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A couple of years ago, I was displeased with Record Store Day. While I’m all for the prospect of saving record stores and the music industry and centering a holiday of sorts around the idea of getting folks out to their nearest mom and pop music shop, I’m a rural music fan with no record stores within two hours of my home. This makes obtaining RSD exclusive release a major pain, usually involving scouring eBay after the fact in the hope that a release is available without an inflated price.

This year though, there was a bit of synchronicity that worked out in my favor in ridiculous luck. This year, I will be in Cincinnati on April 20th to see Death To All, which means I’ll have access to a couple of different RSD participating locations. Lucky for my collection, unlucky for my wallet.

If you find yourselves within proximity of a participating record store on April 20th (find out here!), then here is a list of relevant exclusive vinyl releases that you may find of interest:

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Record Store Day, the bastion of the independent music retailer, already has a huge string to its bow – a notch for its bedpost, if you will – for their fifth year in 2012, in the form of a special split 7″ record proposed from Mastodon and Feist.

If this comes off I’m sure it’ll be great; despite some negative criticism of The Hunter, I still think Mastodon have more than got ‘it’.

Bassist and vocalist Troy Sanders let slip the news in this interview with MTV Canada:

With the support Record Store Day received from the likes of Deftones, Foo Fighters and Rush, I’m sure there’ll be a plethora of additional support for RSD 2012, which I believe is happening on April 21st.

- CG

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