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Coffee Break: Record Store Day 2023 -

Coffee Break: Record Store Day 2023

Customers shop at the Shuga Records store during the Record Store Day in Chicago on April 13, 2019. - Record Store Day was founded in 2007 and is now celebrated at stores around the world, with hundreds of recording and other artists participating in the day by making special appearances, performances, meet and greets with their fans, the holding of fund raisers for community non-profits, and the issuing of special vinyl releases.
Customers shop at the Shuga Records store during the Record Store Day in Chicago on April 13, 2019. - Record Store Day was founded in 2007 and is now celebrated at stores around the world, with hundreds of recording and other artists participating in the day by making special appearances, performances, meet and greets with their fans, the holding of fund raisers for community non-profits, and the issuing of special vinyl releases.KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images

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by Jill Riley and Rachel Frances

February 17, 2023

Record Store Day is on April 22, and the official list is out! Exclusive vinyl, cassettes, and collectibles will be available at independent stores around the country. This year, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires are the RSD ambassadors for the US, while The 1975 are UK’s RSD ambassadors. All ambassadors will have special releases as part of the celebration.

Have you looked at the list yet? Will you be participating in Record Store Day 2023? What records do you have your eye on? Did anything surprise you? Discuss in the comments. For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from artists with Record Store Day releases do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played:
The Cactus Blossoms – If Not For You
Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone
Duran Duran – Rio
Soul Asylum – Black Gold (Live 89.3 in-studio Performance)
Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros – Coma Girl
Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers – Summer Morning (Bonus!)