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Record Store Day's second of three "RSD Drops Days" is being held on September 26. In addition to the items being sold in physical shops from the morning, online sales are allowed from 13:00 on release day. Below are just three picks from the thin list of releases on that day, the ones that you're likely not to want to miss!

Also see our list for the first day (August 29), and stay tuned for the third on October 24. The full list can be found on the official site (be sure to look at the release date).

See also the worldwide Record Store Day site if you need to check the list of international releases.

Pizzicato One "The Night Before: Pizzicato One In Person" (LP+7")
PIZZICATO ONE 「前夜 ピチカート・ワン・イン・パーソン」
(Japanese title: "zenya Pizzicato One In Person")

This is the vinyl edition of Pizzicato One's (Konishi Yasuharu) first live album, released on CD and digitally in June. The album comes as a set of LP and 7". Each copy includes an card autographed by Konishi Yasuharu himself!

LP
A1. mezame (The Awakening)
A2. Tokyo no machi ni yuki ga furu hi, futari no koi wa owatta. (Original: Mizuno Mari)
A3. kami no shiwaza (The Work of God)
A4. kimi ni naritai (Y.O.U. [I Wanna Be Like You])
A5. chikyū saigo no hi (Original: kuso yarō All Stars)
B1. Message Song
B2. Tokyo jōkū 3000 Feet (From 3000 Feet The Sky Of Tokyo) (Original: Ino Hidefumi)
B3. Table ni hitobin no Wine (Drinking Wine)
B4. Gondola no uta
B5. namida morokunatta. (Original: Yoshikawa Tomoko)

7"
A. mata koi ni ochite shimatta (Love Again)
B. kodomotachi no kodomotachi no kodomotachi e (To Our Children's Children's Children)

Universal PROZ-7901
Out 9/26, ¥4500 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Toki Asako "Passion Blue" (LP)
土岐麻子 「PASSION BLUE」

Toki Asako's latest album "Passion Blue" (2019), which has a city pop vibe.

A1. Passion Blue
A2. utsukushii kao
A3. High Line
A4. Emerald
A5. RADIO
B1. Ice Cream Talk feat. G.RINA
B2. That Summer
B3. ai o tesaguri
B4. kasa
B5. Bubble Gum Town

Kissing Fish Records KMKN60
Out 9/26, ¥3636 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Avec Avec "Rendezvous / Dedication" (7")

Two tracks from Avec Avec's latest EP "Rendezvous" (released in May).

A. Rendezvous
B. Dedication

Avec Avec/Ultra-Vybe OTS-219
Out 9/26, ¥1500 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Pizzicato One "zenya Pizzicato One In Person" (digital edition)

Toki Asako "Passion Blue" sampler clip

Avec Avec "Rendezvous" (full EP digital edition)