Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Warner Bros. Records - To Release Vinyl Albums For Record Store Day

In honor of Record Store Day (April 16th), Warner Bros. Records has announced the release of a series of vinyl albums and singles. The releases will be available in limited quantities.

Here's a list of the vinyl albums and singles which will be released on April 16th.
  • Bad Brains: God of Love (vinyl) plus a bonus 7-inch, two-song single
  • The Belle Brigade: The Belle Brigade (vinyl LP)
  • Built To Spill: “Ripple” (7-inch picture disc)
  • Eric Clapton: Unplugged (Two-disc set on 180-gram vinyl)
  • Deftones: Covers (vinyl LP). The disc will include rare cover songs from The Cars, Drive Like Jehu, The Smiths, Sade, Jawbox, The Cardigans, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Japan, Duran Duran, The Cure, and Santo & Johnny
  • The Flaming Lips: Heady Nuggs: The First 5 Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002. This five-album collection includes four out-of-print sets. The collection includes 1992′s Hit To Death In The Future Head, Transmissions From The Satellite Heart, Clouds Taste Metallic, The Soft Bulletin, and Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. The box set will be limited and numbered.
  • Fleetwood Mac: Rumours. Both standard (33 1/3 RPM single disc) and audiophile deluxe (two-disc, 45 RPM, 180- gram vinyl) editions.
  • Glassjaw: Worship And Tribute (vinyl)
  • Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American. 10th anniversary, limited edition, three-disc reissue, featuring a disc of rarities and b-sides pressed on 140 gram vinyl. (Each will be hand-numbered with a gold foil stamp.) There will also be a special run of colored vinyl made exclusive for the Zia Record Store Day tent at Coachella in support of the group’s appearance at the festival.
  • Mastodon: Live At The Aragon deluxe two-disc set on 180-gram vinyl and a DVD.
  • My Chemical Romance: “Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na). 7-inch picture disc, includes the previously-unreleased “Zero Percent” on the b-side.
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (limited-edition white vinyl) and You’re Gonna Get It! (limited-edition blue vinyl).
  • R.E.M.: Three. Three 7-inch single 45 RPM discs. The first three singles from the group’s new album, Collapse Into Now, each in individual art gatefold sleeves with previously-unreleased B-sides._ Disc 1: “Mine Smell Like Honey”/”Supernatural Superserious” (live in Raleigh, NC).
    Disc 2: “Oh My Heart”/”Harborcoat” (live in Riga, Latvia)
    Disc 3: “UBerlin”/”What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” (live in Oslo, Norway)
  • Regina Spektor: Four From Far (limited-edition 33 1/3 RPM EP on powder-blue vinyl). Three previously-unreleased tracks taken from 2009′s Far recording sessions, none of which have ever been available on vinyl. “Eet” from Live in London is also included.
    Side A: “Riot Gear,” “The Sword & The Pen”
    Side B: “Time Is All Around,” “Eet”
Warner Bros. Records is also launching “Side By Side,” a series of extremely limited-edition 7-inch singles featuring Warner Bros. artists covering other historic and influential WB family artists. Each title will be colored uniquely, and 100 of each pressing will be available randomly on clear vinyl. The first four singles will be released on Record Store Day, with more singles to be announced soon.
  • “Havana Affair” (red vinyl): The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • “Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely” (orange vinyl): Hüsker Dü. Green Day
  • “Just Got Paid” (yellow vinyl): ZZ Top, Mastodon
  • “Love Hurts” (light-blue vinyl): Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels (featuring Emmylou Harris), Jenny And Johnny

Warner Bros. Records is an official partner of Record Store Day.