In about 63 hours, I’ll be throwin’ some ‘bows at Ear X-Tacy to make sure I get my hands on every Record Store Day release I need. Of course, “need” is hardly the proper term, but when you’re standing there holding the last copy of a Japanese Les Savy Fav import on coke bottle clear and orange swirl vinyl — well, that’s when “need” is the right word.

With that in mind, here is my list of RSD desirables. In looking through the list, there were some entries I objectively knew I should care about. For some reason, though, they just didn’t make me tingle. Below, you’ll find the tinglers. Not all of them are must-haves, but they’re all tinglers nonetheless.

• Bad Brains – Pay to Cum seven-inch
• Bad Brains – God of Love
• Big Star – Third (test pressing edition)
• Buck Owens – Close Up the Honky Tonks/My Heart Skips a Beat seven-inch
• Deerhoof/Xiu Xiu – Almost Xiu Xiu, Almost Deerhoof seven-inch
• Lady Gaga – Born This Way picture disc (for my wife, I swear)
• Mastodon/ZZ Top – Just Got Paid seven-inch
• Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math seven-inch
• Piebald – Vol I-III Triple Gatefold 3LP Special Edition
• Rival Schools – Wring It Out seven-inch
• The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations/Heroes and Villains 10-inch
• The Flaming Lips – Heady Nuggs box set
• Arthur Russell – World of Echo
• Fucked Up – Town Comp
• Superchunk/Coliseum – Horror Business/Bullet seven-inch
• Touché Amoré – To the Beat of a Dead Horse
• Joan of Arc – Presents: Don’t Mind Control

Needless to say, my eyes are bigger than my wallet. But what about you? What are your tinglers? And by that, I mean records that you want to buy this Saturday. Perv.

5 Responses to “What Are You Buying on Record Store Day?”

1. 

   On 04/13/11 6:13 PM, sammy said:

   The only thing I really want is the Coliseum/Superchunk split. Other things that I might buy if my store had it is the Deftones’ Covers, Fleet Foxes, Grinderman’s Evil, Lower Dens, Mastodon/ZZ Top, Pearl Jam, Ryan Adams, Bruce Springsteen, and The Black Angels. The selections are usually pretty limited though, so I’m usually just happy to buy what I do find.

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   On 04/15/11 12:01 PM, Don said:

   that touche amore press is only going to be available in like 2 stores in california. otherwise you can buy from 6131 or deathwish, 2nd post on this blog (they don’t have a permalink?): http://6131records.com/blog/

   run for cover is also doing a crime in stereo repress but i’ve yet to figure out if it’s going to be in-store only. that deftones cover album seems interesting too. otherwise:

   jenny/jonny/gram parssons
   OFF!
   Transit
   Fucked Up
   Trash Talk/Wavves (that just seems like a bad car wreck i want to have on my shelf)

5. 

   On 04/15/11 1:54 PM, Sean Cannon said:

   i knew it was only at those stores, but that didn’t make it tingle any less. however, i didn’t know about the online availability. so now i’m tingling even more. thanks for the heads up on that!

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   On 04/15/11 3:04 PM, sammy said:

   hey Don, you going to AR CD and Record Exchange?
   I also saw you headed in as I was headed out the other direction at Rev Room last week, didn’t get a chance to say hey.

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   On 04/17/11 11:35 AM, sammy said:

   I picked up Neurosis, White Stripes, Black Angels, Pearl Jam, and Rome.
   I was glad I didn’t see that Mastodon/ZZ Top seven inch, because I realized that I got Mastodon doing ZZ Top AND The Melvins on a seven inch I got through the Volcom subscription series…booyah!

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