A huge amount of limited releases have been produced in honor of Record Store Day by a range of artists, from indie up-and-comers to longtime major label veterans. Every store carries a little something different for the Saturday, April 17 edition; here are some top picks by staffers at three of ‘em as well as some of my own recommendations as well as some other releases you may want to know about — they piqued my interest, anyway … To read more about RSD and events hosted by stores around the Bay area, click here.

Daddy Kool Manager Manny Kool

• Weezer, Raditude Happy Record Store Day: "Crazy-as-hell Weezer CD EP with all brand new material including a duet with Kenny G and a cover of Green Day's 'Brain Stew.'"

• Rolling Stones, Plundered My Soul 7": "An unearthed Stones track from the Exile On Main Street era! Melt it down, chop it up, and mainline it."

• Flaming Lips, Dark Side Of The Moon LP: "Edges out the Peter Gabriel / Bon Iver split 7" because it is a full-length album on sea foam green vinyl."

Employee and CL Contributor Shawn Goldberg

• Black Moth Super Rainbow, Eating Us (2LP). It's the colored and etched vinyl version of Eating Us except it's fancy and there's an extra track. There's also a single LP that's not as limited, not colored, has no etching design, yet does include the extra song, too.”

• Flaming Lips, Dark Side Of The Moon LP: "Yes, for the past few months, these tracks have been offered on iTunes, but hearing them via your iPod dock is unacceptable, even for the casual Lips fan. In this case, vinyl is a must."

• Beastie Boys, Super Surprise Content White Label 12": "What the hell is going to be on that?" To read more recommendations by Shawn, click here.

This article appears in Apr 14-20, 2010.