10 standout releases for Record Store Day 2026
Record Store Day 2026 goes down tomorrow (Saturday, April 18), and record enthusiasts can’t wait to hit up their local record store to increase their collection. We look at 10 standout releases making their way to Record Store Day 2026. More information about Record Store Day and local record stores near you can be found here.
Format: 7" Vinyl
Label: Reservoir Recordings
Quantity: 1500
Hip hop artist Danny Brown will deliver a special vinyl release of their 2012 debut single "Grown Up." The vinyl also includes the instrumental version. "Grown Up" still remains a set staple for the Detroit artist.
Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream (Collectors Edition)
Format: 2 x LP
Label: Capitol Records
Quantity: 3500
Empire of the Sun will deliver a special collectors edition of their 2008 breakthrough album Walking On A Dream. This release will feature the vinyl debut of five bonus tracks from the 'Walking On A Dream' album. While the record dropped in 2008, its title track didn't find success in America until 2016 thanks to a Honda Civic commercial.
Fear Factory - Digimortal (Remastered, Expanded 25th Anniversary)
Format: 2 x LP
Label: Real Gone Music
Quantity: 1500
Fear Factory's 2001 album Digimortal is getting the vinyl treatment for the first time since 2007 for Record Store Day. This special 25th anniversary release will include a handful of bonus tracks never before released on vinyl. The 11-track album, which concludes a trilogy of concept albums from the industrial metal band, features special guests B-Real of Cypress Hill and Billy Sherwood of Yes.
Junkie XL - Saturday Teenage Kick (Remastered, Expanded)
Format: 2 x LP
Label: Real Gone Music
Quantity: 1100
After working with bands such as Sepultura and Dog Eat Dog as a producer, Junkie XL unleashed their debut album Saturday Teenage Kick in 1997. Following its release, the artist would go on to work on numerous film scores, including The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Deadpool, and Zack Snyder's Justice League. This will be the first time Saturday Teenage Kick will be released on vinyl outside of Junkie XL's home country of the Netherlands.
Release Date: 4/18/2026
Format: 7" Vinyl
Label: Epitaph Records
Quantity: 1350
Matchbook Romance will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Voices by giving fans something that was initially left on the cutting room floor. Visions features two songs originally written for Voices but were never finished ("A Beautiful Day" and "Something Worse Than the Night"). Last year, the band decided to get back to work on these songs at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle. Visions is out on digital services right now.
Format: LP
Label: Capitol/UMe
Quantity: 6500
Megadeth's divisive compilation EP Hidden Treasures will be released on vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day. The release will also include the four bonus tracks featured in the Japanese version. Hidden Treasures features a slew of songs written for films as well as cover songs. The release features one of Megadeth's best songs with "99 Ways to Die" from The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience.
Format: 2 x LP
Label: Rhino
Quantity: 3130
Mutemath's 2006 self-titled debut album gets a special vinyl repress in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Earlier this year, the band released the singles "Without You" and "Polite" onto streaming services. These two songs were on the original release of the album on Mutemath's own Teleprompt Records.
Porcupine Tree - We Lost The Skyline
Format: LP
Label: Transmission
Quantity: 3500
Transmission Records will deliver a special vinyl release of Porcupine Tree's highly sought-after 2007 in-store performance at Park Avenue Records in Orlando, Florida. The eight-song set was in promotion of the band's album Fear of a Blank Planet.
Various Artists from Curaga Records and Chill Ghost Records - Video Game LoFi: Sleepy Pokémon Beats
Format: LP
Label: Curaga Records
Quantity: 1500
Curaga Records and Chill Ghost Records join forces for a special musical celebration of Pokémon's 30th anniversary. Video Game LoFi: Sleepy Pokémon Beats features artists from both record labels such as Champion Xegg, GlitchxCity, and wind-up bird transforming classic Pokémon music into lofi goodness.
Format: LP
Label: Pinkflag
Quantity: 1000
Influential post-punk band Wire will give their 2007 Read & Burn 03 EP the vinyl treatment for the first time. The release features the original four-song EP along with four additional tracks.
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