LOS ANGELES – New York City’s premier jazz venue got the blues last April when Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton performed together in Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center for two sold-out shows dedicated to vintage blues. The extraordinary collaboration, billed as Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues, paired these musical virtuosos with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as they brought to life a repertoire of songs selected by Clapton and arranged by Marsalis.

Reprise Records captures the magic of these unprecedented shows from earlier this year on CD and as a CD/DVD combo that both feature selections taken from the two public concerts (April 8-9), as well a special performance for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual gala (April 7). WYNTON MARSALIS & ERIC CLAPTON PLAY THE BLUES - LIVE FROM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER will be available September 13 at physical and digital retail outlets for suggested list prices of $18.98 (CD), $24.98 (CD/DVD) and $9.99 (digital – audio only).

Marsalis, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and nine-time Grammy® Award winner, writes about his collaboration with Clapton, a 19-time Grammy recipient, in the album’s liner notes: “...we wanted these concerts to sound like people playing music they know and love, not like a project.”

To help them achieve that level of devotion, Marsalis and Clapton were joined on stage by Dan Nimmer (piano), Carlos Henriquez (bass), Ali Jackson (drums), Marcus Printup (trumpet), Victor Goines (clarinet), Chris Crenshaw (trombone, vocals), Don Vappie (banjo) and Clapton’s longtime keyboarist/sideman Chris Stainton. Marsalis says the group combined the sound of an early blues jump-band with the sound of New Orleans jazz to accommodate the integration of guitar/trumpet lead, a combination that gave the musicians the latitude to play different grooves, from the Delta to the Caribbean and beyond.

The band nimbly navigated a diverse set list that touched on different styles, from the four-on-the-floor swing of Louis Armstrong’s “Ice Cream” and the southern slow-drag of W.C. Handy’s “Joe Turner’s Blues” to the traveling blues of “Joliet Bound” and the boogie-woogie jump of “Kidman Blues.” Legendary bluesman Taj Mahal, who opened these special shows with a solo set, returned for “Corrine, Corrina” and the New Orleans funeral standard “Just A Closer Walk With Thee.”

The one song not selected by Clapton for the show was his own “Layla,” which was requested by bassist Henriquez and arranged as a Crescent City dirge to tremendous results. On his review of the performance, David Fricke of Rolling Stone wrote: “In the [song’s] instrumental break, Clapton hit a series of stabbing licks lightly crusted with distortion, followed by Marsalis’ slow parade of clean hurting peals – a moving dialogue in lovesickness and blues routes.”

WYNTON MARSALIS & ERIC CLAPTON PLAY THE BLUES –
LIVE FROM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER
CD and DVD Track Listing

1. “Ice Cream”
2. “Forty-Four”
3. “Joe Turner’s Blues”
4. “The Last Time”
5. “Careless Love”
6. “Kidman Blues”
7. “Layla”
8. “Joliet Bound”
9. “Just A Closer Walk With Thee” – feat. Taj Mahal
10. “Corrine, Corrina” – feat. Taj Majal

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LOS ANGELES – Hey, ho, let’s go. Rhino celebrates the Ramones’ indelible musical legacy with reissues of the pioneering group’s first four albums on 180-gram vinyl. Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket To Russia and Road To Ruin look amazing and come in accurate reproductions of the original packaging. More importantly, the records sound magnificent and were made using lacquers cut from the original analog masters by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

For these releases, Rhino will – for the first time ever on vinyl – reissue the first pressing of Leave Home, which includes “Carbona Not Glue,” a track that was replaced with “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” on all subsequent pressings.

All of the albums will be available at retail outlets on July 19 for a suggested list price of $17.98 each. The same day, Rhino.com will offer exclusive versions of each release that include the LP with a bonus reproduction 7” that features a single from the album and its b-side, pressed on blue vinyl. These exclusive bonus versions are strictly limited to 500 copies and will be available at Rhino.com for $24.98 each.

The Rhino.com 7” blue vinyl singles are: “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” b/w “California Sun/I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You” (Ramones); “Swallow My Pride” b/w “Pinhead” and a live performance of “Let’s Dance” recorded at the Roxy (Leave Home); “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” b/w “I Don’t Care” (Rocket To Russia); and “She’s The One” b/w “I Wanna Be Sedated” (Road To Ruin).

Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy Ramone. The original line-up – along with Marky Ramone who joined in 1978 – helped blaze a trail more than 30 years ago with this classic four-album run. It’s hard to overstate how influential the group’s signature sound – minimalist rock played at maximum volume – was at the time, and still is today.

These four landmark albums – Ramones (1976), Leave Home (1977), Rocket To Russia (1977) and Road to Ruin (1978) – contain such unforgettable songs as: “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Sheena Is Punk Rocker,” “Beat On The Brat,” “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue,” “Pinhead,” “Rockaway Beach” and “I Wanna Be Sedated.”

RAMONES

Side One
1. “Blitzkrieg Bop”
2. “Beat On The Brat”
3. “Judy Is A Punk”
4. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”
5. “Chain Saw”
6. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”
7. “I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement”

Side Two
1. “Loudmouth”
2. “Havana Affair”
3. “Listen To My Heart”
4. “53rd & 3rd”
5. “Let’s Dance”
6. “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You”
7. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World”

Rhino.com Exclusive 45
“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” b/w “California Sun/I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You”

LEAVE HOME

Side One
1. “Glad To See You Go”
2. “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment”
3. “I Remember You”
4. “Oh Oh I Love Her So”
5. “Carbona Not Glue”
6. “Suzy Is A Headbanger”
7. “Pinhead”

Side Two
1. “Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy”
2. “Swallow My Pride”
3. “What’s Your Game”
4. “California Sun”
5. “Commando”
6. “You’re Gonna Kill That Girl”
7. “You Should Never Have Opened That Door”

Rhino.com Exclusive 45
“Swallow My Pride” b/w “Pinhead” and Recorded Live at the Roxy “Let’s Dance”

ROCKET TO RUSSIA

Side One
1. “Cretin Hop”
2. “Rockaway Beach”
3. “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”
4. “Locket Love”
5. “I Don’t Care”
6. “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”
7. “We’re A Happy Family”

Side Two
1. “Teenage Lobotomy”
2. “Do You Wanna Dance?”
3. “I Wanna Be Well”
4. “I Can’t Give You Anything”
5. “Ramona”
6. “Surfin’ Bird”
7. “Why Is It Always This Way?”

Rhino.com Exclusive 45
“Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” b/w “I Don’t Care”

ROAD TO RUIN

Side One
1. “I Just Want To Have Something To Do”
2. “I Wanted Everything”
3. “Don’t Come Close”
4. “I Don’t Want You”
5. “Needles And Pins”
6. “I’m Against It”

Side Two
1. “I Wanna Be Sedated”
2. “Go Mental”
3. “Questioningly”
4. “She’s The One”
5. “Bad Brain”
6. “It’s A Long Way Back”

Rhino.com Exclusive 45
“She’s The One” b/w “I Wanna Be Sedated”

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BOBBY CHARLES’ “LOST” WOODSTOCK MASTERPIECE

Rhino Handmade Spotlights Celebrated Songwriter’s Self-Titled Debut With
Deluxe Three-Disc Edition Featuring The Original Album Remastered And Expanded
With Out-of-Print And Unreleased Recordings, Plus a Rare 1972 Interview

Limited Edition 7” Available With First 500 Copies,
Pre-Order Now Exclusively At Rhino.com. Set For Release On August 16

LOS ANGELES – “Swamp pop” pioneer Bobby Charles is perhaps best know for writing songs that became hits for others, like “See You Later Alligator” for Bill Haley and “Walking To New Orleans” for Fats Domino. But in 1971, the Louisiana native moved to Woodstock, New York and recorded an overlooked masterpiece that combines Charles’ Cajun roots with R&B and country influences on ten timeless tracks. Released in 1972 on Bearsville Records, Bobby Charles features Charles leading a session stacked with top-shelf talent, including Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, pedal steel ace Ben Keith, guitarist Amos Garrett, saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson of The Band.

Rhino Handmade shines a spotlight on this “lost” classic with a three-disc Deluxe Edition that combines a remastered version of the original with a wealth of unreleased material recorded during those sessions and others recorded at Bearsville Studios throughout 1974. The set closes with a newly unearthed, 30-minute interview Charles did with Barry Hansen (aka Dr. Demento) that was recorded shortly before the Bobby Charles album was released in August 1972. BOBBY CHARLES – DELUXE EDITION is available now for pre-order exclusively at www.rhino.com for a suggested list price of $49.98 and will be available on August 16. The first 500 copies will include a limited edition replica 7” vinyl of Charles’ Bearsville single of “Small Town Talk” b/w “Save Me Jesus.”

Produced by Charles, Danko and John Simon (producer for The Band), the album remains Charles’ most enduring work. A Louisiana vibe is present throughout, steered by the singer’s Cajun accent and relaxed phrasing. Every song feels like a hit – evidence of his natural ear for a good hook. For much of the album, Charles sings about life’s simpler pleasures – the love of a good woman (“Let Yourself Go”); the things he wants to do in life (“Grow Too Old”); the calming power of nature and companionship (“Wild Apple Trees”); and daydreaming of better days (“Tennessee Blues”).

Along with the original album, the first disc also features “New Mexico,” “Homemade Songs,” “Rosie,” and the single version of “Small Town Talk” – four songs that first surfaced on the now out-of-print import, Bearsville Box Set. Four unreleased tracks are also included on the first disc: “Save Me Jesus,” (mono single version); “He’s Got All The Whiskey” (long version); “Don’t Be Surprised” and “You Were There.”

The set’s second disc contains 17 tracks for more than an hour of unreleased music. It begins with four songs from the Bobby Charles sessions: take one of “He’s Got All The Whiskey”; a demo for “New Mexico”; plus a pair of languid country shuffles – “Homemade Songs” and “Done A Lot Of Worse Things” – that rank among Charles’ finest work. The remainder of the disc gathers more than a dozen songs Charles recorded with producer Paul Rothchild at Bearsville Studio in 1974, including the New Orleans pop and R&B of “Better Days,” “Jealous Kind” and “Whatever Happened” and the Southern funk of “Please Please” and “Why Are People Like That.”

Sadly, Charles did not live long enough to see the deluxe reissue of his masterpiece. The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inductee passed away on January 14, 2010 at the age of 71 after collapsing at his home in Abbeville, Louisiana.

BOBBY CHARLES – DELUXE EDITION
Track Listing

Disc 1
1. “Street People”
2. “Long Face”
3. “I Must Be In A Good Place Now”
4. “Save Me Jesus”
5. “He’s Got All The Whiskey”
6. “Small Town Talk”
7. “Let Yourself Go”
8. “Grow Too Old”
9. “I’m That Way”
10. “Tennessee Blues”
11. “Small Town Talk” – Single Version
12. “Save Me Jesus” – Mono Single Version*
13. “He’s Got All The Whiskey” – Long Version*
14. “New Mexico”
15. “Homemade Songs”
16. “Rosie”
17. “Don’t Be Surprised”*
18. “You Were There”*

Disc 2
1. “He’s Got All The Whiskey” – Take 1*
2. “New Mexico” – Demo*
3. “Homemade Songs” – Long Version*
4. “Done A Lot Of Wrong Things”*
5. “Ain’t That Lucky”*
6. “Better Days”*
7. “You Came Along”*
8. “Jealous Kind”*
9. “Whatever Happened”*
10. “Livin’ In Your World”*
11. “Nickles Dimes Dollars”*
12. “Why Are People Like That”*
13. “Please Please”*
14. “Little Town Tramp”*
15. “Keep Cookin’ Mama”*
16. “What Are We Doing?”*
17. “Cowboys And Indians”*

Disc 3
The Bobby Charles Interview*

*Previously Unissued

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PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL:
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING
SET FOR APRIL 5 RELEASE FROM RHINO

“An eye-popping, ear pleasing, toe-tapping honey of a show!” – Toronto Star

“Priscilla is an explosion of fun, color, and great music!” – CTV Breakfast Television

“An amazing spectacle that has big songs and a huge heart.” - Chum FM

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of the global hit stage production of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL will be recorded next week in New York City and will be produced by Stephen "Spud" Murphy and Frank Filipetti. PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL: ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING will be available on April 5 at all retail outlets, including www.rhino.com, for a suggested list price of $18.98 (CD) and $11.99 (digital).

Following its critically acclaimed North American debut engagement in Toronto, the spectacular new stage musical arrives on Broadway at The Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway) when previews begin February 28 toward an official opening on March 20, 2011.

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL had its world premiere in Sydney in 2006 and has subsequently wowed audiences and critics alike in Melbourne and New Zealand, becoming the most successful Australian musical of all time. The London production is now in its third smash hit year in the West End at the Palace Theatre. Earlier this year, the production won the Best Musical Award in London, voted for by Whatsonstage.com readers.

Like the stage production, the Original Broadway Cast Recording will be a sensational journey to the heart of fabulous!

Featuring a classic collection of dance-floor hits spanning the past three decades, from anthems “It’s Raining Men” and “I Will Survive” to beloved songs associated with Elvis Presley, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Tina Turner, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL: ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING is a veritable history of dance music that tells the story of a trio of friends on a heart-warming, uplifting adventure who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed.

Critics around the world have praised Priscilla’s infectious musical heart beat:

“Priscilla pushes all the same buttons as the movie did, only with more great tunes!” - Daily Telegraph, Australia

“Plenty of classic pop and disco hits have been thrown into the heady mix of the familiar and the fantastic.”
– Sunday Express (London)

“Some of the greatest disco anthems ever to fill a dance floor." - Daily Telegraph (London)

A complete list of the songs from the show which will be recorded for the Broadway cast album follows at the end of this press release.

Adapted from the Academy Award® winning film “The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL, is written by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott. Direction is by Simon Phillips, choreography is by Ross Coleman, musical supervision and arrangements are by Stephen ‘Spud’ Murphy and set design is by Brian Thomson. Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner have re-created their Academy Award® winning costume designs, which were originally designed for the film. Lighting is designed by Nick Schlieper and sound design is by Jonathan Deans. BAFTA Award winning make up design is recreated by Cassie Hanlon.

On Broadway, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL stars Olivier Award nominee Tony Sheldon, Tony Award® nominee Will Swenson and Nick Adams leading a company of 27.

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL is produced by Bette Midler; James L. Nederlander; Garry McQuinn, Liz Koops; Michael Hamlyn; Allan Scott Productions; Roy Furman/Richard Willis; Terry Allen Kramer; Terri and Timothy Childs, Ken Greiner, Ruth Hendel; Bartner/Jenkins; Chugg Entertainment; Michael Buckley; Stewart F. Lane / Bonnie Comley; Bruce Davey; Thierry Suc/TS3; The Volcano Project; Paul Boskind and Martian Entertainment / Spirtas-Mauro Productions / MAS Music Arts & Show; and David Mirvish.

Tickets for the Broadway production are available by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745- 3000 or online at https://www.ticketmaster.com/Priscilla-Queen-of-the-Desert-tickets/artist...

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT—THE MUSICAL:
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING
TRACK LISTING

1. Overture
2. It’s Raining Men
3. Don’t Leave Me This Way
4. Material Girl
5. Go West
6. I Say A Little Prayer
7. I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round)
8. True Colors
9. Follie! Delirio vano È questo!
10. Color My World
11. I Will Survive
12. A Fine Romance
13. Shake Your Groove Thing
14. Pop Muzik
15. A Fine Romance (Reprise)
16. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
17. Hot Stuff
18. MacArthur Park
19. Always On My Mind/I Say A Little Prayer
20. Like A Prayer
21. We Belong
22. Finale

About Rhino Entertainment
Based in Burbank, California, Warner Music Group’s Rhino Entertainment was founded in 1978 and is the world’s leading pop culture label. Emphasizing flawless sound quality, bonus tracks, informative liner notes, award-winning creative packaging, an offbeat sense of humor, and a strong social conscience, Rhino continues to set the standard for excellence in the reissue business it pioneered in both the physical and digital worlds. Rhino is also expanding the definition of what a catalog music company is, as evidenced by the label’s recent name and likeness representation deal with Frank Sinatra and its multi-faceted relationship with Grateful Dead. Rhino is home to several Broadway cast recordings as well, including the platinum-selling Jersey Boys. The vast Rhino catalog of more than 5,000 CDs, videos, and digital exclusive albums features material by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, The Doors, Chicago, Black Sabbath, John Coltrane, The Ramones, The Monkees, among many others. R

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