Music fans are gearing up for another monumental holiday spending spree now that the full list of special edition releases for Record Store Day Black Friday has been announced. As has been the case in recent years, Black Friday has become a day where independent record stores sell a multitude of reissued recordings that artists have released in limited quantities.
The rarest finds for this year appear to be a series of posthumous releases from the likes of Dimebag Darrell, Waylon Jennings, and Chris Cornell among many others. Dimebag will be featured on a special edition EP The Hitz which will feature recordings from the guitarist’s archives while brand new Waylon Jennings album entitled New Stuff will also be coming out. Jenning’s son Shooter was going through his father’s belongings and uncovered a cassette tape labeled “new stuff” which contained a series of new songs that his father had intended to release on a new album before his death.
The mythical Chris Cornell Cliff Poncier EP will also be getting a special release, the first time the EP will be made available to the public as a single cassette purchase (it appeared on the expanded edition of the Singles soundtrack and as a special release for Record Store Day 2015). When Cameron Crowe was making his legendary 1992 film Singles, which depicted the Seattle grunge scene he had originally intended to cast Cornell as one of the leads, musician Cliff Poncier. Cornell was unable to accept the role but instead crafted a five song EP for Crowe, with one of the songs ending up in Singles.
Other notable releases for Black Friday include a new EP from At the Drive-In, a 40th-anniversary reissue of the classic Richard Hell & the Voidoids Blank Generation, and a two-LP edition of Sublime’s debut album 40oz to Freedom.
You can check out the list of exclusive releases for Record Store Day Black Friday below:
Tori Amos – Native Invader 12″
Anthrax – Carry On Wayward Son 12″
Dan Auerbach/Sonny Smith/Robert Finley – Good Sound Comes Back Around Vol. 1 7″
Albert Ayler & Don Cherry – Vibrations LP
The Baroques – The Baroques LP
Chuck Berry – The London Chuck Berry Sessions LP
Benjamin Booker – Live For No One (Live From Columbus Theater, Providence, RI) LP
The Byrds – You Movin’/Boston 7″
Eric Church – Mistress Named Music 7″
Gary Clark Jr. – Come Together 12″
Clutch – Pitchfork & Lost Needles 12″
Cold War Kids – Los Feliz Blvd 10″
Papa John Creech – Papa John Creech LP
Danger Mouse feat. Run The Jewels and Big Boi – “Chase Me” 12″
Death From Above 1979 – Freeze Me/Keep It Real Dumb 7″
DMC – Back From The Dead: 12″ EP
Steve Earle – El Corazon LP
The Fleshtones – Budget Buster LP
Ramin Djawadi – Game of Thrones (Music From The HBO Series) LP
Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales – Side Trips, Volume One 2xLP
Gorillaz – Humanz 2XLP Picture Disc
Isaac Hayes – The Spirit of Memphis 2XLP
Panduranga – Henderson Ocean of Love LP
Janis Joplin – Greatest Hits 12″
Greg Lake – “I Believe In Father Christmas” 10″
Los Straitjackets – Sing Along With Los Straitjackets LP
Paul McCartney/Holidays Rule/The Decemberists – Wonderful Christmastime”/”Jesus Christ” (GREEN) 7″
Paul McCartney/Holidays Rule/Norah Jones – “Wonderful Christmastime”/”Peace” (RED) 7″
Wes Montgomery – In Paris: The Definitive O.R.T.F. 2XLP
Willie Nelson – Yesterdays Wine LP
Wilie Nelson – Spirit Modern LP
Leonard Nimoy – Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space 12″
Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels – Live 1973 Featuring Emmylou Harris LP
Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Full Experience – Disco Devil 12″
Iggy Pop – New Values LP
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Run Stop & Drop!! 12″
Prodigy – Keep It Thoro 12″
Queen – We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You 12″
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats – Baby It’s Cold Outside 7″
Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins on Impulse! LP
Ravi Shankar – Portrait of Genius LP
Sonny Clark Trio – My Conception: The 1960 Sessions with George Duvivier and Max Roach 2XLP
Southside Johnny – Southside Johnny: Detour Ahead – The Music of Billie Holiday LP
Steel Panther – Lover The Bar (Bitchin’Picture Disc Edition) LP
Yusuf/Cat Stevens – The Laughing LP
The Sundays – Static & Silence LP
Tangerine Dream – Electronic Meditation LP
The United States of America – The United States of America LP
Toto – Hold The Line/Alone 10″
Twiztid – Ain’t Been Right 7″
Utopia – A Different P.O.V. 12″
Big Star’s Third Live Big Star’s Third Live Stroke It Noel: Big Star’s Third Live in Concert 2xLP
Various Artists – Early LA LP
Various Artists – High Times Presents: Smoke Signals Songs From The Mother Plant LP
Various Artists – Jazz Dispensary MOON ROCKS: Extraplanetary Funk, Space Disco and Galactic Boogie 12″
Various Artists – Silver Linings Playbook Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP
Jeremy Soule/Mark Lampert – OST The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Atmospheres LP
Thy Art is Murder/The Acacia Strain/Fit For An Autopsy – The Depression Sessions CD
Various Artists – Garage Daze: American Garage Rock from the 1960’s LP
Venom Eine – Kleine Nachtmusik 2XLP
Muddy Waters – The Best of Muddy Waters LP
Mike Watt – Contemplating The Engine Room 2xLP
Bernie Worrel – All The Woo In The World LP
SMALL RUN OR REGIONAL RELEASES
Chet Atkins – Guitar Blues / Brown Eyes A Cryin’ In The Rain 7″
Black Label Society – Room of Nightmares 7″
The Black Lips – This Sick Beat! 10″
Blue Oyster Cult – Rarities Vol. 1 (1969-1976) 2 X LP
Tommy Bolin – Energy LP
The Charlatans – Plastic Machinery (Remixes) 7″
Petula Clark – Four From The Top Five 10″
Tav Falco – A Tav Falco Christmas LP
Gone Is Gone – Phantom Limb 7″
Wynonie Harris (Featuring Sun Ra) – Dig This Boogie / Lightnin’ Struck The Poor House 7″
The Kills – Black Rooster 10″
Kreator – Hail To The Hordes 12″
Latyrx – The Album: 20th Anniversary DLX 2 X LP
Sondre Lerche – Solo Pleasure LP
Lure, Burke, Stinson & Kramer – L.A.M.F. live at the Bowery LP
Ingrid Michaelsen – Alter Egos Cabin 12″ EP
Lou Reed and Kris Kristofferson – The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words: With Vin Scelsa 12″
Sparks – Check Out Time 11AM 7″
Sun Ra – Exotica 3xLP/2XCD
Sunny & The Sunliners – Smile Now, Cry Later LP
Sunny & The Sunliners – The Missing Link LP
The Autumn Defense – Circles LP
The Free Design – Kites Are Fun LP
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Sixteen Tons 7″
Three 6 Mafia – Chpt 2: World Domination 2XLP
Turtles – Turtles ’66 LP
Umphrey’s McGee – The Silent Type 12″
Various Artists – Gentle Giants: The Songs of Don Williams LP
Various Artists – From The Vaults (Obscure Singles Compilation) 2XLP
The Winery Dogs – Dog Years, Live in Santiago 3XLP
BLACK FRIDAY FIRST RELEASES
At The Drive-In – Diamante 10″
Chris Bell – Complete Chris Bell [Boxed Set] Recordings 6XLP
The Brian Setzer Orchestra – 25 Live! Surfdog Records 7″
Cheap Trick – Christmas Christmas BMLG LP
Daedelus – Invention & The Quiet Party (15th Anniversary Edition) 2XLP
Dimebag Darrell – The Hitz Rhino/Elektra 12″ EP
The Doors – Absolutely Live Rhino/Elektra 2xLP
Danny Elfman and the Knights of the Oingo Boingo – The Forbidden Zone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP 1350
Fleet Foxes – The Electric Lady Session Nonesuch 10″
Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Respect / Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) 7″
Grateful Dead – Grateful Dead Records Collection 5XLP
Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Blank Generation (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Rhino/WB 2XCD/2XLP
Bill Hicks – Revelations: Live in London 2XLP 1000
John Lee Hooker – Black Night Is Falling LP 800
Insane Clown Posse – The Great Milenko: 20th Anniversary Edition 2XLP 2700
J Dilla – J Dilla’s Delights V. 1 LP
J Dilla – J Dilla’s Delights V. 2 LP
Waylon Jennings – New Stuff LP
Kid Cudi – Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ 2XLP
Kill Verona – There’s Hope Behind the Ghost: Vol 1. 7″
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – Kings of Crunk (15th Anniversary Double Platinum Vinyl Edition) 2XLP
Lydia Loveless – LIVE from the documentary Who Is Lydia Loveless? 12″/DVD
Ziggy Marley – Love Is My Religion LP
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds – Live at Luther College 4xLP
Timothy McNealy – Funky Movement LP
Murs – 3:16 The 9th Edition 316 LP
The Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize 12″
Poncier – Poncier 12/”CASSETTE
Sean Price – Refrigerator P 10″
Procol Harum – The One & Only One 10″
Prodigy – H.N.I.C. 2XLP
Bernard – Purdie Cool Down LP
Raspberries – Pop Art Live 3XLP
Otis Redding – Live in Europe (50th Anniversary Edition) LP
RUSH – Closer To The Heart 7″
Scream – NMC 17 LP
Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra – Techstar: Original Score LP
Snoop Dogg – Neva Left 2XLP
Son Volt – Straightaways LP
Son Volt – Ballymena EP 10″
Sublime – 40oz to Freedom 2XLP
Roger Taylor – Journey’s End 10″
The Minus 5 – Dear December LP
Twisted Sister – A Twisted Christmas LP
Tyga – The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty LP
Various Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy – Baby Groot Picture Disc 12″
Various Artists – Here’s To The Champion Black Country – Rock 12″ EP
Christmas on Death – Row Christmas on Death Row LP
Vitamin String Quartet – Vitamin String Quartet: The World of Studio Ghibli LP
Y Kant Tori Read – Y Kant Tori Read Rhino/Atlantic LP/CD
Neil Young – Harvest Moon Warner Bros. 2XLP
Frank Zappa – Lumpy Gravy b/w – Primordial – Pumpkin Records 12″
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