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Record Store Day is around the corner. What are you getting?

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Danny Brown: Despite a general lack of hip-hop offerings, there are still a few RSD highlights, topped out by the first vinyl pressing of eccentric bad-boy Danny Brown’s 2011 break-out LP XXX. The double white vinyl will also feature a bonus, and as-yet-unidentified, 7-inch single.
Other Notables:

  • M83: “Mirror” (7-inch single)
  • Bruce Springsteen: “Rocky Ground/The Promise” (7-inch single)
  • Misfits: Walk Among Us (7-inch colored vinyl)
  • Beach House: “Lazuli”/”Equal Mind” (7-inch single)
  • Afrika Bambaataa/MC5: “Kick Out the Jams” (7-inch split single)
  • Genesis: Spot the Pigeon (EP)
  • Deerhoof/of Montreal: “Stygian x Bisection” (7-inch split single) 
  • David Bowie: “Starman” (7-inch picture disc)
  • JuiceheaD/Osaka Popstar: “Waiting Room” (7-inch Fugazi cover)
  • U.S. Elevator’s covers of Joni Mitchell's"Both Sides Now" and Jim Croce's “Spin, Spin, Spin.” (7-inch)
  • Creepoid/Shores:  “Golden String"/"Weak Trees" (split EP)

San Antonio's lone participating Record Store Day store, Hogwild Records (1824 N Main), will be open on April 21 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Though Hogwild will carry the majority of RSD official releases, supplies are limited and on a first-come first-served basis. A complete list of RSD releases is available at recordstoreday.com/specialreleases.

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