The fifth annual Record Store Day takes place Saturday at independent record stores around the country. Retailers will be offering up exclusive vinyl albums and singles as well as having in-store signings and performances. Here's a sample of what you'll be able to buy and see.

  • Releases:
    311 - 311 - 12" vinyl of four remixes
  • Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II" - 12" vinyl single
  • The Black Keys - El Camino - 12" vinyl album with a 7" single featuring previously unreleased live tracks
  • The Clash - "London Calling" - 7" vinyl single
  • The Cult - "For The Animals" - 7" vinyl single
  • Coldplay - "Up With The Birds"/"UFO" - 7" vinyl single
  • Disturbed - The Collection - 12" vinyl box set
  • The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends - 12" vinyl album (includes guest spots by Bon Iver, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Jim James of My Morning Jacket and Chris Martin of Coldplay)
  • Foster The People - "Broken Jaw"/"Ruby" - 7" vinyl single
  • Fun. - "The Ghost That You Are To Me" - 10" picture disc
  • Garbage - "Blood For Poppies" - 7" vinyl single
  • Mastodon/The Flaming Lips - "A Spoonful Weighs A Ton" - 7" vinyl single
  • Mastodon/Feist - 7" vinyl single
  • Metallica - Beyond Magnetic EP - 12" silver vinyl
  • The Mynah Byrds (Neil Young's band with Rick James) - "It's My Time"/"Go On And Cry" - 7" vinyl single
  • Ozzy Osbourne - "Believer" - 7" black and white polka dot vinyl
  • Ozzy Osbourne - Live - double 12" vinyl
  • Rainbow - Long Live Rock and Roll 12" picture disc
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium - 12" vinyl box set
  • Bruce Springsteen - "Rocky Ground" - 7" vinyl single
  • Switchfoot - Vice Re-Verses - CD
  • Pete Townshend - Quadrophenia Demos Part 2 - 10" vinyl
  • Eddie Vedder - "Love Boat Captain"/"Wishlist" - 7" vinyl single
  • The White Stripes - "Hand Springs"/"Red Death at 6:14" - 7" vinyl single

AMAZING TOYS FROM THE 1990s

The 1990s were a great decade for toys. While kids these days are getting more high-tech gadgets like iPods and iPhones, the kids of the '90s had a lot of fun with some simple stuff, including:

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Super Soakers
  • Rollerblades
  • Koosh Ball
  • Pogs
  • Pokemon
  • Super Nintendo (Guyism.com)