As reported earlier, in the UK, Parlophone’s getting into the action with limited edition 7″ vinyl from artists such as Babyshambles, Bat For Lashes, Chiddy Bang, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Eliza Doolittle, Hot Chip, Jónsi, Lily Allen, The Pet Shop Boys and Tinie Tempah.  (Also, for UK stores only, from a band you may have heard of, The Beatles).

In the US, artists playing at the Coachella Festival will be meeting fans and signing albums at a Record Store Day tent throughout the weekend, including LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Zoe and David Guetta.

We’ll be posting more details about additional artist performances around the US, plus limited edition releases that will be available — check back for more!

EMI is producing a series of special releases that will only be available through participating retailers. In the US EMI is releasing exclusive John Lennon and Sex Pistols vinyl packages, while in the UK, Mute are putting out special 12″ singles from Nick Cave and Yeasayer and a Goldfrapp cassette album and Parlopone are releasing a series of 12 special 7″ singles.

Each release, which is strictly limited (the maximum run is 1,000) comes in a vintage-style paper Parlophone house bag which utilises elements of historic sleeves from the 1960s right through to the present day.

The artists featured are Babyshambles, Bat For Lashes, Chiddy Bang, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Eliza Doolittle, Hot Chip, Jónsi, Lily Allen, The Pet Shop Boys, Tinie Tempah, the band that made the label what it is today, The Beatles, and a 12th release for which details will follow in due course.

More information on the Parlophone 7″ records is on their website here: http://www.parlophone.co.uk/recordstoreday/