(LOOTPRESS) – As consumers begin to make preparations for the fast-approaching holiday season, local businesses are doing the same as they ready their biggest promotions in anticipation of Black Friday.
Independent record stores nationwide are primed to get involved in the biggest shopping day of the year with their RSD Black Friday event – an extension of the annually occurring Record Store Day – which aims to attract business to local, independent locations during the holiday shopping season.
Established in 2007 and first implemented in 2008, Record Store Day was conceived as a means of celebrating locally owned stores along with the staff, customers, and artists who contribute to the culture of record collecting. The yearly event is notable for featuring exclusive, limited edition, in-store merchandise, as well as coordinating with artists and labels for special releases and promotions.
The inaugural RSD Black Friday event took place in 2010, with subsequent observations occurring each year since, despite the recent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which affected 2020’s Record Store Day celebration. The event, which normally takes place in April of each year, was initially pushed back to June, before being divided into three separate events which would occur over the course of three months in an attempt to best ensure the safety of the record buying public.
“Managing the largest music event in the world during the pandemic has been challenging,” Record Store Day co-founder Michael Kurtz acknowledged, “but somehow the record labels and artists have managed to provide record stores with a fantastic list of special releases for Black Friday and the holiday season.”
RSD Black Friday 2023 will present rollouts of exclusive material from several familiar names including Chet Baker, the Grateful Dead, and many more. A comprehensive list of releases available during this year’s event can be seen below and at the RSD Black Friday website.
As is the case each year, RSD Black Friday will fall on the Friday following Thanksgiving, positioning this year’s event to transpire on November 24, 2023. Visit https://recordstoreday.com/stores to find out if your local shops will be participating, and support small businesses this year on Black Friday!
Bull of the Woods | 13th Floor Elevators | Culture Factory USA | LP | RSD Exclusive | 3500 | |
Alive at Wembley | All Time Low | Fueled By Ramen | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 5000 | |
From Studio 4 | Anvil Cat | AWAL | 12″ Vinyl | ‘RSD First’ | 3500 | |
Chet’s Choice | Chet Baker Trio | Elemental Music/Criss Cross Jazz | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2300 | |
The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album | The Beach Boys | Island | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 7000 | |
Escape From New York | Beast Coast | Legacy Recordings | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 2000 | |
Intoxicated Demons | The Beatnuts | Legacy Recordings | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1500 | |
Tribute | Jeff Beck | Rhino Records | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | ||
Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey (Original Motion Picture Score) | Andrew Scott Bell | Rusted Wave | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1600 | |
Up On The Ridge (10th Anniversary Edition) | Dierks Bentley | Capitol Nashville | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3500 | |
Levitation Sessions | The Black Angels | Reverberation Appreciation Society | 2 x LP / DVD | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears (Original Soundtrack) | Blood, Sweat & Tears | Omnivore Recordings | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1600 | |
When Legends Collide (Autographed Edition) | Blue Coupe | Blue Coupe | DVD + CD | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 600 | |
Just For Clarity 2 | Blxst | Red Bull Records | 12″ Vinyl | ‘RSD First’ | 1200 | |
Bottle Rockets (30th Anniversary) | The Bottle Rockets | Real Gone Music | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1850 | |
Creative Improvisation Ensemble | Marion Brown & Leo Smith | ORG Music | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1400 | |
Live From The Northwest, 1959 | The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Brubeck Editions | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3500 | |
Time Bomb | Buckcherry | Real Gone Music | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
Blood Simple (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Carter Burwell | Varèse Sarabande | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1500 | |
Gas Chamber | C-BO | Compound Interest | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 750 | |
Speak Your Peace | Terry Callier | Mr Bongo | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1000 | |
Gory Scorch Cretins | Matt Cameron | Keep It Trippy Records | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | 2500 | |
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) [45th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | Rhino/Warner Records | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 4000 | |
Rockology: The Picture Disc Edition | Eric Carr of KISS | Culture Factory USA | LP | RSD Exclusive | 4000 | |
Rockology: The CD Picture Disc Edition | Eric Carr of KISS | Culture Factory USA | CD | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 1000 | |
Live at the Starland Ballroom | Coheed and Cambria | Legacy Recordings | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 4900 | |
Live At The Print Shop | Collective Soul | Fuzze-Flex Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | ||
The Very Best Of | The Colourfield | Chrysalis Records/Proper | LP | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 700 | |
Black Sunday Remixes | Cypress Hill | Legacy Recordings | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | 3100 | |
Czartificial Intelligence (Stole The Ball Edition) | Czarface | Silver Age | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 5000 | |
3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul | Chrysalis Records | 7″ Vinyl Box Set | ‘RSD First’ | 3500 | |
Individual Thought Patterns (2023 Remaster) | Death | Relapse | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2500 | |
I’m A Man: Chess Masters, 1955-1958 | Bo Diddley | Third Man Records | 4 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 900 | |
The Body-Hat Syndrome (30th Anniversary) | Digital Underground | Tommy Boy Records | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2500 | |
Puts You To Sleep | Micky Dolenz | Friday Music Two | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1500 | |
Iron Man | Eric Dolphy | Culture Factory USA | LP | RSD Exclusive | 2200 | |
Live In Bakersfield | The Doors | Rhino/Elektra | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 7500 | |
Live In Bakersfield | The Doors | Rhino/Elektra | 2 x CD | ‘RSD First’ | 12500 | |
The Chronic (30-Year Anniversary Edition) | Dr. Dre | Aftermath/Interscope | CD | RSD Exclusive | 4000 | |
4 | Dungen | Mexican Summer | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1500 | |
Live at Grimey’s | Justin Townes Earle | Vagrant | LP | RSD Exclusive | 2500 | |
Yuma | Justin Townes Earle | Bloodshot | 12″ Vinyl | ‘RSD First’ | 3500 | |
Transfusion | Electric Blood | Third Man Records | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 450 | |
I Just Can’t Stop It (Expanded) | The English Beat | Rhino | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 5000 | |
Believo! | Enon | Touch and Go Records | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1050 | |
Tales: Live In Copenhagen (1964) | Bill Evans | Elemental Music | LP | RSD Exclusive | 3650 | |
Gil Evans & Ten (Mono Edition) | Gil Evans & Ten | Craft Recordings | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 4200 | |
Had Me A Real Good Time… With Faces! In Session & Live at the BBC 1971-1973 | Faces | Rhino | LP | RSD Exclusive | 5000 | |
A Joyful Sound 45 Box Set | Kelly Finnigan | Colemine Records | 7″ Vinyl Box Set | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 500 | |
Take It Off (Bucket Hat Picture Disc) | FISHER & Aatig | Atlantic Records | 10″ Picture Disc | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 500 | |
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots – Live at the Paradise Lounge, Boston Oct. 27, 2002 | The Flaming Lips | Warner Records | LP | RSD Exclusive | 4500 | |
Stocking Stuffer (15th Anniversary) | The Fleshtones | Yep Roc Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 850 | |
Second Chance | Fraternity | Wrong Side Of The Tracks | 2 x LP | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 800 | |
So What | Jerry Garcia & David Grisman | ORG Music | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2400 | |
Pure Jerry: Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael, CA – February 28, 1986 | Jerry Garcia & John Kahn | ATO Records | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 7500 | |
Goo Goo Dolls | Goo Goo Dolls | Culture Factory USA | LP | RSD Exclusive | 3200 | |
Soul Food | Goodie Mob | Get On Down | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 2000 | |
A Day In Copenhagen | Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton | MPS | LP | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 1000 | |
Time of the Signs EP | Gov’t Mule | Fantasy Records | 12″ Vinyl | ‘RSD First’ | 3000 | |
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA 3/2/1969 | Grateful Dead | Grateful Dead/Rhino | 5 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 7500 | |
The Master (50th Anniversary Edition) | Chico Hamilton | Craft Recordings | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
Winter In America | Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson | Culture Factory USA | LP | RSD Exclusive | 3000 | |
Winter In America | Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson | Culture Factory USA | CD | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 500 | |
Hark! The Ho Ho Hoey Hits! | Gary Hoey | Surfdog | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1000 | |
“The Death of the Punchline”/”Radar & Leda” | The Hold Steady | Positive Jams | 7″ Vinyl | ‘RSD First’ | 850 | |
Live at Café Au Go Go | John Lee Hooker | Elemental Music | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
Fallen Embers (Deluxe) | Illenium | Warner Records | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3000 | |
Shabooh Shoobah Rarities | INXS | Rhino/Atlantic | LP | RSD Exclusive | 3500 | |
It’s All Happening | Iwrestledabearonce | Brutal Planet Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 500 | |
Tracks From The Attic | David J | Independent Project Records, LLC | 3 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 500 | |
Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse (1966-1968) | Ahmad Jamal | Jazz Detective | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2300 | |
Blue | Jesus Lizard | Real Gone Music | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
Mindsets | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | Blackheart Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2900 | |
Anywhere I Lay My Head | Scarlett Johansson | Asbestos Records | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1750 | |
The Family Business | Jonas Brothers | Republic | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3500 | |
Playing Along | Norah Jones | Blue Note | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3000 | |
Cape Elizabeth EP | Noah Kahan | Republic | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 5000 | |
Holiday Split 7″ | Lenny Kaye/Cedar Sparks | La Société Expéditionnaire | 7″ Vinyl | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 850 | |
Under The Blacklight | Rilo Kiley | Warner Records | LP | RSD Exclusive | 5715 | |
Happy Hour | King Missile | Asbestos Records | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1900 | |
Hang On In There | Mike James Kirkland | Ubiquity Records | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1200 | |
Cool Kids (40th Anniversary Edition) | Kix | Friday Music Two | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1500 | |
Countdown Live 1980 | The Knack | Sound City | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
Konami Classics: The Best of the NES | Konami Kukeiha Club | Spacelab9 | LP | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 800 | |
Live in Boston 1989 | L.A. Guns | Secret | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1500 | |
Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs of Lucinda Williams | Amos Lee | Hoagiemouth Records LLC | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1500 | |
At The Palomino Club | Jerry Lee Lewis | Charly | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 2000 | |
Rock Im Park 2001 | Limp Bizkit | Culture Factory USA | CD | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 1000 | |
Rock Im Park 2001 | Limp Bizkit | Culture Factory USA | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 5200 | |
Lost Demos | Linkin Park | Warner Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 10000 | |
Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall 1977 | Little Feat | Rhino | 3 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 5300 | |
Kiko (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) | Los Lobos | Rhino | 3 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 3500 | |
Before The Verdict (with Guilty Simpson) | Madlib | Madlib Invazion | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3000 | |
The Diamond Collection | Post Malone | Mercury/Republic | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 10000 | |
The Mamas & The Papas: Live At The Monterey International Pop Festival | The Mamas & The Papas | Monterey | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2750 | |
Dead Eyes | Aimee Mann | Super Ego Records | 7″ Vinyl | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 1000 | |
Never A Dull Moment! Live From Coast To Coast (1966-1967) | Les Mccann | Resonance Records | 3 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2500 | |
The Warm Covers LP | JD McPherson | New West Records | LP | RSD Exclusive | 2250 | |
Forbidden Places | Meat Puppets | Real Gone Music | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
Incarnations | Charles Mingus | Candid | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3000 | |
Live in New York 1981 | Missing Persons | Sound City | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1500 | |
Court and Spark Demos | Joni Mitchell | Rhino | LP | RSD Exclusive | 6300 | |
The Monkees | The Monkees | Friday Music Two | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings | Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio | Resonance Records | 3 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3000 | |
Too Young To Fall In Love EP | Motley Crue | BMG | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | 3500 | |
The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special (Original Soundtrack) | John Murphy | Hollywood | LP | RSD Exclusive | 5000 | |
Happy Holiday! | My Morning Jacket | ATO Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 5000 | |
From Enslavement to Obliteration | Napalm Death | Earache Records | LP | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 900 | |
I AM… Autobiography | Nas | Legacy Recordings | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 4100 | |
Shotgun Willie (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) | Willie Nelson | Rhino/Atlantic | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 5500 | |
El Nino Y El Sol (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Ocote Soul Sounds | ATO Records | LP | RSD Exclusive | 2000 | |
Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels-The Last Roundup:Live from the Bijou Café in Phildaelphia March 16th 1973 | Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels | Amoeba Records | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 7500 | |
SCRATCH’D | Lee “Scratch” Perry & Keith Richards | BMG | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | 1300 | |
Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio — Live in Lugano, 1964 | Oscar Peterson | Mack Avenue | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
Problématique | Kim Petras | Amigo/Republic | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3500 | |
Winter Solstice | Phoenix | Glassnote | 7″ Vinyl | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 1000 | |
Summer Breeze | Piper | Ship To Shore Phono Co. | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1500 | |
Die A Legend | POLO G | Legacy Recordings | LP | RSD Exclusive | 2500 | |
Strays (Live At Grimey’s) | Margo Price | Loma Vista Recordings | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
Gett Off! | Prince | Legacy Recordings | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | 7000 | |
Ripple | Ripple | Yep Roc Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1400 | |
Hank Wilson Vol. II | Leon Russell | Dark Horse Records | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1700 | |
Party With God + 1985 Demo | Sacrilege BC | Southern Lord | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1000 | |
The Lost Record | Dan Sartain | Bent Rail Foundation/Seasick Records | LP | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 1000 | |
Schoolly-D | Schoolly-D | Get On Down | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1500 | |
Live At Egg Studios | Screaming Trees | Screaming Trees LLC | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2500 | |
Late Nite With Shabazz 3 | Shabazz 3 | Eastwood Music Group | 2 x LP | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 900 | |
In Concert 1972 | Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan | Dark Horse Records | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 1280 | |
Crustopolis Vol. 1 | Pauly Shore and the Crustys | Jett Plastic Recordings | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1250 | |
Everyday Is Christmas (Snowman EP) | Sia | Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | 7000 | |
Death Becomes Her (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Alan Silvestri | Varèse Sarabande | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1500 | |
B-Side Ourselves EP | Skid Row | BMG | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | 2500 | |
Live in Moscow | Slaughter to Prevail | Sumerian Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2500 | |
93 ‘Til Infinity (The Remixes) | Souls Of Mischief | Legacy Recordings | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 1800 | |
Live At The Record Plant 1974 | Sparks | Sound City | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
187 He Wrote: 30th Anniversary | Spice 1 | Get On Down | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1500 | |
The Place I Love | Splinter | Dark Horse Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1000 | |
Steeler | Steeler | Sound City | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1500 | |
“California Sober” featuring Willie Nelson | Billy Strings | Reprise Records | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | 5000 | |
Level Headed (Alt. Mixes and Demos) | Sweet | Sound City | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
Floating | Tank and The Bangas | Verve | LP | RSD Exclusive | 2000 | |
Tantric | Tantric | Real Gone Music | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1100 | |
Blue-Sky Research | Taproot | Real Gone Music | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1100 | |
Da Unbreakables | Three 6 Mafia | Get On Down | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 2000 | |
Catch The Groove: Live At The Penthouse (1963-1967) | Cal Tjader | Jazz Detective | 3 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2000 | |
New Heart Designs | Turnstile x BADBADNOTGOOD | Roadrunner | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | 4000 | |
Quartet (Steven Wilson Remix) | Ultravox | Chrysalis Records/Proper | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 1500 | |
Quartet (Steven Wilson Remix) | Ultravox | Chrysalis Records/Proper | 2 x CD | RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus | 700 | |
Asteroid City (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Various Artists | ABKCO | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 8000 | |
Black Jazz Records — The Complete Singles | Various Artists | Real Gone Music | ‘RSD First’ | 1750 | ||
The D-Vine Spirituals Story, Vol 3 | Various Artists | Bible and Tire Recording Co. | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 600 | |
Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Edits by Barış K Vol I-VI | Various Artists | Nublu Records | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 950 | |
Jazz Dispensary: At The Movies | Various Artists | Craft Recordings | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3600 | |
Judgment Night Soundtrack | Various Artists | Legacy Recordings | LP | RSD Exclusive | 3150 | |
Kevn Kinney Tribute | Various Artists | Tasty Good Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 750 | |
Light In The Attic & Friends | Various Artists | Light In The Attic | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 1500 | |
Noise for Now: Volume 1 | Various Artists | Noise for Now | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 3500 | |
Punk Goes Christmas | Various Artists | Craft Recordings | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2600 | |
Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War | Various Artists | Red Hot Organization | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1100 | |
Rostrum Records 20 | Various Artists | Rostrum Records | 2 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 2500 | |
Soul Jazz Records Presents STUDIO ONE KINGS | Various Artists | Soul Jazz Records | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1400 | |
Tuff City Salutes Hip Hop 50: The DJ Jams | Various Artists | Tuff City | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 800 | |
Tuff City Salutes Hip Hop 50: The Solo MC Jams | Various Artists | Tuff City | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 800 | |
Tuff City Salutes Hip Hop 50: The MC Crew Jams | Various Artists | Tuff City | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 800 | |
Tuff City Salutes Hip Hop 50: The Female MCs | Various Artists | Tuff City | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 800 | |
Written In Their Soul – The Hits: The Stax Songwriter Demos | Various Artists | Craft Recordings | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 2700 | |
If This Isn’t A Dream… | Virulence | Southern Lord | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 1000 | |
The World Is A Ghetto (50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) | War | Rhino | 5 x LP | RSD Exclusive | 2000 | |
This Is The Sea (Fast Version) | The Waterboys | Chrysalis Records/Proper | 10″ Vinyl | RSD Exclusive | 1500 | |
I Am Music | Lil Wayne | Republic | 2 x LP | ‘RSD First’ | 5000 | |
Maggots: The Record | Wendy O. Williams | BFD | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1500 | |
Ain’t Love Grand | X | Fat Possum | LP | RSD Exclusive | 1800 | |
You Have The Right To Remain Silent | X-Cops | Brutal Planet Records | LP | ‘RSD First’ | 500 | |
21st Century Liability (5 Year Anniversary Edition) | YUNGBLUD | Geffen | LP | RSD Exclusive | 4000 | |
Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy | Rob Zombie | Nuclear Blast | LP | RSD Exclusive |