Saturday is the tin anniversary of a vinyl holiday.
Record Store Day returns for its 10th year with a new batch of coveted releases, several of which honor classic artists we lost last year.
Among the 2017 treasures:
Prince: โLittle Red Corvetteโ picture disc and 12-inch maxi-singles.
David Bowie: โCracked Actorโ (Live, Los Angeles, โ74) and โBOWPROMO,โ a reproduction of one of his earliest demo promos.
Leonard Cohen: โLike A Drunk In A Midnight Choir โ Record Store Day Celebrates the Music of Leonard Cohen,โ a tribute album featuring Joseph Arthur, Matt Costa, Leanna Skoda, Glen Hansard and others.
Leon Russell: Reissue of โGuitar Blues.โ
Sharon Jones: A funk gospel 7-inch.
The Ramones: โโ76-โ79 Singles Box,โ authentically reproduced with Sire labels, picture covers where applicable.
Sting: โLive at the Bataclan,โ chronicling the night music returned to the Paris nightclub, one year after the terrorist attack.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: โWelcome to 1979,โ EP of live covers of The Rolling Stones, John Prine and Bruce Springsteen.
Elton John: Live album โ17-11-70โ
Johnny Cash: โThe Johnny Cash Childrenโs Albumโ
David Crosby & the Lighthouse: Four songs performed on NPR's World Cafรฉ.
The Clash: Crooked Beatโs โRecutting The Crap, Vol 1,โ a collectorโs delight of various artistsโ versions of songs from The Clash.
Townes Van Zandt: โLive at Austin City Limitsโ session from 1976.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: The Hammersmith Odeon London โ75 show (the bandโs first concert outside the U.S.).
Drive By Truckers: Electric Lady Sessions live in-studio 12-inch pressed on clear vinyl with a gold metallic ink jacket.
Iron & Wine: Archive Series Vol. 3.
Among the best places to find them in Pittsburgh:
Daveโs Music Mine, 1210 E. Carson St., South Side: Opening at 8 a.m. with RSD releases, gift bags, prize wheel, giveaways, juice and pastries (for early birds). There also will be a Discount Day After on leftover items on Sunday.
The Attic, 513 Grant St., Millvale: Open at 8 a.m. RSD releases and sales on new and used records.
Juke Records, 4526 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield: Juke, which evolved from Jimโs Records, Paulโs CDs and Sound Cat Records, is now run by the storefrontโs fourth owner, Jeff Gallagher. This will be the first RSD without Sound Cat owner and indie-rocker Karl Hendrix, who died in January. Juke will open at 9 a.m. with RSD releases.
Scott Mervis: smervis@post-gazette.com.
First Published: April 20, 2017, 4:00 a.m.
