Sunday 15 April 2012

Record Store Day 2012 - Scottish Fiction Guide


Next Saturday 21st April is the time when collectors and lovers of the sonic warmth of vinyl call their bank to increase their overdraft, extend their credit limit or perhaps remortgage their house.  It's Record Store Day and it's shaping up to be a doozy right here in Glasgow.  The good people of Monorail, LOVE Music, Nice 'N' Sleazy's, Insularis Records and more have pulled out the stops to ensure its as much about live performances, intimate settings and local music as it is about rare pieces of black plastic.  This years RSD release list is almost a who's who of rock royalty and there's some fantastic items on there.  I must say I am alarmed to say the least at the marked up prices of some items (must be noted that this is NOT the shops prices but the suppliers) but perhaps it has finally been noted that many RSD releases wind up selling for inflated prices on eBay days after.

Here's our Scottish Fiction dream list of what we think are the best picks of the list.  Where applicable I've noted any special information next to the release:

Admiral Fallow - 'Boots Met My Face' - Gatefold LP, limited to 1000 copies, first time available on vinyl
Animal Collective - 'Transverse Temporal Gyrus' - 12" four track EP
Arcade Fire - 'Sprawl II Remix' - 12"
Arctic Monkeys - 'R U Mine?' - Ltd heavyweight purple 7"
Bat For Lashes - 'Strangelove' - Etched 7", limited to 750 copies
Battles - 'Gloss Drop 4' - 12", limited to 500 copies
Beach House - 'Lazuli' - Blue/opaque 7"
Belle & Sebastian - 'Crash' - 7", limited to 1000 copies
Bloc Party - 'She's Hearing Voices' - 7", re-release for RSD 2012
Django Django - 'Storm' - 7", limited to 500 copies
Edwyn Collins - 'Tape Box' - 6 x 7" boxset, limited to 500 copies
Fair Ohs - 'The Singles Single' - 7", limited to 200 copies
Field Music - 'Actually, Nearly' - 7", limited to 500 copies
Gorillaz - 'DoYaThing' - 10" picture disc, limited to 500 copies
Graham Coxon - 'What'll It Take' - 7", limited to 750 copies
Hot Chip - 'Night And Day' - One sided limited 12"
Human, Don't Be Angry - 'Human, Don't Be Angry' - LP
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - 'Third Swan' - 7"
Laura Marling - 'Flicker And Fail' / 'To Be A Woman' - 7"
M. Ward - 'Primative Girl' - 7" white vinyl, limited to 300 copies
M83 - 'Mirror' - 7", limited to 500 copies
Metronomy - 'Black Eye Burnt Thumb (Woodwind Version)' / 'You Could Easily Have Me (Woodwind Version)' - 7"
Moby - 'The Poison Trees' / 'Lie Down In Darkness' - 12" white vinyl, limited to 300 copies
of Montreal / Deerhoof - 'Split 7"' - 7"
Regina Spektor - 'The Prayer Of Francois Villon' / 'Old Jacket' - 7" white vinyl, limited to 300 copies
Ryan Adams - 'Heartbreak A Stranger' / 'Black Sheets Of Rain' - 7", Bob Moulds covers, limited to 500 copies
S.C.U.M. / Big Deal - Split 7"
She & Him - 'Volume 1' - Coloured vinyl LP
Sigur Ros - 'Ekki Mukk' - 10", limited to 750 copies
Slow Club - 'Paradise' - LP, limited to 500 copies
The Beatles - 'No 1's Single Collection' - 4 x 7" singles in tin box, limited to 1000 copies
The Black Keys - 'El Camino' - 2 x LP, 7" gatefold with poster and bonus CD, limited to 500 copies
The Cure - 'Three Imaginary Boys' - LP, numbered coloured vinyl
The Cure - 'Seveenteen Seconds' - LP, numbered coloured vinyl
The Cure - 'Faith' - LP, numbered coloured vinyl
The Cure - 'Pornography' - LP, numbered coloured vinyl
The Cure - 'The Top' - LP, numbered coloured vinyl 
The Flaming Lips / Mastadon - 'A Spoonful Weighs A Ton' - 7" pink vinyl, limited to 800 copies
The Futureheads - 'No 1 Song In Heaven' - 7"
The Jezabels - 'Rosebud' - 7"
The Wedding Present - '4 Chansons EP' - 10" coloured vinyl
The White Stripes - 'Handsprings' / 'Red Death At 6.14' - 7" limited red/black swirl vinyl
Two Door Cinema Club - 'Acoustic EP' - 7", limited to 500 copies

There's also a hell of a lot more and for a full list feast your eyes on this.

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