A 40th-anniversary cassette box set containing cassettes of Motley Crue’s first five albums is among this year’s Record Store Day Drops, set for June 12 and July 17 at independent record stores nationwide.
Coming on June 12, the Crue set includes the band’s core catalog titles (Too Fast For Love, Shout At The Devil, Theatre Of Pain, Girls, Girls, Girls and Dr. Feelgood) with artwork. This product is an exclusive, limited run for RSD Drops.
Things are improving but in this continued unprecedented global situation, where production and shipping is still in a state of struggle, the focus of the RSD Drops is on bringing revenue to the stores — as well as to the artists, labels, distribution and every other business behind the scenes making record stores work, in a fiscally and socially responsible way. The spread of titles over two dates in two months allows some flexibility for the struggling vinyl pressing plants and distribution companies as well as provide stores time to prepare budgets and place the orders that safely get music into the hands of customers on a larger-than-normal release day.
What can music fans expect this year? There are approximately 450 RSD releases spread over the two months. That’s about 50 more than they usually do for Record Store Day itself. There will be a bit more on the June 12 RSD Drop but the July 17 RSD Drop will have some heavy hitters, and a few surprises that haven’t yet been announced.
For a full list of participating Record Store Day retailers, visit RecordStoreDay.com.
