National Album Day (NAD) has announced its return this year with a stacked slate of limited classic LPs being reissued on vinyl be some of Britain’s greatest acts – see the full list below.
National Album Day will take place on October 19 this year, and will follow the theme “Great British Groups”. This year, the event is presented in association with official broadcast partner BBC Radio 2. As part of this year’s celebrations, NAD has announced over 40 classic records that are being reissued on vinyl.
All of these special titles will be made available for purchase in retailers across the UK and via NAD itself – a large number of these records will be available for pre-order from 10am BST today (September 12).
Among the titles available today are Babyshambles‘ ‘Shotter’s Nation’, Idlewild‘s ‘Warnings/Promises’, Judas Priest‘s ‘British Steel’, Daughter‘s ‘Music From Before The Storm’, Simple Minds‘ ‘Big Music’, Slowdive‘s self-titled record, T. Rex‘s ‘The Slider’, The Proclaimers‘ ‘This Is The Story’, Suede‘s ‘Dog Man Star’ and Travis‘ ‘The Man Who’ and many others.
The records available for pre-order later today (September 12) are:
All Saints – ‘All Saints’
Babyshambles – ‘Shotter’s Nation’
Daughter – ‘Music From Before the Storm’
Dodgy – ‘Homegrown’
Embrace – ‘Out Of Nothing’
Gomez – ‘How We Operate’
Idlewild – ‘Warnings/Promises’
Jeff Wayne – ‘Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds: ULLAdubULLA – The Remix Album’
Judas Priest – ‘British Steel’
Longpigs – ‘The Sun Is Often Out’
Mike & the Mechanics – ‘Living Years’
Oysterband & June Tabor – ‘Freedom & Rain’
Prefab Sprout – ‘Jordan: The Comeback’
Scouting For Girls – ‘Scouting For Girls’
SHACK – ‘H.M.S. FABLE’
Simple Minds – ‘Big Music’
Simply Red – ‘Simplified’
Slowdive – ‘Slowdive’
Suede – ‘Dog Man Star’
T. REX – ‘The Slider’
Take That – ‘Everything Changes: 30th Anniversary’
The Animals – ‘The Animals’
The Chemical Brothers – ‘Exit Planet Dust’
The Fall – ‘Hex Enduction Hour’
The Lightning Seeds – ‘Jollification’
The Proclaimers – ‘This Is The Story’
The Sisters Of Mercy – ‘Floodland’
The Specials – ‘The Specials’
The Stranglers – ‘La Folie’
The Subways – ‘Money & Celebrity’ (Red & White split vinyl)
The View – ‘Cheeky for a Reason’
The Waterboys – ‘Fisherman’s Blues’
Travis – ‘The Man Who’
Utah Saints – ‘Utah Saints’
Wedding Present – ‘Bizarro’
World Party – ‘Goodbye Jumbo’
A number of records have also been announced to go on sale on October 19 from 8am BST. These include Culture Club‘s ‘Kissing To Be Clever’, Dire Straits‘ ‘Making Movies’, Mumford & Sons‘ ‘Sigh No More’, Sugababes‘ ‘Angels With Dirty Faces’, The Rolling Stones‘ ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!’ and more.
The albums available for purchase on October 19 are:
Culture Club – ‘Kissing To Be Clever’
Dire Straits – ‘Making Movies’
Mumford & Sons – ‘Sigh No More’
Siouxsie & The Banshees – ‘Through The Looking Glass’
Soul II Soul – ‘Club Classics Vol.1’
Spice Girls – ‘Spice’
Stereophonics – ‘Just Enough Education To Perform’
Sugababes – ‘Angels With Dirty Faces’
The La’s – ‘The La’s’
The Rolling Stones – ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!’
The Slits – ‘Cut’
UB40 – ‘Labour Of Love’
Previously, National Album Day has held a variety of activities to celebrate monumental musical releases, including street art murals, record store promotions and exhibitions that showcase album sleeve artwork.
Last Year’s National Album Day celebrated music from the ’90s and included releases from Oasis, Pulp, Portishead and more. Past ambassadors include Kylie Minogue, Lewis Capaldi, Mark Ronson, La Roux, Elbow, Paloma Faith, Blossoms, Alice Cooper, Toyah Willcox, Declan McKenna and The Corrs among many others.
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