Two vinyl releases of David Bowie‘s music will be re-issued to coincide with Record Store Day 2016, it has emerged.
The late pop star – who passed away in January 2016 – will be furthered honoured in April with two re-releases on the annual Record Store Day, which seeks to champion and maintain the growth and popularity of vinyl record sales. Record Store Day runs on April 16.
According to Pitchfork, a pair of Bowie re-issues will come in the form of ‘Station to Station’ single ‘TVC15’ and the second ,1970’s ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ album (which is also reportedly being reissued with original German artwork), announced through Bowie’s official Facebook page. You can listen to the lead tracks of both re-issues below.
Recently, Metallica were also announced as official global ambassadors for this year’s initiative.
Meanwhile, John Malkovich has joined forces with a host of music stars to create a release for Record Store Day, which features various remixes of the actor reading an interpretation of Plato’s Cave Allegory.The LP was released non November 27 to coincide with Record Store Day’s Black Friday event. Ric Ocasek of The Cars joined a list of collaborators including Yoko Ono and The Dandy Warhols.
To create the record, Malkovich read an interpretation of Plato’s Cave Allegory over an original piece of music. What was created was sent to eleven different collaborators, who remixed what they received. The full list of collaborators, which also includes Efterklang and OMD, can be seen below.
Listen to the first release by Ric Ocasek, ‘Cryoblue Cheese O’, below:
Earlier this in 2015 Universal defended Record Store Day amid recent criticism from a number of independent labels and artists regarding the annual event.
After independent labels Sonic Cathedral and Howling Owl released a statement that said “how every day should be record store day” and that the current Record Store Day “rules and regulations” mean that it’s “not beneficial to small, backs to the wall labels”, Universal Music posted a blog to their official website titled ‘Who Wins From Record Store Day?’ in which they wrote: “Until a few weeks ago it seemed everyone in the music industry thought Record Store Day, the eight-year-old celebration of the UK’s hundreds of indie music shops, was a great idea. RSD has given the indie store sector, decimated over the last decade or so with the closure of over 500 shops, a new lease of life… But, then the naysayers arrived.”
The post also quotes Universal’s independent sales manager, Marc Fayd’Herbe, who said: “I have worked with indies for 25 years and RSD has been the single best thing that has ever happened to the indies (stores). We should never forget that. We have supported RSD from the beginning. A few years ago stores were begging us to bring out stuff. Now we have brought out a nice raft of releases, some people are saying ‘Oh, they want to take over’.”
