Record Store Day - Record Store Day 2012

Record Store Day 2012

The fifth annual Record Store Day took place on Saturday, April 21, 2012. The official ambassador for the event was Iggy Pop. This year, over 400 different releases were made for the day, including:

• Abba - "Voulez Vous" / "If It Wasn't For The Night" (12" Numbered Vinyl)
• Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II " (12" Vinyl)
• Arctic Monkeys - "R U Mine?" (7" Limited Purple Vinyl)
• BBC Radiophonic Workshop - "Doctor Who: Sound Effects" (180g LP, 1000 Copies Only)
• BBC Radiophonic Workshop - "Out of This World" (180g LP, 1000 Copies Only)
• Bruce Springsteen - "Rocky Ground" / "The Promise " (7" Vinyl, 1500 Copies Only)
• Bruno Mars - "The Grenade Sessions" (10" Vinyl)
• Buddy Guy - "This is Buddy Guy" (180g LP)
• Chiddy Bang - "Ray Charles" (7" Dinked Vinyl, 450 Copies Only)
• Chase & Status - "Flashing Lights " (12" Vinyl)
• Childish Gambino - "Heartbeat" (12" Vinyl)
• Coldplay - "Up with the Birds" / "U.F.O." (7" Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• Cradle of Filth - "Midnight in the Labyrinth" (2CD)
• David Bowie - "Starman" (7" Picture Disc Vinyl)
• Disturbed - "The Collection" (12" Vinyl 2500 Copies Only)
• Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water" (7" Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• Devo - "Live in Seattle 1981" (2x 180g LP + 2x Posters Box Set)
• Emeli Sande - "Heaven" (12" Vinyl)
• Enrique Iglesias and Dev - "Naked" (12" Vinyl)
• Florence and the Machine - "Only If For A Night" (7" Vinyl, 3000 Copies Only)
• Foster the People - "Broken Jaw" / "Ruby" (7" Orange Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• Foster the People - "Pumped Up Kicks" (12" Vinyl)
• Fun. - "The Ghost That You Are To Me" (12" Gold Gear Shaped Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• Garbage - "Blood for Poppies" / "Battle in Me" (7" Red Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• Gorillaz - "Do Ya Thing" (10" Picture Disc, 500 Copies Only)
• Iggy Pop - "I'm Bored" / "African Man" (7" Lime Green Numbered Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• James Brown - "Live at the Apollo" (7" Vinyl)
• Jamiroquai - "Rock Dust Light Star" (2x 180g LP + 1x CD Box Set, 3000 Copies Only)
• Janis Joplin - "Selections from the Pearl Sessions" (2x 10" Numbered Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• Kate Bush - "Lake Tahoe/Among Angels" (10" Picture Disc Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• Katy Perry - "Part of Me" (12" Heavyweight Pink Vinyl, 3000 Copies Only)
• Lee "Scratch" Perry - "Blackboard Jungle Dub" (10" Box Set, Limited Edition Multi-Colored Vinyl)
• Leonard Cohen - "Live in Frederiction EP" (12" Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• M83 - "Mirror" (7" Vinyl, 2000 Copies Only)
• M. Ward - "Primitive Girl" (7" White Vinyl, 2000 Copies Only)
• Metallica - "Beyond Magnetic" (12" Vinyl)
• Michael Bublé - "Georgia on My Mind" (7" Peach Vinyl, 3000 Copies Only)
• Miles Davis - "Forever Miles" (180g LP, 1000 Copies Only)
• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Songs From The Great White North EP (12" White Opaque Numbered Vinyl, 2000 Copies Only)
• Paul McCartney - "Another Day" b/w "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (7" Vinyl)
• Pete Townshend - "The Quadrophenia Demos" (2x 10" Vinyl)
• Phish - "Junta" (Limited Edition Deluxe 3-LP vinyl set, 5000 Copies Only)
• Professor Green - "How Many Moons " (12" Green Vinyl)
• Rory Gallagher - "Stomping Ground" (10" Numbered Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Stadium Arcadium" (2006 Deluxe Edition re-release, 2000 Copies only)
• Regina Spektor - "Old Jacket" (7" White Vinyl, 3000 Copies Only)
• Ryan Adams - "Heartbreak A Stranger" / "Black Sheets of Rain" (7" Vinyl, 2500 Copies Only)
• Sex Pistols - "Anarchy In The UK", "God Save The Queen", "Pretty Vacant" and "Holidays in The Sun" (7" Numbered Picture Disc Vinyl, 3500 Copies Only)
• She & Him - "Volume One" (180g LP, Colored Vinyl, 100 Copies Only)
• Sigur Rós - "Hvarf/Heim" (12" Translucent pale green double vinyl) (North America) / "Ekki Múkk" (Vinyl, 10") (Europe)
• Silverstein - "Support Your Local Record Store (7" vinyl)
• Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities (Moby Remix) / I Travel (2012 John Leckie Remix) (12" single, 1000 Copies only)
• Social Distortion - "Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes" (2x 180g Red and Orange LPs + Poster Box Set, 750 Copies Only)
• St. Vincent - "KROKODIL" / "Grot" (red vinyl 7" single, 2500 Copies only)
• T. Rex - "Telegram Sam" / "Metal Guru" (7" Coloured Vinyl, 750 Copies Only)
• T. Rex - "Electric Sevens" (4x 7" Vinyl Box Set)
• Tegan and Sara - "Get Along" (180g LP, 300 Copies Only)
• The Black Keys - "El Camino" (2x 12" + 1x 7" Vinyl, Poster and Bonus CD Box Set, 6000 Numbered Copies Only)
• The Civil Wars - "Billie Jean" / "Sour Times" (7" Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• The Clash - "London Calling" (7" Vinyl, 1000 Copies Only)
• The Flaming Lips / Mastodon - "A Spoonful Weighs A Ton" (7" Pink Vinyl, 10000 Copies Only)
• The White Stripes - "Handsprings" / "Red Death at 6.14" (7" Red and Black Vinyl)
• Steven Wilson - Catalog / Preserve / Amass (Live album, 2000 12" Vinyl Copies Only)

To coincide with Record Store Day 2012, the UK's Official Chart Company launched the Official Record Store Chart, a weekly music chart based solely on sales from independent record shops. The chart was first issued on 20 April 2012, the eve of Record Store Day 2012.