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Saturday, April 18 marks the eighth annual Record Store Day, when local record stores will open up their doors for in-store performances and exclusive vinyl releases and sales. If you are looking for a complete list of all the RSD happenings around Seattle and all the exclusive regional vinyl goodies you can score this year, scroll down for a buttload of details on exactly that (compiled by Azaria C. Podplesky). Also check out our two RSD feature stories:

Should You Drink the Record Store Day Haterade?Our intrepid news reporter Casey Jaywork dives into the recent backlash surrounding Record Store Day and its alleged over-corporatization by asking local labels and record stores if all the holiday hate is justified.



The Little Record Store That Could

In which Music Editor Kelton Sears writes an overly long ode to Spin Cycle, a tiny Capitol Hill record store actively proving all the “Capitol Hill has lost its soul” naysayers wrong by hosting wonderfully bizarre in-store performances for strange local bands and telling kids not to buy records that suck.

So Pitted plays Everyday Music at 4 p.m. Gif by Trevor Crump

Beats & Bohos, 7200 Greenwood Ave. N., 395-4468. 20 percent off records. In-store performance from Stick Club at noon. Bop Street Records, 5219 Ballard Ave. N.W., 297-2232, myspace.com/officialbopstreetrecords. Open 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Everyday Music, 1520 10th Ave., 568-3321, everydaymusic.com. Offering RSD releases. Open 10 a.m.-11 p.m. In-store lineup featuring DJ Sharlese, noon; Panabrite, 1 p.m.; Mood Organ, 2 p.m.; Dude York, 3 p.m., So Pitted, 4 p.m.; DJ Veins, 5 p.m.; Grace Love & the True Loves, 6 p.m.; RAICA, 7 p.m.; Neighbors, 9 p.m.

Georgetown Records, 1201 S. Vale St., 762-5638, georgetownrecords.net/index.htm. Cartoonist Dan Clowes, who has also designed album covers, will be in the store from 6 to 8 p.m. Offering RSD releases, including Swans’ self-titled EP. Holy Cow Records, 1501 Pike Place #325, 405-4200. Offering RSD releases and 20 percent off vinyl. Jive Time Records, 3506 Fremont Ave. N., 632-5483, jivetimerecords.com. Offering RSD releases, 20 percent off all used vinyl, and 10-15 percent off new vinyl. There will be free posters available, and customers who spend $50 get a free shirt with a special RSD design. Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Light in the Attic Record Shop, 913 N.W. 50th St., 588-0250, lightintheattic.net. Offering RSD releases and 20 percent off non-RSD titles. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Neptune Music Company, 4344 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., 632-0202. Open regular hours. Porchlight Coffee and Records, 1318 E Pike St., 329 5461, porchlightcoffee.com. Offering RSD releases. Rat City Records, 9632 16th Ave. S.W., 432-9537, facebook.com/RatCityRecordsandRelics. Open regular hours. Record Revival, 1708 N.W. Market St., (623) 205-0832, facebook.com/recordrevivalwa. Half-off all used vinyl.

Silver Platters, 2930 First Ave. S., 283-3472, silverplatters.com. All three locations (SoDo; Northgate, 9560 First Ave. N.E.; and Bellevue, 2616 Bellevue Way N.E.) open at 9 a.m. Offering RSD releases. Singles Going Steady, 2219 Second Ave., 441-7396. Offering punk-rock RSD releases.

Nick Harmer. Photo by musicisentropy via flickr

Sonic Boom Records, 2209 N.W. Market St., 297-2666, sonicboomrecords.com. DJ sets from Nick Harmer (Death Cab for Cutie) and Chris Martin (Kinski). Offering RSD releases and a sale on vinyl already on sale. Sonic Boom will also be partnering with other Ballard businesses, to provide a 10-15 percent discount when customers show a Sonic Boom receipt on Record Store Day. Little Woody’s is creating a Sonic Boom Burger for RSD. Spin Cycle Records, 321 Broadway Ave. E., 971-0267, facebook.com/spincycleseattle. Opens at 5 a.m. and offering RSD releases. Wall of Sound, 1205 E. Pike St., #1C, 441 9880, wosound.com. Offering RSD releases. Zion’s Gate Records, 1100 E. Pike St., 568-5446, zionsgate.com. Opens at 10 a.m. and offering RSD releases.

Father John Misty

Death Cab for Cutie/Freedy Johnston, Bad Reputation (7-inch, 4,500 copies, Atlantic Records) Features the title track two ways: as Kansas-born, New York City-based musician Freedy Johnston performed it in 1994 and Death Cab’s 2005 take.

Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear (7-inch, 5,700 copies, Sub Pop Records) An acoustic version of the title track and an exclusive B-side called “Never Been a Woman,” presented with love in the form of a red heart-shaped vinyl.

Foo Fighters, Songs from the Laundry Room (10-inch, 4,000 copies, RCA Records) RSD Ambassador Dave Grohl is celebrating the day with a Foo Fighters release, which features demo versions of “Alone + Easy Target” and “Big Me,” off FF’s self-titled debut, a cover of “Kids In America,” and an unreleased tune called “Empty Handed.”

Koes Barat

Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze/Freedom (7-inch, 4,225 copies, Legacy Recordings) Both songs were recorded live July 4, 1970 at the Atlanta Pop Festival during the guitarist’s Cry of Love tour.

Koes Barat, Koes Barat (LP, 2,000 copies, Sub Pop Records) 11 songs from the group, led by Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls, Alvarius B), which pays tribute to Indonesian musicians Koes Plus.

Various Artists, Electroconvulsive Therapy Vol. 3-Obscure Singles Circa 83-86. (LP, Medical Records) Compilation of rare A- and B-sides from international acts Tipical Me, Secession, Leidenschaft, Black Fantasy, V.U.D., and Almost Alone, all on blue and magenta vinyl.

Shogun Assassin

Willie Nelson, Teatro (2 12-inches, 5,000 copies, Modern Classics Recordings/Light in the Attic Records) This Daniel Lanois-produced collection of tunes, which Nelson recorded in an abandoned theater in California, makes its vinyl debut. Emmylou Harris features on several tracks. Pressed on gold vinyl and featuring a gatefold, “tip-on” uncoated jacket.

The Wonderland Philharmonic, Shogun Assassin OST (LP, 4,000 copies, Cinewax/Light in the Attic Records) The film soundtrack is pressed on blood red wax and features a gatefold “tip-on” jacket. This release also includes a reproduction 27” x 40” film poster.