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This year's Record Store Day features Joni Mitchell on limited-press vinyl, Fleetwood Mac and The Cure for War Child, and enough colored wax to keep the pressing plants running until July.
MSM Perspective
NME and Goldmine published the full release list; Ultimate Classic Rock highlighted the War Child benefit editions from The Cure and Fleetwood Mac.
X Perspective
X vinyl collectors are already ranking their want lists, with Joni Mitchell's For the Roses (3,500 copies) and Madonna's Confessions Tour (16,500 copies) generating the most anxiety.
Record Store Day 2026 arrives on April 18 with approximately 460 special releases, a staggering haul of limited-edition vinyl designed to lure music lovers into independent shops for one overcrowded, overpriced, entirely wonderful Saturday morning [1].
The marquee releases span decades. Joni Mitchell's "For the Roses" returns as a limited LP pressed to just 3,500 copies through Rhino [2]. Robert Plant offers "Saving Grace: All that Glitters," a new studio EP limited to 3,500 copies. Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts contribute "The Live Album" on clear vinyl, capped at 6,900 U.S. copies [3]. Pink Floyd delivers a four-disc live recording. Bruce Springsteen gets a five-disc Asbury Park collection. David Bowie receives two Parlophone releases [4].
The U.K. list carries a philanthropic edge. The Cure is releasing "Greatest Hits" and "Acoustic Hits" as War Child benefit editions, and Fleetwood Mac offers "The Original Fleetwood Mac" for the same cause [3]. War Child, which supports children in conflict zones, has partnered with Record Store Day for several years -- a pairing that feels particularly pointed during wartime.
The format's resilience is the story beneath the story. Vinyl sales have grown for seventeen consecutive years despite streaming's dominance, and Record Store Day remains the annual proof that some listeners prefer the crackle [1].
-- CAMILLE BEAUMONT, Los Angeles
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