The holiday season is synonymous with so many joyous symbols and traditions. Waking up on that first morning of autumn as the air thickens with brisk breezes signifies the beginning of family parties, presents, and homemade meals. For music fans, there is a holiday right in the middle of it all that makes breaking out the winter outfits all the more exciting/ Record Store Day Black Friday is right around the corner, and the organization released this year’s list of limited releases and enticing reissues. While much shorter than 2023’s spring Record Store Day, which took place on April 23, the list of releases set to hit your local record store shelves on November 24 is promising to be just as exciting as the last.
Glide shifted through the plethora of releases and picked our most anticipated releases of Record Store Day Black Friday 2023. Check out our picks below:
Artist: Terry Callier
Album: Speak Your Peace
Release Type: RSD First Release
Terry Callier is one of the most important and underrated figures in modern jazz. He fuses the genre with folk tropes for a kaleidoscope rendition of two of America’s most beloved genres. Speak Your Peace was originally released in 2001 and had Callier modernizing his classic style through collaboration and an updated soundscape. This RSD pressing is done on 180g vinyl and packaged with new artwork.
Goodie Mob
Soul Food
RSD Exclusive Release
This Southern Hip-hop classic is being repackaged with a new twist. Goodie Mob’s 1995 release Soul Food coined the term “Dirty South” and is a major reason why Southern Hip-hop became the creative force it continues to be. This pressing is getting done on an RSD-exclusive colorway, the color is yet to be announced.
Madlib & Guilty Simpson
Before The Verdict
RSD First Release
It’s hard to believe Madlib’s Medicine Show Series is over a decade old at this point. In 2010, the prolific and elusive producer set out to release an album every month for a whole year, a promise he would over-deliver on with the series bleeding into 2011. Madlib’s Medicine Show series gave us Before The Verdict, a monstrous and demanding collaboration with emcee Guilty Simpson. RSD Black Friday will have the album back in print for a limited time only.
Joni Mitchell
Court and Spark Demos
RSD Exclusive Release
Court and Spark is Joni Mitchell’s most commercially successful album and RSD Black Friday will have some refreshing takes on this classic LP. Court and Spark Demos feature rough drafts of some of the most beloved songs from the LP like “Help Me” and a piano suite featuring “Down To You” and “Car on A Hill”. These demos will be exclusively available on a single LP this RSD.
Nas
I Am… Autobiography
RSD Exclusive Release
Nas’ third studio album was famously supposed to be a double disc release. After the second half of the album was leaked to the public, Nas made the decision to release I Am… in 1999 as a single disc. While tracks from this leak have popped up on compilation and 12’ singles, RSD Black Friday has Nas’s initial vision coming to life. I Am… Autobiography will feature two unreleased tracks along with rarities put together in one double LP pressing for the first time.
Various Artists
Light In The Attic & Friends
RSD Exclusive ReleaseThe famous reissuing label Light In The Attic is celebrating a big milestone in a major way. After 22 years of unearthing and repressing some rare and exciting albums from around the world, Light In The Attic & Friends looks to put a bow on the label’s first two decades. They are bringing in a cast of modern musicians to cover some of the label’s biggest hits and RSD as an exclusive pressing on limited-colored wax, a reimagined cover art, all in a wide-spine jacket. Light In The Attic is bringing along the likes of Charles Bradley, BADBADNOTGOOD, and Iggy Pop to make this compilation possible.
Norah Jones
Playing Along
RSD First Release
Norah Jones has been an active participant in Record Store Day over the past few years and this Black Friday is no different. This time around, Jones will be pressing songs from her Playing Around podcast, a show where she interviews and collaborates with musicians from around the world. These songs are being put on wax for the first time ever and will include collaborations with Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, and Lukas Nelson.
Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels
The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973
Amoeba Music and Polly Parsons have announced the release of a special two-LP live recording from Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels titled The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973, the first available live performance of Parsons and the Fallen Angels and his first new solo material to be released in four decades.
