Festivalgoers are seen in the Record Store during day 2 of the 2017 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 2) at the Empire Polo Club on April 22, 2017 in Indio, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella)
It’s that time of year again! It’s like Christmas in June as your favorite artists band together with local record stores to release special Record Store Day vinyl and CD releases.
Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 to celebrate the cornerstone of physical music collection, their staff, musicians, labels, and distributors large and small, and the annual music holiday has been growing ever since its first official celebration in 2008. Some cities like New York City, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas have even made it an official holiday.
In the U.S. alone over there are over 1400 record stores that have sold you your first record, your favorite record, and maybe even special ordered a rare record that you couldn’t find anywhere else. Tomorrow, Saturday June12th, is the day to take a moment to appreciate their importance to you and to music culture.
In honor of these fine people, we’ve picked out the must-haves of Record Store Day 2021 and put them in a convenient alphabetical list for you below!
Check out the full list of special releases at recordstoreday.com and make sure to support your local record stores. In the Bay Area, some of our favorites are 1-2-3-4 Go! Records (Oakland), One Bad Apple (Castro Valley), Tone Army Records(Concord), Down Home Music Store (El Cerrito), mod lang (El Cerrito), Needle To The Groove Record Shop (Fremont), Econo Jam Records (Oakland), Stranded SF (San Francisco), Thrillhouse Records (San Francisco), Streetlight Records (San Jose), Up The Creek (Walnut Creek), and Vinyl Solution Records (San Mateo).
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ARTIST
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LABEL
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FORMAT
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| “Through The Mists of Time” / “Witch’s Spell” | AC/DC | Columbia Records | 12″ Picture Disc | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 5000 |
| Mob Rules | Black Sabbath | Warner Records | LP Picture Disc | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 4000 |
| Heaven & Hell | Black Sabbath | Warner Records | LP Picture Disc | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 4000 |
| If Music Could Talk | The Clash | Legacy | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 3600 |
| Déjà vu Alternates | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Atlantic | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 10000 |
| Live In Oxford | Def Leppard | Island/Mercury | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 4000 |
| Morrison Hotel Sessions | The Doors | Elektra | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 7500 |
| Jokerman / I And I Remixes | Bob Dylan | Legacy | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 7000 |
| Jerry Garcia Band (30th Anniversary) | Jerry Garcia Band | Round Records | 5 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 7500 |
| Live at Knebworth 1990 | Genesis | Eagle Rock | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 2700 |
| Olympia Theatre, Paris, France 5/3/72 | Grateful Dead | Rhino/Grateful Dead Productions | 6 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 6700 |
| Heavy Metal (Live) | Sammy Hagar & The Circle | BMG | 12″ Picture Disc | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 2000 |
| Voices | Hall & Oates | LMLR (French Import) | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 3000 |
| Acid, Incense and Balloons: RSD-Collected Gems From The Golden Era Of Flight | Jefferson Airplane | Legacy | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 3000 |
| Pearl (Picture Disc) | Janis Joplin | Legacy | LP Picture Disc | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 4250 |
| Best Of | Judas Priest | eOne | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 2000 |
| As The Palaces Burn | Lamb Of God | Craft Recordings | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 3500 |
| Fallen Torches | Mastodon | Warner | 12″ Picture Disc | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 6500 |
| 40th Anniversary Cassette Box Set | Motley Crue | Better Noise | Cassette | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 1750 |
| St Valentine’s Day Massacre | Motorhead | Sanctuary Records | 10″ Picture Disc | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 4000 |
| Alive | Pearl Jam | Legacy | Cassette | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 6300 |
| Alive | Pearl Jam | Legacy | 12″ Vinyl | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 18500 |
| Angel Dream (Songs and Music from the Motion Picture She’s the One) | Tom Petty | Warner | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 12000 |
| Live at Knebworth 1990 | Robert Plant | Eagle Rock | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 4700 |
| Live! Vol. 1: Boston 1979 | The Police | A&M | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 3000 |
| Live! Vol. 2: Atlanta 1983 | The Police | A&M | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 3000 |
| Live At The Channel Boston | Iggy Pop | LMLR | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 3000 |
| The Truth | Prince | Legacy | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 13000 |
| Live Around the World / Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow | Queen + Adam Lambert, Freddie Mercury | Hollywood Records | Vinyl | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 3500 |
| The Battle of Mexico City | Rage Against The Machine | Legacy | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 12350 |
| triple J Live at the Wireless Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia, July 8, 1980 | Ramones | Sire | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 6000 |
| A Bigger Bang | The Rolling Stones | Mercury Studios | 10″ Vinyl | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 4000 |
| Hot Rocks (50th Anniversary Edition) | The Rolling Stones | Abkco | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jul 17th | 7200 |
| Two Against Nature | Steely Dan | Rhino | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 5000 |
| Everything Must Go | Steely Dan | Rhino | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 5050 |
| Strange Days | The Struts | IGA | LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 2000 |
| The Same Stardust EP | Styx | Ume | Vinyl | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th |
| Face Dances — 40th | The Who | Geffen | 2 x LP | RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th | 6500 |