Record Store Day Vinyl Guide: The Compilations

Record Store Day is only a few days away!!! Here is your guide to all those various artist titles that are coming out on Saturday.

Portable Shrines Magic Sound Theater Vol. 1 – Light In The Attic – 1000 copies

In early 2009, tired of being virtually the only two people in attendance at some of the most exciting rock shows to come through town, Seattle music fans Aubrey Nehring and Darlene Nordyke founded the Portable Shrines Collective, a DIYorganization devoted to the promotion of psychedelic, garage, and experimental music. In addition to assembling local bills for nationally touring bands and providing custom projections and poster art, Portable Shrines currently hosts a bi-weekly DJ night, publishes a blog, and produces Escalator Fest, an annual multimedia happening bringing together bands, psych DJs, video artists, and enthusiastic crowds.

The collective’s first compilation—the first ever Seattle-based comp of its kind—Portable Shrines Magic Sound Theatre Vol. I is an exquisitely curated treasure trove of rare or exclusive tracks from eighteen of the most lucid acts currently working in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The compilation features heavy hitters AFCGT and Kinski (Sub Pop), Eternal Tapestry (Thrill Jockey, Not Not Fun), Prince Rama (Paw Tracks), Master Musicians of Bukkake (Important Records) and Diminished Men (Abduction), as well as tracks by a host of up-and-coming Northwest psych acts including Night Beats, Purple Rhinestone Eagle, Midday Veil, This Blinding Light and Brother Raven, all of whom have performed at Escalator Fest or another Shrines-curated event.

Mastered by Mell Dettmer at Seattle’s Aleph Studios and pressed on virgin audiophile vinyl, Portable Shrines Magic Sound Theatre Vol. I is being issued in a limited vinyl-only run of 1000 pieces in gorgeous gatefold packaging featuring original artwork by collective members Aubrey Nehring, Emily Pothast and Steve Quenell.

1. Circles – Geist and the Sacred Ensemble
2. Astro Fields – Plankton Wat
3. Shasta – Tiny Light
4. Oblong Trance – Diminished Men
5. Gotta Make Your Hands Work – To Get Her Together
6. Clock – AFCGT
7. Child of God – Midday Veil
8. Beast – Brother Raven
9. Chrome Forest – Eternal Tapestry
10. I am not invincible – Prince Rama
11. BAN A CHU – Master Musicians Of Bukkake
12. Mudra – Janina Angel Bath
13. The Lamb – Blood Red Dancers
14. Soul On Fire – This Blinding Light
15. Thorns – Night Beats
16. Burn It Down – Purple Rhinestone Eagle
17. _/_ (revised) – A Story Of Rats
18. Whatever Happened to Madeleine Stowe – Kinski

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Kill Rock Stars – Kill Rock Stars

Happy Record Store Day! To celebrate we reissued the first LP on Kill Rock Stars in honor of our 20 Year Anniversary.
Limited Edition: silk-screened & hand numbered. Digital Download Code is of the CD Version * but does not include the Melvins or Nirvana tracks.

Bratmobile – 01 Girl Germs
Some Velvet Sidewalk – 02 Loch Ness
Courtney Love – 03 Don’t Mix the Colors
The Nation of Ulysses – 04 N.O.U. Coking With Gas!
Unwound – 05 You Speak Jealousy
Mecca Normal – 06 Narrow
Nirvana – 07 Beeswas
Bikini Kill – 08 Feels Blind
Witchypoo – 09 The Reaper Song
Melvins – 10 Ever Since My Accident
Infamous Menagerie – 11 Immediate Impound Zone
Kicking Giant – 12 Make You Come
Fitz of Depression – 13 Everybody and their Dog
Jad Fair – 14 Red Dress

Mute Vorwarts – Mute – 1000 copies

Mute’s first ever Record Store Day exclusive release is a limited edition LP on orange colored vinyl, containing rare, exclusive, unreleased tracks from a slew of Mute artists, old and new. This LP comes with a CD insert that contains a bonus track from longtime Mute artist Simon Fisher-Turner. Featuring the new Mute logo, each LP is a hand numbered edition of 1000.

Vorwarts means “Forward” in German. This compilation represetns the next step forward for the newly-re-independent Mute. The London-based label was owned by EMI for several years and re-established its independence in October 2010.

Since 1978, when he released the prototype electro single “TVOD/Warm Leatherett” by The Normal, Mute’s founder Daniel Miller has signed and developed an amazing array of innovative artists including Depeche Mode, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Erasure, Goldfrapp, Moby and Richard Hawley. With long term commitment to highly influential artists such as Liars, Diamanda Galas, Boyd Rice/NON, Simon Fisher Turner, Laibach and Can, Mute have shown that the guiding spirit behind their roster has always been one of artistic freedom and creative exploration.

Side A
1. Junip – In Every Direction (white sea remix)
2. Big Deal – Locked Up
3. Josh T. Pearson – Singer to the Crowd
4. Liars – Greyscale
Side B
1. Can – Millionspiel (edit)
2. S.C.U.M. – Summon the Sound
3. Moby – Be the One
4. Mick Harvey – The Ballad of Jay Givens
5. Polly Scattergood – Silver Lining

Rhymesayers Vinyl Picture Disc – 1000 copies

This year independent hip hop and independent retail join forces as Rhymesayers brings an exclusive 12″ picture disc to Record Store Day. The limited run of 1000 hand-numbered pieces is perfect for any collector and music lover and includes adigital download card to satisfy any audiophile’s needs. You’ll find 6 brand new, exclusive and unreleased tracks from Atmosphere featuring Aesop Rock,Brother Ali, Evidence of Dilated Peoples, P.O.S, Blueprint featuring Zero Star, andGrieves & Budo.These tracks are only available on this 12″, and will give you a taste of what to expect from all these artists in 2011! The picture disc was designed by Ohio artist and long time Rhymesayers collaborator Chris Gliebe aka Devious.

A SIDE:
1. Atmosphere feat. Aesop Rock – “Which Way Is Up?”
Produced by Atmosphere
2. Grieves – “Got’s To Go”
Produced by Budo
3. P.O.S – “Hog Knuckle Demo”
Produced by Mux Mool
B SIDE:
1. Brother Ali – “What I Do To You”
Produced by Jake One
2. Blueprint feat. Zero Star – “The Bartenders”
Produced by Blueprint
3. Evidence – “Can’t See The Sun”
Produced by Twiz The Beat Pro

**The following are extremely small runs and REGIONAL releases:**

Russian Recording Presents:We Just Call It Roulette Vol. 4: It Happened – St. Ives Records – 100 copies

Russian Recording, Landlocked Music and St Ives Records are pleased to announce “We Just Call It Roulette Vol. 4: IT HAPPENED” – a vinyl LP compilation of exclusive studio recordings from various artists from around the country. Each track was recorded, mixed and mastered by Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording Studios, specifically for this compilation. This limited edition piece will be available on RECORD STORE DAY 2011 – Saturday, April 16th, 2010. LIMITED TO 100 COPIES.

Tracks:
SIDE A:
Art Hospital – Sunburn (mikyokay mix) – 2:14
husband&wife – Waters Mix – 3:07
Elephant Micah – They Call – 5:06
Fat Shadow – Cut My Teeth – 3:02
Medusa – Muscles – 2:27
SIDE B:
Sleeping Bag – Slime – 3:23
Freddie T and the People – Little Patriot – 4:52
The Hollows – Wilt – 2:16
Parlor – Mixtures of Many – 1:57
FAWN – Cobra On the Beach (100 Stallions) – 2:57

Sacred Bones Presents: Todo Muere Vol. 1 – Sacred Bones Records – 900 copies

Todo Muere is no ordinary comp, as five out of the eight songs are unreleased rarities including b-sides, alternate takes and one demo from not only current but future roster artists. The first song by Moon Duo is an unreleased bonus track from the Mazes sessions, not featured on SBR-050. Number two, theTRUST track is a yet unreleased epic dark dance affair. Cult of Youth’s, “Eihwaz” was recorded during the Chris Coady S/T sessions and did not appear on the album solely due to lack of space on the vinyl, otherwise it would’ve been the single. Side B features an unreleased demo version of a song by Jesse Lortz (The Dutchess and the Duke), for his new Case Studiesproject due out early summer. Interspersed we have a couple slept-on hits and highlights from the recently released EPs by Pop.1280 (SBR-41), Gary War (SBR-042) and Amen Dunes (SBR-035). The closer is a once-in-lifetime acoustic track by Zola Jesus whose original version appeared on SBR-032,Stridulum. This version was recorded during a Part Time Punks radio session on KXLU.

Side A:	Moon Duo: Flowers Gary War: On Its Head Trust: Not a Waste of Sky Pop. 1280: Step Into the Grid
Side B:	Cult of Youth: Eihwaz Amen Dunes: Murder Dull Mind Case Studies: The Eagle or the Serpent Zola Jesus: Run Me Out (Acoustic PTP Version)

Guided By Voices Tribute: Sing For Your Meat – No More Fake Labels – 500 copies

Flaming Lips – Smothered in Hugs
Western Civ – Goldheart Mountain Top Queen Directory and My Valuable Hunting Knife
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Gleemer
Sorry About Dresden – Echos Myron
Jason Isbell and the 400 unit – Everywhere with Helicopter
Crooked Fingers – Tractor Rape Chain
Elf Power – man called aerodynamics
I Was Totally Destroying It – I am produced
La Sera (Katy Goodman of Vivian Girls ) – Watch Me Jumpstart
The Pneurotics – I am a Tree
Kelley Deal and Buffalo Killers – scalding creek
Blitzen Trapper – Hot Freaks
Superdrag – A Salty Salute
David Kilgour (of The Clean) – How Loft Am I
Thurston Moore – Stabbing A Star
James Husband (Of Montreal) – Buzzards and Dreadful Crows
Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh) – Game of Pricks

Franz Ferdinand – Domino – 500 copies

Covers EP coloured vinyl 12″

Live Alone – Debbie Harry & Franz Ferdinand
Dream Again – Stephin Merritt
Live Alone – LCD Soundsystem
What She Came For – ESG
Turn It On – Peaches

Save The Music Vol. 1: Shawn Lee Exclusives – Ubiquity – 500 copies

HAND-NUMBERED. GOLD VINYL.

Tracklist:
A1. AM & Shawn Lee “Dark Into Light”
A2. Shawn Lee “Anger Management (Instrumental)”
B1. Shawn Lee’s The Incredible Tabla Band “Apache”
B2. Shawn Lee & Princess Superstar “Anger Management”

Save The Music Vol. 2: Groove Merchant Exclusives – Ubiquity – 500 copies

HAND-NUMBERED. WHITE VINYL.

Tracklist:
A1. Magnetite “Don’t Close The Door”
A2. Pats People “December Sequel”
B1. Round Robin “Our Love Is So True”

Save The Music Vol. 3: BTS Radio Exclusives – Ubiquity – 500 copies

HAND-NUMBERED. RED VINYL.

Tracklist:
A1. S.Maharba (feat. Jed and Lucia) “So Much Skin”
A2. Letherette “Roses”
B1. Dibia$e “Cybertron”
B2. Jed and Lucia “This Is Why”

The Rough Guide To Desert Blues -World Music Network – 500

180g LP w/ download card. This is an LP version of a previous CD release. First time on LP. The enclosed download card allows the consumer to download the full LP, but is also offers a full download of the full debut album titled “Introducing from Niger’s Etran Finatawa.”

Tracks:
Side A Track 1 | Terakaft: Ténéré Wer Tat Zinchegh;
Side A Track 2 | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Bambugu Blues;
Side A Track 3 | Mariem Hassan: Tefla Madlouma;
Side A Track 4 | Tamikrest: Aratane N’adagh;
Side B Track 1 | Tinariwen: Tenhert;
Side B Track 2 | Etran Finatawa: Aitimani;
Side B Track 3 | Ali Farka Touré: Mali Dje

The Rough Guide To African Guitar Legends – World Music Network – 500 copies

This is an LP versions of a 3/15 CD release. The enclosed download card allows the consumer to download the full LP, but it also offers a full download of a full-length album titled Immortal Franco by the masterful Syran Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba Kongo.