Record Store Day 2015 has announced its list of exclusives for this year, and because Detroit is such a music town there's a few Motor City-related releases on there:
• J Dilla's out-of-print "Fuck the Police," previously released as a 12-inch, gets the RSD treatment as a 9-inch police badge-shaped picture disc. Dilla's previously unreleased "Love" also gets released as a 7-inch.
• A 7-inch single celebrating the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s “How Sweet It (To Be Loved By You)." A duet with Mary Wells, “Once Upon A Time,” is the B-side.
• The Stooges' Have Some Fun: Live at Ungano's, a 1970 performance on black and white spattered vinyl.
• Speaking of which, Stooges collaborator Mike Watt and his band the Secondmen will be featured on a clear split 7-inch.
Leyland “Lee” DeVito is the editor in chief of Detroit Metro Times since 2016. His writing has also been published in CREEM, VICE, In These Times, and New City. He once asked porn star Stormy Daniels to spank him with an issue of Metro Times. She obliged.