Limited Primal Scream vinyl

Primal Scream’s early indie years are getting a scarce new pressing: *Gentle Tuesday* and *Imperial* will be sold together on Record Store Day 2026 in a run of 3,500 copies. (recordstoreday.com) Record Store Day lists the release date as Saturday, April 18, 2026, with Rhino issuing the set as an exclusive LP. The official entry says the two 1987 EPs are “collected together for the first time.” (recordstoreday.com) The package pulls from Primal Scream’s 1987 debut album era, *Sonic Flower Groove*, before the band’s later dance-rock pivot. Record Store Day’s track list includes “Gentle Tuesday,” “Imperial,” “Black Star Carnival,” “Star Fruit Surf Rider,” and cover versions of songs first recorded by The Who and The Shadows of Knight. (recordstoreday.com) That makes the release a snapshot of Bobby Gillespie’s band before *Screamadelica* turned Primal Scream into a different kind of act in 1991. Glide said the 1987 material came from the group’s jangle-pop phase, years before it bridged British rock and rave culture. (glidemagazine.com) The timing also matters because Record Store Day titles are sold through participating independent shops, not as standard wide releases. Record Store Day says the event began in 2008 to celebrate independent record stores and now involves nearly 1,400 stores in the United States and thousands more internationally. (recordstoreday.com) This year’s official list runs into the hundreds, which puts smaller catalog titles into direct competition with major-name exclusives. Record Store Day says more than 365 special releases are scheduled for April 18, 2026. (recordstoreday.com; yahoo.com) Shoppers should not expect easy walk-in availability for sought-after records. A Detroit News guide for this year’s event warned fans to expect early lines and limited stock on hot titles. (detroitnews.com) Some stores are already signaling how tight the rules will be. Banquet Records in the United Kingdom says the Primal Scream release will go on sale over the counter on April 18, with leftover copies online on April 20, and a limit of one per customer. (banquetrecords.com) So the practical takeaway is simple: if this Primal Scream set is on your list, Saturday morning matters more than later browsing. A 3,500-copy run and Record Store Day’s first-come store model usually reward the people already in line when the doors open. (recordstoreday.com; detroitnews.com)