The Best Record Store Day Exclusive Vinyls and Where To Get Them
This Saturday, April 18, is Record Store Day, a time to celebrate independent record stores and the incredible people who run them. For almost 20 years, RSD has brought together the staff, customers, and artists who make up the record store world, encouraging communities to support local brick-and-mortar establishments through special-release vinyl that is exclusive to indie stores. Coming together for independently owned record stores is more important than ever, especially with corporate giants like Amazon and Target capitalizing on the vinyl resurgence over the past few years.
This year’s lineup of exclusive RSD vinyl is packed with exciting releases from artists new and old, and the staff at Off the Record has put together a few picks that we’re especially eager to see hit the vinyl bins on Saturday. Check out those releases below, along with a few of our favorite independent record stores across the country, and be sure to support your local store on Saturday (and anytime you buy physical media!).
RSD 2026 Releases- Exclusives and First Releases
How Do You Feel About Getting Married? - Dijon
For The Roses - Joni Mitchell
Acoustic Hits - The Cure
Welcome To My Blue Sky (The Heart Charm)- Momma
Caamp 10th Anniversary Edition - Caamp
BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge - Olivia Dean
Planting Tomatoes - Lucy Dacus
Walking On A Dream (Collectors Edition) - Empire of the Sun
Inbred- Ethel Cain
Relationships - HAIM
going… going… GONE! - hemlocke springs
White Gloves ii. / M. Blanc - Khruangbin
Big Fig Wasp - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
The Scythe (Live from The Pyre) - The Last Dinner Party
A Matter of Time: Live at Madison Square Garden - Laufey
Live at Revolution Hall - Adrianne Lenker
Laura Marling - Live at Albert Hall, Manchester - Laura Marling
All We Know Is Falling (Deluxe) - Paramore
Perfect Sound Forever - Pavement
Live from VEVO DSCVR - Gigi Perez
United - Phoenix
Live at the Hordern Pavilion (Sydney, NSW) 2025 - Spacey Jane
The Night in Question: French Exit Outtakes - TV Girl
Wolf Alice - Spotify Live Room - Wolf Alice
Independent Record Stores We Love
Byrdland Records - Washington, DC
Central Square Records - Seaside, FL
Tres Gatos - Jamaica Plain, MA
KA-CHUNK!! Records - Annapolis, MD
All Day Records - Carboro, NC
Sky Valley Records - Somderdale, NJ
Vintage Vinyl - St. Louis, MO
Shuga Records - Chicago, Il
Grimey’s - Nashville, TN
Vinyl Tap - Nashville, TN
Princeton Record Exchange - Princeton, NJ
Repo Records - Philadelphia, PA
Mobius Records - Fairfax, VA