Record Store Day 2013 releases include David Bowie, Kate Bush and Jack White

The full list of exclusive releases being made available for Record Store Day on 20 April has been revealed. New or previously unreleased or rare records will be made available from artists including David Bowie, Kate Bush, Paul Weller and the White Stripes.

Record Store Day began as a celebration of the culture surrounding more than 700 independently owned record stores in the US in 2007, with the UK emulating the event the following year.
Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day, which is observed on the third Saturday of April each year, with a number of special events also taking place.
Organisers define a Record Store Day participating store as “a standalone brick-and-mortar retailer whose main primary business focuses on a physical store location … we’re dealing with real, live, physical, indie record stores – not online retailers or corporate behemoths”. UK co-ordinator Spencer Hickman said: “There’s nothing to beat the enthusiasm and atmosphere of a great record shop. The reason great indie stores succeed is that they love music as much as their customers do. Record Store Day is like one huge festival taking place in every part of the UK.” In the UK and Ireland, 215 stores have signed up and more than 450 limited-edition records will be made available on the day. A launch event at Rough Trade East in London on Thursday featured appearances from Tom Odell, Ghostpoet and Benga. This year’s official ambassador for Record Store Day is Jack White of the White Stripes. Their album Elephant will be reissued in a 10th anniversary edition LP, with black-and-red vinyl on one side and white vinyl on the other.
David Bowie is releasing a collectible 7in version of The Stars (Are Out Tonight)/ Where Are We Now from his new album The Next Day, as well as a re-issues of the 1973 single Drive-In Saturday on a 7in picture disc with the Russell Harty Plus Pop Version of the song as the B-side. Kate Bush will release an exclusive limited-edition 10in picture disc of the 2012 remix of Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God), while Pulp with make available a new Soulwax remix of After You. Paul Weller has recorded two new tracks – Flame-Out! and The Olde Original – for the occasion. Weller said: “It’s great to do a record that’s released specifically for Record Store Day. There’s so few record shops left that we should all treasure those remaining.” Omnivore Recordings will release the soundtrack to the forthcoming Big Star documentary, Nothing Can Hurt Me, featuring previously unissued versions of classic Big Star songs. The limited-edition set comes pressed on coloured vinyl. Bob Dylan will sample his forthcoming Bootleg Series Volume 10 with a double-sided single featuring a demo version of Wigwam from 1970’s Self Portrait b/w Thirsty Boots, an unreleased track from that album’s recording sessions.

Brian Eno, Grizzly Bear, and Nicolas Jaar will join forces for a split 10in featuring remixes of Eno’s LUX and Grizzly Bear’s Sleeping Ute by Jaar. Grizzly Bear will reissue their 2004 debut album, Horn of Plenty, on vinyl from Kanine Records. Limited to 1,200 copies. GZA will release a vinyl box set of his legendary album Liquid Swords, featuring bonus material and a chess set packaged in a 12×12 box. Jandek will be the subject of a vinyl box set compiling three releases: Chair Beside a Window, Six and Six, and Ready for the House. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. John Coltrane’s previously unissued 1961 performance at the Newport jazz festival will be available on 12in vinyl. Roky Erickson’s single Mine Mine Mind (b/w Bloody Hammer) will be reissued on psychedelic swirl vinyl. It’s limited to just 4,000 one pressings and features the single remastered from its original tapes. The Rolling Stones’ Five by Five EP will be available on 7in vinyl for the first time since 1964. The xx’s Jamie xx will release 4,000 copies of a 12in containing his edits of some of the band’s music.

Source: The Guardian