Analog After Dark - RSD Black Friday Picks, $4,000 Blade Runner & Metallica at the Sphere EP.9

Mike and Leland are back for Episode 9 of Analog After Dark — and after a few weeks off there's a lot to get through. The RSD Black Friday 2026 list is out and the guys go through what they're actually lining up for, Electric Recording Company drops a $4,000 Blade Runner that has everybody asking the same question, Billy Idol's Rebel Yell gets the Definitive Sound Series One-Step treatment, and Mike comes back from Metallica at the Sphere with a trunk full of records and a story about how it happened. This week: RSD Black Friday 2026: is the list weak, or better than it looks? Our picks — The Doors, Prince 3121, Blue Mitchell Out of the Blue, the all-analog Rolling Stones Aftermath, Billy Idol Live at the Roxy, Cecil Payne, the B-52s and more Why you never know what's going to sell on Record Store Day (Chappell Roan, Wicked, Taylor Swift) What RSD should be doing instead — and why so many stores get the day wrong ERC's $4,000 digital Blade Runner: is this jumping the shark? Billy Idol Rebel Yell on the Definitive Sound Series — and why DSS is winning right now Talk Music: Metallica at the Sphere — $5,000 floor tickets, the rail, and the Sphere-exclusive splatter variants nobody was talking about Leland at Jack White — the no-phone show, the rail, and the Third Man release party What we're listening to: Leaf Hound Growers of Mushroom (Thousand Club), Metallica Sphere exclusive, Rubber Soul 2026 stereo remix, The Temptations Sing Smokey, and the all-analog Charlie Brown Christmas OJC Chapters: 0:00 Intro: Analog After Dark EP.9 0:21 RSD Black Friday 2026 list is out — mixed reactions 2:22 Our picks: The Doors, Prince, Blue Mitchell, Stones Aftermath, Billy Idol, B-52s 13:22 You never know what sells: Chappell Roan, Wicked & Taylor Swift 17:35 What RSD should be doing — and how The 'In' Groove runs Record Store Day 25:40 ERC's $4,000 Blade Runner: jumping the shark? 33:44 Billy Idol Rebel Yell gets the Definitive Sound Series One-Step 37:29 Talk Music: Metallica at the Sphere — $5,000 tickets, the rail & splatter variants 1:00:54 Leland at Jack White & the Third Man release party 1:08:23 What we're listening to: Leaf Hound, Rubber Soul remix, Temptations, Charlie Brown OJC Join our Whatnot live auctions: https://whatnot.com/invite/theingroove Shop the store online: http://theingroove.com eBay: https://www.ebay.com/str/theingroove Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/seller/theing... Contact us: https://www.theingroove.com/contact-us #AnalogAfterDark #Vinyl #RecordStoreDay #RSDBlackFriday #Metallica #Sphere #ERC #BillyIdol #Audiophile #TheInGroove