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  • ROAR Holiday Gift Guide - 2022

    A few years ago I saw a gift guide blog post on a woodworkers’ shop page while I was shopping for gifts for my brother. I liked that the woodworker wasn’t pushing products, just listing things he found useful throughout the year. Some were as little as $5 (a nice pencil) and some were in the $1,000 plus category. Given that record collectors are particularly hard to buy for (who can keep up with their loved one’s collection?), this list includes items that are *not* records at various price points. Rather, these are things that I’ve found make for a great listening experience and I think other record collectors will enjoy them. There are no referral links or anything like that. Since this is a casual gift guide, everything is under $225, with most items in the <$50 range. Nearly everything I’m recommending I acquired myself this year, so it’s fresh on my mind. 

     

    The following is my guide for this year!

Record Store Day Titles!

  • Wha'ppen? (Expanded Edition)
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    The English Beat
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    $34.98 USD
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  • Zappa For President
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    Frank Zappa
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    $37.99 USD
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  • Wake
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    Voivoid
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    $42.98 USD
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  • Genius Of Love 2001 Remixes
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    Tom Tom Club
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    $26.99 USD
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  • Have A Little Faith (Deluxe Edition)
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    Mavis Staples
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    $39.99 USD
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  • PUNK 45: Kill The Hippies! Kill Yourself! – The American Nation Destroys Its Young: Underground Punk in the United States of America 1978-1980
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    Soul Jazz Records Presents
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    $39.99 USD
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  • Hits Are For Squares
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    Sonic Youth
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  • Harvest Time / Love Will Find A Way (Radio Edit)
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    Pharoah Sanders
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    $17.99 USD
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  • Leftovers Again!? AGAIN!?!?!?
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    Residents
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  • Revolverlution Tour 2003
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    Public Enemy
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Virtual Crate Dive

  • Southern Rock Opera
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    Drive-By Truckers
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    $70.99 USD
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  • Roman Candle
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    Elliott Smith
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    $25.99 USD
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  • RASTAFARI - The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-82
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    Soul Jazz Records Presents
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  • The Academy In Peril (Remastered)
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    John Cale
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    $26.99 USD
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  • Paris 1919 - Deluxe Edition
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    John Cale
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    $31.99 USD
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  • Nobody Loves You More
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    Kim Deal
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    $27.99 USD
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  • Days of Thunder (Movie from the Motion Picture)
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    Hans Zimmer
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    $46.00 USD
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  • Last Will & Testament (Indie Exclusive)
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    Opeth
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    $42.00 USD
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  • Last Will & Testament
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    Opeth
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  • Hallowed Ground
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    Violent Femmes
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    $28.75 USD
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  • CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU FROM PHIL SPECTOR
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    Various Artists
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  • Lonerism
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    Tame Impala
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  • Wall
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    Pink Floyd
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    $45.00 USD
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  • Relics (180g)
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    Pink Floyd
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  • Live at Monterey
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    Jimi Hendrix
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    $22.99 USD
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  • I Want You
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    Marvin Gaye
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    $29.99 USD
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  • HELP!
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    The Beatles
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    $31.00 USD
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  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More…
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    Various Artists
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    $24.98 USD
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  • How to Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb
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    U2
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    $32.99 USD
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  • Purple Rarities
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    Stone Temple Pilots
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  • Ramones Greatest Hits
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    Ramones
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  • B-Sides and Otherwise
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    Morphine
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  • Town Hall (Stick Season Collaborations)
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    Noah Kahan
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    $29.99 USD
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  • The 1993 Steve Albini Sessions
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    Engine Kid
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    $30.99 USD
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  • Killing Moon
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    Echo & The Bunnymen
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