SDE’s Record Store Day Preview for 2026

Welcome to this SDE preview of Record Store Day for 2026. Below, we have highlighted over 25 releases that caught our eye and nearer to the time we hope to bring you the traditional SDEtv video preview. Enjoy…

a-ha / Analogue – 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (UK, 1000 units)

The lack of vinyl release of a-ha’s eighth studio album, originally released on CD in 2005, has given its title an – unintended surely? – ironic edge over the years. But this year’s Record Store Day will change all that, with a 2LP set remastered by Bill Inglot – the man behind the band’s super deluxe editions – hitting the shelves. Also on the way is a 2CD edition featuring 21 tracks, 15 of which are apparently previously unreleased demos and alternate versions, though the release date and tracklisting are not yet confirmed.

Air / Moon Safari – Live Theatre Herodes Atticus, Athènes (UK, 1000 units)

Air’s 2024/25 reunion shows saw the French duo play their rightly adored 1998 debut album Moon Safari in full. If you missed out, you can ease your woes by tracking down a copy of their first live album, Moon Safari – Live Theatre Herodes Atticus, Athènes, recorded on 29 June 2025 at the Athens Epidaurus Festival in the spectacular setting of the Odeon Of Herodes Atticus, on the southern slopes of the Acropolis, Athens, thought to be the world’s oldest theatre.

Annie Lennox / Live In Central Park (UK, 1250 units)

This 2LP set marks the first time that Annie Lennox’s landmark 8 September 1995 concert at the Summerstage, Central Park, NYC, has been made available on vinyl. First released in 1995 as the VHS …In The Park – with 8 tracks also available on a limited edition 2CD set of 1995’s Medusa – the show captures Lennox during her solo glory years, with a setlist drawing heavily on the much-loved Diva and including a clutch of songs from Medusa, a covers set which drew upon her powers of interpretation. Lennox also looks back to her Eurythmics days with versions of hits including ‘Who’s That Girl?’ and ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’. Live In Central Park will be pressed on red opaque vinyl.

Art of Noise / The Seduction of Claude Debussy (UK, 800 units)

Another vinyl debut – this time for the fifth and final album by eclectic art-pop collective Art Of Noise, originally released on CD, cassette and MiniDisc in 1999. The Seduction Of Claude Debussy was a typically ambitious concept from the group, giving the music of the titular composer a contemporary reworking – all electronic beats, lush arrangements and synth soundscapes – with guest appearances from Rakim, Donna Lewis and, on narration duties, John Hurt. This 2LP set, released by Demon Music, is pressed on translucent blue vinyl, includes the original album and four bonus remixes originally intended for a 1998 12-inch and eventually released on the digital-only 2022 EP Born Again! – their first time on a physical format.

Badfinger / No Dice (UK, 500 units)

Bafflingly, this will be the first vinyl release since the early 70s for Badfinger’s second album, a great leap forward that included the heartstring-tugging ballad ‘Midnight Caller’ and the power-pop thrills of ‘No Matter What’. This release, pressed on orange vinyl, will use the remaster on the increasingly hard to find 2010 CD reissue and follows the 2025 reissue of debut album Magic Christian Music for National Album Day. Let’s hope there’s more on the way from Swansea’s finest.

Bat For Lashes, A Fleet Of Bats: Early Demos (UK, 1000 units)

Natasha Khan’s dazzling debut album is released as a 2CD set this week which includes an extra disc featuring seven previously unreleased demos plus a couple of BBC session tracks. This RSD single LP release loses the live tracks but adds a further three demos – ‘Feathers And Fur’, ‘Two Shadows’ and ‘Missing Time’. Though ‘Feathers And Fur’ is currently a mystery, the other two tracks featured on hens-teeth rare demo CDRs handmade by Khan and given out at shows around Brighton around 2004-05.

Blur / Live At The Budokan (UK, 2000 units)

Blur’s first official live album was originally released as a Japan-only 2CD set in May 1996. Demand led to a mail order-only UK copy, available to Blur fan club and mailing list members. This RSD release will be the first time the set is available on vinyl, a chance for fans to get reacquainted with Blur in their Britpop pomp – thrill to a jetcharged ‘Popscene’, swoon to the lovelorn drama of ‘To The End’, indulge in a lairy knees-up to a brass-heavy ‘Parklife’. The 2LP set is pressed on red vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve with gloss finish and exclusive live photos from the band’s 1995 Japanese tour.

Bruce Springsteen / Sea.Hear.Now Asbury Park 2024 (UK, 1750 units)

There are homecoming shows and then there are Bruce Springsteen homecoming shows. Springsteen and the E Street Band pulled out all the stops for their 15 September 2024 show on the beach at the Sea.Here.Now festival, Asbury Park. Previously available as a no-frills 3CD set from nugs.net, it’s back as either a 5LP or 3CD set. Expect a powerhuse set heavy on songs loaded with local significance (‘Growin’ Up’, ‘4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)’, ‘Local Hero’, ‘Jersey Girl’) and rarely performed nuggets (‘Thundercrack’, ‘Tougher Than The Rest’). The entire 30-song set is here, though surely there could have been an effort to make sure that vinyl listeners didn’t have to flip the record during the epic ‘Meeting Across The River’ into ‘Jungleland’?

Camper Van Beethoven / Tusk (UK, 1000 units)

Fleetwood Mac’s sprawling 1979 double-album Tusk is now rightly praised for its experimental tendencies and burnt-out weirdness (Lindsey Buckingham’s tracks) and its melancholy beauty (Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks’ contributions). But back in 1987, when indie darlings Camper Van Beethoven hit upon the idea of covering the entire album, Tusk was still seen as a self-indulgent flop. CBV’s mischievous project fell apart after a few days in the studio but was finally released in 2003. The result is loose and lo-fi, ranging from the blissed-out ‘Over And Over’ to a droning ‘Storms’ and a joyful version of ‘Angel’ that could pass as a lost eels single. Elsewhere, a distortion-heavy ‘Sara’, the beatbox-driven ‘Sisters Of The Moon’ and a yeehawing hoedown through ‘That’s Enough For Me’ are irreverent fun. This will be its first release on vinyl, a 2LP set – one purple and one crystal clear, with an embossed cover.

Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler / In Memory Of My Feelings (UK, 750 units)

This collaboration between Davies (aka The Anchoress) and Butler (currently of Butler, Blake & Grant) was the first release of original material on journalist Pete Paphides’ labour of love label Needle Mythology back in 2020. Back then, the album was a surprise – a collaboration written and recorded in just 15 days and then left to percolate for four years. This new edition has been pressed on heavyweight gold vinyl and, as with the original vinyl issue, a seven-inch single featuring a cover of Madonna’s ‘Live To Tell’ and a version of the duo’s ‘The Patron Saint Of The Lost Cause’ rearranged for harmonium.

The Colourfield / Deception Expanded Edition (UK, 1000 units)

It’s been heartening to see the recent surge of vinyl reissues of the late great Terry Hall’s back catalogue. Last year brought us the RSD 2LP of The Colourfield’s debut, Virgins And Philistines, along with the 2LP ‘Dinked’ Edition of Hall’s underrated second solo album, Laugh. With the comprehensive 5CD+DVD box set The Sound Of The Colourfield on the way, this year’s Record Store Day will see the first vinyl issue of The Colourfield’s deliciously downbeat second album, Deception, since its 1987 release. This 2LP set is pressed on clear 140g vinyl and features the remastered album plus a bonus disc of the tracks recorded during initial sessions for the album at Studio Davout, Paris, taken from the new box set.

David Bowie / Hallo Spaceboy EP (UK, 5000 units)

This Record Store Day, the Bowie camp are turning their attention to 1995’s Eno collaboration 1.Outside with two releases. First up is a clear vinyl, half-speed mastered reissue of the single-LP edit of the album Excerpts From 1.Outside, its first outing since Music On Vinyl’s 2013 pressing. There’s also an EP version of 1996’s ‘Hallo Spaceboy’, which featured two remixes of the 1.Outside track by the Pet Shop Boys alongside a further pair by Soft Cell’s Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk. This version adds an instrumental mix which appears to have been taken from a 1996 promo 12” and a previously unreleased Tim Simenon remix. It’s pressed on neon pink vinyl – but careful when you open it, moondust may cover you,

Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Radio One Sessions 1982-1983 (UK, 2000 units)

The formative years of pop supernova Frankie Goes To Hollywood are explored on this 2LP set of BBC sessions – two for John Peel (24 November 1982 and 3 December 1983) and the 24 February Kid Jenson show – originally released on last year’s 7CD+blu-ray Welcome To The Pleasuredome box set. It’s fascinating to hear the likes of ‘Two Tribes’ and ‘The Power Of Love’ stripped back, before being given the monumental Trevor Horn production job that would make them the band on everyone’s lips in 1984.

King Crimson / Penn State 29 June, 1974 (UK, 1000 units)

Recorded on the US tour to promote Starless And Bible Black which saw the Bruford-Cross-Fripp-Wetton line-up of King Crimson implode, this live set – released here for the first time on vinyl and spanning 2LPs – captures the band on coruscatingly heavy form. The multi-track recording went unreleased until three tracks appeared on the 1992 4CD box set The Great Deceiver (Live 1973-1974) and the whole concert was later released on the monolithic box set, The Road to Red. This release includes a bonus recording of ‘21st Century Schizoid Man’ from the band’s Central Park show two days later.

Labi Siffre / Crying Laughing Loving Lying Expanded Edition (UK, 600 units)

Labi Siffre’s deft and wise-beyond-their-years songs have recently found new audiences thanks to their appearances on the soundtracks to modern classics The Holdovers (‘Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying’) and Sentimental Value (‘Cannock Chase’). Both of those songs feature on his classic third studio album, Crying Laughing Loving Lying, which will be reissued for RSD as a 2LP set pressed on yellow vinyl. The second disc features eight bonus songs, including the breezy hit single ‘Watch Me’.

Lightning Seeds / Quarrelsome Moments: B-Sides and Rarities (UK, 1100 units)

Though Lightning Seeds fans have a bunch of greatest hits compilations to choose from, Ian Brodie and co have yet to release a rarities set. That’ll change on 18 April with the release of Quarrelsome Moments: B-Sides and Rarities. Though a tracklisting has yet to surface, a teaser video on the band’s socials is soundtracked by their version of Thunderclap Newman’s 1970 No 1 single ‘Something In The Air’, first released as B-side to their 1992 single ‘The Life Of Riley’. Meanwhile, the RSD blurb promises “alternate mixes, cover versions and two previously unreleased tracks”.

Madonna / The Confessions Tour (UK, 3000 units)

Recorded live at Wembley Arena in August 2006 during Madonna’s Confessions On A Dancefloor Tour, this 13-track set was originally released as the CD in the 2007 The Confessions Tour CD+DVD set. This is the first time the tracks have been released on vinyl and not just any old vinyl, but starburst pink/purple splatter vinyl. Time to get that mirrorball down from the loft.

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark / Archive Vol. 1 (1981-1990) (UK, 1800 units)

Originally released as the Unreleased Archive Vol 1 disc in the 2019 5CD+2DVD Souvenir box, this is the set’s first time on vinyl. The 22-track 2LP compilation offers a plethora of intriguing insights into the OMD’s creative process. These are mainly doodles and half-formed ideas, as titles such as ‘Organ Ditty’ and ‘Unreleased Idea’ suggest (similarly ‘Guitar Thrash’ sounds exactly as you’d expect), but there are gems studded throughout, such as the charming electro-pop of ‘Weekend’.

Peter Gabriel / Sledgehammer (UK, 3000 units)

One for the zoetrope lovers, this 12-inch single features imagery from Peter Gabriel’s era-defining ‘Sledgehammer’ music video, which – when spinning and seen through a smartphone camera set to 30 frames per second – become animated figures. But what about the music? It’s a reissue of the original UK 12-inch single, with the extended version of ‘Sledgehammer’ on the A-side (not the superior John ‘Tokes’ Potoker Dance Mix) and ‘Don’t Break This Rhythm’ and ‘I Have the Touch (‘85 Remix)’ on the B side. Let’s be honest though, anyone buying this is primarily interested in the novelty value of seeing a tiny Peter Gabriel dancing on their turntable. And who are we to deny them that pleasure?

Pink Floyd / Live at LA Sports Arena, 1975 (UK, 1000)

An April 1975 issue of the LA Times revealed that 350 fans were arrested, mostly for possession of marijuana, during the first three of Pink Floyd’s five shows at the Los Angeles Sports Arena that month. In the midst of that stoned chaos, security failed to notice that bootlegger extraordinaire Mike Millard had smuggled in some heavy-duty recording equipment by hiding it in his wheelchair (which he didn’t need). Though Millard’s ethics were questionable, his wily ways led to a legendary bootleg. The tapes were restored and remastered by Steven Wilson and released only on the blu-ray of last year’s Wish You Were Here 50th anniversary set. That paves the way for this standalone release for RSD on either a clear 4LP set or 2CD.

Porcupine Tree / We Lost The Skyline (UK, 1200 units)

It’s that man Steven Wilson again. This time in his day job as a member of prog titans Porcupine Tree. We Lost The Skyline is a stripped-down, eight-song set performed by Wilson and John Wesley at Park Avenue CDs in Orlando, Florida, in 2007. It was released on CD and Netherlands-only LP the following year and was included in the 2024 Fear Of A Blank Planet 5CD+blu-ray box set. Now it’s back, on 180g ‘crystal clear’ vinyl half-speed mastered at Abbey Road.

The Power Station / The Power Mad: Live at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 21/8/85 (UK, 750 units)

Originally part included in last year’s 4CD set celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Power Station’s debut, this will be the first time on vinyl for this 15-track live set. Original vocalist Robert Palmer had departed by the time the Chic / Duran Duran supergroup came to tour their debut album, but actor and singer Michael Des Barres stepped in. The audience’s reaction during this cover-heavy 3LP set (‘Dancing In The Street’, ‘White Light White Heat’, loads of Duran) suggests that Palmer wasn’t missed too much.

RUNT w/Todd Rundgren / The Necessary Cosmic Frenzy (UK, 500 units)

Here’s the first vinyl release of what is considered Todd Rundgren’s debut solo performance, from 30 June 1971 (some Todd watchers maintain that he’d already played a show at the Troubadour, LA). Previously released on the 2016 3CD set Box O’ Todd, the set – released on translucent light blue vinyl – finds Rundgren backed by The Tomorrow People at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, and was broadcast live on US radio (hence the bootlegs). It’s a little rough and ready but shows Rundgren’s talent while pointing to his future with an early performance of ‘It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference’.

Suede / Coming Up At The BBC (UK, 1750 units)

Suede completists are in for an expensive RSD, what with the Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler album, the clear vinyl reissue of Here Come The Tears, the 11-track set of previously unreleased Antidepressants demos and the rather cheekily-named Coming Up At The BBC. The latter promises a “reconstruction” of the band’s glammed-up 1997 third album using tracks originally broadcast on the BBC, from live shows (including their 1997 Reading Festival headline slot) to sessions for Mark Radcliffe and the Evening Session. The only exception is ‘Picnic By The Motorway’, which comes from their 1999 Roskilde show as no contemporary or BBC version of the song exists. It’s pressed on hot pink vinyl.

 
T. Rex / Songs from “Marc” (UK, 1000 units)

Hot on the heels of his best album in years, Dandy In The Underworld, Marc Bolan’s six-part Granada TV series Marc began broadcasting on 24 August 1977, putting the T. Rex frontman back in the spotlight and into living rooms around the country. Tragically, Bolan died before the last episode was aired. Music from the series has been released before on CD – on The Marc Shows (1989) and Marc – Songs From The Granada TV Series (1998) – but this release, on opaque orange vinyl, uses a recently discovered quarter-inch tape of material from shows one to four to offer “greater clarity than ever before”. Love to boogie? Get in line.

Talking Heads / The CBS/Columbia Demos (UK, 2000 units)

A companion piece to Tentative Decisions, last year’s Black Friday RSD release of early Talking Heads demos and live tracks, The CBS / Columbia demos features 15 tracks recorded by the then-three-piece in 1975. While press materials claim all of the tracks are previously unreleased, a couple of tracks from the CBS demo session have made it out before – ‘Sugar On My Tongue’ opened the 1992 comp Sand In The Vaseline and the 2003 box set Once In A Lifetime, and ‘I Want To Live’ also featured on SITV – so it’ll be interesting to see if these are different takes. Cut at 45rpm across 2LPs, this set replicates the running order of CD2 of Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live, set for release on 13 March.

XTC / LIVE BOOTS – Live At Emerald City 1981 (UK, 1000 units)

The first of a planned series of XTC “official bootleg” releases (Live Boots), this 2LP set pressed on 200g audiophile vinyl captures the band in the midst of their 1981 US tour. The show was broadcast on US radio station WMMR and has circulated as the misleadingly titled bootleg Fab Foursome In Philly (it was recorded in New Jersey). The band hurtle at breakneck speed through a Black Sea and Drums And Wires-heavy set. Andy Partridge is clearly having a blast throughout, asking the crowd “Are you optimistic?” during a crackling ‘Burning With Optimism’s Flame’ and spitting out the likes of ‘This Is Pop’ and ‘Statue Of Liberty’ with untethered glee. Don’t believe us? Partridge writes in the sleevenotes that “we were tighter than a firefly’s fundament that night, even more astounding was the adrenaline-soaked speed we took every song at”. And he should know.

Record Store Day is on 18 April this year. These releases should be available via participating record shops. If your favourites have not been included in this list, let us know what you are looking out for, by leaving a comment.

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