Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Record Store Day April 21st: Wednesday Edition


Ahhh…the smell of vinyl is in the air!  Record Store Day takes place this Saturday, April 21st, and has become the annual celebration of the wonderful people and the independent record stores that have held off the big box retailers from completely ruining the music business altogether.  This equates to a wealth of exclusive releases and reissues, some of which are made in such limited quantities that they are practically only available on Record Store Day.

The entire list of exclusive releases are available on the official Record Store Day website or on the free Record Store Day app available for free in the iTunes store.  While reviewing my wish list last night, I added another exclusive from Genesis to my ever growing list of “must haves.”

Genesis - Spot The Pigeon EP

Spot The Pigeon is a lost entry in the Genesis catalog, containing three tracks recorded during the Wind & Wuthering sessions and one of the records recorded between Peter Gabriel's departure and the time when Phil Collins became the band's lead singer. This Record Store Day edition is one of the first official releases of Spot The Pigeon since its original run in 1977. While it's certainly not the band's best work, the prog-sounding Yes vibe on the second half of "Inside And Out" is what will make this EP sought after by fans and yours truly.

-Will Fisher, The Showbiz Kids

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