Phonica Records’ essential RSD 2025 picks

Including Gilles Peterson, De La Soul and Sun Ra. 

With Record Store Day (RSD) 2025 quick approaching April 12, we’ve asked our friends at Phonica Records to share their essential picks from this year’s offering of exclusives, reissues and special releases.

Check out Phonica’s RSD 2025 stocklist here and make sure to catch the store’s RSD festivities, kicking off at 9am with a full line-up of special guest DJs.

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Strictly Tuff Jam

Logic / Quentin Harris

(Strictly Rhythm)

UK garage legends Karl ‘Tuff Enuff’ Brown and Matt ‘Jam’ Lamont, better known as TUFF JAM, remix two of their favourite tracks from the Strictly Rhythm catalogue. Offering both a vocal and a dub remix of Logic’s “Blues For You” and Quentin Harris’ “Joy”, this four-tracker is a limited exclusive RSD run.

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Various Artists

Gilles Peterson presents International Anthem

(International Anthem Recording Co.)

New compilation Gilles Peterson Presents International Anthem highlights the legendary DJ’s love of the Chicago-based label International Anthem. A limited double LP, it comes in a UV gloss jacket with a booklet, OBI strip and inner sleeves.

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Voices In My Head

Some Other People

(Violent Drum Recordings)

A repressing from the original tapes of the 1992 house classic Voices In My Head’s Some Other People. Eight tracks influenced by deep house, tribal house, funky breakbeat, bleepy electro and techno. Don’t miss out.

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The Cure

Alone (Four Tet Remix)

(Polydor/Fiction)

The Cure’s “Alone” gets a black label Four Tet remix, exclusively available on 12″ vinyl for Record Store Day.

All royalties from the sale of the “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” 12″ will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) UK.

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Various Artists

Brazil 45 Boxset Vol.6

(Mr Bongo Records)

The sixth in a series of the Brazil 45 boxsets from Mr Bongo. This time around, BadBadNotGood take the reigns and curate a boxset of Brazilian cuts.

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A Tribe Called Quest

The Low End Theory

(Sony Legacy)

A Tribe Called Quest’s iconic The Low End Theory is repressed on a green and red splatter RSD exclusive – this is the first time it’s been available on colour vinyl outside of the US.

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Flying Lotus

Spirit Box

(Warp Records)

Originally released digitally, Flying Lotus’ supernatural Spirit Box EP finally gets a physical release via Warp Records.

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Confidence Man

4AM (LA LA LA)

(Chaos)

Following “3AM (LA LA LA)”, Confidence Man unveil a “4AM (LA LA LA)” Record Store Day exclusive with remixes of the original from the likes of Orbital and KLF’s Jimmy Cauty.

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De La Soul

Bigger & Respect

(Sanctuary)

Two previously unreleased De La Soul tracks finally drop on vinyl – “Bigger” and “Respect”. Originally recorded in 2004 during the studio sessions for The Grind Date, the two cuts are joined by instrumental versions of “Rock Co.Kane Flow” and “The Future” on this double 7″.

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Sun Ra

Nuits de la Fondation Maeght

(Strut Records)

Originally released across two edited volumes by Shandar in 1971, Nuits de la Fondation Maegh captures two August 1990 concerts from the legendary Sun Ra. These concerts are now reissued by Strut in an expanded 6 LP vinyl box set for Record Store Day 2025.

Visit Phonica Records at 51 Poland St, London W1F 7ND. Catch their Record Store Day 2024 stocklist here.