Record Store Day has shared a number of releases that are coming for the 2025 edition, and are set to raise funds for the War Child charity.
The new announcement was shared this morning (March 26), and features 13 titles that have been specially created for this year’s edition of RSD.
They come as part of a partnership with War Child, and will see £1 from every copy sold donated to the non-profit organisation. Funds raised will help to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children living in areas of conflict around the world.
New releases include a 40th-anniversary edition of The Cure’s sixth studio album, 1985’s ‘The Head On The Door’, a deluxe version of The Charlatan’s ‘Wonderland Album’, and a new edition of Frank Turner’s ‘Positive Songs For Negative People’.
Other presses include ‘Communion’ by Years & Years, ‘Be Just And Fear Not’ by Van Morrison, ‘Peel Sessions 1979-1983’ by OMD, ‘Taller In More Ways’ by Sugababes and ‘Dawn of the Rats: B-Sides Demos And Live 1975-1979’ by The Boomtown Rats.
More anniversary editions include the 10th-anniversary version of CHVRCHES’ ‘Every Open Eye’ and the 20th-anniversary edition of Mark Knopfler’s ‘One Take Radio Sessions’.
📢 We are excited to announce that 13 of the titles for #RSD25 will be in support of @WarChildUK! £1 from every copy sold will be donated to help protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children living through conflict around the world.
Including:@thecure – The Head… pic.twitter.com/3PM5QWPQuA
— Record Store Day UK (@RSDUK) March 26, 2025
Find the full list below, and visit here for more information.
The RSD releases raising money for War Child UK are:
The Cure – ‘The Head On The Door (40th Anniversary)’
David Sylvian – ‘Camphor’
Sugababes – ‘Taller In More Ways’
OMD – ‘Peel Sessions 1979 – 1983’
The Charlatans – ‘Wonderland (Deluxe)’
Frank Turner – ‘Positive Songs For Negative People’
Mark Knopfler – ‘One Take Radio Sessions (20th Anniversary)’
Years & Years – ‘Communion’
CHVRCHES – ‘Every Open Eye (10th Anniversary)’
Van Morrison – ‘Be Just and Fear Not’
Boys Wonder – ‘Be Reasonable…’
The Boomtown Rats – ‘Dawn of the Rats: B-Sides Demos And Live 1975-1979’
Passengers (Brian Eno, U2) – ‘Original Soundtracks 1 (30th Anniversary Remastered Edition)’
2025 marks the 18th edition of Record Store Day, and will feature over 270 independent record shops around the country, as well as thousands more globally. As usual, there will also be a series of in-store parties and a celebration of independent record store culture.
Sam Fender has been announced as the official ambassador of Record Store Day UK. He’ll release a new six-track 12-inch vinyl EP to celebrate, ‘Me And The Dog’, featuring two new songs.
In the US, Post Malone has been announced as ambassador for this year. “What an honour, I can’t believe I was chosen to be Record Store Day’s Ambassador for 2025,” he said in a new statement. “Record Store Day is so important and I really hope to do my part to keep it alive.”
Find a full list of this year’s releases here.
Last year’s edition of Record Store Day was held on April 20 and saw releases from The 1975, David Bowie, Daft Punk, Talking Heads, Paramore, Blur, Lily Allen, Gorillaz, Elton John, Paramore and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
