Record Store Day Black Friday 2025
It’s that time of year again! Introducing our five titles for this year’s RSD Black Friday drop!
Titles available in the US and UK include the reissue of an EP from stoner rock luminaries Slo Burn, our second volume of recordings from delta blues pioneer Charley Patton, a box set of live performances from avant-garde jazz great Albert Ayler with Don Cherry, and the latest entry in Mike Watt and Larry Mullin’s Stooges cover tradition.
Available in the US only will be an EP from heavy up and comers OTTTO.
Learn more about each release below, and find participating stores near you.
Slo Burn - Amusing the Amazing
Amusing the Amazing is a four song EP by American stoner rock band Slo Burn, originally released in 1997 by Malicious Vinyl. The band was fronted by vocalist John Garcia, formerly of Kyuss, and included guitarist Chris Hale, bassist Damon Garrison, and drummer Brady Houghton. The EP was co-produced by Slo Burn and Chris Goss. The EP is being remastered and pressed on 12” vinyl for the first time, with audio on one side and a custom etching on the other.
Charley Patton - Father of the Delta Blues: Selections from Paramount Recordings Vol. 2
The raw, thunderous power of Charley Patton resounds once again in this essential second volume of Father of the Delta Blues: Selections from Paramount Recordings. These tracks capture Patton at his most urgent and unfiltered, delivering fierce slide guitar, hollered vocals, and lyrics steeped in mystery, defiance, and deep Mississippi soul. This volume continues the excavation of Patton’s singular legacy: part preacher, part trickster, part storyteller. Lovingly restored and remastered by Dave Gardner, Volume Two is not just a document of early blues—it's a glimpse into the roots of American music itself, where rhythm met rebellion and history was etched into shellac. Pressed on color vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day Black Friday 2025.
Albert Ayler with Don Cherry - Europe 1964
In their short time together, Albert Ayler and Don Cherry created a body of music that genuinely exists in the moment. Oblivious to rules and aesthetic boundaries, they played what they felt on their nerve-ends, embracing mistake and wrong turns as part of the experience of making art in the moment. Now over sixty years old, these recordings breathe as strongly and sound as vividly as they did when they were made. This 4xLP box set contains four sets of recordings from the fall of 1964, including live sets at Copenhagen's Jazzhus Montmartre and a VARA Radio session in The Netherlands. The audio has been remastered and compiled together for the first time on vinyl. Albert Ayler's vital free jazz quartet featured Don Cherry on cornet, Gary Peacock on double bass and Sunny Murray on drums. The release includes a fold-out insert with extensive liner notes from Brian Morton.
Larry Mullins + Mike Watt - We Will Fall
In a daring, hypnotic tribute to Detroit’s primal avant-rock roots, drummer Larry Mullins (aka Toby Dammit) and legendary bassist Mike Watt stretch The Stooges’ haunting mantra “We Will Fall” into a sprawling near 40-minute ritual of repetition, restraint, and raw atmosphere. Mullins and Watt channel the eerie pulse and narcotic drone of the original 1969 track, pushing its trance-inducing core into uncharted territory. Mullins, known for his work with Iggy Pop, Swans, and Nick Cave, builds a minimalist landscape with his shruti box, Moog electronics, tabla, and gongs. Watt’s signature low-end thrum mutates from subtle heartbeat to full-body hallucination. What emerges is not a cover but an extended invocation. Part séance, part dirge, part free-form exploration of mood and mind. It’s a slow burn of sonic devotion, honoring the spirit of The Stooges while opening the door to something entirely new: a deep-listening descent into the sacred and strange. This meditative and menacing piece is split into two full sides for a 12” vinyl pressing, available exclusively for Record Store Day Black Friday 2025. Half of the pressing comes on gold vinyl and half on black, selected at random.
OTTTO - Sweaty Pool (U.S. Only)
OTTTO unleash Sweaty Pool, a four-song 12” EP exclusive to Record Store Day Black Friday. Limited to 500 copies, it features some of the band’s most powerful material yet, highlighted by the title track with guest vocals from Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss). A bold statement from one of heavy music’s most promising young bands, stacked and loaded with all the ingredients for your musical taste buds. Dive in and swim in OTTTO's Sweaty Pool!