Curated RSD Picks & Archivist Release

Goldmine’s latest Record Store Day coverage narrows the 2026 scramble to two storylines: a 10-title buyer’s guide and Zev Feldman’s 11-release jazz-and-blues slate. (goldminemag.com, goldminemag.com) Record Store Day’s official 2026 list says the releases arrive at participating independent stores on Saturday, April 18, and stores choose their own orders. The event does not run pre-orders through its own site, and unsold stock can begin appearing on store websites on Sunday, April 19. (recordstoreday.com) Goldmine’s buyer’s guide, published April 13 by Dave Thompson, frames this year’s field as broad but missing some usual blockbuster names, while still leaning on familiar collectors’ draws like David Bowie, the Grateful Dead and The Doors. One highlighted title is The Doors’ *Strange Days 1967: A Work in Progress, Part 2*, an RSD Exclusive LP with 7,830 copies. (goldminemag.com) Another Goldmine pick is Pink Floyd’s *Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975*, listed in the article as a four-LP RSD Exclusive with 15,400 copies and a two-compact-disc edition with 7,100 copies. Thompson notes the lower compact-disc run could make that version scarcer by copy count. (goldminemag.com) That split captures the annual Record Store Day problem for buyers: hundreds of one-day releases, uneven store allocations and a first-come, first-served line outside local shops. The official site says most stores will not stock every title, even from the same master list. (recordstoreday.com) Feldman’s parallel lane is narrower and more specialized. Goldmine reported April 13 that the producer, label executive and “Jazz Detective” is attached to 11 Record Store Day 2026 titles, made up of 10 archival releases and one rare reissue. (goldminemag.com) Outside Goldmine, Feldman described the batch as a personal high-water mark and tied several of the titles to the Joe Segal Jazz Showcase tape archive. A Vinyl Guide episode posted April 13 said the archive yields releases featuring artists including Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef and Freddie King. (vinylguide.libsyn.com) Goldmine places Feldman’s work in the network of labels he has helped build, especially Resonance Records and Elemental Music, both known to collectors for remastered reissues and previously unheard live sets. That matters on a Record Store Day list crowded with novelty variants, because archival jazz buyers are often chasing unreleased performances rather than color-vinyl packaging alone. (goldminemag.com) Record Store Day itself says the event began with independent store owners in 2007 and first took place on April 19, 2008. In 2026, the same premise still holds: collectors line up for limited runs, but the real filter is which records each local shop decided to bring in. (recordstoreday.com, recordstoreday.com)