Rhino "Starts Your Ear Off Right" with New Vinyl Exclusives from CSNY, Joni, Monkees, Buffalo Springfield, More

Rhino's popular "Start Your Ear Off Right" vinyl reissue campaign is returning to local independent record stores and Barnes & Noble locations beginning next Tuesday, January 8, and continuing through Tuesday, January 29, with a new batch of limited (and often colorful) vinyl reissues arriving each week.

Each group features an eclectic line-up drawn from the Rhino archives. January 8 will see compilations from Aretha Franklin, Alice Cooper, and The Monkees, as well as a 1978 post-punk classic from Television, while January 15 brings music from ZZ Top, CSNY, The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars (with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Stephen Stills, Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Jeff Healey, and Lowell Fulson) plus a 45th anniversary edition of Gram Parsons' GP. On January 22, Rhino has Joni Mitchell (Blue on blue vinyl, naturally), Grateful Dead, Warren Zevon, and the supergroup Little Village, and the campaign wraps up January 29 with titles from Ramones, Lupe Fiasco, and Buffalo Springfield (with mono editions of Buffalo Springfield and Buffalo Springfield Again making standalone debuts).

The "Start Your Ear Off Right" releases will be available at local independent record stores (find a list of participating retailers here) and for a limited time, purchasers will receive a copy of Rhino's industry-insiders-only 2019 calendar! Barnes & Noble customers will receive a limited edition slipmat. These titles will not be available online. You'll find the full list of these releases below!

Available on Tuesday, January 8:

Aretha Franklin - Aretha's Gold - 1-LP gold vinyl
Limited edition of 7,000 copies, $21.98

Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits - 1-LP silver vinyl
Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $21.98

The Monkees - Greatest Hits - 1-LP orange vinyl
Limited edition of 4,500 copies, $21.98

Television - Adventure - 1-LP red vinyl
Limited edition of 4,500 copies, $21.98

Available on Tuesday, January 15:

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - So Far - 1-LP white vinyl
Limited edition of 6,000 copies, $21.98

Gram Parsons - GP (45th Anniversary) - 1-LP 180-gram black vinyl w/ bonus 7-inch single
Limited edition of 4,000 copies, $29.98

Jimmy Rogers All Stars - Blues Blues Blues - 2-LP black vinyl
Limited edition of 3,500 copies, $29.98

ZZ Top - El Loco - 1-LP pink vinyl
Limited edition of 5,300 copies, $21.98

ZZ Top - Tejas - 1-LP purple vinyl
Limited edition of 5,300 copies, $21.98

Available on Tuesday, January 22:

Joni Mitchell - Blue - 1-LP blue vinyl
Limited edition of 6,000 copies $21.98

Little Village - Little Village - 1-LP blue vinyl
Limited edition of 3,500 copies, $21.98

Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon - 1-LP 180-gram black vinyl
Limited edition of 3,750 copies, $21.98

Grateful Dead - Skeletons From The Closet: The Best Of The Grateful Dead - 1-LP white vinyl
Limited edition of 6,500 copies, $19.98

Available on Tuesday, January 29:

Ramones - Road To Ruin (Remastered) - 1-LP blue vinyl
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $21.98

Lupe Fiasco - Lasers - 2-LP red vinyl
Limited edition of 3,500 copies, $29.98

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (Mono) - 1-LP 180-gram black vinyl
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $21.98

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (Mono) - 1-LP 180-gram black vinyl
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $21.98

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 and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others. Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams. 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.