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January 3, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Rhino Start Your Ear Off Right 1

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

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Aretha Franklin, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Gram Parsons, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Lupe Fiasco, Ramones, Television, The Monkees, Warren Zevon, ZZ Top

August 13, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Flying Burrito Brothers Burrito Deluxe

On the heels of recent releases including the first-ever SACD of Gene Clark's classic A&M album White Light, Intervention Records has turned its attention once more to a group of California legends with ties to The Byrds: The Flying Burrito Brothers.  Following its previous release of the Burritos' debut The Gilded Palace of Sin on both hybrid SACD and deluxe vinyl, Intervention will reissue the band's sophomore LP, Burrito Deluxe, in those formats.  The 180-gram vinyl LP will arrive by

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers

May 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Flying Burrito Brothers Gilded Palace

In 1969, The Flying Burrito Brothers welcomed listeners into their Gilded Palace of Sin.  The album, released on Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss' A&M label, heralded a new style of music - one which co-founder Gram Parsons would famously dub "Cosmic American Music."  Indeed, the sounds emanating from this Palace were, at the same time, surprisingly traditional and completely radical.  For the Burritos melded the harmonies of the Everlys or the Louvins with the gutbucket soul of the deep south,

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers

February 23, 2017 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Flying Burrito Brothers Gilded Palace

Intervention Records will soon be giving the deluxe audiophile treatment on both hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players) and 180-gram vinyl LP to a bona fide country-rock classic.  The Flying Burrito Brothers' 1969 A&M Records release The Gilded Palace of Sin remains a landmark album, fusing genres to create something wholly new - "Cosmic American Music," as Gram Parsons memorably named it.  It will arrive on LP in May and later in the year on SACD. Though the group's original

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers

March 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Bee Gees Extended

Rhino isn't resting on its laurels for Record Store Day!  The label has announced its biggest slate ever for Record Store Day, with 30 limited edition 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch vinyl releases due on Saturday, April 18. Full details as provided by the label for all titles can be found below. As always with RSD, these releases will be available exclusively at select independent music retailers on April 18, and you can find the list of participating shops here! a-ha - Take On Me 7-inch

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: a-ha, Bee Gees, David Bowie, Dionne Warwick, Gram Parsons, Hawkwind, Jaco Pastorius, Otis Redding, Record Store Day, The Doors, The Replacements

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