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Taylor Swift, Rolling Stones, Nicki Minaj vinyl exclusives are coming on Record Store Day
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Vinyl record lovers, mark your calendars for April 23.
More than 300 new music releases are expected to land that day, most of them debuting – or exclusively available at – independent record stores, as part of Record Store Day 2022.
Artists with scheduled releases include Nicki Minaj, Foo Fighters, Mariah Carey, the Rolling Stones and Taylor Swift, who is serving as Global Record Store Day Ambassador. Many are albums or singles never released on vinyl, while others are being released on colored vinyl.
For instance, a 50th anniversary release of “More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)” from the Stones comes on two glow-in-the-dark vinyl LPs. Among the 25 tracks are 1963 debut single “Come On,” and a cover of Muddy Waters’ “I Can’t Be Satisfied,” plus rarities previously unavailable on vinyl in the U.S.
And Minaj’s “Beam Me Up Scotty,” a 2021 reissue of her 2009 mixtape, is on psychedelic fuchsia vinyl.
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Swift has an exclusive 7-inch single of “The Lakes,” a bonus from her album “Folklore.” On the flip side: “The Lakes (original version),” an orchestral take on the song not previously available on vinyl.
And her song “The Man” appears on “Portraits of Her,” a charitable compilation album made with shoemaker Vans to benefit We Are Moving the Needle, a nonprofit group supporting women in the recording industry. Other female artists contributing include Banks and Julia Michaels,
You can pick up some vinyl for the kids, too: “Peppa’s Adventures: The Album” features Peppa Pig, the star of the popular animated British TV series.
Record Store Day’s origins
This marks the 15th anniversary of Record Store Day – the first one was held April 19, 2008 – conceived as a way to celebrate independently owned record stores and the vinyl LP format. Typically, the event is held on the third Saturday in April, often with artist appearances at some of the 1,400 independent record stores in the U.S.
The last two years, there’s been no official celebrations because of the coronavirus lockdown and varying local and state restrictions on shopping. Instead, the occasion was marked with a series of Record Store Day-affiliated “drops” of new releases.
“We didn’t want to call it Record Store Day, because we didn’t want to make them think we’re encouraging people to go gather and drink beer and watch a band because we weren’t,” Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton says.
This year, retailers, record labels and vinyl manufacturers are facing supply chain issues, including availability of vinyl pellets, paper and even manpower to press and produce records, she says. So June 18 has been designated as a release date for records expected to miss the April 23 event.
“Let’s face it, there may be some that can’t even make June and then we’ll look to figure out when those can come out,” Colliton says.
Last year, vinyl LP sales in the U.S. grew 51% to 41.7 million – nine times the amount of vinyl sold in 2011, according to MRC Data, which provides data for the Billboard charts.
“People really love vinyl now,” Colliton says. “And everybody wants to sell vinyl now.”
Other Record Store Day 2022 releases
► Foo Fighters, “Making A Fire (Mark Ronson Re-Version)/Chasing Birds (Preservation Hall Jazz Band Re-Version)”: A 7-inch disc with new versions of these “Medicine at Midnight” tracks.
► Mariah Carey, “#1’s”: A 1998 collection of her first 13 chart-toppers.
► Kirk Hammett, “Portals”: The Metallica guitarist’s first solo album is among several Record Store Day releases out on CD as well as vinyl. The CD format saw its sales grow 1% in 2021 to 40.6 million, MRC Data said.
►The Jackson 5, “ABC”: The quintet’s second studio album is available for the first time on 180-gram blue vinyl.
►The Replacements, “Unsuitable for Airplay: The Lost KFAI Concert (Live)”: One of the earliest soundboard recordings of the alternative rock band.
For the complete list of Record Store Day releases go to recordstoreday.com.
Follow Mike Snider on Twitter: @mikesnider.
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The lone No. 1 seed still alive heading into the Elite Eight, Kansas needs only a win against No. 10 Miami (Fla.) to book a spot in the Final Four.
No. 2 Duke and coach Mike Krzyzewski can make one last Final Four and chase one final national championship by beating No. 4 Arkansas.
No. 2 Villanova can reach the national semifinals for the third time in six tournaments by winning what should be a defense-dominated brawl against No. 5 Houston.
And after beating No. 4 UCLA in the Sweet 16, No. 8 North Carolina is one win from reaching the Final Four under first-year coach Hubert Davis.
If everything goes according to plan, this year’s Final Four will consist of some of the biggest names in the history of the sport.
But the last week has taught us that this year’s NCAA Tournament will inevitably deviate from the script.
So look for the Jayhawks to be shocked in the Elite Eight, as the Bill Self collection of tournament collapses adds another painful chapter. Based on how things have gone through three rounds, Arkansas is a lock to send Krzyzewski into retirement one game shy of the Final Four. Villanova may be a two-time champion under Jay Wright, but the Wildcats will be smothered by Houston.
And, of course, the Tar Heels will lose to the team that embodies the wackiness and uncertainty of this entire tournament.
Saint Peter’s stands at the precipice of another outlandish achievement: being the first No. 15 seed — the first seed lower than No. 11, in fact — to reach the Final Four.
The Peacocks will be the underdog once again come Sunday, when they’ll match against a deeper and more talented opponent with decades of history to more than overshadow the Peacocks’ three-game run.
But beating another college basketball giant will simply take what we already know the Peacocks can bring to the table: Saint Peter’s reached the Elite Eight with energy, aggressiveness and composure, following the model set by unflappable coach Shaheen Holloway, and that same combination will give the Peacocks a chance at etching themselves into an even more permanent place in NCAA Tournament history.
“We’re happy but don’t mistake, we’re not satisfied, we’re not satisfied at all,” said guard Doug Edert. “The job is not finished. We feel like we belong and the more games we win the more confidence we build.”
That sounds like bad news for the Tar Heels, who might’ve righted the ship after a poor start to ACC play but could be the latest blueblood to the Peacocks’ formula.
At some point, the magic has to run out — for Saint Peter’s, which somehow keeps stacking upsets of higher-ranked opponents, and for the tournament at large, which has been wackier than ever but could suddenly snap back to the status quo.
But this March has not gone according to plan. Several big names lost early. Others failed to get out of the second round. The story of this year’s tournament has been upsets, shockers, letdowns, unpredictable officiating and unpredictability, period — why should the next two days be any different?
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