Now an annual tradition, Record Store Day is setting its sights once again on its Black Friday event. But like in so many years past, the list of rumoured exclusives has once again leaked online early.
UPDATE (10/25, 5:15 p.m. EDT): The full official list has now been revealed by RSD organizers, and you can check it out here. As you can see, the rumoured list was pretty spot-on and complete, but the official list does add some titles from artists like Disclosure, Lil Yachty, Alice Cooper, Dungen and Xiu Xiu.
Likely to much annoyance of organizers, the list of exclusive releases due out on November 25 has emerged on Reddit. On the list, there are artists such as Bob Dylan, Prince, Refused, Big Star, Bill Callahan, Explosions in the Sky, Ben Folds, the Stooges, the Kinks, Napalm Death, Angel Olsen, Stone Roses and Tokyo Police Club, among many others.
Of course, if words like "rumoured" and "leaked" didn't already make things clear, this list should be taken with a grain of salt, as RSD has yet to release its official list of Black Friday releases. However, if this leaked list is like those from years past, it's likely quite accurate overall.
Down below, you can check out the full list of rumoured releases courtesy of Modern Vinyl. As a solid, the site has also highlighted those exclusives that have been confirmed by a secondary source. Those are marked in bold below.
You can also view the list here on Reddit.
Record Store Day's Rumoured 2016 Black Friday Exclusives:
AFGHAN WHIGS – BLACK LOVE [CD Expanded CD edition]
AFGHAN WHIGS – BLACK LOVE [LP 3 LP 180 gram vinyl expanded edition]
ALICE IN CHAINS – LIVE:FACELIFT [LP 150 gram]
ANTHRAX – MONSTERS AT THE END [LP]
BAKER,CHET – LOVE FOR SALE:LIVE AT THE RISING SUN [LP 2 LP 180 gram]
BANGLES – LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:BANGLES [LP Red vinyl]
BEACH BOYS – BECOMING THE BEACH BOYS:COMPLETE HITE [LP Red, blue or yellow vinyl]
BETTS,HALL,LEAVELL – LIVE AT THE COFFEE POT 1983 [LP 2 LP]
BIG STAR – COMPLETE THIRD VOL 1:DEMOS TO SESSION [LP 2 LP with download card]
BLUE MAN GROUP – THREE [LP Splatter Vinyl]
BOLT THROWER – THOSE ONCE LOYAL [LP]
BUTTERFIELD,PAUL BL – GOT A MIND TO GIVE UP LIVING:LIVE 196 [LP 2 LP Yellow and Blue vinyl]
CALLAHAN,BILL – APOCALYPSE:BILL CALLAHAN TOUR [LP LP + DVD]
CAR – JUST WHAT I NEEDED [7″ Picture Disc]
CLARK,GARY JR. – HEALING LIVE/CHURCH LIVE [LP 10″]
COLEMAN, ORNETTE – EVENING WITH ORNETTE COLEMAN PART 1 [LP 180 gram clear pink vinyl]
CONNECTION – CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR [LP Random Green or Red vinyl]
DENGUE FEVER – GANADARAMABA [LP]
DYLAN, BOB – REAL ROYAL ALBERT HALL 1966 CONCERT [LP 2x 140 gram LP]
ELECTRIC WIZARD – WITCHCULT TODAY [LP]
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY – LONE SURVIVOR (OSC) [LP]
EXTREME – PORNOGRAFFITTI LIVE 25/METAL MELTDOWN [LP 2 LP Red vinyl]
FALCO, TAV – SWAY B/W WHERE THE RIO DE ROSA FLOWS [7″ Purple vinyl]
FOLDS, BEN – IN CONCERT 2015-2016 [LP 10″ 45 RPM with download card]
FOREIGNER – FLAME STILL BURNS [LP 10″]
FROST, FRANK – HEY BOSS MAN [LP Red vinyl – OOP since 1962]
FRUIT BATS – GLORY OF FRUIT BATS [LP 150 gram]
GETO BOYS – MIND PLAYING TRICKS [LP]
GRATEFUL DEAD – 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL SINGLES:STEALI [7″ 50th anniversay single]
GUNN, STEVE – ANCIENT JULES [12]
GWAR – GWAR [7″ Picture Disc]
HAYES, ISAAC – DO YOUR THING [LP 33-minute, unreleased,directly from the original tapes]
HENDRIX, JIMI – MORNING SYMPHONY IDEAS [LP Clear Yellow 10″]
IGGY AND THE STOOGES – TELLURIC CHAOS [LP red & white vinyl
IRON MAIDEN – BRAVE NEW WORLD [LP 2 LP 180 gram]
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENT – GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN/LITTLE DR [LP]
JETHRO TULL – RING OUT SOLSTICE BELLS [7″ 40th anniversary with two Steven Wilson remixes]
JUNGLE BROTHERS – DONE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE [LP First Release on 2 lp]
KENSRUE, DUSTIN – MORE THOUGHTS THAT FLOAT ON A DIFFERE [7″ Red vinyl – download card]
KINKS – GOD'S CHILDREN [7″ 4 songs]
KINKS – KINKS [7″ 4 songs]
KINKS – TILL DEATH US DO PART [7″ 4 songs]
KINKS – SLEEPWALKER [LP]
LEARY, TIMOTHY – PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE [LP Magenta splatter vinyl]
LOVE IS A DRAG – FOR ADULT LISTENERS ONLY [LP]
LOVE IS A DRAG – FOR ADULT LISTENERS ONLY [CD]
MIDDLE BROTHER – LIMITED EDITION 10 INCH [LP 10″ picture disc]
MINOR VICTORIES – ORCHESTRAL VARIATIONS [LP]
MONKEES – GOOD TIMES PLUS [LP 10″ Opaque Red]
MOORE,RUDY RAY – THIS AIN'T NO WHITE CHRISTMAS [LP]
MOTLEY CRUE – KICKSTART MY HEART/HOME SWEET HOME [LP]
NAPALM DEATH – LIKE PISS TO A STING [LP]
OBERST, CONOR – TACHYCARDIA/AFTERTHOUGHT [7″ Full band version of Tachycardia plus unreleaed session track]
OLSEN,ANGEL – LIVE AT PICKATHON [LP "Back to back" live recording]|
Note: This is a split with Steven Gunn
PALMER,AMANDA – STRUNG OUT IN HEAVEN [LP]
PASTORIUS,JACO – JACO (OST) [LP 2 LP- limited one time press]
PORNO FOR PYROS – GOOD GOD'S URGE [LP single disc]
PRINCE – SEXY MF [12 Picture Disc]
RAMONES – RAMONES:LIVE AT THE ROXY 8/12/76 [LP 180 gram]
REFUSED – SERVANTS OF DEATH [LP single LP – download card]
REGRETTES – MARSHMALLOW WORLD [7″ white vinyl]
ROGUE WAVE – COVER ME [LP Opaque hot pink – 1,750 copies]
RUN-DMC – CHRISTMAS IN HOLLIS [LP Picture Disc]
STONE ROSES – SALLY CINNAMON [LP 180 gram]
SUGARHILL GANG – MEET YOUR MAKER:RAPPER'S DELIGHT/GOOD [7″ "classic hip hop tracks with the iconic songs they
sampled."]
SUN RA & HIS ARKESTR – AT INTER MEDIA ARTS APRIL 1991 [LP]
SUN RA & HIS ARKESTR – AT INTER MEDIA ARTS APRIL 1991 [CD]
T.S.O.L. – REVENGE [LP 30th anniversary pressing]
TOKYO POLICE CLUB – LESSON IN CRIME/SMITH EP [LP 10th anniversary silver vinyl]
UGK – INT'L PLAYERS ANTHEM (I CHOOSE YOU) [12 Picture disc]
UNCLE ACID & THE DEA – BLOODLUST [LP]
VARIOUS – MY LITTLE PONY:FRIENDSHIP/EXPLORE OST [LP Picture Disc]
VARIOUS – SOUTH PARK:MR HANKEY'S CHRISTMAS (OST [LP Scented Brown vinyl]
VARIOUS – JAMES BROWN'S FUNKY PEOPLE PART 3 [LP First time ever on vinyl]
VARIOUS – CALABAR ITU ROAD:GROOVY SOUNDS FROM S [LP Hand silk screened cover]
VARIOUS – UNDERWORLD (OST) [LP First time on vinyl]
VARIOUS – POP THE CLUTCH:RARE ROCKABILLY FROM T [LP White vinyl]
VARIOUS – WONDER YEARS:MUSIC FROM THE EMMY AWAR [LP Clear Yellow vinyl]
VARIOUS – SCEPTER RECORDS OUT IN THE STREETS AG [LP]
VENOM – BLACK METAL [LP Picture disc]
WALKER, BUTCH – CASSETTE BACKS [LP Unreleased 4-track demos]
WATERS, MUDDY – LONDON MUDDY WATERS SESSIONS [LP]
WATT, MIKE – BOBBLYMEN [7″ half pressed on blue vinyl, half pressed on white vinyl]
WEBSTER, BEN – GONE WITH THE WIND [LP 180 gram white vinyl]
WILD FEATHERS – LIVE AT THE RYMAN [LP 2 LP]
WINTER, JOHNNY – LIVE BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 13 [LP]
WORKMAN, HAWKSLEY - ALMOST A FULL MOON [LP]
YARDBIRDS – BIRDLAND [LP]
UPDATE (10/25, 5:15 p.m. EDT): The full official list has now been revealed by RSD organizers, and you can check it out here. As you can see, the rumoured list was pretty spot-on and complete, but the official list does add some titles from artists like Disclosure, Lil Yachty, Alice Cooper, Dungen and Xiu Xiu.
Likely to much annoyance of organizers, the list of exclusive releases due out on November 25 has emerged on Reddit. On the list, there are artists such as Bob Dylan, Prince, Refused, Big Star, Bill Callahan, Explosions in the Sky, Ben Folds, the Stooges, the Kinks, Napalm Death, Angel Olsen, Stone Roses and Tokyo Police Club, among many others.
Of course, if words like "rumoured" and "leaked" didn't already make things clear, this list should be taken with a grain of salt, as RSD has yet to release its official list of Black Friday releases. However, if this leaked list is like those from years past, it's likely quite accurate overall.
Down below, you can check out the full list of rumoured releases courtesy of Modern Vinyl. As a solid, the site has also highlighted those exclusives that have been confirmed by a secondary source. Those are marked in bold below.
You can also view the list here on Reddit.
Record Store Day's Rumoured 2016 Black Friday Exclusives:
AFGHAN WHIGS – BLACK LOVE [CD Expanded CD edition]
AFGHAN WHIGS – BLACK LOVE [LP 3 LP 180 gram vinyl expanded edition]
ALICE IN CHAINS – LIVE:FACELIFT [LP 150 gram]
ANTHRAX – MONSTERS AT THE END [LP]
BAKER,CHET – LOVE FOR SALE:LIVE AT THE RISING SUN [LP 2 LP 180 gram]
BANGLES – LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:BANGLES [LP Red vinyl]
BEACH BOYS – BECOMING THE BEACH BOYS:COMPLETE HITE [LP Red, blue or yellow vinyl]
BETTS,HALL,LEAVELL – LIVE AT THE COFFEE POT 1983 [LP 2 LP]
BIG STAR – COMPLETE THIRD VOL 1:DEMOS TO SESSION [LP 2 LP with download card]
BLUE MAN GROUP – THREE [LP Splatter Vinyl]
BOLT THROWER – THOSE ONCE LOYAL [LP]
BUTTERFIELD,PAUL BL – GOT A MIND TO GIVE UP LIVING:LIVE 196 [LP 2 LP Yellow and Blue vinyl]
CALLAHAN,BILL – APOCALYPSE:BILL CALLAHAN TOUR [LP LP + DVD]
CAR – JUST WHAT I NEEDED [7″ Picture Disc]
CLARK,GARY JR. – HEALING LIVE/CHURCH LIVE [LP 10″]
COLEMAN, ORNETTE – EVENING WITH ORNETTE COLEMAN PART 1 [LP 180 gram clear pink vinyl]
CONNECTION – CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR [LP Random Green or Red vinyl]
DENGUE FEVER – GANADARAMABA [LP]
DYLAN, BOB – REAL ROYAL ALBERT HALL 1966 CONCERT [LP 2x 140 gram LP]
ELECTRIC WIZARD – WITCHCULT TODAY [LP]
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY – LONE SURVIVOR (OSC) [LP]
EXTREME – PORNOGRAFFITTI LIVE 25/METAL MELTDOWN [LP 2 LP Red vinyl]
FALCO, TAV – SWAY B/W WHERE THE RIO DE ROSA FLOWS [7″ Purple vinyl]
FOLDS, BEN – IN CONCERT 2015-2016 [LP 10″ 45 RPM with download card]
FOREIGNER – FLAME STILL BURNS [LP 10″]
FROST, FRANK – HEY BOSS MAN [LP Red vinyl – OOP since 1962]
FRUIT BATS – GLORY OF FRUIT BATS [LP 150 gram]
GETO BOYS – MIND PLAYING TRICKS [LP]
GRATEFUL DEAD – 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL SINGLES:STEALI [7″ 50th anniversay single]
GUNN, STEVE – ANCIENT JULES [12]
GWAR – GWAR [7″ Picture Disc]
HAYES, ISAAC – DO YOUR THING [LP 33-minute, unreleased,directly from the original tapes]
HENDRIX, JIMI – MORNING SYMPHONY IDEAS [LP Clear Yellow 10″]
IGGY AND THE STOOGES – TELLURIC CHAOS [LP red & white vinyl
IRON MAIDEN – BRAVE NEW WORLD [LP 2 LP 180 gram]
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENT – GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN/LITTLE DR [LP]
JETHRO TULL – RING OUT SOLSTICE BELLS [7″ 40th anniversary with two Steven Wilson remixes]
JUNGLE BROTHERS – DONE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE [LP First Release on 2 lp]
KENSRUE, DUSTIN – MORE THOUGHTS THAT FLOAT ON A DIFFERE [7″ Red vinyl – download card]
KINKS – GOD'S CHILDREN [7″ 4 songs]
KINKS – KINKS [7″ 4 songs]
KINKS – TILL DEATH US DO PART [7″ 4 songs]
KINKS – SLEEPWALKER [LP]
LEARY, TIMOTHY – PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE [LP Magenta splatter vinyl]
LOVE IS A DRAG – FOR ADULT LISTENERS ONLY [LP]
LOVE IS A DRAG – FOR ADULT LISTENERS ONLY [CD]
MIDDLE BROTHER – LIMITED EDITION 10 INCH [LP 10″ picture disc]
MINOR VICTORIES – ORCHESTRAL VARIATIONS [LP]
MONKEES – GOOD TIMES PLUS [LP 10″ Opaque Red]
MOORE,RUDY RAY – THIS AIN'T NO WHITE CHRISTMAS [LP]
MOTLEY CRUE – KICKSTART MY HEART/HOME SWEET HOME [LP]
NAPALM DEATH – LIKE PISS TO A STING [LP]
OBERST, CONOR – TACHYCARDIA/AFTERTHOUGHT [7″ Full band version of Tachycardia plus unreleaed session track]
OLSEN,ANGEL – LIVE AT PICKATHON [LP "Back to back" live recording]|
Note: This is a split with Steven Gunn
PALMER,AMANDA – STRUNG OUT IN HEAVEN [LP]
PASTORIUS,JACO – JACO (OST) [LP 2 LP- limited one time press]
PORNO FOR PYROS – GOOD GOD'S URGE [LP single disc]
PRINCE – SEXY MF [12 Picture Disc]
RAMONES – RAMONES:LIVE AT THE ROXY 8/12/76 [LP 180 gram]
REFUSED – SERVANTS OF DEATH [LP single LP – download card]
REGRETTES – MARSHMALLOW WORLD [7″ white vinyl]
ROGUE WAVE – COVER ME [LP Opaque hot pink – 1,750 copies]
RUN-DMC – CHRISTMAS IN HOLLIS [LP Picture Disc]
STONE ROSES – SALLY CINNAMON [LP 180 gram]
SUGARHILL GANG – MEET YOUR MAKER:RAPPER'S DELIGHT/GOOD [7″ "classic hip hop tracks with the iconic songs they
sampled."]
SUN RA & HIS ARKESTR – AT INTER MEDIA ARTS APRIL 1991 [LP]
SUN RA & HIS ARKESTR – AT INTER MEDIA ARTS APRIL 1991 [CD]
T.S.O.L. – REVENGE [LP 30th anniversary pressing]
TOKYO POLICE CLUB – LESSON IN CRIME/SMITH EP [LP 10th anniversary silver vinyl]
UGK – INT'L PLAYERS ANTHEM (I CHOOSE YOU) [12 Picture disc]
UNCLE ACID & THE DEA – BLOODLUST [LP]
VARIOUS – MY LITTLE PONY:FRIENDSHIP/EXPLORE OST [LP Picture Disc]
VARIOUS – SOUTH PARK:MR HANKEY'S CHRISTMAS (OST [LP Scented Brown vinyl]
VARIOUS – JAMES BROWN'S FUNKY PEOPLE PART 3 [LP First time ever on vinyl]
VARIOUS – CALABAR ITU ROAD:GROOVY SOUNDS FROM S [LP Hand silk screened cover]
VARIOUS – UNDERWORLD (OST) [LP First time on vinyl]
VARIOUS – POP THE CLUTCH:RARE ROCKABILLY FROM T [LP White vinyl]
VARIOUS – WONDER YEARS:MUSIC FROM THE EMMY AWAR [LP Clear Yellow vinyl]
VARIOUS – SCEPTER RECORDS OUT IN THE STREETS AG [LP]
VENOM – BLACK METAL [LP Picture disc]
WALKER, BUTCH – CASSETTE BACKS [LP Unreleased 4-track demos]
WATERS, MUDDY – LONDON MUDDY WATERS SESSIONS [LP]
WATT, MIKE – BOBBLYMEN [7″ half pressed on blue vinyl, half pressed on white vinyl]
WEBSTER, BEN – GONE WITH THE WIND [LP 180 gram white vinyl]
WILD FEATHERS – LIVE AT THE RYMAN [LP 2 LP]
WINTER, JOHNNY – LIVE BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 13 [LP]
WORKMAN, HAWKSLEY - ALMOST A FULL MOON [LP]
YARDBIRDS – BIRDLAND [LP]