April 19th Is Record Store Day. Will You Be Ready?

Audiophiles are in for a treat on April 19th, as music shops nationwide celebrate all things vinyl. Record Store Day was founded in 2007, and has rapidly grown to include independent record stores across the country. Not to mention all the support Record Store Day has garnered the attention of dozens upon dozens of recording artists, each eager to release their music on high-quality vinyl LPs.

The list of albums being released for Record Store Day is massive. You can find the full list here, but we’ve hand-picked some favorites for you.

-Allman Brothers Band – Selections from: Play All Night Live At The Beacon Theatre 1992
-The Animals – The Animals EP
-Atmosphere – The Lake Nokomis Maxi Single
-David Bowie – 1984 Picture Disc
-Broken Bells – Holdin On For Life
-Built To Spill – Ultimate Alternative Wavers
-Cage the Elephant – Take It Or Leave It
-Chvrches – Recover EP
-Sam Cooke – Ain’t That Good News
-Creedence Clearwater Revival – 1969 Singles
-The Cure/Dinosaur Jr. – Side By Side Series
-Cut Copy – In These Arms of Love/Like Any Other Day
-Dave Matthews Band – Live Trax Vol. 4
-Disclosure – Apollo
-The Doors – Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
-Drive-By Truckers – Dragon Pants EP
The Flaming Lips – 7 Skies H3
-Jerry Garcia – Garcia
-Grateful Dead – Live At The Hampton Coliseum
-Green Day – Demolicious
-Jimi Hendrix – Love At Monterey
-Jay-Z/Linkin Park – Collision Course
-Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Dap-Dippin’ [Remastered]
-Lake Street Dive – What I’m Doing Here/Wedding Band
-LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye
-Man Man – The Man In Turban With Blue Face
-Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea/I Hate Myself And Want To Die
-Outkast -SOUTHERNPLAYALISTICADILLACMUZIK
-Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes – Live At The Greek
-The Ramones – Melt Down With The Ramones
-Skrillex – Recess
-Thievery Corporation – Saudade
-The Velvet Underground – Loaded
-White Denim – A Place To Start (Jamie Lidell Remix)
-The Yardbirds – Little Games
-Frank Zappa – Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow/Down In De Dew
-Zedd – Find You Turn Up Your Night Edition

To find participating stores, simply head to the Record Store Day Store Locator (that is a mouthful) and punch in your city/zip code. And go buy some vinyl!