GRATEFUL DEAD (SKULL & ROSES)

GETS EXPANDED FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY

 

Two-CD Set Available June 25 Features A Newly Remastered Version Of The 1971 Live Album Expanded With More Than An Hour Of Unreleased Music

 

A Remastered Version Of The Original Double-LP Will Be Available The Same Day On Black Vinyl With A Limited Edition, Black & White Propeller Vinyl

Available Exclusively At Dead.net

 

Previously Unreleased Live Version Of “The Other One”

Available Today On All Streaming Services

 

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LOS ANGELES – Grateful Dead earned the band’s first-ever gold record in 1971 with its self-titled live album. Known to many fans as “Skull & Roses” (a reference to the cover art by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse) the original double-LP included songs recorded in March and April 1971 in New York and, the band’s hometown, San Francisco. Grateful Dead celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a newly remastered and expanded version of the original.

 

GRATEFUL DEAD (SKULL & ROSES): EXPANDED EDITION will be available as a two-CD set on June 25 for $24.98. It includes the album’s original’s 11 tracks, which have been remastered from the stereo analog master tapes by Grammy® Award winning engineer David Glasser using Plangent Process Speed Correction. The set also includes a bonus disc with 10 previously unreleased live tracks that were recorded on July 2, 1971 at the Fillmore West, which was the band’s final performance at the historic San Francisco venue. The music will also be available in both standard and high-resolution 192/24 audio at digital download and streaming services.

 

GRATEFUL DEAD (SKULL & ROSES) will also be released on June 25 as a double-LP set ($44.98) that features the newly remastered version of the original album pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. In addition, Dead.net will offer an exclusive version pressed on 180-gram, black and white propeller vinyl ($44.98) that is limited to 5,000 copies.

 

A previously unreleased performance of “The Other One” from the July 2, 1971 Fillmore West show is available today on streaming services.

“For the Grateful Dead's second live album, released two years after its predecessor Live/Dead, the band delivered an equally magnificent, but entirely different, Grateful Dead sound. Whereas Live/Dead was a perfect sonic encapsulation of the band at the peak of their Primal Dead era, Skull & Roses captures the quintessential quintet, the original five piece band, playing some of their hardest hitting rock 'n' roll (‘Johnny B. Goode,’ ‘Not Fade Away’), showing off their authentic Bakersfield bona fides (‘Me & My Uncle,’ ‘Mama Tried,’ ‘Me & Bobby McGee’), and some originals that would be important parts of the Dead's live repertoire for the next 24 years (‘Bertha,’ ‘Playing In The Band,’ ‘Wharf Rat’),” says David Lemieux, Grateful Dead archivist, legacy manager, and the set’s producer. “Of course, the Dead were never defined by one specific ‘sound’ and amongst the aforementioned genres and styles the band brought to this album, they also delved deeply into their psychedelic, primal playbook with an entire side dedicated to their 1968 masterpiece ‘The Other One.’ This is one of the most deeply rich and satisfying tracks preserved on an official Grateful Dead album, up there with Live/Dead's ‘Dark Star’ and Europe '72's ‘Morning Dew.’ Skull & Roses sounds as fresh today as the first time I heard it in 1985, and as fresh as it was upon its spectacularly well-received release in 1971.” 

 

After releasing the back-to-back classics Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty in 1970, the Dead were riding a hot streak when the group decided to hit the road in February 1971 to record its first live album since 1969’s Live/Dead. For the shows, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann were armed with a batch of new songs, including “Bertha,” “Playing In The Band,” and “Wharf Rat,” which would all appear on Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses). The original also mixed in classic covers (“Not Fade Away” and “Mama Tried”), a traditional (“Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad”), and an entire LP side dedicated to the epic jam vehicle, “The Other One.”

 

GRATEFUL DEAD (SKULL & ROSES): EXPANDED EDITION builds on the original with more than an hour of previously unreleased live recordings taken from the July 2, 1971 performance at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. Standouts from new additions include a 17-minute version of “Good Lovin’” that captures Pigpen fully in control of the packed Fillmore West audience; and the aching beauty of the band’s version of Merle Haggard’s “Sing Me Back Home.” “The Other One” makes another appearance on the bonus disc. Recorded a few months after the one on the original album, this version is every bit its equal.

 

GRATEFUL DEAD (SKULL & ROSES): EXPANDED EDITION

CD Track Listing

 

Disc One: Original Album Remastered

1.    “Bertha”

2.    “Mama Tried”

3.    “Big Railroad Blues”

4.    “Playing In The Band”

5.    “The Other One”

6.    “Me & My Uncle”

7.    “Big Boss Man”

8.    “Me & Bobby McGee”

9.    “Johnny B. Goode”

10. “Wharf Rat”

11. “Not Fade Away/Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad”

 

Disc Two: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (7/2/71)

1.    “Good Lovin’” *

2.    “Sing Me Back Home” *

3.    “Mama Tried” *

4.    “Cryptical Envelopment”> *

5.    Drums> *

6.    “The Other One” *

7.    “Big Boss Man” *

8.    “Not Fade Away”> *

9.    “Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad” *

10. “Not Fade Away” *

 

* previously unreleased

 

LP Track Listing

 

Side One

1.    “Bertha”

2.    “Mama Tried”

3.    “Big Railroad Blues”

4.    “Playing In The Band”

 

Side Two

1.    “The Other One”

 

Side Three

1.    “Me & My Uncle”

2.    “Big Boss Man”

3.    “Me & Bobby McGee”

4.    “Johnny B. Goode”

 

Side Four

1.    “Wharf Rat”

2.    “Not Fade Away/Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad”

 

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DAVID BOWIE THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99) 

TO BE RELEASED ON CD AND 2-LP APRIL 2 

SIXTH & FINAL RELEASE IN BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES SERIES

OF SINGLE PRESSING LIVE ALBUMS FROM THE 1990s  

LIMITED EDITION BOXES TO HOUSE COMPLETE SETS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY VIA THE DAVID BOWIE OFFICIAL STORE & RHINO.COM

 

Parlophone Records is proud to announce THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99), the sixth and final installment of David Bowie’s Brillant Live Adventures, a series of 1990s era Bowie live albums released as limited one run only vinyl and CD pressings. The albums and limited edition boxes to house the full vinyl or CD collections will be available only via the David Bowie official store and Rhino.com.

 

Out April 2 on CD and double vinyl, THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99) is a 12-track live album, recorded on November 19, 1999 in front of an invite-only audience of fans and contest winners. 

 

The show was recorded and filmed for webcast the following month via Liveonline.net. The audio from the show was previously available exclusively as a very rare 12-track promotional CD.  

 

The photos used on the inner gatefold of the CD and LP are by Alison Hale a fan who travelled the world to see multiple Bowie shows before she sadly passed away in 2012. 

 

THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99) was recorded live at the Kit Kat Klub, November 19, 1999, produced by David Bowie, mixed by Mark Plati, and features Bowie backed by Page Hamilton - guitar, Gail Ann Dorsey - bass, vocals, Plati – guitar, Sterling Campbell – drums, Mike Garson – piano, keyboards, synthesisers and Emm Gryner and Holly Palmer –backing vocals. 

 

DAVID BOWIE THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99)  

TRACKLISTING 

 

CD 

“Life On Mars?” 

“Thursday's Child” 

“Something In The Air” 

“China Girl” 

“Can't Help Thinking About Me” 

“Always Crashing In The Same Car” 

“Survive” 

“Stay” 

“Seven” 

“Changes” 

“The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell” 

“I’m Afraid Of Americans” 

 

LP 

Side 1 

“Life On Mars?” 

“Thursday's Child” 

“Something In The Air” 

 

Side 2 

“China Girl” 

“Can't Help Thinking About Me” 

“Always Crashing In The Same Car” 

 

Side 3 

“Survive” 

“Stay” 

“Seven” 

 

Side 4 

“Changes” 

“The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell” 

“I’m Afraid Of Americans” 

 

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DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Debut Celebrates 50 Years With An Expansive 4-CD/1-LP Collection Featuring The Original Album Remastered, Plus Over Two Hours Of Rare And Unreleased Demos, Outtakes, And Alternate Takes

Previously Unreleased Demo Version Of “Birds” Available Today Digitally

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5-LP Version Also Available, Exclusively At CSNY50.com And Rhino.com;

Both Will Be Released On May 14 From Rhino

 

LOS ANGELES – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Déjà Vu was the most-anticipated new album in America in 1970. More than 50 years later, it’s one of the most famous albums in rock history with legendary songs, including “Carry On” and “Teach Your Children,” that still resonate today.

 

Rhino will honor the intense creative journey that led to this milestone album with an expansive 4-CD/1-LP collection that includes a pristine version of the original album on both 180-gram vinyl and CD, plus hours of rare and unreleased studio recordings that provide incredible insight into the making of the record. The previously unreleased demo for “Birds” that was recorded during the sessions is available today on all digital download and streaming services. Click HERE to listen now.

 

DÉJÀ VU: 50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION will be available from Rhino on May 14 for $99.98. Presented in a 12 x 12 hardcover book, the collection comes illustrated with rarely seen photos from the era and annotated by writer/filmmaker Cameron Crowe, whose revealing liner notes recount the making of the album through stories told by the people who were there, including David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young. On the same day, a deluxe vinyl version will also be available with the full content across 5 LPs of 180-gram vinyl. The deluxe vinyl version is available for pre-order now exclusively at CSNY50.com and Rhino.com for $249.98. The music will also be available on digital download and streaming services and in high-resolution audio at www.neilyoungarchives.com. Customers that purchase any version of the release at CSNY50.com or Rhino.com will receive a high-resolution download version as well.

 

A new line of CSNY Déjà Vu-themed, organic merch made from sustainably sourced materials is also available today exclusively at CSNY50.com and Rhino.com.

 

Crowe recalls in the liner notes that “Déjà Vu caught the zeitgeist perfectly" and “might just be the legendary band’s most accurate portrait of their fiery individualism.” Of this new Deluxe Edition, Crowe opines: “50 years later, with the sonic aperture fully opened, it’s a wide-screen look at the big picture of Déjà Vu, with more music, including a batch of surprises, unseen photos, and a lot more clarity."

 

On the new anniversary edition, the album’s original 10 tracks are joined by 38 more to add nearly two-and-a-half hours of music that includes demos, outtakes, and alternate takes – most of which are previously unreleased. Among them is “Know You Got To Run,” the first song the quartet recorded during its first session on July 15 at the house Stills was renting from Peter Tork in Studio City.

 

Other unreleased highlights include the demo for Crosby’s “Almost Cut My Hair”; Stills’ outtake for “Bluebird Revisited”; and Young’s alternate version of “Helpless” featuring harmonica. Also making its debut on the set is a delightful version of “Our House” that features Nash singing with the song’s inspiration, Joni Mitchell.

 

DÉJÀ VU: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION

4-CD/1-LP Track Listing

 

Disc One: Original Album

1.    “Carry On”

2.    “Teach Your Children”

3.    “Almost Cut My Hair”

4.    “Helpless”

5.    “Woodstock”

6.    “Déjà Vu”

7.    “Our House”

8.    “4 + 20”

9.    “Country Girl”

a.    “Whiskey Boot Hill”

b.    “Down, Down, Down”

c.    “Country Girl” (I Think You’re Pretty)

10. “Everybody I Love You”

 

Disc Two: Demos

1.    “Our House” – Graham Nash *   

2.    “4 + 20” – Stephen Stills *

3.    “Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)” – David Crosby & Graham Nash

4.    “Birds” – Neil Young & Graham Nash *

5.    “So Begins The Task/Hold On Tight” – Stephen Stills *

6.    “Right Between The Eyes” – Graham Nash

7.    “Almost Cut My Hair” – David Crosby *

8.    “Teach Your Children” – Graham Nash & David Crosby

9.    “How Have You Been” – Crosby, Stills & Nash

10. “Triad” – David Crosby

11. “Horses Through A Rainstorm” – Graham Nash

12. “Know You Got To Run” – Stephen Stills *

13. “Question Why” – Graham Nash *

14. “Laughing” – David Crosby *

15. “She Can’t Handle It” – Stephen Stills *

16. “Sleep Song” – Graham Nash

17. “Déjà Vu” – David Crosby & Graham Nash *

18. “Our House” – Graham Nash & Joni Mitchell *

 

Disc Three: Outtakes

1.    “Everyday We Live” *

2.    “The Lee Shore” – 1969 Vocal *

3.    “I’ll Be There” *

4.    “Bluebird Revisited” *

5.    “Horses Through A Rainstorm”

6.    “30 Dollar Fine” *

7.    “Ivory Tower” *

8.    “Same Old Song” *

9.    “Hold On Tight/Change Partners” *

10. “Laughing” *

11. “Right On Rock ’n’ Roll” *

 

Disc Four: Alternates

1.    “Carry On” – Early Alternate Mix *

2.    “Teach Your Children” – Early Version *

3.    “Almost Cut My Hair” – Early Version *

4.    “Helpless” – Harmonica Version

5.    “Woodstock” – Alternate Vocals *

6.    “Déjà Vu” – Early Alternate Mix *

7.    “Our House” – Early Version *

8.    “4 + 20” – Alternate Take 2 *

9.    “Know You Got To Run” *

 

LP: Original Album

Side One

1.    “Carry On”

2.    “Teach Your Children”

3.    “Almost Cut My Hair”

4.    “Helpless”

5.    “Woodstock”

 

Side Two

1.    “Déjà Vu”

2.    “Our House”

3.    “4 + 20”

4.    “Country Girl”

a.    “Whiskey Boot Hill”

b.    “Down, Down, Down”

c.    “Country Girl” (I Think You’re Pretty)

5.    “Everybody I Love You”

 

* previously unissued

 

 

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DAVID BOWIE 

SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) 

TO BE RELEASED ON CD AND 2-LP MARCH 12 

 

FIFTH RELEASE IN BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES SERIES OF SIX SINGLE PRESSING LIVE ALBUMS FROM THE 1990s VINYL, CD AND LIMITED EDITION BOXES TO HOUSE COMPLETE SETS  

 

AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY VIA THE DAVID BOWIE OFFICIAL STORE & RHINO.COM 

 

 

Parlophone Records is proud to announce the newest installment of DAVID BOWIE BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES, a series of six live albums from various 1990s era Bowie performances being released on vinyl and CD as limited one-run only pressings. The albums and limited-edition boxes for both vinyl and CD to house the full collection will be available only via the David Bowie official store and Rhino.com. 

 

The fifth in the series, out March 12 on CD and double vinyl, is SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) a 15-track live album, featuring 12 previously unreleased recordings and three B-sides of singles from the Hours album. The day of the show was a momentous one for Bowie, as that afternoon he was awarded the Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the highest artistic honour that France can bestow. 

 

The Elysée Montmartre performance was one of only seven full shows promoting the Hours album. For this special limited run of gigs Bowie dug deep into his back catalogue making these shows particularly memorable. Standout tracks include “Can’t Help Thinking About Me” first released in 1966 and not performed live in over 30 years, “'Word On A Wing” from Station To Station reinstated into the set after a 23-year absence, “Drive-In Saturday” performed for the first time since 1974, and Hours track “Something In The Air” in its first live performance. 

 

SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) was recorded live at the Elysée Montmartre, mixed by Mark Plati, and features Bowie backed by Page Hamilton - guitar, Gail Ann Dorsey - bass, vocals, Plati – guitar, Sterling Campbell – drums, Mike Garson – piano, keyboards, synthesisers and Emm Gryner and Holly Palmer –backing vocals. 

 

DAVID BOWIE - SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) 

TRACKLISTING 

 

CD 

“Life On Mars?” (David Bowie) 

“Thursday's Child” (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)  

“Something In The Air” (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)  

“Word On A Wing” (David Bowie)  

“Can't Help Thinking About Me” (David Bowie)  

“China Girl” (David Bowie/Iggy Pop)  

“Always Crashing In The Same Car” (David Bowie)  

“Survive” (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)  

“Drive-In Saturday” (David Bowie)  

“Changes” (David Bowie) 

“Seven” (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)  

“Repetition” (David Bowie) 

“I Can't Read” (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels) 

“The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell” (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels) 

“Rebel Rebel” (David Bowie) 

 

LP 

Side 1 

“Life On Mars?” 

“Thursday's Child” 

“Something In The Air” 

 

Side 2 

“Word On A Wing” 

“Can't Help Thinking About Me” 

“China Girl” 

“Always Crashing In The Same Car” 

 

Side 3 

“Survive” 

“Drive-In Saturday” 

“Changes” 

“Seven” 

 

Side 4 

“Repetition” 

“I Can't Read” 

“The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell” 

“Rebel Rebel” 

 

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MUSIC INSPIRED BY BIGGIE: I GOT A STORY TO TELL

 

14-Track Digital Album Mixes Songs From The New Netflix Documentary About Biggie’s Life With Key Tracks From His Iconic Career And Is Available Now From Rhino

 

The Documentary Releases March 1 On Netflix

 

LOS ANGELES – Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G., lived up to his stage name, leaving behind a legacy that still looms large over the hip-hop industry decades after his death. On Monday, March 1, Netflix will release Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell, a new documentary that celebrates his life through rare footage and in-depth interviews with his family and closest friends.

 

Rhino will join the celebration with a new digital collection that spotlights the distinctive flow and lyrical storytelling that helped fuel Biggie’s rise to become a hip-hop icon. Available now for download ($9.99) and streaming, the 14-tracks include Grammy®-nominated hits like “Big Poppa,” “Hypnotize,” and “Mo Money Mo Problems.” 

 

During his short but influential career, Biggie inspired legions of fans around the world while earning critical acclaim with his two studio albums, Ready to Die (1994) and Life After Death (1997), which were certified six-times platinum and diamond, respectively. Those albums elevated him to hip-hop royalty with tracks like “Juicy,” “Gimme The Loot,” and “I Got A Story To Tell,” which are all featured in the new documentary.

 

The collection also has music not featured in the documentary, including selections from the posthumous albums released after Biggie’s 1997 murder, including “Notorious B.I.G.” and “Dead Wrong” from Born Again (1999) and “Nasty Girl” from Duets: The Final Chapter (2005). 

 

Made in collaboration with Biggie’s estate, Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell is an intimate rendering of a man whose rapid ascent and tragic end has been at the center of rap lore for more than twenty years. Directed by Emmett Malloy, this intimate documentary features rare footage filmed by his best friend Damion “D-Roc” Butler and new interviews with his closest friends and family, revealing a side of Christopher Wallace that the world never knew. The film features interviews with Voletta Wallace, mother of The Notorious B.I.G., and Sean “Diddy” Combs who also serve as executive producers of the documentary. 

 

Wallace said: “This will be the first documentary to focus on the experiences of my son’s life and the art of his music rather than the circumstances of his death. It is a celebration of who he was and where he came from. It shows the sort of in-depth storytelling that Christopher loved. This is how he would have wanted to be remembered.”

 

Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell is produced by David Koh, Wayne Barrow, William Green, Aaron L. Ginsburg, Terry Leonard, Daniel Pappas and executive produced by Sean Combs, Voletta Wallace, Mark Pitts, Stanley Buchthal, and Emmett and Brendan Malloy.

 

BIGGIE: I GOT A STORY TO TELL

Track Listing:

 

1.     “Big Poppa”

2.     “Gimme The Loot”

3.     “Juicy”

4.     “Respect”

5.     “Warning”

6.     “I Got A Story To Tell”

7.     “Hypnotize”

8.     “Mo Money Mo Problems”

9.     “Who Shot Ya?”

10. “Dead Wrong”

11. “Notorious Thugs”

12. “One More Chance (Stay With Me Remix)”

13. “Nasty Girl”

14. “Notorious B.I.G.”

 

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