Record Store Day 2012 Country Music Field Guide
This Saturday, April 21st with be the 2012 installment of Record Store Day, the annual event started in 2007 to help the struggling independent record store. As the event has grown over the years, artists and labels have stepped up to help with the event, releasing dozens of limited-edition collectible pieces of vinyl to entice the public into their local mom and pop’s.
Country I am embarrassed to say was one of the last genres to get behind Record Store Day, with last year the only country representation of note being a Justin Townes Earle 7″, and a bunch of Hank Williams III re-issues on colored vinyl. Well I’m happy to report 2012 will go down as the year when country came busting through the Record Store Day scene with full representation, with so many projects being released taking stock of it all can be dizzying. So here is your 2012 Country Music Record Store Day Field Guide.
Complete list of Record Store Day Releases
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Blitzen Trapper
Hey Joe b/w Skirts on Fire
Format: 7″ 45
Label: Sub Pop
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Bonnie Prince Billy (Will Oldham)
Format: 10″ LP
Label: Spiritual Pajamas
The great Leon Russell’s “Hummingbird” anchors this new 10 inch, and Bonny and his assembled cast of LA musicians render it an exercise in contrast. Using Russell’s famed Shelter Records soundboard for this one-off session–with its memories of Petty and Cale, and now owned by one Jonathan Wilson–Bonny introduces a pallet of musical soundscapes including the keys of “Farmer” Dave Scher, the porch-stomp grooves of Entrance Band rhythm section Paz and Derek and the claps of a thousand hands before letting the song “fly away” in a breeze of soulful psychedelia that stretches nearly twice the original’s length.
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Buck Owens
Colouring Book w/flexi disc
Format: Book
Label: Omnivore
Tracks:
“Act Naturally”
“Together Again”
“I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail”
“Crying Time”
Original Buck Owens Coloring Book. Commissioned by Buck Owens in 1970, these original, uncirculated vintage coloring books include a new 4-track flexidisc and download card.
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Caitlin Rose
Piledriver Waltz
Format: 7″ 45
Label: Domino
Release type: RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus Release
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Justin Townes Earle
Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Format: 7″ 45
Label: Bloodshot
Tracks:
“Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now”
“Sneaky Feelings”
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Lydia Loveless
Format: 7″ 45
Label: Bloodshot
Release type: RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus Release
Tracks:
“Bad Way To Go”
“Alison”
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Pistol Annies
Hell on Heels
Format: LP
Label: RCA Nashville
The first vinyl release of the 2011 debut from the group formed by Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe.
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Ralph Stanley
Single Girl / Little Birdie
Format: LP
Label: Tompkins Square
Release type: RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus Release
Tracks:
“Single Girl”
“Little Birdie”
500 limited-edition copies.
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Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice
Format: LP
Label: Sugar Hill
Tracks:
“Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow”
“Mansions For Me”
“More Pretty Girls Than One”
“Memories of Mother and Dad”
“Where The Soul of Man Never Dies”
“Talk About Suffering”
“Will the Roses Bloom (Where She Lies Sleeping)”
“Tennessee Blues”
“The Old Crossroads”
“Have You Someone (In Heaven Awaiting)
This heartwarming collection, featuring classic bluegrass tunes and traditional folk songs done in the close-harmony duet style, still stands as a high-water mark for both men.
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Ryan Adams
Heartbreak A Stranger / Black Sheets Of Rain
Format: 7″ 45
Label: PAXAM
Format: 7” colored vinyl
Tracks:
“Heartbreak A Stranger”
“Black Sheets Of Rain”
Two Bob Mould covers recorded at November’s “See A Little Light” Bob Mould Tribute Show at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, California.
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Sara Watkins w/ Fiona Apple / The Everly Brothers
You’re The One I Love
Format: 7″ 45
Label: Warner Bros
Format: 7″ olive green and black splatter
Tracks:
Everly Brothers’ “You’re The One I Love” and a cover of the same song by Sara Watkins featuring Fiona Apple
Another in the Side by Side series created exclusively for Record Store Day featuring an original track (this time The Everly Brothers’ “You’re The One I Love” backed by a cover from another artist (this time Sara Watkins featuring Fiona Apple)
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The Civil Wars
Billie Jean
Format: 7″ 45
Label: Columbia Records U.K.
Tracks:
“Billie Jean (Live)”
“Sour Times (Live)”
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Format: CD
Label: Sensibility Music LLC
Tracks:
“Tip of My Tongue”
“Forget Me Not”
“From This Valley”
“20 Years”
“I’ve Got This Friend”
“Billie Jean”
“Dance Me to the End of Love”
“Disarm”
Limited Edition One Time Pressing EP/CD Live at Amoeba – EP by Grammy Award Winners and Indie Sensations, The Civil Wars, recorded live in Hollywood on June 14, 2011. Exclusive for Record Store Day 2012. (A Portion Of The Cost Of This Title Goes Directly To Support Record Store Day)
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Townes Van Zandt
At My Window
Format: LP
Label: Sugar Hill
Tracks:
“Snowin’ on Raton”
“Blue Wind Blew”
“At My Window”
“For the Sake of the Song”
“Ain’t Leaving For Your Love”
“Buckskin Stallion Blues”
“Little Sundance #2”
“Still Lookin’ For You”
“Gone, Gone Blues”
“The Catfish Song”
The first and best album the late Texas singer-songwriter made for Sugar Hill, this set contains classics as “Snowing on Raton” and “Buckskin Stallion Blues”.
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Uncle Tupelo
Format: 7″ Vinyl Box Set
Label: Sony
3×7″ box set
“I Got Drunk/Sin City,”
“Gun/I Wanna Destroy You,”
“Uncle Tupelo Sauget Wind/Looking For A Way Out (acoustic), :Take My Word”
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Format: LP
Release type: ‘RSD First’ Release
180 Gram vinyl
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Format: LP
Release type: ‘RSD First’ Release
180 Gram Vinyl
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Format: LP
Release type: ‘RSD First’ Release
180 gram vinyl
April 17, 2012 @ 4:13 pm
If I wasn’t in love with Caitlin Rose before, I am after seeing that video you posted.
April 17, 2012 @ 6:44 pm
Some interesting stuff here but my local record store claims they can’t get most limited releases because they are too “smalltown”
and the more populated areas get all the good stuff… so I am not getting my hopes up this year.
April 18, 2012 @ 5:00 am
even though i gave up on vinyl years ago it’s still nice to see several participating stores within easy driving distance of my home.
April 18, 2012 @ 10:24 am
First off, I love Record Store Day. I’ll be in Madison, WI for the event this year (a.k.a. plenty of record stores).
Secondly, that Caitlin Rose video was awesome. You can’t tell me that she doesn’t (or that song) have enough to be shown on CMT. The system wins again.
April 18, 2012 @ 10:08 pm
If you like the Caitlin Rose song, check out the original by Alex Turner. Not saying I dont love the Caitlin Rose version, but Alex Turner’s version, and the Arctic Monkeys version for that matter (Alex Turner’s band) are amazing
April 21, 2012 @ 7:56 am
Think ‘Record Store Day’ is an amazing idea and a really important thing to support. The Civil wars are currently one of my favorite bands. There is something about their music on vinyl that is totally irresistible. We released a 7 inch single and it’s one of the best feelings seeing and hearing your music on Vinyl, very satisfying medium of music. (get a FREE 5 song EP here http://www.ashtonlanemusic.com )
October 31, 2013 @ 2:37 pm
I own every Tony Rice Unit vinyl ever made…there are entertainers and artists.
There’s room for both, but it’s hard to reconcile.
December 28, 2013 @ 10:39 am
Tony’s health is not the best and I’ve read about his financial troubles. Tony, I have all of your work. I’ve been collecting it since I was a kid. I wish you better health and prosperity in the New Year.
December 28, 2013 @ 11:01 am
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Bluegrass is my first love, this is wonderful.