The resurgence of vinyl sales since a low point in 2013 has been great news for die-hard music lovers everywhere. Some of the credit for today’s very welcome (and impressively persistent) ‘vinyl revival’, as it’s been coined, must go to initiatives such as Record Store Day, an annual celebration that champions vinyl, and all those who sell, collect and enthuse about the once-endangered format.
In the organisation’s own words, Record Store Day (RSD) is “a day for the people who make up the world of the independent record store – the staff, the customers and the artists – to come together and celebrate the unique culture of a record store and the special role these independently owned stores play in their communities.” Now isn’t that wonderful?
Record Store Day is a global event, too, bringing together those vinyl and music lovers from all over the world. So how does it do that exactly? Well, through record store events and the release of new records. Below we have provided the lowdown on Record Store Day – what it entails, this year’s dates (spoiler alert: it’s this weekend) and how you can get involved.
According to Record Store Day's own website, the event marks “the one day of the year when over 260 independent record shops all across the UK come together to celebrate their unique culture”. With worldwide vinyl sales now looking stronger than ever and 2023’s event promising dozens of exclusive vinyl records released specifically for the occasion, there’s certainly a lot to celebrate.
What is Record Store Day 2023?
Record Store Day officially launched on 29th April 2008, with the concept conceived the previous year at a meeting of independent record store owners who looked to raise awareness for the hundreds of distributors dotted across the US and further afield.
The day itself sees record shops around the globe sell the exclusive batch of vinyl albums released especially for the event, with many limited in number and going on sale on that day. More on those special releases below.
Many bricks-and-mortar stores also host events and sales in conjunction with the celebratory event, too, such as Rough Trade hosting special live music performances or This Is Soho handing out merchandise, advice and even some sneaky cans of beer for those who patronised its four London stores in 2022.
Like many special so-called “days”, though, the initiative goes far beyond a solitary date in the musical calendar. Just as charities such as Red Nose Day work far beyond their annual telethons, Record Store Day is a fully-fledged organisation that, in its own words, “works with independent and major labels throughout the year to create contests, special releases and promotions”.
- You can also check out RSD’s exclusive documentary series Behind the Counter
Record Store Day dates: when is RSD 2023?
True to tradition, Record Store Day has kept its April placeholder in the calendar over the past 15 years. While it was interrupted by the global pandemic in 2020 and 2021, when it was pushed back to later in the year and split into two events (or ‘drops’, as they were called), last year saw it return to its regular April spot, business as usual.
This year’s event is scheduled for Saturday 22nd April 2023. That's tomorrow, so get queueing...
The best Record Store Day 2023 releases
The full list of Record Store Day 2023 releases can be found below, but once again we couldn’t help ourselves – in true What Hi-Fi? tradition, we’ve sat down to collaboratively compile the releases we are most excited about seeing, and hopefully hearing.
You can see our curation of team What Hi-Fi?'s 15 best RSD 2023 releases, which includes special vinyl pressings of live albums by Stevie Nicks and Midlake, limited-edition Thin Lizzy and Pixies releases, and even songs from Bluey.
Read our picks of the 15 best Record Store Day releases 2023 – Pixies, T. Rex, The 1975 and more
And the entire Record Store Day release list is as follows:
1975, The – Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: 2LP
1975, The – Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: CD
1975, The – Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: 1Cassette
A Flock Of Seagulls – B-Sides & Rarities: LP
A Place To Bury Strangers – See Through You: Rerealized: 2LP
Acid Mothers Temple – Paralyzed Brain: 12″
Adicts, The – Fifth Overture: LP
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Alan Silvestri – Summer Rental (soundtrack LP): LP
Alex Chilton – Live at Anvers : LP
Ali Farka Toure – Green: LP
Alison Goldfrapp – Remix EP: LP
Alison Moyet – The Other Live Collection: LP
Alpha & Omega – Ancient A&O: LP
Alpha & Omega – Another Moses: LP
Altered Images – Clara Libre: 12″
Althea and Donna – Uptown Top Ranking: LP
Amorphous Androgynous – Tales Of Ephidrina: 1LP+12″
Amorphous Androgynous – Tales Of Ephidrina: CD
Archie Shepp – À Massy: 2LP
Arooja Aftab – Live In London: 12″
Artful & Ridney ft. Terri Walker – Missing You: 12″
Athletes Of God, MSW, Lady Blackbird – Fontella/I Don’t Want To Be Normal: 7″
AURORA – The Woman I Am: 7″
Baby Queen – Colours Of You: 7″
Baker Gurvitz Army, The – The Baker Gurvitz Army: LP
Bardo Pond – Peel Sessions: LP
Bark Psychosis – SCUM: 12″
Bastille – Bastille: MTV Unplugged : LP
Beach House – Become: 12″
Belinda Carlisle – Remixes: 2LP
Ben Webster – In Hot House: LP
Bert Jansch – Toy Balloon: LP
Bert Jansch – When The Circus Comes To Town: LP
Bevis Frond, The – Hit Squad : 2LP
Big Moon, The – Love in The 4th Dimension: 12″ + 7″ bonus tracks
Bill Evans – Treasures – Solo, Trio & Orchestral Records from Denmark (1965-69): 3LP
Bill Grace – Chances Go Round / Lonely: 7″
Bill Nelson’s Red Noise – Live at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester 1979: 2LP
Billy Foster & Audio – Billy Foster & Audio: LP
Billy Joel – Live at the Great American Music Hall: 2LP
Björk – Ovule (Sega Bodega Remix) / Atopos (sideproject Remix): 12″
Black Keys, The – Live At Beachland Tavern: LP Orange
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Live at Levitation: 12″ + Flexi 7″
Black Sabbath – Never Say Die!: LP
Blitz Vega (Johnny Marr & Andy Rourke) – Strong Forever: 12″
Bluey – Dance Mode! : 1LP
Blur – Blur Present The Special Collectors Edition: 2LP
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Stir It Up: 7″
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Mr. Chatter Box b/w Mr. Chatter Box Dub: 7″
BODEGA – Xtra Equipment: LP
Born Heller – Born Heller: LP
Breakwater – No Limit (Mike Maurro Mix) / No Limit (12″ Single Version): 12″
Brian Eno – FOREVER VOICELESS: LP
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People (10th anniversary Deluxe): LP
Bros – When Will I Be Famous? / I Owe You Nothing remixes: 12″
Butcher Brown & Bruce Hornsby – Secret House (12″ single) : 12″
Caitlin Rose – “A) Johnny Velvet B) Carried Away (Demo) ”: 7″
Canned Heat – Vintage: LP
Carl Cox – Deep Space X (Juan Atkins Remixes): 12″
Carole King – The Legendary Demos: LP
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine – 30 Something: Picture Disc
Celeste – Lately EP: LP
Cesária Évora – Radio Mindelo (Early Recordings) : 2LP
Charlie Parker – Afro Cuban Bop: The Long Lost Bird Live Recordings: 2LP
Chet Baker – Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland: 2LP
Chet Baker – Chet (Mono): LP
Chuck Boris Trio, The – Funky Nassau / Shaft: 7″
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers – Berro e Sombaro: 7″
Come – Gently Down the Stream: DOUBLE LP
Confidence Man – RE-TILT EP: 12″
Corviria – Psyco Analysis: LP Black
CRAC – All For You: LP
Cranberries, The – Wake Up + Smell The Coffee: LP
Cure, The – Show: 2LP
Cynthia Sheeler – I’ll Cry Over You Pt 1 / I’ll Cry Over You Pt 1: 7″
Czar – Czar: LP
Damian Lewis – Zaragoza : 7”
Dan Penn – Unheard Demos: LP
Darren Hayes – Let’s Try Being In Love – The 12 Inch Mixes: 12″
Darren Hayman – Lido: LP
David Bowie – LAUGHING WITH LIZA – THE VOCALION AND DERAM SINGLES 1964 – 1967 : 5 x 7″ box
David Byrne – The Complete Score From “The Catherine Wheel”: 2LP
David J – Urban Urbane: 2xLP
Death – Fate: The Best of Death (Reissue): LP
Delines, The – Night Always Comes, The: LP
Dennis Olivieri – Welcome to the Party: LP
Dermot Kennedy – Sonder (Exclusive Pic Disc): LP
DIIV – Live at the Murmrr Theatre: LP
Dirty Projectors & Björk – Mount Wittenberg Orca : 2LP
Dismemberment Plan, The – Change: LP
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet – Live in Las Vegas 1963: 2LP
Doctor Who – The Amazing World Of Doctor Who: 2LP
dodie – Hot Mess EP: 12″
Dolly Parton – The Monument Singles Collection 1964-1968: 2LP
Dome City Rock Orchestra, The – Quiet Village Pt 1 / Quiet Village Pt 2: 7″
Donna Summer – A Hot Summer Night (40th Anniversary Edition): 2LP
Donnas, The – Message from The Donnas–The Early Singles (Limited Metallic Gold Vinyl Edition): 2LP
Dorsey Burnette – Hard Working Man (1960-1964): LP
Duran Duran – Carnival Rio!: 1LP
Durutti Column, The – Treatise on the Steppenwolf + Human Avatars: 2LP
Dusty Springfield – Cameo: 2LP
Easy Life – Live From Abbey Road Studios: LP
Echo & The Bunnymen – Peel Session 1997: LP
Ed Rush & Optical – Wormhole: 5LP Boxset
Eddie Money – The Covers: LP
Edgar Froese of TANGERINE DREAM – Ages: 2LP
Ellie Goulding – Halcyon Nights: 2LP
Elton John – Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player: 2LP
Elvis Presley – Sings Aaron Schroeder: LP
Elvis Presley – Elvis Is Black: 3LP
Elvis Presley – Burning Love – The RCA Rehearsals: 2LP
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery: LP
Ennio Morricone – Gli Occhi Freddi della Paura OST : LP
Ennio Morricone – Il Serpente OST : LP
Ennio Morricone – Le Foto Proibite di una Signora Per Bene OST : LP
Ennio Morricone – Senza Sapere Niente di Lei [Segreto #5] : LP
Envy Of None – Envy Of None: LP
Eric Carr of KISS – Rockology: 2LP
Ernest Ranglin – Below the Bassline: LP
Essential Logic – Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?): LP
Ethics, The – Now Is The Time: LP
Etta Marcus – Heart-Shaped Bruise: 12″
Experimental Audio Research – Mesmerised: 12″
Fake Blood – I Think I Like It: 7″
Fall, The – Live 1977: 12″
Fantastic Aleems & Leroy Burgess, The – Get Down Friday Night (Special Re-Mix) / Get Down Friday Night (Vocal): 12″
Fat Freddy’s Drop – Live at Roundhouse: 3LP
Flash & The Dynamics – The New York Sound: LP
Fleetwood Mac – Albatross: 12″
Flowers of Hell, The – Odes: 12″
Foals – Life Is Yours (Life Is Dub): LP
Frank Black – Live 2006: 12″
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – The Drugs / Parasite: 7″
Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart: 2LP
Frankie and The Witch Fingers – ZAM: 2×12″ + 7″
Fred Davis & The Blues Express – Fred Davis & The Blues Express: LP
Frou Frou – Off Cuts: LP
Future Sound of London, The – Life In Moments: LP
Garbage – Witness To Your Love: 12″
Gaturs, The – Swivel Your Hips Pt 1 / Swivel Your Hips Pt 2: 7″
Gaz Coombes – Turn The Car Around (Acoustic Album): 12″
Generation X – Generation X: LP
Geraint Watkins – In a Bad Mood + In a Raw Mood: 2xLP
Giant Sand – Center of the Universe: 2LP
Goblin – Rarities (Film Versions and Alternates): LP
Gong – Angel’s Egg: LP
Graham Bonnet – Line-Up: 12″
Grateful Dead – Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77: 5LP
Greentea Peng – RISING: 12″
Groove Armada – Black Light: 2 LP
Groundhogs, The – Crosscut Saw: LP
GTR – GTR: 12″
Haircut 100 – Haircut 100% Live! : LP
Hal Blaine – Psychedelic Percussion: LP
Half Japanese – The Band That Would Be King: LP
Happy Mondays – Balearic Beats: LP
Harvey Scales & Seven Seas, The – Trying To Survive (7″ Mix) / Bump Your Thang (7″ Mix) : 7″
Hawkwind – The Iron Dream – Live 1977: 12″
Heidi Berry – FireFly: LP
Heidi Berry – Below The Waves: LP
Herbert – Musca Remixes 12″: 12″
Heroin – Discography: 2LP
Higsons, The – Run Me Down – The Complete Two-Tone Recordings: LP
Hoax, The – So What/Cargo Recordings: LP
Honey Bane – Violence Grows: 12″
Howard Jones – Complete BBC Sessions 1983-1987: 2LP
Hugh Cornwell – Moments of Madness DUB: 12″
Hyla Parker – Joe / Quiet Tunes: 7″
Ian McCulloch – Slideling (20th Anniversary Edition): LP
Icarus Line, The – All Vows Boxed: 5LP box
Iced Earth – Plagues Of Dystopia: 12″
Jackie Stoudemire – Flying High / Guilty: 7″
Jacob Collier – Never Gonna Be Alone: 7″
Jah Thomas – Tribute To Reggae King Bob Marley: LP
Jah Wobble – Redux: 2LP
Jamiroquai – Live at Maida Vale : 12″
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires – The Sound Emporium EP: 12″
Jazz Artist Guild – Newport Rebels: LP
Jazz Butcher – Dr Cholmondley Repents: A-Sides, B-Sides and Seasides: 2LP
Jerry Harrison – The Red And The Black (Expanded Edition): 2LP
Jerry Lee Lewis – Live at the Palomino Club: 2LP
Jessie Ware – Free Yourself: 7”
Jesus Jones – Live in Chicago 1990: 2LP
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Up Your Alley: LP
João Donato E Donatinho – Sintetizamor: LP
JoBoxers – Like Gangbusters: 12″
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Streetcore: LP
John Lunn & Eivør – The Last Kingdom – Destiny Is All: LP 12″
John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth: 10″ Box Set
John Massoni w/ Sonic Boom – Think Of Me When You Hear Waves: 12″
John Powell – How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 2LP
Jonathan Richman – Jonathan Goes Country: LP
Jorja Smith & Joy Orbison – Rose Rouge: 12″
José González – Local Valley Remixes: 12″
Joyce, Naná Vasconcelos, Mauricio Maestro – Visions of Dawn : LP
Juan McClean, The – “A Happy House (Mark E remix of Matthew Dear v Audion Remix), AA Happy House (Matthew Dear V Audion Remix): 12”
Juno Reactor – Transmissions (30th Anniversary Edition): 2LP
K-Solo – Tell the World My Name (Limited Lemon Vinyl Edition): LP
Kae Tempest – Nice Idea EP: 12″
Karin Jones – Under The Influence Of Love: LP
Kasabian – Rocket Fuel : 10″
Keith Richards – Vintage Vinos: 2LP
Koko Taylor – I Got What It Takes: LP
Lacuna Coil – Shallow Life: LP
Lacuna Coil – Dark Adrenaline: LP
Laibach – Nova Akropola: 2LP
Landscape – From The Tearooms Of Mars…To The Hell Holes Of Uranus: LP
Larry Bright – New Dimensions: LP
Larry Coryell – Introducing The Eleventh House: LP
Larry Lovestein & The Velvet Revival (Mac Miller) – You: 10″
Latin Blues Band – I’ll Be A Happy Man / Take A Trip: 7″
Leftfield – This Is What We Do (Ambient Mixes): 2LP
Liminanas & David Menke, The – Thatcher’s Not Dead (OST): 2LP
London Grammar – If You Wait: 2LP
Louisa “Markswoman” Mark – Breakout: LP
Loyle Carner – Yesterday’s Gone: LP
M / Robin Scott – Pop Muzik/Baby Close The Window: 12″ EP
M.E.B – That You Not Dare To Forget: LP
Madison Avenue – Polyester Embassy: 2LP
Madness – I Do Like To Be B-Side The A-Side, Vol. 3: LP
Madonna – American Life Mix Show Mix: LP
mal-one – punk rock pictures on my wall: 12”
Mansun – Before The Grey Lantern: LP
Marc Almond – Fantastic Star: 2LP
Marcel King – Reach For Love – Singles 1983-1988: LP
March Violets, The – Made Glorious: 2xLP
Maria McKee – Late December/ Live Acoustic: 2LP
Marianne Faithfull – A Secret Life: LP
Marianne Faithfull – A Secret Life: CD
Mars Volta, The – Frances The Mute + The Widow (Live) – Record Store Day exclusive: LP 12″
Marvin, Gaye/ Shorty, Long – This Love Starved Heart Of Mine (It’s Killing Me)/Don’t Mess With My Weekend: 7″
Max Roach & Archie Shepp – Force – Sweet Mao – Suid Afrika 76: 2LP
Max Romeo – Every Man Ought To Know: LP
Maximum Joy – White & Green Place (extra-terrestrial mix) plus essential dance tracks: MLP
Maxwell Udoh – Survival Of The Fittest: LP
Medeski Martin & Wood – It’s a Jungle In Here (Limited 30th Anniversary Clearwater Blue Vinyl Edition): LP
Metronomy – Small World Special Edition (Record Store Day): LP
Midlake – Live at the Roundhouse: 12″
Midnight, The – Red, White and Bruised: The Midnight Live: LP
Mike Flowers Pops, The – Wonderwall: LP
Mike Oldfield – TUBULAR BELLS – OPUS ONE: LP
Mikey Dread/ Edi Fitzroy – Original General / Queen Of Harlesden: 10″
Miles Davis – Rare Miles From The Complete On The Corner Sessions: LP
Missing Persons – Live in New York 81′: 2LP
Mötley Crüe – Helter Skelter: 12″
Motörhead – Lost Tapes Vol:4 : 2 LP
Mozzy – Bladadah : 2LP
Mr Benn – The Music: LP
Mr.Big – Mr.Big: 12″
Muddy Waters – Hollywood Blues Summit 1971: LP
Murphy’s Law – Murphy’s Law: LP
NAS – Made You Look: God’s Son Live 2002: LP
NENA – 99 Luftballons : 12″
Nico – Live at the Library Theatre ’80: LP
Nightingales, The – Out of True: 2LP
Noctorum (Marty Willson-Piper) – Offer The Light: LP
NOISY – FAST FWD: TO VINYL (EP): LP
Nuggets – 50th Anniversary Box : 5LP
Ocean Colour Scene – B-Sides, Seasides and Freerides: 2LP
OFF! – Free LSD B-Sides: 12″
Oh Sees – Smote Reverser (Golden Fleece Edition): 2LP
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version: 2LP
Orb, The Featuring Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – The Upsetter At The Starhouse Sessions: LP
Orville Peck – Bronco: 2LP
OST / David Shire – The Conversation OST: LP
OST / James Bernard – The Devil Rides Out Picture Disc OST: 7″ Shape
OST / Nino Rota/Carmine Coppola – The Godfather Suite: LP
Ottile Patterson – 3000 Years With Ottilie : LP
Paul McCartney – Red Rose Speedway: Half Speed
Paul Simpson – Astral Girl EP: 12″
Peaness – Are You Sure? : LP
Pearl Jam – Give Way: 2LP
Pearl Jam – Give Way: CD
Pearlfishers, The – Sky Meadows: 2LP
Pearls Before Swine – One Nation Underground: 2LP
Pearls Before Swine – Balaklava: 2LP
Pere Ubu – Raygun Suitcase: LP
Peter Tosh – Live & Dangerous: Boston 1976 : 2LP
Phil Ochs – Best of the Rest: Rare and Unreleased Recordings: 2LP
piri & tommy – froge.mp3 : LP
Pixies – Demos: 10″
Pixies – Doolittle – Live In Brussels, 2009: 2LP
Pogues, The – The Stiff Records B-Sides 1984- 1987: 2LP
Poison Girls – Hex: 12″
Polica – Shulamith: 12″
Police, The – Every Breath You Take: 2 X 7″ single
Porcupine Tree – IA / DW / XT: 12″
Porridge Radio – 7 Seconds / Jealousy (demo): 7″
Prince Rakeem – Ooh I Love You Rakeem/Sexcapades: 12″
Prodigy, The – Invaders Must Die Remixes +: 12″
Ramones – Pleasant Dreams – New York Sessions: LP
Reggae Specials – Reggae Beatles Vol 2: LP
Republica – Speed Ballads: LP
Residents, The – Our Finest Flowers: 12″
Rich Kids – Ghosts of Princes in Towers: LP
Richard Caiton – Thank You / Where Is The Love: 7″
Ringo Starr of the BEATLES – Stop & Smell the Roses: 2LP
Ringo Starr of the BEATLES – Stop & Smell the Roses: CD
Roger Rodier – Upon Velveatur: LP
Rolling Stones, The – Beggars Banquet: LP
Romeo Void – Live from the Mabuhay Gardens November 14, 1980: LP
Sam Fender – Wild Grey Ocean/Little Bull Of Blithe: 7″
Sam Smith (feat. Kim Petras) – Unholy: 7”
Sarah Kinsley – The King / Cypress: 12″
Schleimer K – Schleimer K: LP
Scott Weiland – 12 Bar Blues: 2LP
Scuba – Hardcore Heaven: 12″
Sea Power – Everything Was Forever: LP
Selecter, The – Live at the NEC 1980: 2LP
Self Esteem – Compliments Please: LP
Seth Lakeman – The Somerset Sessions: LP
Sheena Easton – The Essential 7″ Singles 1980-1987: 2LP’s + 7″
Shirley Scott – Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank: 2LP
Sigur Ros – Kveikur: 2LP
Simple Minds – Neapolis: LP
Siouxsie & the Banshees – A Kiss In The Dreamhouse: LP
Sir Douglas Quintet – Texas Tornado: Live from the Ash Grove Santa Monica 1971: LP
Sisters of Mercy – The Reptile House EP: LP
SIX BY SEVEN – System One: LP
Slade – Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply: LP
Slits, The – (Un)Cut – The Demos And Alternative Mixes: LP
Smithstonian – Mississippi Mud / Just Sitting: 7″
Smoke, The – It’s Smoke Time: LP
Snapped Ankles – Blurtations: 12″ EP
Soft Cell – Light Sleepers: 12″
Son Volt – Day of the Doug: LP
Sonny Stitt – The Bubba’s Sessions: 2LP
Sonny Stitt – Boppin’ in Baltimore: Live at the Left Bank: 2LP
Soul Asylum – MTV Unplugged: 2LP
Soul Jazz Records Presents – New York Noise: Dance Music from The New York Underground 1978-82: LP
Soul Jazz Records Presents – Studio One Ska 20th Anniversary Edition: LP
Soul Jazz Records Presents – Gipsy Rhumba: The Original Rhythm of Gipsy Rhumba in Spain 1965 – 1974: LP
Soul Jazz Records Presents – 200% Dynamite! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk & Dub in Jamaica: LP
Soul Jazz Records Presents – Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul:: A Higher Power: Gospel, Soul and Funk at the Crossroads 1971-83: LP
Soweto Kinch, London Symphony Orchestra, Lee Reynolds – White Juju: LP
Sparks – Live at Record Plant 74′: 12″
Spectrum and Silver Apples – A Lake Of Teardrops: 12″
Spencer Tune – Nightmare: 12″
Stairsteps (aka The Five Stairsteps) – 2nd Resurrection: LP
Steeler – Steeler: LP
Stetasasonic – In Full Gear (35th Anniversary): 2LP
Stevie Nicks – Bella Donna Live 1981: 2LP
Stewart Copeland – Klark Kent: 12″ EP
Suede – “Suede” demos: LP
Suggs & Paul Weller – OOH DO U FINK U R : 7″
Suicide – A Way Of Life – The Rarities EP: 10″
Sun Ra – Haverford College, January 25 1980: LP
Sunburst Band / Dave & Maurissa, The – Secret Life Of Us (Special 45 Version) / Look At The Stars (2-Step Soul Mix): 7″
sunn O)))/Boris – Altar: 2xlp
Supergrass – St. Petersburg: 10″
Suzi Quatro – Back To The Drive: 2LP
Suzi Quatro – Quatro: 2LP
Swedish House Mafia – The Singles: LP
Sweet – Block Buster! / The Ballroom Blitz: LP
Swell Maps C21 – Polar Regions: LP
Sword, The – Gods Of The Earth: LP
Symposium – One Day At A Time: 12″
T. Rex – Rockin’ & Rollin’: LP
Tangerine Dream – Live in Paris, Palais des Congrès: 3LP
Taproot – Welcome: LP
Taylor Swift – “folklore: the long pond studio sessions”: 2LP
Tears For Fears – Saturnine Martial & Lunatic: 2LP
Ted Nugent – Nuge Vault VOL 1: Free-For-All: 12″
Telescopes, The – Hungry Audio Tapes: LP
Terry Callier – Hidden Conversations: LP
Theo Lawrence – A Country Mile: 10″
Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous – Hammersmith 15/11/1986: 2LP
Tom Grennan – Here: 7″
Tony Troutman – What’s The Use? / Instrumental: 7″
Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes Rarities: LP
Travis – The Invisible Band (Live): 2LP
Tricky – Pre-Millennium Tension: LP
TSU Toronados – Please Heart Don’t Break (7″ Mix) / Ain’t Nothin’ Nowhere (7″ Mix): 7″
TV Mania – Bored Of Prozac and the Internet?: LP
Twink & The Sitar Service – Twink & The Sitar Service: LP
U2 – New Year’s Day – 40th anniversary edition: 12″ EP
UFO – “Will The Last Man Standing [Turn Out The Light]: The Best of UFO”: 2LP
Ultramagnetic MCs – Ultra Ultra / Silicon Bass: 12″
Una Luz Y El Zigui – Buenos Días Juventud: LP
Unloved – Killing Eve’r “Ode To The Lovers”: LP
Van Halen – Live: Right Here, Right Now: 4LP
Various (Mike D) – Brazil 45 Boxset Vol.4: 7″ x 5 Box
Various Artists – Ska La-Rama : LP
Various Artists – Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage: 2LP
Various Artists – Monsters, Vampires, Voodoos & Spooks: 2LP
Various Artists – Behind The Dykes 3 (Beat Blues And Psychedelic Nuggets From The Lowlands): 2LP
Various Artists – Bossa Nova at Carnegie Hall: LP
Various Artists – Secretly Distribution x Music Declares Emergency Presents…: LP
Various Artists – 50 Years of TV’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2: 2LP
Various Artists – For The Love Of Haiku: 2LP
Various Artists – Philly Groove Records: When Times Are Bad We Turn To Love (Rarities and Unreleased): 2LP
Various Artists – OCEANS TWELVE (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) (Limited 2-LP Gold “Faberge Egg” Vinyl Edition): 2LP
Various Artists – You Flexi Thing Vol 11: 7″
Various Artists – Hillbillies In Hell: A Chrestomathy: Subterranean Sacraments From The Country Music Underworld (1952-1974): LP
Various Artists – Jazz Dispensary: Hotel Jolie Dame: LP
Various Artists – Psyche France Vol 8: LP
Various Artists (Soundtrack) – Akilla’s Escape: 2LP
Various/ Lee Hazlewood – Fools, Rebel Rousers & Girls on Death Row – The Lee Hazlewood Story 1955-1962: LP
Vartan, Sylvie – Salut les Copains! Beginnings of…YE-YE! : 2LP
Velvet Hammer – Party Hardy (7″ Mix) / Happy (7″ Mix) : 7″
Verlaines, The – Bird Dog: LP
Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes [Picture Disc] : LP
Virgin Prunes, The – The Debut EPs: 2×10″
Week That Was, The – The Week That Was: 12″
Wendell Harrison – Fly By Night: LP
While She Sleeps – SO WHAT?: 2LP
White Town – Women In Technology: LP
Wilco – Crosseyed Strangers: An Alternate Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: LP
Willie Dixon – Catalyst: LP
Willie Tee – Please Don’t Go / My Heart Remembers: 7″
Willie Tee – Funky Funky Twist / First Taste Of Hurt – Alternative Version (Blue Version) : 7″
World Party – Seaview Records Presents World Party Curated By RSD: LP
X-Press 2 – Lazy / Kill 100: 12″
xPropaganda – The Heart Is Strange – The Remixes: 1LP
Yard Act – 100% Endurance (Elton John Version): 7″
YES – “Live at Knoxville Civic
Auditorium”: 3LP
Yumi Zouma – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory: LP
Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef’s Detroit Latitude 42° 30′ Longitude 83°: LP
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Our guides to getting the best from your new records
You've bought your coveted new RSD 2023 releases. Now what? You've got to play them, of course! Whether you've already got a trusty turntable or are looking for a brand new record player to spin your newly bought vinyl on, we're here to help.
Below you'll find guides to the best turntables on the market (for every budget and every need), as well as tips on how to set it up and get it sounding its very best. Your reading guide is below:
- See our pick of the best turntables for every budget
- Strapped for cash post-RSD splash? These are the best budget record players you can buy, including Bluetooth models
- Here's our guide on how to set up a turntable
- ...and how to get the best sound from it
- Want an easy upgrade? Here's how to change the cartridge on your turntable
- You'll also need a phono stage, or a stereo amplifier with one built-in
- Want to build a five-star turntable system?
- 15 of the best vinyl records to test your turntable
- These are our 12 best-sounding vinyl records
