Best Releases to Look For

EP, 4,400 Copies (Rhino)

Whether you first heard it in a club or on TV as a theme Snooki and JWOWWThis hit single from the Swedish synth-pop duo, featuring a young Charli XCX, still radiates with modern panache more than a decade later. This special EP, pressed on glow-in-the-dark wax, gathers together nine remixes of singles from Tiësto, Cobra Starship, Steven Radant and more.

EP, 500 Copies (ORG MUSIC)

Los Angeles’s OTTTO are gaining attention as one of the country’s most promising young rock acts, this new EP coming out as an extremely limited vinyl pressing a week before its proper street date (December 5th). Here, the trio of bassist Ty Trujillo, drummer Patrick “Trico” Chavez and guitarist-vocalist Brian Noah Ferretti are joined by longtime friend Nick Oliveri of Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age on the rousing title track, punctuating a wild four-song set that symbolizes a bold new direction for the band as it continues to grow and evolve.

LP, 6,000 copies (Rhino)

1995s balance Nobody has a favorite Van Halen album. Yet the tour behind the band’s tepid final full-length with Sammy Hagar was an untold revelation in the context of this lineup, as this eight-song doc from London’s Wembley Stadium confirms. Here, the band features Roth-era gems like “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love,” The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” and “Jump,” as well as Van Hagar’s essential songs like “When It’s Love” and “Right Now,” to create a unique live recording that longtime fans of both versions of the band can appreciate.

3LP, 1,500 copies (Heritage Recordings)

Recorded at New York’s Nassau Coliseum on December 29, 1982 and broadcast on HBO the following summer (with a later release on CBS Home Video), a standalone vinyl version of live from long island Umm, “The Longest Time” has been on the wish list of Billy Joel fans. Now free from the 2023 box set limit The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 2With this newly remixed version from the musician’s longtime sound engineer Brian Ruggles, this legendary show is now its own essential unit in the Joel discography, featuring electrifying versions of all the hits and deeper cuts like “Until the Night” and “Scandinavian Skies.”

LP, 1,900 copies (Varisse Sarabande)

You don’t need to catch lightning from the Hill Valley Clocktower to revisit Alan Silvestri’s stirring score back to the future The film trilogy with this first-of-its-kind collection that includes music from all three films. Pressed on “Doc Brown” vinyl, this RSD exclusive celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original blockbuster by providing fans a means to relive the adventures of Marty McFly through the space-time continuum that transported them three centuries from the comfort of their hi-fi system at home. Where this soundtrack goes, you don’t need roads.

LP, 13,000 copies (Heritage Recordings)

Bob Dylan’s iconic second album, originally released on May 27, 1963, underwent several tracklist changes before hitting record stores, as the Bard was writing songs at the time, this period expertly written in the 18th and possibly the final segment of his story. bootleg seriesHowever, it brings RSD exclusive Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan Back to their initial concept which removed “Girl from the North Country,” “Masters of War” and “Talkin’ World War III Blues” and included four tracks that they replaced with “Rocks and Gravel,” “Let Me Die in My Footsteps,” “Rambling, Gambling Willie” and “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues.” This is an interesting alternate take on the most iconic Bob LP.

LP, 1,400 copies (Omnivorous Recordings)

Music composition runs deep in the D’Addario family as Brian and Michael of The Lemon Twigs pay tribute to their father Ronnie’s songwriting process with this collection of the elder D’Addario’s best material from the 1970s Long Island music scene, along with fellow local artists like Barnaby Bye and Billy Joel. Brian and Michael play on every track, while dad sits in the majority during the parade of guests – including Todd Rundgren, Mac DeMarco, Sean Ono Lennon, Darian and Probyn of The Wondermints and second-generation beach boy Matt Jardine – to pay their respects. Pressed on opaque red vinyl, written by This is a beautiful testament to the love these boys have for their father.

2LP, 5,000 Copies (Rhino)

For all the Gen Zers searching for rumors For the first time ever, also give yourself time to dig into the self-titled Fleetwood Mac album, which turns 50 this year and kicked off the Buckingham-Nicks era. And to mark this golden anniversary, Rhino has released the live portion of Fleetwood Mac’s 2022 Deluxe Edition as its own standalone title.

Taken from a pair of October ’75 dates at Passaic, NJ’s Capitol Theater and the University of Connecticut’s Jorgensen Auditorium, this double LP – making its vinyl debut – finds the band in peak form as it reimagines the hits of their day – “Rhiannon” and “Landslide” as well as early Mac classics like “Oh Well,” “Station Man” and “The Green Manalishi (with Two Lineup goes with the pointed crown).”

LP, 5,000 copies (Mercury/Republic Records)

Posty’s first foray into country music F-1 trillion It’s a lavish and extremely busy affair, packed with a star-studded guest list that includes everyone from Dolly Parton to Morgan Wallen to Jelly Roll to Chris Stapleton to Billy Strings and then some. what makes long bed – Initially released as the second disc of the Digital Deluxe Edition F-1 – such is the quality that this is just Malone showcasing his strengths as a versatile, shape-shifting songwriter without the distraction of A-list dudes, who is, in many ways, better than his counterpart. long bed Makes its vinyl debut on neon orange vinyl.

7″ vinyl, 30,000 copies (Island)

According to the woman herself, we may not get another new album from Chapelle Rhone for another five years, making the physical release of this pair of popular singles one of the highlights of this year’s RSD Black Friday. “The Subway” takes its dream-pop cues from groups like The Sundays and The Cranberries to evoke painful memories of a breakup, while “The Giver” was reportedly inspired by Big & Rich’s “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)”, albeit from a lesbian’s perspective.

1,100 Copies (Kill Rock Stars)

Interscope Records may have been the place where Linda Perry achieved success as a member of the 4 Non Blondes, but it wasn’t the right place for her solo debut. in flightWhich was a strong statement on the importance of freedom and creative expression in the face of a major label, prompting him to repeat another “What’s Up”. Instead, this songwriter to the stars looked inward to craft a work brimming with heart, soul, and intelligence whose time to shine has finally come. And after 29 years, in flight Somehow feels at home on Pacific Northwest indie Kill Rock Stars, which RSD is releasing the album on vinyl for the first time since its original pressing for Black Friday.

2LP, 2,500 copies (Time Traveler Recordings)

Zev Feldman – Man the new Yorker Dubbed the “Jazz Detective” – Bad Brains continues to move beyond his primary genre with the release of this ferocious set of early live recordings. Captured during two separate dates at the famed Washington, D.C., rock club The Bayou in 1980 and 1981, these shows find the band before leaving the nation’s capital for New York City, where the group would record their eponymous debut.

Yet, during these two shows, beautifully transferred from the original tapes and mastered by Don Zientara, fans will find wild versions of “Yellow Tape” anthems like “Attitude,” “Right Brigade,” “The Big Takeover” and “Banned in DC.” It is the first non-jazz work on Feldman’s new label Time Traveler Recordings.