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Rhino "Starts Your Ear Off Right" with Aretha Franklin, Dio, Alice Cooper, More

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Rhino's "Start Your Ear Off Right" campaign is back for 2018, and this year's crop of titles is a happily eclectic one ranging from classic R&B to rock, metal, hip-hop, and beyond.  These limited edition vinyl reissues will be released every Tuesday beginning tomorrow, January 9, and continuing through the 23rd.  We can't think of a better way to start our year off right than visiting a local record store, and Rhino agrees - so all of these titles will be exclusively available at brick-and-mortar outlets including independent retailers and Barnes and Noble locations.  (You'll find the full list of participating stores here!)

In addition, Rhino will also offer the label's yearly calendar, a music industry-only perk, to anyone who purchases one of the "Start Your Ear Off Right" vinyl titles at participating indie retailers (while supplies last). Barnes & Noble shoppers will receive a limited edition vinyl slipmat with any purchase of one of these releases.

Here's the full list for the 2018 "Start Your Ear Off Right" series, with the date of release and additional information!  Look for these vinyl classics beginning tomorrow, January 9!

Alice Cooper - Easy Action (1/23/18)
1-LP on gold vinyl, limited edition of 4,600 copies

Alice Cooper - Killer (1/23/18)
1-LP on translucent red vinyl with black swirls, limited edition of 5,200 copies

Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare (1/23/18)
1-LP on purple vinyl, limited edition of 6,200 copies

Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (1/16/18)
1-LP on 180-gram black vinyl, limited edition of 5,500 copies

Dio - Holy Diver (Remastered) (1/9/18)
1-LP on red vinyl, limited edition of 3,500 copies

Dio - The Last In Line (Remastered) (1/9/18)
1-LP on blue vinyl, limited edition of 3,500 copies

Golden Smog - Weird Tales (1/16/18)
2-LP set on green vinyl, limited edition of 3,700 copies

John Prine - Diamond In The Rough (1/16/18)
1-LP on black vinyl, limited edition of 2,500 copies

John Prine - Sweet Revenge (1/16/18)
1-LP on black vinyl, limited edition of 2,500 copies

New York Rock And Soul Revue - Live At The Beacon (1/23/18)
2-LP set on black vinyl, limited edition of 3,800, copies

Richard And Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights (1/16/18)
1-LP set on 180-gram black vinyl, limited edition of 4,300 copies

The Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa 12" Single (1/9/18)
1-LP on white vinyl, limited edition of 7,200 copies

The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize 12" Single (1/9/18)
1-LP on black and orange mixed vinyl, limited edition of 6,000 copies

Vangelis - Blade Runner: Music From The Original Soundtrack (1/16/18)
1-LP on black vinyl, limited edition of 3,000 copies

ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud (1/16/18)
1-LP on brown vinyl, limited edition of 5,100 copies

ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1/9/18)
1-LP on green vinyl, limited edition of 5,300 copies

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Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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  1. Hello, do you ship vinyl to Europe? If so, what are the shipping costs to Belgium, and how can I order, please?
    Best regards,
    Micheline

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    • These are vinyl releases from Rhino Records; they are only available in selected stores. (See the list of participating stores at the link in the article.)

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      • These are also up for preorder on most of the major online retailers. I know these are only supposed to be available at B&M stores, but I seem to recall the releases being up for order last year. Wasn't the Monkees cardboard records set part of SYEOR last year. It's available online. I got my order for Alice Cooper in at Amazon. If I don't get it, so be it. My nearest record store is over 2 hours away.

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  4. I got Badfinger's "Wish You Were Here" on green vinyl at a Barnes and Noble. Rhino doesn't list it as part of the promotion, but it was on the shelf, it had the sticker on it, and I got the slipmat.

    Great album. Great band. They both deserved better.

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