Radio-Active Records' Record Store Day Specials Include Fela Kuti, Drive By Truckers and Owl City(?)

Dig out those tents, because Record Store Day is April 17, and it's gonna be an early morning for vinyl junkies. Radio-Active Records again is offering a bounty of limited-edition albums for those of us who like good sound, as Lou Reed would say.The store's blog lists 30 special releases,...

By Reed Fischer

March 5, 2010

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Dig out those tents, because Record Store Day is April 17, and it's gonna be an early morning for vinyl junkies. Radio-Active Records again is offering a bounty of limited-edition albums for those of us who like good sound, as Lou Reed would say.

The store's blog lists 30 special releases, including 13 that are of extremely limited quantity, so be sure to follow the usual pre-order rituals. The ones we're totally buying with our massive New Times paycheck reside conveniently copied-and-pasted after the jump.

Elvis Costello Live At Hollywood High 7" Vinyl

Owl City Owl City 7" Vinyl (It's a gift, we swear!)

R.E.M. Chronic Town 12" Vinyl

Sonic Youth Hits Are For Squares 2 LP

TV On The Radio Dear Science LP w/d.load card

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Skeletons 7" Vinyl

A selection of the super-limited releases hitting the street April 17:

Soundgarden "Hunted Down" 7" vinyl

Royce Da 5'9" "Street Hop" 12" vinyl

Rodriguez "Inner City Blues" 7" vinyl

Phoenix "Fences" 12" vinyl single

Drive By Truckers "Your Woman is a Living Thing" 7" vinyl

White Rabbits & Antlers "Live from Daytrotter" 7" vinyl

Fela Kuti 10" vinyl EP

Get the full rundown of special releases over at Radio-Active's blog, and don't forget to mark April 17 on your calendar!

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