Record Store Day 2013: The Cure, R.E.M., PiL, Hüsker Dü, JAMC, Kate Bush, The Fall + more

We’re now less than a month away from the 2013 edition of Record Store Day — it falls on April 20 this year — and now that the full U.S. and U.K. lists of exclusive releases are out, we’ve culled the title and put together this handy guide of highlights featuring releases likely to interest fans of ’80s college rock and alternative music.

Below, you’ll find highlights of the U.S. release list followed by the U.K. standouts; there are many titles on both lists (The Cure, R.E.M., The Glove, a Factory Records sampler for example), but also a good number that aren’t (PiL’s release is only in the U.S., for example, while The Jesus and Mary Chain, Echo & The Bunnymen and Kate Bush are going U.K.-only).

So check out the lists, and be sure to find the nearest participating independent retailer (U.S. stores, U.K. stores) if you’re hoping to head out April 20 to score some of these.

 

 

U.S. Record Store Day highlights:

(Full release list)

 

Big Star

Release: Nothing Can Hurt Me (Special Pressing)
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Omnivore Recordings
Details: Limited first-edition 2LP 180-gram on colored vinyl of soundtrack to soon-to-be released documentary film. All previously unissued versions (see full tracklist). Download card included.

 

David Bowie

Release: “Drive-In Saturday”
Format: 7-inch picture disc
Label: Capitol
Details: Seven-inch picture disc in clear sleeve (similar to previous versions). The single features “Drive-In Saturday” on the A side and “Drive-In Saturday” (Russell Harty Plus Pop Version) on the B-side.

 

David Bowie

Release: “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Columbia
Details: Collectible white vinyl 7-inch featuring two songs, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” and “Where Are We Now?”, from David Bowie’s new album The Next Day, his first new record in a decade.

 

Billy Bragg

Release: “No One Knows Nothing Anymore”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Cooking Vinyl
Details: Seven-inch single features the new song “No One Knows Anything Anymore,” produced by Joe Henry, on the A side, and the Titanic-themed “Song of the Iceberg” that Bragg played on the BBC last year on the B side.

 

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Release: Animal X
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Bad Seed Ltd.
Details: It’s a little unclear what this release is from Nick Cave. It appears to be a new single, but no details have yet been released by the singer or Record Store Day organizers.

 

Lloyd Cole & Hans-Joachim Roedelius / Roedelius Schneider

Release: Lloyd Cole & Hans-Joachim Roedelius / Roedelius Schneider
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Bureau B
Details: Split 7-inch single with songs from Lloyd Cole and Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Cluster and Roedelius’ collaboration with Stefan Schneider.

 

The Cure

Release: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Rhino
Details: The Cure’s 1987 album is reissued on limited-edition, numbered red vinyl in a 2LP set. The record has been out of print for more than a decade. Limited to 3,500 copies.

 

The dB’s

Release: Revolution of the Mind
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Orange Sound
Details: Features four new tracks (“Revolution of the Mind,” “Lakefront,” “Orange Squeezer,” “pH Factor”) on orange vinyl in a 4-C jacket with downloads. “pH Factor” recorded live in New York City.

 

The Doors / X

Release: Side By Side: “Soul Kitchen”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Rhino
Details: Seven-inch single on milky translucent vinyl featuring The Doors’ 1967 original of “Soul Kitchen” (Elektra Records) on one side and X’s 1980 cover (Slash Records) on the other.

 

The Flaming Lips

Release: Zaireeka
Format: Vinyl box set
Label: Warner Bros.
Details: The Flaming Lips’ 1997 album is reissued on four 45-rpm LPs, each pressed on a different color vinyl. The box set itself comes with art unique to this release and a 12-page booklet.

 

The Glove

Release: Blue Sunshine
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Rhino
Details: The lone album from Robert Smith of The Cure and the Banshees’ Steven Severin is reissued on limited-edition, numbered translucent blue vinyl 2LP set, featuring a disc of demos. Limited to 3,500 copies.

 

Half Japanese

Release: 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts
Format: 5CD or 5LP box set
Label: Fire/Cargo
Details: The Half Japanese debut released in a 4LP box featuring extra 12-inch containing tracks not originally available on the album and extra unreleased tracks. Also available in 5CD version (see full tracklist).

 

Robyn Hitchcock

Release: There Goes The Ice
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Yep Roc
Details: This 10-song LP collects songs from Robyn Hitchcock’s “Phantom 45” web series, and adds two more. Tracks include “Halo Mary,” “To Be Human,” “Bellyfull Of Arms & Legs” and more (see full tracklist).

 

Hüsker Dü

Release: “Amusement”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Numero Group
Details: Double 7-inch reissue of the band’s first single, “Amusement” b/w “Statues,” plus the studio alternates “Writer’s Cramp” and “Let’s Go Die.” This release is being pressed in a limited edition of 4,000.

 

Mike Watt & The Black Gang

Release: “Rebel Girl”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Org Music
Details: Two live recordings from Mike Watt & The Black Gang, featuring Wilco’s Nels Cline. The A side, cover of Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl,” was recorded in 1998. The cover of Humble Pie’s “30 Day in the Hole” was recorded in 1999.

 

The Minus 5 / Tim O’Reagan & Jim Boquist

Release: “Rockin’ Here Tonight”/”Cozy”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: New West
Details: No. 3 in the ‘Songs For Slim’ series, this translucent maroon 7-inch features The Minus 5 (featuring Peter Buck) on one side and Tim O’Reagan of The Jayhawks and Jim Boquist of Son Volt and Golden Smog on the other.

 

Misfits / The Lemonheads

Release: Side By Side: “Skulls”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Rhino
Details: Another 7-inch single picture disc in Rhino’s “Side By Side” series, featuring the Misfits’ 1982 original (Slash Records) and the Lemonheads’ 1991 cover (Atlantic Records).

 

Thurston Moore & Loren Connors

Release: The Only Way To Go Is Straight Through
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Northern Spy
Details: This 12-inch pulls together two collaborative performances (“The Stone” and “Public Assembly”) from Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore and experimental musician Loren Connors.

 

OMD

Release: The Future Will Be Silent
Format: 10-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: The reunited synthpop favorites release a limited-edition 10-inch picture disc with four songs off the band’s upcoming English Electric album plus an exclusive track called “Time Burns.”

 

Orange Juice

Release: You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever, Rip It Up, Texas Fever, The Orange Juice
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Domino
Details: Each of Orange Juice’s four albums is reissued on 12-inch vinyl for Record Store Day. Each comes with a download card.

 

Porno For Pyros

Release: Porno For Pyros
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Brookvale Records
Details: The self-titled debut from Perry Farrell’s post-Jane’s Addiction band, originally released in 1993, is reissued for Record Store Day on 12-inch vinyl featuring a swirl of color.

 

Public Image Ltd.

Release: “Public Image”/”Cowboy Song”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Light In The Attic
Details: PiL’s debut single is released in the U.S. for the first time as a replica 7-inch single limited to 4,000 hand-numbered copies. Each single will feature a reproduction of the original fold-out newspaper sleeve.

 

Pulp

Release: “After You”
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Rough Trade
Details: Twelve-inch maxi single featuring the “regular version” of Pulp’s James Murphy-produced single, which was released digitally last year, plus a Soulwax remix and one additional remix.

 

R.E.M.

Release: Live In Greensboro EP
Format: CD
Label: Rhino
Details: Five-track CD EP recorded on the Green tour that will serve as companion to bonus live album included on the upcoming 25th anniversary reissue of Green. Comes with original ’89 tour patch (see full tracklist).

 

Soundgarden

Release: King Animal Demos
Format: 10-inch vinyl
Label: IDJ
Details: Ten-inch EP featuring six demos of songs recorded for 2012’s King Animal, including “Bones or Birds,” “By Crooked Steps,” “Halfway There,” “Worse Dreams,” “Black Saturday” and “A Thousand Days Before.”

 

The Three O’Clock

Release: Live at The Old Waldorf 2/9/82
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Burger
Details: The newly reunited Paisley Underground act issues a previously unreleased live show recorded on Feb. 9, 1982, and also featuring contemporaries Susannah Hoffs of The Bangles and The Rain Parade.

 

Various Artists

Release: Factory Records: Communications 1978-1992 (Sampler #2)
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Rhino
Details: Twelve-inch Factory Records sampler featuring Joy Division (“She’s Lost Control (12″ Version)”), New Order (“1963 (12″ Version)”), The Durutti Column (“Otis”) and Happy Mondays (“Loose Fit (12″ Version)”).

 

Various Artists

Release: No Alternative: 20th Anniversary Edition
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Legacy
Details: Twentieth anniversary release of groundbreaking compilation produced to benefit AIDS relief. Features tracks from Beastie Boys, Pavement, Soundgarden, Nirvana. Double LP on numbered, 180-gram vinyl.

 

Paul Weller

Release: Sonik Kicks: The Singles Collection
Format: 7-inch vinyl box set
Label: Yep Roc
Details: Box set collecting five 7-inches from Paul Weller’s Sonik Kicks album, including a never-before-released single with “That Dangerous Age” and “Be Happy Children” live acoustic. All on colored vinyl (see full tracklist).

 

Wire

Release: Change Becomes Us
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Pink Flag/Cargo
Details: The post-punk veterans’ 13th studio album is due out in stores March 25, but the band is waiting until Record Store Day to release a vinyl version of the 13-song collection.

 

 

U.K. Record Store Day highlights:

(Full release list)

 

Big Country

Release: “In a Broken Promise Land”/”Flower of Scotland”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Cherry Red Records
Details: Now fronted by The Alarm’s Mike Peters, the reunited Big Country releases a 7-inch with the opening track of its upcoming album The Journey and non-album track “Flower of Scotland.”

 

David Bowie

Release: “Drive-In Saturday”
Format: 7-inch picture disc
Label: Capitol
Details: Seven-inch picture disc in clear sleeve (similar to previous versions). The single features “Drive-In Saturday” on the A side and “Drive-In Saturday” (Russell Harty Plus Pop Version) on the B-side.

 

David Bowie

Release: “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Columbia
Details: Collectible white vinyl 7-inch featuring two songs, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” and “Where Are We Now?”, from David Bowie’s new album The Next Day, his first new record in a decade.

 

David Bowie

Release: 1965! EP
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: Seven-inch single collects David Bowie’s two 1965 singles, recorded with The Manish Boys and The Lower Third. Songs include “I PItty the Fool,” “Take My Tip,” “You’ve Got a Habit of Leaving” and “Baby Loves the Way”

 

Billy Bragg

Release: “No One Knows Nothing Anymore”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Cooking Vinyl
Details: Seven-inch single features the new song “No One Knows Anything Anymore,” produced by Joe Henry, on the A side, and the Titanic-themed “Song of the Iceberg” that Bragg played on the BBC last year on the B side.

 

Kate Bush

Release: “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” [2012 Remix]
Format: 10-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: Last year’s “Running Up That Hill” remix — featuring new vocals from Bush — will be released on a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl picture disc also featuring the original recording of “Walk Straight Down the Middle.”

 

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Release: Animal X
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Bad Seed Ltd.
Details: It’s a little unclear what this release is from Nick Cave. It appears to be a new single, but no details have yet been released by the singer or Record Store Day organizers.

 

Lloyd Cole & Hans-Joachim Roedelius / Roedelius Schneider

Release: Lloyd Cole & Hans-Joachim Roedelius / Roedelius Schneider
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Bureau B
Details: Split 7-inch single with songs from Lloyd Cole and Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Cluster and Roedelius’ collaboration with Stefan Schneider.

 

Edwyn Collins & The Heartbreaks

Release: “What Are You Doing, Fool?”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: The former Orange Juice leader teams up with The Heartbreaks for a one-off single for Record Store Day in the U.K., recording “What Are You Doing, Fool?” and “Untitled Melody.”

 

The Cure

Release: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Rhino
Details: The Cure’s 1987 album is reissued on limited-edition, numbered red vinyl in a 2LP set. The record has been out of print for more than a decade. Limited to 3,500 copies.

 

Damon & Naomi

Release: The Wondrous World Of Damon & Naomi (Bootleg Edition)
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: The second album from Galaxie 500 spinoff Damon & Naomi is released as a vinyl-only “Bootleg Edition” with different mixes, a different running order and a previously unreleased track (“Round and Round”).

 

The Durutti Column

Release: A Paean To Wilson
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Kooky Records
Details: Vini Reilly’s 2009 album is reissued as 2LP set on 180-gram audiophile vinyl in a limited-edition run of exactly 497 copies. The record will come with a free download card and postcard.

 

Echo & The Bunnymen

Release: Crocodiles
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Vinyl 180
Details: The 1980 debut album from Ian McCulloch and Co. is released by reissue specialist Vinyl 180 on red vinyl in a 180-gram, limited-edition audiophile pressing of just 500 copies.

 

The Fall

Release: “Sir William Wray”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Cherry Red Records
Details: The Fall previews its upcoming album Re-Mit with a limited-edition 7-inch single featuring alternate versions of album tracks “Sir William Wray” and “Hittite Man,” plus a non-album track “Jetplane.”

 

The Flaming Lips

Release: Zaireeka
Format: Vinyl box set
Label: Warner Bros.
Details: The Flaming Lips’ 1997 album is reissued on four 45-rpm LPs, each pressed on a different color vinyl. The box set itself comes with art unique to this release and a 12-page booklet.

 

John Foxx

Release: “Underpass” (Dave Clarke/Oh The Gilt Remixes)
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: The classic 1980 single from former Ultravox frontman John Foxx’s solo debut Metamatic is newly remixed by Dave Clarke and Oh the Gilt for this limited-edition Record Store Day 12-inch to be released in the U.K.

 

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Release: “The Eye Has It”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Salvo/Union Square Music
Details: The shaped 7-inch picture disc, limited to 500 copies, features the Frankie Said variant of “Maximum Joy” on one side, and the Voiceless variant of “Is Anybody Out There?” on the other side.

 

The Glove

Release: Blue Sunshine
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Rhino
Details: The lone album from Robert Smith of The Cure and the Banshees’ Steven Severin is reissued on limited-edition, numbered translucent blue vinyl 2LP set, featuring a disc of demos. Limited to 3,500 copies.

 

Half Japanese

Release: 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts
Format: 5CD or 5LP box set
Label: Fire/Cargo
Details: The Half Japanese debut released in a 4LP box featuring extra 12-inch containing tracks not originally available on the album and extra unreleased tracks. Also available in 5CD version (see full tracklist).

 

Robyn Hitchcock

Release: There Goes The Ice
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Yep Roc
Details: This 10-song LP collects songs from Robyn Hitchcock’s “Phantom 45” web series, and adds two more. Tracks include “Halo Mary,” “To Be Human,” “Bellyfull Of Arms & Legs” and more (see full tracklist).

 

The House of Love

Release: “A Baby Got Back On Its Feet”
Format:7-inch vinyl
Label: Cherry Red Records
Details: The lead single and opening track to The House of Love’s new album, She Paints Words in Red, is released as a 7-inch backed by an alternate version of album track “P.K.L.”

 

The Human League

Release: “Don’t You Want Me Baby?”
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: The Human League’s monster 1981 synthpop hit “Don’t You Want Me Baby?” is reissued on 12-inch vinyl in the U.K. for Record Store Day. It’s not known what additional material is featured.

 

Hüsker Dü

Release: “Amusement”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Numero Group
Details: Double 7-inch reissue of the band’s first single, “Amusement” b/w “Statues,” plus the studio alternates “Writer’s Cramp” and “Let’s Go Die.” This release is being pressed in a limited edition of 4,000.

 

Inspiral Carpets

Release: “Fix Your Smile”/”Save Me”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: OGenesis
Details: The reunited Inspirals release a limited-edition 7-inch single on Tim Burgess’ record label featuring two brand-new songs, “Fix Your Smile” and “Save Me,” that the band recorded last year in Manchester.

 

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Release: Psychocandy
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Demon/Edsel
Details: The classic debut from the Mary Chain is reissued in a black-and-red “paint splatter” vinyl pressing packaged with a reproduction of an early gig poster. The U.K.-only release is limited to a total pressing of 1,000 copies.

 

Kirsty MacColl

Release: “A New England”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: The late Kirsty MacColl’s 1984 cover of Billy Bragg’s classic single is reissued as a limited-edition colored-vinyl 7-inch for Record Store Day in the U.K. It’s not yet known what else is on the single.

 

Ian McCulloch

Release: “Killing Moon”/”Pro Patria Mori”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Demon/Edsel
Details: Colored-vinyl 7-inch single features to live tracks from the live portion of his upcoming Holy Ghosts 2CD set. Limited to 500 copies with a sleeve paying homage to original “Killing Moon” single.

 

Men Without Hats

Release: “The Safety Dance”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Demon Records
Details: The New Wave group’s classic single is given a 30th anniversary reissue on a 7-inch picture disc that’s limited to a pressing of just 500 copies. The B-side is a previously unreleased instrumental mix of the song.

 

Misfits / The Lemonheads

Release: Side By Side: “Skulls”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Rhino
Details: Another 7-inch single picture disc in Rhino’s “Side By Side” series, featuring the Misfits’ 1982 original (Slash Records) and the Lemonheads’ 1991 cover (Atlantic Records).

 

Thurston Moore & Loren Connors

Release: The Only Way To Go Is Straight Through
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Northern Spy
Details: This 12-inch pulls together two collaborative performances (“The Stone” and “Public Assembly”) from Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore and experimental musician Loren Connors.

 

OMD

Release: The Future Will Be Silent
Format: 10-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: The reunited synthpop favorites release a limited-edition 10-inch picture disc with four songs off the band’s upcoming English Electric album plus an exclusive track called “Time Burns.”

 

Orange Juice

Release: You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever, Rip It Up, Texas Fever, The Orange Juice
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Domino
Details: Each of Orange Juice’s four albums is reissued on 12-inch vinyl for Record Store Day. Each comes with a download card.

 

Pulp

Release: “After You”
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Rough Trade
Details: Twelve-inch maxi single featuring the “regular version” of Pulp’s James Murphy-produced single, which was released digitally last year, plus a Soulwax remix and one additional remix.

 

R.E.M.

Release: Live In Greensboro EP
Format: CD
Label: Rhino
Details: Five-track CD EP recorded on the Green tour that will serve as companion to bonus live album included on the upcoming 25th anniversary reissue of Green. Comes with original ’89 tour patch (see full tracklist).

 

Section 25

Release: “My Outrage”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: Factory Benelux
Details: Post-punk act Section 25 will release a brand-new single, “My Outrage,” in a limited-edition pressing of just 500 copies to mark this year’s Record Store Day. The single is backed with the B-side “Hinterland.”

 

Sex Pistols

Release: “Pretty Vacant”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: The Sex Pistols release a new 7-inch for “Pretty Vacant,” featuring a previously unreleased live version from 2008 and a 1977 mono mix previously available only on a rare American promo. Limited to 3,500 copies.

 

Simple Minds

Release: “Mylo Promised U a Remix”
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: Simple Minds releases a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl single with a new Mylo remix of classic single “Promised You a Miracle” on one side and the band’s latest single, “Broken Glass Park,” on the other.

 

Ultravox

Release: Vienna
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: Ultravox reissues its 1980 album Vienna — its first with Midge Ure on lead vocals — in a limited-edition, heavyweight white vinyl pressing. It’s the first time the album’s 2008 remastering has been released on vinyl.

 

Various Artists

Release: Factory Records: Communications 1978-1992 (Sampler #2)
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Rhino
Details: Twelve-inch Factory Records sampler featuring Joy Division (“She’s Lost Control (12″ Version)”), New Order (“1963 (12″ Version)”), The Durutti Column (“Otis”) and Happy Mondays (“Loose Fit (12″ Version)”).

 

The Wedding Present

Release: 4 Lieber EP
Format: 10-inch vinyl
Label: Scopitones
Details: David Gedge and Co. release a limited-edition 10-inch EP featuring German-sung versions of Wedding Present songs “Back A Bit… Stop!,” “The Girl From the DDR,” “You Jane” and “Fidelio.”

 

Paul Weller

Release: “Flame-Out!”/”The Olde Original”
Format: 7-inch vinyl
Label: TBA
Details: The former Jam frontman has recorded a pair of new songs (“Flame-Out!” and “The Olde Original”) exclusively for a limited-edition Record Store Day 7-inch single.

 

Wire

Release: Change Becomes Us
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Label: Pink Flag/Cargo
Details: The post-punk veterans’ 13th studio album is due out in stores March 25, but the band is waiting until Record Store Day to release a vinyl version of the 13-song collection.

 

 

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• OMD debuts new track ‘Night Café,’ announces 10-inch EP for Record Store Day
• R.E.M. to reissue ‘Green’ in 25th anniversary 2CD set, release live Record Store Day EP
• The Cure’s ‘Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me’ to receive red-vinyl reissue for Record Store Day
• Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays on Factory Records 10-inch for Record Store Day
• The Glove’s ‘Blue Sunshine’ to be reissued as 2LP set on blue vinyl for Record Store Day
• Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Psychocandy’ reissued on ‘paint splatter’ vinyl for Record Store Day
• Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Crocodiles’ to be reissued on red vinyl for Record Store Day
• Duran Duran preps blue ‘Is There Something I Should Know?’ 7-inch for Record Store Day
• Hüsker Dü, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul Weller, Wire prep vinyl releases for Record Store Day
• Steven Severin hints at something new from The Glove coming ‘for collectors’ in April