Record Store Day 2023: Staff Picks

by Kara Manning | 08/30/2023 | 6:46am

Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash

It's a vinyl bonanza for music lovers on Saturday, April 22 — Record Store Day is not only an opportunity to pick up a choice rarity, a resurrected live recording, or reissue, but to support your favorite independent record shop.

Our FUV hosts have an eye on what they'd like to purchase this weekend: check out their picks below, peruse the special release offerings yourself, and on Saturday, support your local record store!

Russ Borris:

The Magnetic Fields, i
Sparks, A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Streetcore (20th Anniversary)

Fave store: Lofidelic, Belmar, NJ

Paul Cavalconte:

Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, The Sound Emporium EP
Charlie Parker, Afro Cuban Bop: The Long Lost Bird Live Recordings
The Rolling Stones, Beggars Banquet ("The original Decca mono out of print — I have an original")

Fave store: Academy Records & CDs, New York, NY

Darren DeVivo:

Miles Davis, Turnaround: Rare Miles from the Complete On The Corner Sessions
("Davis' 1972 album On The Corner is an eruption of funkafied, psychedelic, avant garde free-jazz fusion, and I dig it!")
Paul McCartney and Wings, Red Rose Speedway
("A half-speed mastered 50th anniversary edition. The second Wings album was eight-year-old Darren's first McCartney record.")
Prefab Sprout, Steve McQueen Acoustic
("Frontman Paddy McAloon revisits 1985's Steve McQueen, also known as Two Wheels Good in the U.S.")

Fave store: Main Street Beat, Nyack, NY

Dennis Elsas:

The Doors, The Doors Limited Edition RSD3 Mini Turntable ("looks like fun!")
Elvis Presley, Burning Love: The RCA Rehearsals ("a hunk hunka")
John Lennon, Gimme Some Truth (a 10" Vinyl Box Set ... unique packaging.")

Eric Holland:

Howlin' Wolf, Live and Cookin' At Alice's Revisited
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Streetcore (20th Anniversary)
Various Artists, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era (1964-1968)[50th Anniversary Box]

Fave store: Village Revival Records, New York, NY

Benham Jones:

The Orb featuring Lee Scratch Perry, The Upsetter at the Starhouse Session
Various Artists, Larry Levan's Paradise Garage
Broken Social Scene, You Forgot It In People (20th Anniversary Edition)

Fave store: Exile on Main, Branford, CT

Kara Manning:

Blur, Blur Present The Special Collectors Edition
Ivy, Apartment Life Demos
Black Renaissance, Body, Mind and Spirit

Fave store: Rough Trade NYC, New York, NY and Rough Trade East, London, UK

Rich McLaughlin

Wilco, Crosseyed Strangers: An Alternate Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Nico, Live At The Library Theatre '80
Howlin' Wolf, Live and Cookin' At Alice's Revisited

Fave store: Mr. Cheapo CDs in Mineola, NY

Corny O'Connell:

B.B. King, Blues Is King
Medeski, Martin & Wood, It's A Jungle In Here (30th Anniversary Edition)
London Grammar, If You Wait: 10th Anniversary Edition

Fave store: Ergot Records, New York, NY

John Platt

(John's picks are not part of the special release offerings)
Iris DeMent, Working on a World
Mark Erelli, Lay Your Darkness Down
U2, Songs of Surrender