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February 17, 2022 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

America Alternates and Rarities

Rhino is bringing out the heavy hitters for its Record Store Day lineup of releases, all of which are due on Saturday, April 23 at independent record stores everywhere.  We've already filled you in on the pair of David Bowie titles coming to both CD and LP, but Rhino also has vinyl offerings from music legends including Joni Mitchell, Madonna, Willie Nelson, Stevie Nicks, and The Everly Brothers as well as such beloved bands as America, Bad Company, Blur, Chicago, The Doors, Grateful Dead,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Reggae, Rock Tags: America, Bad Company, Blur, Chicago, Christy Moore, David Bowie, Devo, Electronic, Gojira, Golden Smog, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Madonna, Mike Oldfield, Peter Tosh, Ramones, Record Store Day, Stevie Nicks, Stiff Little Fingers, The Cure, The Doors, The Everly Brothers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Proclaimers, The Replacements, Willie Nelson

September 16, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Gleaming Spires Song of the Spires

"Of the hundreds of new records unleashed on the public each year, few stand out as truly inspired, literate works of art," began Sparks' Russell Mael in his liner notes to Gleaming Spires' 1981 debut Song of the Spires.  "Fewer still go beyond that.  Though I have not personally had the time to listen to this, the Gleaming Spires' first recorded effort, two of my bridge partners tell me that this record goes way, way beyond."  Sparks' tongue-in-cheek endorsement (to which Russell's brother Ron

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rock Tags: Devo, Gleaming Spires, Sparks

July 9, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Almost Famous 20th Anniversary 2CD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Almost Famous: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (UMe, 2021) Out today: 2CD Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Stillwater Vinyl EP: uDiscoverMusic.com Out August 20: 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD/7LP/1-7″ Super Deluxe Edition and color

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Amy Grant, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Devo, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Eugene McDaniels, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Led Zeppelin, Little Steven, Lucinda Williams, Spacehog, Sparks, Steely Dan, The Rolling Stones, The Sandals, The Wallflowers, The Who

April 9, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Steve Wynn Dekad

We continue our look at the releases for the upcoming Record Store Day events on June 12 and July 17.  This time we're focusing on our friends at Real Gone Music.  The RGM label will offer an eclectic array of releases, focused on music from the 1990s and 2000s, over both RSD Drops.  Visit RecordStoreDay.com for a list of participating retailers and more information on these two Drops. First up are the releases for June 12: Devo's Gerald V. Casale AKA Jihad Jerry and The Evildoers, Mine Is

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Devo, Gruntruck, L7, Love Spit Love, Record Store Day, Steve Wynn, Tad, VAST

October 9, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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There are some things you can just count on: taxes, death, trouble...add to the list the joy of listening to a bunch of new albums in October while supporting your favorite brick-and-mortar shop. Yep, it's back. Rhino's annual Rocktober campaign is back on, boasting a stellar line-up of lost gems and favorites from the Warner vault. From landmark albums by famed '90s rockers, a desirable compilation of John Prine's '70s work, reissues of DEVO and Talking Heads classics, a clutch of soundtracks,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Devo, Emmylou Harris, Faith No More, Foxboro Hot Tubs, Green Day, INXS, Jane's Addiction, John Prine, Love, Talking Heads, The Flaming Lips

January 14, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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As has become an annual tradition, Rhino has kicked off the new year with another exciting slate of Start Your Ear Off Right releases.  The first few titles have already hit shelves, and more are on the way over the course of the month. Punk, new wave, counterculture rock, singer-songwriter classics, and sleek '80s pop hits...it's all part of this year's campaign.  Each week, a batch of these limited edition color vinyl pressings will be released to brick and mortar shops and a select few

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Angelo Badalamenti, Bad Company, Deep Purple, Devo, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Stevie Nicks, The Replacements, Uncle Tupelo, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon

October 11, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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The major labels aren't the only ones who'll be part of Record Store Day Black Friday this year. A number of impressive indies (and other major labels with notable catalog friendly material) have announced exciting additions to the RSDBF slate. What's more, we've got coverage of some exciting new music from artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Tank and the Bangas, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and Norah Jones! First up... Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry In London (Elemental) By 1965, the British

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Cheap Trick, Chuck Berry, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Devo, Hank Williams, Huey Lewis and The News, Ian and Sylvia, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Katy Perry, Nick Lowe, Norah Jones, Patsy Cline, Paul McCartney, Paul Williams, Pretenders, Richard Thompson, Squeeze, Steppenwolf, Tank and the Bangas, The Kinks, Thomas Dolby, Todd Rundgren

October 9, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Monkees Christmas Party Plus

And what does Rhino have planned for this year's Record Store Day Black Friday festivities? Warner's catalog music arm has eight vinyl titles coming to indies on November 29. Expect a few vinyl debuts, some stalwarts of the label (The Monkees, Devo, The Doors) and some newly-available holiday material, appropriate for the end of the year! Learn all about it ahead. Alice Cooper, Billion Dollar Babies Live (Warner) Originally released on a deluxe edition of Alice Cooper's bestselling 1973

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alice Cooper, Aretha Franklin, Devo, Lou Reed, Pretenders, Rush, The Doors, The Monkees

March 4, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Today, Rhino announced its offerings for the 2019 Record Store Day celebration, taking place at your local brick-and-mortar shop Saturday, April 13. Rhino's 33 releases highlight several genres of music - soul, rock, rap, comedy, disco, pop, jam bands, prog, and more - on an array of formats including LPs, CDs, picture discs, colored vinyl, and even cassette tapes. Here's the run-down on all their RSD titles! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: The Early Alternate Mixes - 1 LP - 6,000

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: a-ha, Angelo Badalamenti, Aretha Franklin, Cheech and Chong, CHIC, Craig Mack, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Bowie, David Lynch, Devo, Duran Duran, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Jefferson Starship, Jethro Tull, Lou Reed, Madonna, Prince, Ramones, Record Store Day, The Notorious B.I.G., Todd Rundgren, Van Morrison, Woodstock, Yes

October 11, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Madonna Ray of Light

As we continue to look at the offerings for this Black Friday Record Store Day on November 23, here is a peek at the twelve titles Rhino will be releasing.  As always, these will be available exclusively at all finer independent music shops on Black Friday! The B-52's - Cosmic Thing The group's fifth album from 1989, featuring the hits "Love Shack" and "Roam."  Limited edition of 4,500 copies on 140-gram rainbow colored vinyl. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Devo's debut album,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Devo, Duke Ellington, Grateful Dead, Madonna, Ramones, Record Store Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Talking Heads, The B-52's, The Doors, The Flaming Lips, Todd Rundgren, Yes

June 22, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Recombo DNA

Devo's demo collection Recombo DNA will be expanded and reissued this year in a special 4LP vinyl edition from the Futurismo label. Released as a limited 2CD set in 2000 by Rhino Handmade, Recombo DNA collected unreleased demos, alternates and outtakes of the legendary Akron band recorded during their tenure on Warner Bros. Records between 1977 and 1987. Versions of familiar tracks like "Be Stiff," "Girl U Want," "Whip It" and others are all here. Futurismo's version is pressed on

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Devo

January 7, 2016 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Monkees Cereal Box Singles

Rhino Records has quite the cure for the usual January doldrums that hit the release calendar, announcing more than a dozen new and reissued titles available exclusively through participating physical stores. The "Start Your Ear Off Right" initiative, featuring titles available January 19, encompass some of the best-known names in Rhino's back catalogue, including The Grateful Dead, The Monkees, Devo, The Cars and The Replacements. From colored vinyl variants to CD box sets, there's virtually

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bad Company, Devo, Grateful Dead, The Cars, The Monkees, The Replacements, The Velvet Underground

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