Yep, Roc Music Group announces four Black Friday Record Store Day titles, including releases from Studio One, The Fleshtones, The Minus 5, and Los Straitjackets.
All titles will be available exclusively at select independent music retailers on Friday, November 24, 2017. For a list of participating stores, please visit www.recordstoreday.com.
Various Artists: From the Vaults, Volume One (Studio One) Packaging: 2x LP gatefold with bonus 45 single
Showcasing some of the greatest “lost” music by Jamaica’s legendary label, Studio One’s From The Vaults, Volume One is an 18-track compilation of rare B-sides featuring both the label’s top hitmakers as well as some of its more obscure artists, featured on LP for the first time and including two previously unreleased tracks. From Alton Ellis, Johnny Osbourne, and the Gaylads to Roy Tomlinson, the Soulites, and the Officials, the collection spans the label’s output from the late sixties to the early 1980s. The A-side of the bonus 45 features an unreleased song from Glen & Dave.
- Limited to 750 copies in North America
- Suggested list price $33.99
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The Fleshtones, Budget Buster (Yep Roc Records) Packaging: 12” Vinyl/red and orange splatter-coloured
Known as the “The Kings of Garage Rock” or “America’s Garage Rock Band,” there’s no debate that The Fleshtones are one of the hardest working (and rocking) bands of all time. In the past decade, the band’s released loads of new music that rivals the efforts of their 40-year career. Budget Buster is a compilation of some of their finest singles and rarities over the last 10 years, many of which are out-of-print and difficult to find (plus two unreleased tracks).
- Limited to 1000 copies worldwide
- Suggested list price $19.99
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Los Straitjackets, Sing Along With Los Straitjackets (Yep Roc Records) Packaging: 12” LP with bonus 45 single
2001’s Sing Along with Los Straitjackets was the first time the masked instrumental musicians let vocals appear on their tracks, an endeavor they would embark on again later with Deke Dickerson. Sing Along with Los Straitjackets features a party of musicians spanning the musical sphere, from Nick Lowe playing bass on his own “Shake That Rat,” to collaborations with Exene Cervenka, Mark Lindsay, The Trashmen, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell, and more. Being reissued on LP for the first time, every LP also comes with a bonus 45 single featuring two rare collaborations from the Sing Along with… sessions featuring Dave Alvin and Reverend Horton Heat, who also appear on the album.
- Limited to 1500 copies worldwide
- Suggested list price $19.99
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The Minus 5, Dear December (Yep Roc Records) Packaging: 12” LP | white vinyl
In early 2017, Scott McCaughey penned a few holiday numbers to submit to a well-known artist’s prospective holiday album. He became so inspired by the task that he wrote more than an album’s worth of material and decided to record that album with his group, The Minus 5, which for this project includes Minus 5 co-captain Peter Buck and drummer Joe Adragna as core members. A humble offering of original holiday classics, Dear December features collaborations from M. Ward, Ben Gibbard, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Colin Meloy, Chuck Prophet, Tammy Ealom, The Posies, Kelly Hogan, Nora O’Connor and more, featuring a deluxe Advent-inspired calendar, a gatefold cover and white vinyl and digital download.
- Limited to 1500 copies worldwide
- Suggested list price $19.99
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