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Record Store Day Black Friday (RSDBF) is back, and this year, it’s bigger than ever with many titles fans will gladly line up for bright and early at their local record store.

This year, Black Friday falls on November 23, and there will be plenty of rock and alt. rock titles to choose from, many of which are RSDBF exclusives.

For rock and alt. rock fans, listed below are all the titles coming out RSDBF that will likely pique your interest.  To find a record store near you taking part in RSDBF and for a complete title listing, head over to RecordStoreDay.com.

TITLE ARTIST LABEL FORMAT RELEASE TYPE QUANTITY
So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish A Perfect Circle BMG Rights Management (US) LLC 7″ Vinyl RSD Exclusive 5000
Kings Among Scotland Anthrax Megaforce 3 x LP RSD Exclusive 1500
Distortion BABYMETAL Cooking Vinyl/BABYMETAL RECORDS/ 12″ Vinyl RSD Exclusive 2000
BORNS Live At Amoeba Music Hollywood BØRNS (BORNS) Interscope 12″ Vinyl RSD First’ 1500
Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape Bauhaus Beggars Banquet LP RSD Exclusive 1300
Some Enchanted Evening (Legacy Edition) Blue Oyster Cult Culture Factory USA 2 x LP RSD Exclusive 1200
Too Precious To Kill Cky Metal / Entertainment One 12″ Vinyl RSD First’ 1500
The Epic Archive Vol. 2 (1980-1983) Cheap Trick Real Gone Music 2 x LP RSD Exclusive 1100
Happy Xmas Eric Clapton Bushbranch / Surfdog 12″ Vinyl RSD First’ 5000
Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid Collective Soul Craft Recordings LP RSD Exclusive 3000
Live From The Astroturf Full Performance Alice Cooper Good Records LP RSD Exclusive 3000
When Bad Does Good Chris Cornell A&M 7″ Vinyl RSD First’ 5000
Tuesday Night Music Club Sheryl Crow A&M 2 x LP RSD First’ 3500
DMBLive 4.22.93 Prism Coffeehouse – Charlottesville, VA Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Bama Rags Recordings 4 x LP RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus 1000
DMBLive 2.22.94 Trax – Charlottesville, VA Dave Matthews Band Bama Rags Recordings 4 x LP RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus 1000
Iguana Studios Rehearsal Sessions Dead Kennedys Manifesto Records LP RSD Exclusive 2000
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Devo RHINO/WARNER BROS. LP Picture Disc RSD Exclusive 5000
Holy Diver Live At 35 Dio BMG Rights Management (US) LLC 12″ Vinyl RSD Exclusive 3000
The Mushroom Tapes The Flaming Lips RHINO/RYKO LP RSD Exclusive 2500
Destroying Angels Garbage with John Doe and Exene Cervenka BMG Rights Management (US) LLC 7″ Vinyl RSD Exclusive 3000
The Audience is That Way (The Rest of the Show) [Live], Vol. 2 The Goo Goo Dolls Warner Bros. LP RSD First’ 3000
Shadow Of Your Love Guns N’ Roses Geffen 7″ Vinyl RSD First’ 7000
Rare Power Iggy & The Stooges Sony Legacy LP RSD Exclusive 3000
Bad Reputation (Music From the Original Motion Picture) Joan Jett Sony Legacy LP RSD First’ 3000
Burning of the Midnight Lamp Mono EP The Jimi Hendrix Experience Sony Legacy 7″ Vinyl RSD Exclusive 3000
Rocka Rolla Judas Priest NY Catalog/Entertainment One LP RSD First’ 2400
The Atlas Underground (Instrumentals) Tom Morello Mom+Pop 2 x LP RSD First’ 1800
An American Prayer Jim Morrison & The Doors ELEKTRA CATALOG GROUP LP RSD Exclusive 7000
Slip Stitch & Pass Phish JEMP 2 x LP RSD Exclusive 6000
Live & Rare Rage Against The Machine Sony Legacy 2 x LP RSD Exclusive 5000
Live In Glasgow December 19, 1977 Ramones RHINO/WARNER BROS. 2 x LP RSD Exclusive 4000
Run Rudolph Run (40th Anniversary) Keith Richards BMG Rights Management (US) LLC 12″ Vinyl RSD Exclusive 3500
Lullaby Renditions of Tom Petty Rockabye Baby! Rockabye Baby Music LP RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus 1000
What The Hell Happened To Me? Adam Sandler Warner Bros. 2 x LP RSD First’ 3000
SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN. The Smashing Pumpkins Napalm Records LP Picture Disc RSD First’ 1000
The Twin Tone Years Soul Asylum Omnivore Recordings 5 x LP RSD First’ 1500
Stone Sour Stone Sour Roadrunner Records LP RSD Exclusive 2500
Live 2018 Stone Temple Pilots Rhino Records LP RSD Exclusive 5000
Sublime Greatest Hits Sublime Interscope LP RSD First’ 5000
Toad The Wet Sprocket Box Set Toad The Wet Sprocket ThinkIndie Records 5 x LP RSD Exclusive 1500
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me U2 UMe/Interscope 12″ Vinyl RSD First’ 7000
Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes Violent Femmes Craft Recordings 2 x LP RSD Exclusive 2500
Africa (Shaped Picture Disc Vinyl) Weezer Crush Music 10″ Vinyl RSD Exclusive 3000
We’re Only In It For The Money Frank Zappa UMe 12″ Picture Disc RSD First’ 4000


Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.

Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock news blogger who's well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights