Today Is National Record Store Day

This is not meant to freak you out. But these are record stores. An incredible place to get lost for an hour or an entire day. Today is National Record Store Day. Put down your smart phone and Ipods and go experience the true journey of what its like to be a fan of music. Joe Elliot from Def Leppard talks about his first albums. Record Store Day, a celebration of independent music shops, is tomorrow. Among this year's special releases are: U2 - a deluxe double-vinyl version of their latest album, Songs of Innocence. Dire Straits - Honky Tonk Demos, two 12-inch singles containing the previously issued demo of "Sultans of Swing," "Water of Love," "Down to the Waterline" and "Wild West End." George Thorogood and the Destroyers' debut album on blue vinyl. Bruce Springsteen - remastered versions of his first seven albums on vinyl. The Animals - No. 2 EP, a 10-inch vinyl edition of the band's third British EP, which was never released in the U.S. Gregg Allman - Live, a 10-inch vinyl picture disc with concert renditions of "Whipping Post" and "I'm No Angel," as well as performances with Jackson Browne and Zac Brown. Jeff Beck - first three singles on seven-inch vinyl. Blue Oyster Cult - 1992 Bad Channels soundtrack makes its vinyl debut. Bob Dylan and The Band - The Basement Tapes on vinyl numbered and signed by The Band's Garth Hudson. The Kinks' first two British EPs, Kinksize Session and Kinksize Hits, reissued on singles. Paul McCartney - 1967's The Family Way: Original Soundtrack Recording gets a vinyl reissue after being out of print for decades. Metallica - original demo on cassette. Robert Plant - previously unreleased live material on vinyl. David Bowie - Side by Side, a white/clear vinyl seven-inch of "Kingdom Come." One side features the original Tom Verlaine version and the other has Bowie's rendition from the Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) album. The second release is a seven-inch picture disc of "Changes." The Who - blue vinyl seven-inch of their latest single, "Be Lucky," from The Who Hits 50. Down n' Outz - Joe Elliott's side band - 12-inch vinyl EP with covers of Elton John's "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," Mott the Hoople's "Marionette" and two others. Foo Fighters - Songs From the Laundry Room, a collection of demos that Dave Grohl recorded before the band's first album. Grohl is Record Store Day Ambassador and will lead the Foos through a set on Saturday at the Record Connection in Niles, Ohio, which is near Warren, Ohio where he was born in 1969.