Record Store Day 2022 to Bring Exclusives From Taylor Swift, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, John Williams, David Bowie, Bill Evans, U2 and More

variety.com:

Chris Willman Music WriterThe full lineup of exclusive titles for April’s Record Store Day has been announced, with the expected title from official RSD 2022 ambassador Taylor Swift.

Her first-time release of a “The Lakes” single leads the way for hundreds of releases that range from a deluxe “Blue Velvet” soundtrack reissue and two John Williams 90th-birthday releases to rarities collections from Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed and David Bowie… and from unreleased jazz concerts by Charles Mingus and Bill Evans to vinyl reissues of albums by Prince, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, Childish Gambino, Stevie Nicks, the Cure, Kacey Musgraves and Pearl Jam.This year’s RSD will be on April 23 — the weekend after Easter, and Tax Day, to lighten the load on religious or business conflicts.

But there’s an asterisk to that. A minority of the releases won’t make it on time, due to supply-chain issues, and those are being scheduled for what you might think of as a bonus Record Store day (or, officially, a “RSD Drops date”) on June 18.

So before you get in line in April, check the listings carefully and make sure what you really want isn’t on the June list. Check out the full list in either one-page PDF form here or as a roundup of individually clickable web pages for each release here.