -3:00pm (615) 254-4801 www.grimeys.com Live performance
Mastodon - Disc-Go-Round records @ 5734 Mcardle
Rd # A Corpus Christi, TX 78412 - 2:00pm(361) 980-0440 www.welovecds.com
Signing copies of their two RSD releases: Mastodon / Feist "A
Commotion"/ "Black Tongue" (7" vinyl single) & The Flaming Lips / Mastodon: "A
Spoonful Weighs A Ton" (7" baby pink vinyl single)
Sara Watkins - Exclusive Company @ 508 State St
# A Madison, WI 53703 - 3:00pm
(608) 255-2433 www.exclusivecompany.com/
Acoustic performance + signing copies of her RSD Release: Sara
Watkins (Featuring Fiona Apple) / The Everly Brothers:
"You're The One I Love" (7" olive green with blue/black splatter
vinyl single)
About Records Store Day:
Record Store Day is managed by the Music Monitor Network and
is organized in partnership with the Alliance of Independent Media Stores
(AIMS), the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) and celebrates the
culture of independent record stores by playing host to in-store
events/performances, signings and special product releases on a global scale on
Saturday, April 21st, 2012.
For more about National Record Store Day, please visit www.recordstoreday.com.
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