RSD Black Friday 2026: 25 Titles We Think are GOOD to GET
RSD Black Friday is always a slightly different Record Store Day event. While the list is a bit shorter than April's BIG event, there are still a ton of exclusive releases. With so many releases still, we thought that we'd share our top 25 picks for RSD Black Friday 2026.
Want the complete picture? The official release list covers every title we are bringing in, store hours and event details are posted, and the whole drop lives in the RSD Black Friday 2026 collection.
How It Works on the Day
The same rules as every Record Store Day: titles are sold in-store first on November 27, one copy per title per person, first come, first served, no holds or reservations. Whatever remains after the in-store day is added to goodtasterecords.com with the same one-copy limit, per our shipping policy.
1. Earth, Wind & Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire
The vote was not close. Not That's the Way of the World but the 1971 debut, where the Chicago crew's cosmic funk was still raw, jazzy and searching. If our Essential Funk guide is your home base, this is required listening.
2. New Edition - Candy Girl (Candy Swirl Color)
Roxbury's own. The 1983 debut that launched Boston's great group-harmony dynasty arrives on a Candy Swirl pressing, and the hometown vote showed up for it.
3. Noah Kahan - The Great Divide: The Last of the Bugs (Alpenglow Color)
The extended edition of this year's The Great Divide, with the Last of the Bugs chapter folded in, pressed on Alpenglow vinyl. New England turned out for its own.
4. 2Pac - Pac's Life (Organic Earth Brown Color)
The posthumous 2006 set turns 20 with an Organic Earth Brown pressing, a deep-catalog pick for the shelf that already holds the essentials.
5. Lil Wayne - No Ceilings (Burnt Orange Color)
Mixtape Wayne is peak Wayne, and the 2009 classic returns to vinyl on Burnt Orange. Punchlines by the pound.
6. Hootie & The Blowfish - MTV Unplugged
An MTV Unplugged set cut in the thick of Cracked Rear View mania, stripped to the campfire bones. The 90s nostalgia vote is alive and well in the North End.
7. Noah Kahan - Draw You Out (Porcelain Powder Color)
Kahan's second entry on this list: his single from The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping album, pressed on a Porcelain Powder 7 inch.
8. Prince - Live at 3121 Las Vegas (Crystal Blue Curaçao Color)
Recorded during his mid-2000s Las Vegas residency at Club 3121 and pressed on Crystal Blue Curaçao. Also arriving on CD.
9. Biz Markie - Nobody Beats the Biz
The 1987 Juice Crew classic back on a 7 inch: beatbox, bravado and the most lovable voice rap ever produced.
10. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves (50th Anniversary) (White Color)
Fifty years of night moves and autumn closing in, on White vinyl for the anniversary.
11. Doors - 1966
A vault dig from 1966, the year the band sharpened the songs that became the debut. For the completist who wore out the studio albums long ago.
12. Czarface - Special Presentation (Translucent Grape Color)
Inspectah Deck with 7L and Esoteric, in full comic-book mode on Translucent Grape wax. Hip-hop's most reliable costumed act.
13. Masayoshi Takanaka - Takanaka
The 1977 solo debut from Japan's sunniest guitarist, back as a Japan-pressed reissue. If our city pop guide lives on your coffee table, circle this one: all three Takanaka titles on the Black Friday list made this ranking.
14. Bill Withers - In Concert: Live at the BBC, 1974
Bill Withers live for the BBC in 1974, voice and band in full command. Also coming on CD.
15. Miles Davis - Copenhagen Live 1969
Copenhagen, 1969: the working band that pushed Miles toward Bitches Brew, caught on stage. Our Miles Davis guide maps the whole electric turn if you want the full itinerary.
16. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia 1975
Philadelphia, 1975, the Born to Run tour: the E Street Band right as the legend got written. CD edition here.
17. Funkadelic - Live at Meadowbrook 1971
The storied 1971 Meadowbrook Ballroom performance, from the era we celebrated at September's Maggot Brain listening party. New to the P-Funk universe? Start with our Funkadelic guide.
18. Masayoshi Takanaka - Super Selection (Translucent Red Color)
A Takanaka primer on Translucent Red: the hits, the blue lagoons, the grin.
19. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Advent Calendar Edition) (Eco-Mix Red Color)
The advent calendar edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas on Eco-Mix Red. Our Vince Guaraldi guide covers why this record owns December.
20. Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (Picture Disc)
Stevie's 1981 solo debut as a picture disc: Edge of Seventeen on the platter or on the wall, your call.
21. Ween - Shinola Vol. 2 (Brown Color)
The sequel to the 2005 rarities collection, pressed on Brown vinyl, because Ween knows exactly what they are doing.
22. 10,000 Maniacs - Candy Everybody Wants (1982-1992)
A roundup of the Natalie Merchant years, 1982 to 1992. College rock's gentlest decade, one package.
23. The B-52's - Meso-Americans Live 1982
Live in 1982, deep in the Mesopotamia era: the Athens party machine at its art-funk weirdest.
24. Masayoshi Takanaka - Super Takanaka Live!
The 1980 live set completes the Takanaka trifecta on this list. When all three titles from a Japanese import artist crack a Boston shop's most-wanted ranking, city pop is not a trend here, it is a residency.
25. Joni Mitchell - Live at Carnegie Hall
An archival Carnegie Hall performance from the vaults, and the survey's quietest, surest pick.
See You on the 27th
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