Record Store Day Black Friday – an extension of the annual celebration of independent music stores that has since devolved into a bloated, navel-gazing mess that hurts the very stores it purports to support – returns once again on November 27. RSD was founded in 2008 to help attract customers to then-struggling independent retailers (and attract vinyl enthusiasts like me), but in recent years it has become a clearinghouse for increasingly ridiculous rarities; some notable stores even refused to participate due to profitability and distribution concerns. While the 2027 edition likely won’t fix the well-documented issues the event continues to face, there are still some gems worth purchasing for a horde of Sombr fans. Below, the Pitchfork team has compiled a list of the best nuclear teeth gnashers:
- David Axelrod: David Axelrod
- Frank Black: Teenager of the Year
- Pierre Bourne: The life of Peter 4
- Fishing spoon: #1
- Funkadélic: Live at Meadowbrook 1971
- Vince GuaraldiTrio: A Charlie Brown Christmas (Advent calendar edition)
- Carly Rae Jepsen: Day and night (continued)
- Lil Wayne: No ceilings
- Joni Mitchell: Live at Carnegie Hall – 1972
- Stevie Nicks: Bella Donna
- Bruce Springsteen and the band E Street: Live at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia 1975
- Masayoshi Takanaka: Great selection
- Tom Verlaine: Living in New York 1996 – 2006
- Or : Shinola, Vol. 2
- Bill Withers: Bill Withers in concert – Live at the BBC, 1974
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