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Record Store Day is quickly becoming known as Christmas Day for music fans. An enticement for those of you to get up and actually walk into a record store rather than ordering off Amazon or….shudder Itunes, is that these record stores are going to have primo geeko stuff that have been produced ONLY for Record Store Day. So you can either get down there and be a part of the celebration, or cry about it later on Ebay when you’ve just paid through the nose for that Crystal Castles single.

Last year was a superb day, hanging out at Criminal Records in Atlanta, GA, pulling stuff off the shelves like a madman. Record stores all around the UK, Europe and the United States have special events planned, including Australia (hola Red Eye Records in Sydney) so get on down and show your support and buy something! Webcuts this year will by loitering around Rough Trade records in London at the ass-crack of dawn keen on nabbing some She & Him and Beach House gear. Yeah, sometimes we have buy our own records too…

A select list of interesting treats available is listed below. Most of the sweet stuff is only available in select independent record stores in America, (the full list is found here) but it seems this time around there’s more for everybody. For people in the UK, direct your attention here for a list of goodies and participating stores. Everyone else you can check out your own country and stores here. Make sure to tell them Webcuts sent you!

Flaming Lips – ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ – 140g coloured vinyl with free cd
(Warner Bros Records 500 only)

Pavement – 7 inch single. Cut Your Hair / Grounded.
(Domino records 500 only)

The Rolling Stones -  “Plundered My Soul” unreleased track from the ‘Exile On Main Street’ sessions
(Polydor 1000 only)

Crystal Castles – “Doe Deer’ 4 track EP 1 track from the forthcoming album and 3 unrleased trackd from 2004
(Fiction 500 only)

Sonic Youth - “Hits Are For Squares” 16 tracks including the exclusive track Slow Revolution’
(IMS 500 only)

Beach House – “Zebra” ltd coloured EP 2 new tracks and 2 alternate mixes from album “Teen Dream”
(Bella Union 700 only)

Fucked Up – “Daytrotter Sessions”
(Beggars 450 only)

Julian Casablancas – “11th Dimension” Red vinyl
(Rough Trade 500 only)

The Fall - “Bury / Cowboy Cowboy”
(Domino 750 only)

Pavement – “Cut Your Hair”
(Domino 500 only)

She & Him – “In The Sun” comes in cloth tote bag
(Domino 300)

Mogwai / Fuck Buttons - “Colours Move/Mogwai Fear Satan” covering each others songs
(Rock Action 500 only)

Stone Roses – – “s/t” Gatefold vinyl Lp with 6 exclusive art prints, gold foil artwork sleeve & individually numbered
(Sony 500 only)

MGMT – “Siberian Breaks” Blue marble coloured 12” vinyl, etched on one side
(Sony 100 only)

LCD Soundsystem – “Pow Pow” 1 sided
(Parlophone / EMI 1000 only)

Nick Cave - “The Mercy Seat” White vinyl in goil foil stamped sleeve inc unreleased live tracks
(Mute / EMI 100 only)

Yeasayer “O.N.E” comes with ltd print inc xxx remix and demos
(Mute / EMI 325 only)

Gorillaz – “White Flag” feat Bashy,Kano & National Orchestra For Arabic Music”
(Parlophone / EMI 100 only)

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – “The Oldest House / North Coast” (Matador)