Primal Scream RSD reissue

Rhino Records is packaging Primal Scream’s 1987 releases Gentle Tuesday and Imperial as one vinyl exclusive for Record Store Day on April 18, 2026. (recordstoreday.com) Record Store Day lists the release as an exclusive LP on Rhino with 3,500 copies pressed for participating independent stores. Rhino said its 2026 Record Store Day slate includes 51 limited-edition titles available that day. (recordstoreday.com) (rhino.com) The set is pressed on translucent-blue vinyl at 45 revolutions per minute, according to Glide Magazine’s review of the package. Record Store Day’s listing says the two releases are “collected together for the first time.” (glidemagazine.com) (recordstoreday.com) Both records come from the era of Sonic Flower Groove, Primal Scream’s 1987 debut album. Record Store Day describes them as “two EPs taken from” that debut and notes that the package includes covers of songs by The Who and The Shadows of Knight. (recordstoreday.com) The track list keeps the original releases separate by side. Side A carries Gentle Tuesday, Black Star Carnival, and I’m Gonna Make You Mine; Side B carries Imperial, Star Fruit Surf Rider, So Sad About Us, and It Happens. (recordstoreday.com) Discogs shows both Gentle Tuesday and Imperial were issued in 1987 as 45 revolutions-per-minute vinyl releases, which places this package back in the band’s jangly indie-pop phase before its 1990s stylistic turn. (discogs.com 1) (discogs.com 2) That early phase is a smaller piece of Primal Scream’s catalog than the group’s later, more widely known work. Wikipedia’s discography entry lists 12 studio albums and 26 singles, underscoring how far back this Record Store Day release reaches into the band’s first chapter. (wikipedia.org) For collectors, the timing is straightforward: Record Store Day’s official 2026 list says these special titles arrive on Saturday, April 18. For Primal Scream fans, the draw is just as clear: two 1987 releases, one pressing, and a short run of 3,500 copies. (recordstoreday.com 1) (recordstoreday.com 2)