The list of April 2015 New Music Releases is a bit longer than a typical month. But then again, not every month has Record Store Day, which happens on April 18.

That day will see limited-edition, vinyl-only releases from such luminaries as Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant and Bob Dylan. These range from 7" singles and EPs to colored vinyl, reissues of classic albums and new compilations. You can see them all listed below.

As for the rest of the month, the pickings may seem slight, but there are still brand new albums from Brian Wilson and Randy Bachman. There's also a vinyl reissue of Rush's A Farewell to Kings and a collection of radio broadcasts from Guns N' Roses.

Here’s a full list of April’s new classic rock releases. Click on the highlighted titles to learn more about many of these records and videos. Don’t forget to check out our updated list of 2015 New Music Releases to look back on all of the great classic rock albums, videos and books that came out this year.

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    April 18

    The Animals – We’re Gonna Howl Tonight (U.S. only, 12″ vinyl); Animals No. 2 (U.S. only, 10″ vinyl)
    Anthony Phillips – The Geese and the Ghost (U.K. only, LP)
    Blue Oyster Cult – Bad Channels (U.S. and U.K., 2LP)
    Bob Dylan – “The Night We Called It a Day” / “Stay With Me” (U.K. and U.S., 7″ vinyl); The Basement Tapes (U.S. only, 12″ and 180g mono vinyl)
    Brian Eno – My Squelchy Life (U.S. and U.K., 2LP)
    Brian Wilson – “The Right Time” / “Sail Away” (U.S. and U.K., 7″ vinyl)
    Brian May – The Day After Halloween (U.S. only, 12″ colored vinyl); Patrick (U.S. only, 12″ colored vinyl); Thirst (U.S. only, 12″ colored vinyl)
    Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.; Nebraska; The River; Darkness on the Edge of Town; The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle; Greetings From Ashbury Park, NJ; and Born To Run (U.S. and U.K., LP)
    Chris Robinson Brotherhood – CRB RSD 2015 (U.S. only, CD)
    David Bowie – “Changes” (U.S. and U.K., 7″ picture disc); 1966 (U.K. only, LP); "Kingdom Come," with Tom Verlaine (U.S. only, 7″ colored vinyl)
    Deep Purple – Live With Orchestra: Montreux 2011 (U.K. only, 3LPs); Out of Hand (U.K. only, 10″ vinyl); “Black Night” / “Speed King” (U.S. and U.K., 7″ blue opaque vinyl in picture bag); Book of Taliesyn (U.K. only, 12″ mono white vinyl)
    Dire Straits – Honky Tonk Demos (U.K. only, 2×7″ vinyl discs)
    Doors – Strange Days (U.S. only, 12″ vinyl)
    Foo Fighters – Songs From the Laundry Room (U.S. and U.K., 10″ vinyl)
    Genesis – From Genesis to Revelation (U.K. only, LP, 12″ and 7″)
    Gov’t Mule – Stoned Side of the Mule (U.S. only, 12″ vinyl)
    Grateful Dead – Wake Up to Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, 3/29/90 (U.S. and U.K., 5LPs)
    Gregg Allman – Gregg Allman Live (U.S. and U.K., 10″ vinyl)
    Hawkwind – Back on the Streets (U.S. and U.K., 7″ vinyl); Quark Strangeness and Charm (U.K. only, 2LPs); Live Seventy Nine (U.K. only, 2LPs); Hawkwind (U.S. and UK, 12″ orange vinyl).
    Iggy Pop – Shot Myself Up (U.K. only, LP+7″ vinyl)
    Jerry Garcia – Compliments (U.S. only, 12″ colored vinyl)
    Jeff Beck – Tallyman / Rock My Plimsoul (U.S. only, 12″ colored vinyl); “Hi Ho Silver” / “Beck’s Bolero” (U.S. only, 7″ colored vinyl); “Live is Blue” / “I’ve Been Drinking” (U.S. only, 7″ colored vinyl)
    Jethro Tull – Live at Carnegie Hall (U.S. and U.K., 2LPs); Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson – Thick as a Brick: Live in Iceland (U.S. only, 3LPs)
    Jimi Hendrix – “Purple Haze” / “Freedom” (U.S. and U.K., 7″ vinyl)
    Joan Jett – Flashback (U.S. only, 2×12″ vinyl)
    Johnny Winter – It’s My Life Baby: The Best of the Alligator Years (U.S. and U.K., LP)
    Kinks – Kinksize Sessions EP (U.S. and U.K., 7″ vinyl); Kinksize Hits (U.S. only, 7″ vinyl); “You Really Got Me [Live]” / “Milk Cow Blues [Live]” (U.S. only, 7″ vinyl)
    Metallica – No Life til Leather (U.S. only, cassette)
    Moody Blues – Magnificent Moodies (U.K. only, LP)
    Paul McCartney – The Family Way: Original Soundtrack Recording (U.S. only, 12″ vinyl)
    Procol Harem – Homburg EP (U.S. and U.K., 7″ vinyl)
    Robert Plant – More Roar (U.S. and U.K., 10″ vinyl)
    Roxy Music – “Ladytron [previously unreleased version]” / “The Numberer [Steven Wilson Remix]” (U.K. only, 10″ vinyl)
    Simon & Garfunkel – “Homeward Bound” / “Leaves That Are Green” (U.S. and U.K., 7″ inch vinyl)
    Small Faces – “Afterglow of Your Love (alternate single mix)” / “Up the Wooden Hills to Bedfordshire” (U.S. and U.K., 7″ vinyl); French EP Box (U.K. only, 5×7″ vinyl discs); “Afterglow of Your Love” (U.K. only, 7″ vinyl); Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (U.K. only, LP)
    Stooges – Live at Ungano’s (U.S. and U.K., 2×12″ grey/white splattered vinyl, poster insert)
    T. Rex – Light of Love (U.K. only, picture disc)
    U2 – Songs of Innocence (U.S. and U.K., 2×10″ vinyl)
    Who – “Be Lucky” (U.K. only, 7″ colored vinyl)
    Yardbirds – Roger the Engineer (U.K. only, picture disc); Rarities EP (U.K. only, 7″ vinyl)

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    April 21

    Rush, A Farewell to Kings (vinyl)

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