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The Black Friday Edition of Record Store Day is Coming. Here’s What to Expect

The day after American Thanksgiving–otherwise known as Black Friday–is when we’re supposed to descend into an orgy of Christmas shopping. (Come to think of it, when did this become a formalized thing?)

The organizers of Record Store Day, not wanting to let an opportunity pass up, partners with labels to create special Black Friday releases in addition to the normal RSD stuff that comes out in April, Here is a preliminary list of what will be coming on November 24. See anything you like? (Thanks to Michael for the link.)

Adult – Detroit House Guests: The Remixes 12″
Apples in Stereo, The – Her Wallpaper Reverie LP
Arum Rae – Sub Rosa LP
Atkins , Chet Atkins – Guitar Blues 7″
Autumn Defense – Circles LP
The Bevis Frond – Son Of Walter LP
Black Dahlia Murder – Miasma LP
Black Dahlia Murder – Nocturnal LP
Black Lips – This Sick Beat 10″
Blue Oyster Cult – Rarities Vol. 1 Double LP (white vinyl)
Bolt Thrower – The IVth Crusade (Full Dynamic Range Edition) LP
Byrds, The – You Movin’ / Boston 7″
Carr, James – The Dark End Of The Street 7″
Carr, James – Best Of… LP
Cary, Tristram – Doctor Who: The Daleks (Soundtrack) LP
Cecilia & Sol – Dolce Duello LP (pink vinyl)
Certain Ratio, A – Force Double LP (Yellow vinyl)
Certain Ratio, A – The Graveyard and The Ballroom Double LP (Limited edition color PVC sleeve)
Certain Ratio, A – To Each Double LP (Red vinyl)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Some Loud Thunder 10th Anniversary Reissue LP
Codsi, Marc – Works and Coincidences LP
Crenshaw, Marshall – Thank You! Rock Fans (Live) LP
Daedelus – Invention and the Quiet Party Double LP (blue & beige vinyl)
Dirty Heads – Swim Team LP
Dissection – Somberlain LP
Doors, The – Strange Days LP (blue /black psychedelic swirl colored vinyl)
Douglas, Charles – The Burdens of Genius LP
Entombed – Wolverine Blues (Full Dynamic Range Edition) LP
F.K.U. – 1981 LP
Fleet Foxes – The Electric Lady Session 10″
Fleshtones – Budget Buster LP (Red and yellow splatter colored vinyl)
Frederiksen, Lars & the Bastards – Live And Loud!! LP (180g/Black Vinyl)
Frederiksen, Lars & the Bastards – Viking LP (180g/Black Vinyl)
Frederiksen, Lars & the Bastards – s/t LP (180g/Black Vinyl)
Free Design – Kites Are Fun (50th Anniversary) LP (Color Vinyl/Gatefold)
Furstenfeld, Justin – Open Book Winter Album LP
Garrie, Nick – The Moon And The Village LP
Glynn, Dominic – Doctor Who: Survival (Soundtrack) Double LP
Grateful Dead, The – Records Collection 5LP box
Guy, Buddy Guy and Wells, Junior – Play the Blues LP
Hicks, Bill – Revelations: Live In London Double LP
Hoof, Calvin – Dominator LP (limited edition blue vinyl)
Hy Maya The Mysticism of Sound & Cosmic Language LP
Impaled Nazarene – Nihil LP
Insane Clown Posse – The Great Milenko Double LP (20th Anniversary Edition)
Insight The Truncator & Damu The Fudgemunk – Travel at Your Own Pace Double LP (10 Year Anniversary Edition)
Iron Horse – Country Music Heritage: The CMH Records Story LP (180g vinyl)
J Dilla – J. Dilla’s Delight V.1 LP
J Dilla – J. Dilla’s Delight V.2 LP
Kingston Trio – College Concert LP (180 gram HQ vinyl with 3 bonus tracks)
Lake, Greg – Father Christmas 10″
Lanterns On The Lake announce – Live In Concert LP
Latyrx – The Album: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition LP
Lee, Shawn’s Ping Pong Orchestra – Techstar: Original Score Funk LP
Lef – Hypersomniac LP
Lemmy – Born To Lose Live To Win (red or white color vinyl in cloth bag)
Lerche, Sondre -Solo Pleasure LP
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – Kings of Crunk Double LP
Living Phantoms Memory Palace LP
Madvillain – Four Tet Remixes 12″ EP
Major Parkinson – Blackbox LP
Marley, Ziggy – Love Is My Religion LP (with download and bonus tracks)
Marshall Tucker Band – The Marshall Tucker Band LP
Matthews, Dave and Reynolds, Tim – Live at Luther College 4 LP box
McLachlan, Sarah – Surfacing Double LP (remastered 200 gram vinyl)
MF Doom – Special Herbs 5 Cassette Box Set
Molina, Jason – The Black Sabbath Covers 7″
Montgomery, Wes – In Paris: The Definitive O.R.T.F. Recording
Moore, Steve – Mayhem (Soundtrack) LP
Nelson, Willie – Spirit LP (Gold vinyl with gatefold sleeve)
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Who Built the Moon? LP (and all other formats, new album)
NxWorries (Knxwledge & Anderson .Paak) – Yes Lawd! Remixes LP
Ophthalamia – Via Dolorosa LP
Over The Voids – Over The Voids LP
Ozkent, Mustafa – Funk Anatolian LP
Persefone Aathma LP
Pickett, Wilson – The Complete Atlantic Albums Collection 10 CD Box Set
Porter, Ryan – Spangle Lang-Lane Childrens LP
Prayers – Baptism Of Thieves LP
Price, Sean – Refrigerator 10″
Pugwash – Silverlake LP
Purdie, Bernard & Friends – Cool Down LP
Reich, Steve – Berkeley University Museum: November 7, 1970 LP (Limited edition transparent vinyl)
Race, Hugo & The True Spirit – Spiritual Thirst LP
Rosenbaum, August – Vista Experimental LP
Sect No – Cure For Death LP
Solstafir Berdreyminn LP
Sorxe Matter & Void LP
Small Faces, The – ‘Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake LP (180-gram heavyweight vinyl with remastered audio)
Sparkmarker – Products & Accessories Double LP (Purple vinyl with download)
Stereociti – Parabolic Motions 12″
Sudden, Nikki & Rowland S. Howard – Johnny Smiled LP
Suicide – Suicide (reissue) LP
Stevens, Sufjan – Carrie & Lowell Live LP
Stevens, Sufjan – The Greatest Gift LP (Translucent yellow)
Strapping Young Lad – Syl LP
Strapping Young Lad – The New Black LP
Strife – Live At The Troubadour (LP/DVD; CD also available separately )”
Swann, Bettye – Money Masters LP
Third Root – Libertad Double LP
Tourist – Wash LP
U2 – You’re The Best Thing About Me
Used, The – Lies For The Liars LP
Umiliani, Piero – Grazie! Double LP +CD
Utopia – A Different P.O.V. 12″ (sky blue vinyl)
Van Zandt, Townes – Rear View Mirror LP
V/A – Africa Airways Four (Disco Funk Touchdown 1976 – 1983) LP
V/A – Indecision 100: Lost Artifacts 10″ (Limited edition yellow vinyl with download)
V/A – Sincerely, L. Cohen: A Live Celebration Of Leonard Cohen LP
Vaughn, Ben – Instrumental Stylings LP
Virvum – Illuminance LP
Vitamin String Quartet – The World of Studio Ghibli LP (180 gram vinyl with download)
Watain – Lawless Darkness LP
Watain – Sworn To The Dark LP
Worrell, Bernie – All The Woo In The World LP (Limited edition orange vinyl)
Xiu Xiu – A Promise LP + 7” (180 gram color vinyl with download and bonus tracks)
Yes – Topographic Drama: Live Across America Triple LP set (also available as double CD)
Young, Neil – Harvest Moon LP

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