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L I S T I N G S
NOVEMBER 28, 2025
18 YEARS
Record Store Day is back! Now in its 18th year, our full release list in this issue includes some amazing titles that can also be viewed on recordstoreday. com and our digital edition. Our picks featured here are some of our favorite titles released on RSD, Friday, November 28.
November 28
THE DEAD MILKMEN Big Lizard in My Backyard( 40th Anniversary)( Giving Groove) The debut album that started it all, way back in 1985. Can you believe this album is celebrating its 40th anniversary!? With classic hits such as " Tiny Town ", " Dean ' s Dream ", and of course, " Bitchin ' Camaro," this is the collection of songs that propelled the Milkmen onto the indie rock scene( for better or worse). Hear what Maximum Rocknroll describes as " 20 satire-laced songs are real crack-ups... backed up by tight playing that incorporates funk, country, and lots of other styles into their punk approach ". In addition to the newly remastered album( pressed on green vinyl), this 40th anniversary edition includes a second disc of neverbefore-heard, straight off the original 8- track, alternate takes of 10 classics( pressed on yellow vinyl). Also included is a brandnew, custom windowed die-cut lenticular cover featuring updated artwork by Dean Clean, a gatefold layout of take-sheets, photos, and posters, and a QR code digital download. Coming to record stores first on November 28 as part of RSD Black Friday. Limited to 3500 worldwide.
DWIGHT YOAKAM And Then I Wrote … The First Three Albums Of The ' 90s( Rhino)
The Dwight Yoakam‘ 90s box set includes the prolific singer-songwriter and accomplished musician’ s first three 1990s albums( considered the heyday of the country pioneer’ s career)-all of which ended up in the Top Ten on the Country Charts-- and an exclusive full disc of rarities from the era.
BOB DYLAN The Original Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan( Legacy)
The first ever release of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan as it was originally conceived( the album jettisoned to folk-era stardom), including four tracks that were withdrawn before the album came out:“ Rocks And Gravel,”“ Let Me Die in My Footsteps,”“ Rambling, Gambling Willie” and“ Talking’ John Birch Paranoid Blues.” With the original, never-before-seen liner notes. Today, history repeats itself. Hear the album as Dylan intended.
A-HA Take on Me( 40th Anniversary Edition)( Rhino)
Celebrate 40 years of“ Take On Me” with eight versions of the iconic track by a-ha, spanning from its 1984 single release to later interpretations. Side A features the early 1984 version, the 1985 hit single version, and the instrumental, as well as a new 40th anniversary extended version produced specifically for this celebratory EP. Side B
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