With Thanksgiving just around the corner and Black Friday on the horizon, it’s time to start the dreaded annual holiday shopping season. While it can be difficult to find the right gift for somebody, Record Store Day is making it easy to shop for the vinyl lover in your life. In addition to the annual April celebration of independent record stores, RSD puts out a fresh batch of new and limited edition releases for the year’s busiest shopping day.

Flipping through the Record Store Day Black Friday releases, here are a dozen albums that landed on Live For Live Music‘s wishlist. Find the full list of RSD Black Friday releases here.

Allman Brothers Band Manley Field House, Syracuse NY April 7, 1972 — “The complete live recording of the Allman Brothers Band’s April 7, 1972 performance at Manley Field House at Syracuse University in Syracuse NY. The two disc set is pressed on Syracuse colors of orange and blue, and numbered for RSD Black Friday.” 5,000 copies, 3LP.

The Byrds/Buffalo Springfield The Byrds / Buffalo Springfield: Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival — “The two most important American rock bands performing at the Monterey International Pop Festival—Buffalo Springfield and The Byrds—had one thing in common: David Crosby. These sets mark a pivotal moment in Crosby’s career: One of his final performances before leaving The Byrds and, sitting in with Buffalo Springfield at the request of Stephen Stills, the beginnings of the partnership that would become Crosby, Stills, and Nash. While the sets by Otis, The Who, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix were revolutionary moments, these sets by The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield tell a different story, of one artist’s evolution that in turn changed rock music itself.” 3,000 copies, 2LP.

The Doors Live in Detroit — “The Doors’ performance from Cobo Arena, May 8, 1970 is available on 4-LP vinyl for the first time.
Captured during the band’s Roadhouse Blues Tour, it was one of their longer shows. In fact, the band played for an hour past curfew and were banned from the arena on future tours. The fiery set includes several Blues covers, including “I’m a King Bee,” Back Door Man,” Junior Parker’s “Mystery Train” and “Crossroads” by Robert Johnson. The Doors also tear through 17-minute-plus versions of “The End” and “When The Music’s Over” as well as an over-19-minute version of “Light My Fire” and other rare tracks such as “Love Hides” and “Dead Cats, Dead Rats.” This collection captures the band at an absolute zenith.” 5,000 copies, 4LP.

Jerry Garcia Electric on the Eel: August 29th, 1987 — “Electric on the Eel: August 29th, 1987 brings the first Eel River show to vinyl.
Co-produced by Bill Graham Presents and the Hog Farm, this show lent an air of familiarity not always present in the urban setting Jerry usually played in. With his quintessential band in tow – Gloria Jones, John Kahn, David Kemper, Jacklyn LaBranch, and Melvin Seals – fans traveled across the country to see JGB in the heart of the Emerald Triangle.
Limited edition of 4,000 pressed on Orange Sunshine vinyl.” 4,000 copies, 3LP.

Grateful Dead Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT 5/5/77 — “The May 1977: Get Shown The Light vinyl saga comes to a close with the New Haven 5/5/77 opening night performance
Featuring: “Sugaree,” “Scarlet > Fire,” “St. Stephen > Sugar Magnolia,” “Estimated Prophet,” And What Is Widely Considered One Of The Best Performances Of “Peggy-O.”
A limited edition 4 x LP box set mastered By Jeffrey Norman from the original analog tapes, produced for release by David Lemieux.” 4,500 copies, 4LP.

David Grisman Dawg ’90 (Deluxe) — “Dawg ’90 is the debut release on David’s Grisman’s acclaimed Acoustic Disc label, originally released in 1990 on cassette and CD formats. The album is a collection of original tunes featuring the David Grisman Quintet and special guests Mark O’Connor and Matt Glaser on fiddle. It was nominated for a Grammy in the Country Instrumental category, Grisman’s first ever nomination for his own music.
Thirty four years later, the album is finally receiving its first-ever vinyl pressing with a deluxe 2xLP release, exclusively for RSD Black Friday 2024.” 1,300 copies, 2LP.

Herbie Hancock Possibilities — “Herbie Hancock joins forces with musical icons Annie Lenox, Christina Aguilera, John Mayer, Santana, Sting and more, as his early aughts duet album Possibilities makes its vinyl debut. This Ruby Red 3LP set includes the original album, newly remastered, with four bonus tracks.” 3,000 copies, 3LP.

Jimi Hendrix Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts — “Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts presents highlights from the historic debut concerts by Jimi Hendrix’s newly assembled Band of Gypsys (Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox, Buddy Miles) at New York’s Fillmore East on New Years Eve 1969 and New Years Day 1970. Measured alongside his triumphs at Monterey Pop and Woodstock, Hendrix’s legendary Fillmore East concerts illustrated a critical turning point in a radiant career filled with indefinite possibilities. Mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Bernie Grundman, these recordings were drawn from the 2019 boxset collection which presented each of the four legendary performances. This special RSD Black Friday edition is being released on blue and violet swirl vinyl.” 4,500 copies, LP.

Jazz Sabbath The 1968 Tapes — “Longtime Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne keys and guitar player Adam Wakeman (as Milton Keanes) is back with Jazz Sabbath – The 1968 Tapes. This RSD Black Friday exclusive MONO edition features eight Black Sabbath songs re-imagined as classic jazz tracks.
Even though the two albums Jazz Sabbath recorded in 1969 (if you choose to believe the liner notes) were only just released in this decade, the songs did find their way to millions in the last 50 years. Through a vicious cycle of personal tragedy and plagiarism the songs intended to change the jazz world ended up giving birth to a much darker sound. However, the songs on those two albums were not the first ones the band recorded. These are.” 2,500 copies, LP with CD.

Orgone Bacano — “Now and always, Orgone delivers dirty, organic, California soul with heart; music that grabs you by the collar, pulls you to your feel and shoves you wantingly onto the dance floor. It all started with two kids from the San Fernando Valley, whose shared affinity for gritty soul records of the 60s and 70s collided with the colorful music cultures brewing in Los Angeles during the late 90s. That friendship sparked a movement, and Orgone has been delivering nothing but gold to the funk faithful ever since.” 2,500 copies, 2LP.

Sun Ra Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank 1978 — “Available for the very first time, the intergalactic icon Sun Ra and his Arkestra’s Lights On A Satellite: Live at the Left Bank was recorded on July 23, 1978 at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, Maryland by the Left Bank Jazz Society.
The limited-edition 180g 2 x LP set contains audio from the Sun Ra Archives, and was researched and compiled by Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson. Mastering by engineer Joe Lizzi and lacquers cut by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab. The critically acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Mugge has also provided audio from the recordings he made at the Left Bank, featured in his 1980 film Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise.” 1,500 copies, 2LP.

Thievery Corporation The Richest Man In Babylon — “The Richest Man In Babylon is the third studio album by American electronic music duo Thievery Corporation. It was first released in 2002 by ESL Music. The album features contributions from Emiliana Torrini, LouLou, Pam Bricker, and Notch, with both electronic and live instrumentation. The album combines influences such as dub, jazz, dance, rap, reggae and Indian music, and incorporates protest music into the group’s sound.
Out of print for several years, the album is now being pressed on double red and white vinyl for RSD Black Friday.” 3,000 copies, 2LP.