Rhino readies Jane’s Addiction RSD09 Reissues
Rhino has announced that it will release 180-gram vinyl versions of Jane’s Addiction’s landmark albums 1988’s ‘Nothing’s Shocking’ and 1990’s ‘Ritual De Lo Habitual’ to celebrate Record Store Day on April 18. (Read more here.)
Jesus Lizard Mark Record Store Day with Boxed Set
The band, which recently announced plans to reunite for British shows, will drop a Record Store Day exclusive through Touch and Go Records, collecting out of print 7-inch releases for a boxed set. The tracks, all remastered by Bob Weston, are collected in fancy clear packaging.
The boxed set will be available at independent music retailers as part of this year’s Record Store Day April 18. (Read more here.)
Taking Back Sunday ready RSD09 7″
Taking Back Sunday will announce a US/Canada tour and the release date for their upcoming New Again soon. You want webisodes? A fresh new batch of them will debut with the band’s new website, which you will see soon. A new 7″ will be released for National Record Store day in April. Follow up their conversation in the replies with your own snarky comments. (Read more here.)
Wilco plans album, tours on Ashes of American Flags DVD
As promised, Wilco will be hitting the road this March for an international tour in support of the band’s forthcoming concert DVD Ashes of American Flags. The excursion will see Jeff Tweedy and his band of merrymakers getting folked up across the Midwest and points South before hopping across the Atlantic for a string of shows in Spain.
Ashes of American Flags is out April 18 (Record Store Day!) at select independent record stores, and April 20 everywhere else. (Read more here.)
Domino signs up for Record Store Day exclusive
Organisers of Record Store Day in the UK have announced a fresh load of exclusive releases, which will be offered for sale by participating retailers at the event.
Following the news last week of two exclusive seven-inch releases from the Beggars stable to mark the day, which intended to celebrate independently-owned music retailers across the globe, Rough Trade East store manager Spencer Hickman has revealed details of five new exclusives. (Read more here.)
Def Jam Launches 25th Anniversary Celebration With Record Store Day Release Of Double Vinyl Set
The greatest names in the history of hip-hop, rap and R&B – from LL Cool J and Slick Rick to Rihanna and Kanye West, from Public Enemy and 3rd Bass to Ludacris, Redman and Rick Ross, from Jay-Z to Young Jeezy and dozens more – have made Def Jam Recordings the destination for Urban artists over the past quarter century. Now Island Def Jam Music Group is set to turn up the heat in honor of Def Jam’s 25th anniversary in 2009, starting with the launch of DEF JAM 25.
To help with the celebration of Record Store Day, Def Jam will release a limited edition 4 LP deluxe set. (Read more here.)
