Record Store Day 2026 is here, and Craft Recordings has shown up with nine titles that cover serious ground. From mono jazz reissues to cult Latin classics to indie tribute compilations making their vinyl debut, this is a lineup that rewards the committed digger and the casual browser equally. Get to your nearest participating independent record store now.
The jazz selections alone justify the trip. Abbey Lincoln’s 1957 sophomore LP ‘That’s Him!’ arrives in a rare mono mix on 180-gram vinyl, mastered all-analog by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and limited to just 4,200 copies. Accompanying Lincoln on the original recording were Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Max Roach, a lineup that speaks for itself. JazzWise called it “a key work in Lincoln’s discography,” and this pressing gives it the treatment it deserves.
Miles Davis gets equally serious attention. ‘The New Sounds,’ his 1951 solo debut for Prestige Records, returns in its original 10-inch format for its 75th anniversary, mastered all-analog from the original mono tapes by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl and limited to 4,900 copies. A young Sonny Rollins appears here too, alongside Art Blakey and a 19-year-old Jackie McLean making his recorded debut. This is Davis before the legend fully calcified, confident and exploratory and already impossible to ignore.
On the Latin side, Markolino Dimond’s 1971 debut ‘Brujería’ returns to vinyl for the first time in more than 50 years. A salsa dura masterpiece produced by Harvey Averne, Larry Harlow, and Johnny Pacheco, the album blends progressive jazz with Afro-Cuban rhythms and features a remarkable cast including legendary vocalist Angel Canales, bassist Andy Gonzalez, and a coro that includes Héctor Lavoe and Ismael Quintana. Limited to just 1,500 copies on 180-gram vinyl, this one will move fast.
The Jazz Dispensary crew delivers ‘Magia Brasileira,’ a freshly curated Brazilian compilation pressed on eye-catching “Brazilian Shimmer” vinyl, a green, yellow, and gold blend housed in a jacket designed by São Paulo-based artist Fernanda Peralta. Featuring Dom Um Romão, Bola Sete, Flora Purim, João Donato, and more, it’s a rousing collection of mid-century samba and funk-drenched jams limited to 6,000 copies.
For the rock and pop contingent, the lineup is equally strong. ‘Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ makes its first-ever vinyl appearance, a 2-LP set on Translucent Sea Blue vinyl featuring 19 covers from HAIM, Tame Impala, St. Vincent, MGMT, The Kills, Lykke Li, Best Coast, and more. Originally released in 2012, it hit the Billboard 200’s Top 50 and peaked at number 15 on the Top Rock Albums chart. AllMusic called it “an unusually satisfying tribute album,” and hearing it on vinyl for the first time is reason enough to celebrate.
Mayday Parade’s ‘Tales Told by Dead Friends’ turns 20, and the career-launching EP returns on Translucent Orange 10-inch vinyl, limited to 2,500 copies. Violent Femmes’ 1986 album ‘The Blind Leading the Naked,’ produced by Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison and featuring the Stooges’ Steve Mackay on horns, gets its own pressing on “Candlelight Swirl” vinyl. And ‘Here Come the Tears’ by The Tears, the short-lived reunion project of Suede’s Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, finally gets its first-ever vinyl reissue. Rounding things out is ‘Stax: Killer B’s,’ a rare B-sides compilation from the legendary soul label featuring Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, and Booker T. & The M.G.’s.
Nine titles, all available now at participating independent record stores. This is what Record Store Day is supposed to feel like.
Craft Recordings Record Store Day 2026 Releases:
Abbey Lincoln – ‘That’s Him!’ (1-LP, Mono, 180-gram vinyl, limited to 4,200 copies)
Miles Davis – ‘The New Sounds’ (10-inch LP, Mono, limited to 4,900 copies)
Mayday Parade – ‘Tales Told by Dead Friends’ (10-inch EP, Translucent Orange Vinyl, limited to 2,500 copies)
Various Artists – ‘Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ (2-LP, Translucent Sea Blue Vinyl, limited to 3,700 copies)
Jazz Dispensary – ‘Magia Brasileira’ (1-LP, “Brazilian Shimmer” Vinyl, limited to 6,000 copies)
Markolino Dimond – ‘Brujería’ (1-LP, 180-gram vinyl, limited to 1,500 copies)
Violent Femmes – ‘The Blind Leading the Naked’ (1-LP, “Candlelight Swirl” Vinyl)
The Tears – ‘Here Come the Tears’ (first-ever vinyl reissue)
Various Artists – ‘Stax: Killer B’s’ (rare B-sides compilation)