Record Store Day 2023 Exclusives: Taylor Swift’s ‘Long Pond Sessions’ Finally Hits Vinyl, Plus Pearl Jam, Elton John, the 1975 and 300 More Titles
17.02.2023 - 02:27
/ variety.com
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The good news for Taylor Swift fans: She is participating in Record Store Day again with a vinyl exclusive, for the second straight year. The bad news is that it’s in quantities of … Wait, that’s good news, too — there will be 115,000 copies available of “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions,” worldwide, about 10 times the amount that were pressed for her RSD 2022 single. Is that enough to meet demand, or keep legions of Swifties from queuing up before dawn along with the Record Store Day regulars on April 22? Not likely, but the volume of the pressing —more than four times as many as any RSD exclusive to date — should keep panic over procuring a copy to a lower level.
That’s just one of about 300 releases coming out on vinyl (and, in a very few instances, CD or cassette) for Record Store Day 2023. Other artists with albums or singles on the roster include Pearl Jam, the 1975, Wilco, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Björk, Billy Joel, Post Malone, Madonna, Beach House, Nas, the Rolling Stones, the Black Keys, Sparks, Art Blakey, Bill Evans, Carole King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Miles Davis, Dolly Parton, Orville Peck, Em Beihold, U2, Warren Zevon, the Pixies, Chet Baker, the Ramones, Muddy Waters and three out of four Beatles — Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr. The only title made public prior to Thursday was a joint release by the couple that shares the title of Record Store Day 2023 ambassadors, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, a four-song studio EP titled “The Sound Emporium EP.” (Read Variety’s previously published interview with Isbell and Shires about their ambassadorship and forthcoming release here.) Additionally, it was announced that Shires has a separate