Record Store Day has been postponed again, with organisers conceding that the rescheduled date of June 20th is too soon for the event to go ahead safely.
Instead, they have announced that the titles on 2020’s Record Store Day list will be available from independent record shops on one of the three following “RSD drop dates”: Saturday August 29, Saturday September 26 and Saturday October 24. A new version of the list will be launched on June 1st, revealing which titles will be released on which dates.
A statement on the official Record Store Day site reads: “This current RSD 2020 plan to spread the spotlight and the support over three months, was made with as much available information as possible, and gives the largest number of stores a chance to participate globally in the strangest Record Store Day ever. RSD will be using the guidance of government and scientific experts to ensure these RSD Drop dates are as socially responsible and safe for all involved as possible. Don’t necessarily expect all the normal in-store celebrations and events as these changes have been made to allow customers to get the RSD product safely in a socially distanced world. Our RSD online rules will be adapted in due course in line with retail developments.”
The new release schedule still features all of the previously-announced releases, but also showcases added debut of projects that wouldn’t have been ready for April. The first run of releases on August 29th will see the issuing of a 45-rpm version of The Black Keys‘ 2019 Let’s Rock; a live David Bowie album featuring a 1974 concert; the re-release of the Hooker n’ Heat collaboration between Canned Heat and John Lee Hooker; Mac DeMarco‘s Here Comes The Cowboy Demos; a re-release of Dr. John‘s breakout 1970 album, Remedies; two collections of b-sides and remixes from Gorillaz, D-Sides and G-Sides; Brittany Howard‘s Live At Sound Emporium; a record of previously-unheard live Thelonious Monk recordings, Palais Des Beaux-Arts 1963; New Riders Of The Purple Sage‘s vintage Field Trip (Live) from August 27th, 1972 in Veneta OR; a box set of John Prine‘s first four albums for Atlantic; and many more.
October 24th will see the release of An Evening With The Allman Brothers Band Set One recorded in 1991; the first release of Neal Casal‘s debut album, Fade Away Diamond Time, on vinyl; a live Grateful Dead record from May 9th, 1977 in Buffalo, NY; a collection of rarities and outtakes from The Rolling Stones, Metamorphosis UK, originally released in 1975; a live recording of The Who‘s legendary 1967 concert at Monterey Pop Festival; Frank Zappa‘s You Can’t Do That Onstage Anymore (Sampler)live smorgasbord; and many more.
Finally, September 26th will round out with The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore West on January 31st, 1971; the re-release of CHON‘s GROW; RSD brand ambassador Brandi Carlile‘s A Rooster Says; alternate takes of Fleetwood Mac‘s classic Rumours album; The Very Best of Jerry Garcia which captures Garcia through a variety of side projects over several decades; a pair of live singles celebrating the anniversary of Jimi Hendrix‘s final album with Band of Gypsies; a 25th anniversary edition of Ol’ Dirty Bastard‘s Return To The 36 Chamber: The Dirty Version; a remastered version of Primus‘ 1989 live album, Suck On This; a live album capturing The Ramones‘ concert on December 29th, 1977; and lots more.
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