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Record Store Day announces full list of #RSD15 releases; Dave Grohl is this year's official RSD ambassador

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As mentioned, Record Store Day just held a press conference at Rough Trade in Brooklyn featuring St. Vincent, Fred and Kate from The B-52’s, Todd Barry and Kozmo Vinyl. Absent at the proceedings: official RSD Ambassador Dave Grohl. It was to reveal the full list of #RSD15 titles which are now announced. Some highlights:

McLusky best-of McLuskyism getting its first-ever vinyl release.

Father John Misty – “I Loved You, Honeybee” — an alternate version of the title track to his new album on heart-shaped vinyl.

• Cult ’60s band Tomorrow (who did the classic “My White Bicycle“) gets a colored vinyl mono repress of their 1968 debut

Mark Mothersbaugh‘s The LEGO Movie soundtrack on double vinyl.

PolarisMusic from the Adventures of Pete & Pete on vinyl for the first time ever

The Saints‘ second album, Eternally Yours on colored vinyl

The StoogesLive at Ungano’s in 1970 — first time (officially) on vinyl.

Johnny ThundersLive at Max Kansas City Vol 1 & 2 on colored vinyl

There’s also the Johnny Marr cover of Depeche Mode’s “I Feel You” 7″, Metallica’s 1982 demos on cassette, and lots more.

Record Store Day 2015 happens April 18. Read a statement by Dave Grohl and watch a video with him below…

A STATEMENT FROM THE DESK OF RECORD STORE DAY 2015 AMBASSADOR DAVE GROHL:

I found my calling in the back bin of a dark, dusty record store.

1975’s K-Tel’s Blockbuster 20 Original Hits by the Original Stars featuring Alice Cooper, War, Kool and the Gang, Average White Band and many more, bought at a small record shop in my suburban Virginia neighborhood, it was this record that changed my life and made me want to become a musician. The second that I heard Edgar Winter’s “Frankenstein” kick in, I was hooked. My life had been changed forever. This was the first day of the rest of my life.

Growing up in Springfield, Virginia in the 70’s and 80’s, my local independent record stores were magical, mysterious places that I spent all of my spare time (and money) in, finding what was to eventually become the soundtrack of my life. Every weekend I couldn’t wait to take my hard earned, lawn mowing cash down for an afternoon full of discovery. And, the chase was always as good as the catch! I spent hours flipping through every stack, examining the artwork on every cover, the titles and credits, searching for music that would inspire me, or understand me, or just to help me escape. These places became my churches, my libraries, my schools. They felt like home. And, I don’t know where I would be today without them.

More recently, I’ve been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to rediscover this sense of excitement, that magical feeling of finding something all one’s own, by watching my kids go through it. Let me tell you: Nothing makes me prouder than watching my daughters spin that first Roky Erickson LP one of them picked out for their very own on one of our weekend trips to the record store. Or to watch the reverence they have as they handle their Beatles vinyl. How carefully they replace the albums into their sleeves, making sure they’re placed back onto the self in the proper sequence. Watching them realize how crucial and intertwined every part of this experience is, I relive the magic of my earliest experiences with vinyl singles and albums, their artwork, liners notes etc. all over again and again.

I believe that the power of the record store to inspire is still alive and well, and that their importance to our next generation of musicians is crucial. Take an afternoon (and some hard earned lawn mowing money) and please support them.

You never know, it might change your life forever, too.

Dave