Record Store Day Announces Releases For Black Friday 2023 Event

Record Store Day, which honours the culture of independently owned record stores and the delight of vinyl records, has become a cherished event for music lovers all over the world.?There is a Black Friday edition that is just as thrilling and offers limited-edition vinyl and exclusive releases that fans and collectors eagerly anticipate.?

The Black Friday roster for Record Store Day in 2023 seems to be a delight for music lovers, delivering a wide variety of releases that cut across genres and eras.?Hip-hop and beloved oldies by musicians like Gramme Parsons and Joni Mitchell share the spotlight this year.?

What Releases Has Record Store Day Announced This Year For Black Friday?

Record Store Day has revealed a lineup of more than 170 exclusive titles for its annual Black Friday event this fall.?

Given the number of purple, gold, red, blue, green, marble, clear, and splatter-colored vinyl variants on the list, the term "black" is almost a misnomer for this particular Nov. 24, 2023 rollout.?

Which Artists And Collections Are Part Of The Record Store Day Roster?

After years in which there were fewer hip-hop RSD releases than vinyl-loving fans of the genre might have liked, the number of classic hip-hop titles on the list clearly demonstrates Record Store Day's and participating labels' interest in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the genre with an abundance of product.?

Dr. Dre, Lil Wayne, Nas, De La Soul, Madly, Schooly D, Three 6 Mafia, Digital Underground, Czarface, C-BO, Yungblud, Souls of Mischief, Spice 1, four Tuff City hip-hop compilations, and the "Judgement Night" soundtrack are a few artists with reissues or collections being released as exclusives or "RSD First" items.?

On average, 175 exclusives will be released at independent stores the day after Thanksgiving, which is almost half the quantity that usually appears for the major April event.

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Rising sensations Kim Petras and Noah Kahan are among the artists on the roster who are first-timers for Record Store Day.?

The Grateful Dead, the Doors, Bill Evans, and Prince are just a few of the well-known artists whose vault releases have in the past attracted large audiences to stores for Record Store Day events.

Among the highlights of the roster are the previously unpublished live albums by Gramme Parsons and Ahmad Jamal, the rare or unreleased studio recordings by Joni Mitchell and Los Lobos, the hit performances by Post Malone and the Jonas Brothers, and the boxed sets by Bo Diddley and War.

Hip-hop and jazz are undoubtedly giving traditional rock a run for its money this year in terms of presence at the fall festival. The following are a few things to look for, arranged by genre, from the complete list of approximately 175:

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Contemporary??

1. Noah Kahan, “Cape Elizabeth EP,” 5000 copies
2. Margo Price, “Strays (Live At Grimey's),” 2000 copies
3. Norah Jones, “Playing Along,” 3000 copies
4. Billy Strings featuring Willie Nelson, “California Sober,” 5000 copies
5. Joan Jett, “Mindsets,” 2900 copies

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Hits Sets

1. Jonas Brothers, “The Family Business,” 3500 copies
2. Post Malone, “The Diamond Collection,” 10,000 copies

Classic Rock

1. Los Lobos, “Kiko (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
2. Joni Mitchell, “Court and Spark Demos,” 6300 copies
3. Grateful Dead, “Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA 3/2/1969,” 7500 copies

Classic Country

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1. Willie Nelson, “Shotgun Willie” (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
2. Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels, “The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Café in Philadelphia, March 16th 1973,” 7500 copies.

For the full list, you can check out the RSD Website.

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