National Record Store Day
17 Apr 2012
Saturday 21
st April is National Record Store Day,
in which independently owned record shops in the US and UK come together with
artists to celebrate music. Limited edition releases are issued to mark the
event, including unreleased and iconic material from Genesis authors.
David Bowie's Top of the Pops performance of 'Starman' is being released alongside the original
single on a limited edition picture disc.
Lou Reed's iconic albums
Transformer and
Rock and Roll Animal are to be reissued, along with classic material from
Paul McCartney and
Small Faces;
Pete Townshend's Quadrophenia Demos
Part 2; and a new track from
Paul Weller.
For more information and to locate your nearest
participating store, click here.