THE REPLACEMENTS’ DEAD MAN’S POP

4CD/1LP Boxed Set Features The Group’s Don’t Tell A Soul Album
Mixed As It Was Originally Intended And Expanded With
Previously Unreleased Studio And Live Recordings,
Including A Session With Tom Waits And A Complete 1989 Concert

Available From Rhino On September 27

LOS ANGELES – Back in 1987, Minneapolis rock and roll renegades The Replacements famously stole their Twin/Tone master tapes and threw them in the Mississippi River. A year later—while wrapping up work on their Warner Bros. album, Don't Tell A Soul—the group absconded with a collection of their reels from Paisley Park studios. Thankfully, those tapes were spared a watery fate, and instead stashed away for decades by the band. Now they’ve been recovered to form the basis of The Replacements first-ever boxed set, DEAD MAN’S POP.   

Although Don’t Tell A Soul ultimately became the group’s best-selling effort, The Replacements were unsatisfied with the sound of the record. The band has radically reimagined Don’t Tell A Soul to create a 4CD/1LP set that features the album mixed as it was originally intended (Don’t Tell A Soul Redux), along with a collection of previously unheard tracks (We Know The Night: Rare & Unreleased), and a classic concert from 1989 (The Complete Inconcerated Live).

DEAD MAN’S POP will be available from Rhino on September 27 for $79.98. The box features a newly completed mix of the album by Don’t Tell A Soul producer Matt Wallace (based on his 1988 Paisley Park mix); a disc of unreleased recordings (including a session with Tom Waits); plus the band’s entire June 2, 1989 show at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In total, the box includes 60 tracks–58 of which have never been heard before.

The first 500 fans that purchase DEAD MAN’S POP at Rhino.com will also receive a 14-track cassette featuring highlights from the box along with two additional unreleased tracks: the outtake “Asking Me Lies” and an instrumental of “I Won’t” (Bearsville Version). The cassette also features the original, unused cover art for Don’t Tell A Soul.

Presented in a 12 x 12 hardcover book – loaded with dozens of rarely seen photos - the set features a detailed history of the Don’t Tell A Soul era written by Bob Mehr, who produced the box with Rhino’s Jason Jones, and also authored The New York Times bestseller Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements.

Mehr writes: “While it’s impossible to unhear a record that’s been around for three decades, this version, Don’t Tell A Soul Redux, is the album the band made and intended to release. In addition to Matt Wallace’s mix, Redux also restores several crucial elements from the sessions, including original drums tracks, vocal takes and tempos that were altered in post-production…[and] the band’s original sequence of the album.”

Wallace says: “The true spirit of The Replacements was always there on the recordings we did back in 1988, and now you can hear and feel it clearly…This was the project of a lifetime for me when we recorded it 30-plus years ago, and it’s even truer today as we’ve finally fulfilled our original vision.”

Paul Westerberg, Slim Dunlap, Tommy Stinson and Chris Mars started recording Don’t Tell A Soul in June 1988 with Tony Berg at Bearsville Studios, but the chaotic sessions were cut short and mothballed. Nine unreleased tracks from Bearsville appear on Dead Man’s Pop, including early versions of “I’ll Be You,” “Darlin’ One” and “Achin’ To Be” and the previously unheard “Last Thing in the World.” The collection also features tracks the band recorded with Tom Waits, five of which have never been officially released: among them, “Lowdown Monkey Blues,” “We Know The Night” and a cover of Billy Swan’s “I Can Help.”

The final two CDs of DEAD MAN’S POP capture the band performing live in Milwaukee during the “Don’t Tell A Soul Tour.” A few songs from the concert originally appeared on the promo-only EP Inconcerated Live (1989), but the bulk of the 29 tracks included have never been released. The entire show has been newly mixed by Brian Kehew (Ramones, The Faces).

Additionally, DEAD MAN’S POP will include Wallace’s Don’t Tell A Soul Redux mix on 180-gram vinyl.

DEAD MAN’S POP
Track Listing

Disc One: Don’t Tell A Soul Redux

1. “Talent Show” – Matt Wallace Mix *
2. “I’ll Be You” – Matt Wallace Mix *
3. “We’ll Inherit The Earth” – Matt Wallace Mix *
4. “Achin’ To Be” – Matt Wallace Mix *
5. “Darlin’ One” – Matt Wallace Mix *
6. “Back To Back” – Matt Wallace Mix *
7. “I Won’t” – Matt Wallace Mix *
8. “Asking Me Lies” – Matt Wallace Mix *
9. “They’re Blind” – Matt Wallace Mix *
10. “Anywhere’s Better Than Here” – Matt Wallace Mix *
11. “Rock ’n’ Roll Ghost” – Matt Wallace Mix *

Disc Two: We Know The Night: Rare and Unreleased

1. “Portland” – Alternate Mix (Bearsville Version) *
2. “Achin’ To Be” – Bearsville Version *
3. “I’ll Be You” – Bearsville Version *
4. “Wake Up” – Alternate Mix – Bearsville Version *
5. “We’ll Inherit The Earth” – Bearsville Version *
6. “Last Thing In The World” *
7. “They’re Blind” – Bearsville Version *
8. “Rock ’n’ Roll Ghost” – Bearsville Version *
9. “Darlin’ One” – Bearsville Version *
10. “Talent Show” – Demo Version
11. “Dance On My Planet” *
12. “We Know The Night” – Alternate Outtake *
13. “Ought To Get Love” – Alternate Mix *
14. “Gudbuy T’Jane” – Outtake
15. “Lowdown Monkey Blues” – Featuring Tom Waits *
16. “If Only You Were Lonely” – Featuring Tom Waits *
17. “We Know The Night” – Featuring Tom Waits (Rehearsal) *
18. “We Know The Night” – Featuring Tom Waits (Full Band Version) *
19. “I Can Help” – Featuring Tom Waits *
20. “Date To Church” – Matt Wallace Remix*

Disc Three: The Complete Inconcerated Live, Part One

1. “Alex Chilton” *
2. “Talent Show” *
3. “Back To Back” *
4. “I Don’t Know” *
5. “The Ledge” *
6. “Waitress In The Sky” *
7. “Anywhere’s Better Than Here” *
8. “Nightclub Jitters” *
9. “Cruella De Ville” *
10. “Achin’ To Be” *
11. “Asking Me Lies” *
12. “Bastards Of Young” *
13. “Answering Machine” *
14. “Little Mascara” *
15. “I’ll Be You” *

Disc Four: The Complete Inconcerated Live, Part Two

1. “Darlin’ One” *
2. “I Will Dare” *
3. “Another Girl, Another Planet” *
4. “I Won’t” *
5. “Unsatisfied” *
6. “We’ll Inherit The Earth” *
7. “Can’t Hardly Wait” *
8. “Color Me Impressed” *
9. “Born To Lose” *
10. “Never Mind” *
11. “Here Comes A Regular” *
12. “Valentine” *
13. “Left Of The Dial” *
14. “Black Diamond” *

      * previously unreleased

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THE DOORS 
THE SOFT PARADE: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION
TO INCLUDE UNRELEASED “STRIPPED DOWN” VERSIONS
WITH HORNS AND STRINGS REMOVED 

3CD/1LP Set Expands The Doors’ Fourth Studio Album 
With Nearly Two Hours Of Unreleased Recordings, 
Including The Debut Of The Entire “Rock Is Dead” Jam 

The Soft Parade Was Originally Released 50 Years Ago Today On July 18, 1969

Previously Unreleased Early Version Of “Roadhouse Blues” 
With Ray Manzarek On Vocals Is Available Now

Available From Rhino On November 1
 

LOS ANGELES – The Doors’ fourth studio album, The Soft Parade, became the band’s fourth straight Top Ten album when it was released 50 years ago today on July 18, 1969. Despite featuring one of the group’s biggest hits – “Touch Me” – it remains the most-polarizing record of The Doors’ career thanks to the brass and string arrangements that embellish several tracks.

To commemorate the album’s 50th year anniversary, Rhino reimagines The Soft Parade on a newly expanded 3CD/1LP set that will be available on November 1 for $59.98. THE SOFT PARADE: 50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION includes the original studio album – and the B-side “Who Scared You” – newly remastered by Bruce Botnick, The Doors’ longtime engineer and mixer. The collection is a limited edition of 15,000 individually numbered copies and also includes the original album on 180-gram vinyl along with liner notes by noted rock journalist David Fricke. 

A hand-numbered 36x18 lithograph of the interior vinyl gatefold artwork, limited to 500 copies, is available with THE SOFT PARADE: 50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION exclusively at Rhino.com and TheDoors.com while supplies last. 

The core of the new collection is comprised of more than a dozen unreleased songs. Among the highlights are stripped down “Doors Only” versions of five tracks where the horns and strings have been removed (“Tell All The People,” “Touch Me,” “Wishful Sinful,” “Runnin’ Blue,” and “Who Scared You.”) The set also features three of those stripped-back versions with new guitar parts added by Robby Krieger (“Touch Me,” “Wishful Sinful,” and “Runnin’ Blue).

The collection also uncovers three songs from studio rehearsals – with Ray Manzarek (a.k.a. Screamin’ Ray Daniels) on vocals – that include an early version of “Roadhouse Blues,” a song that would be released the following year on Morrison Hotel. These three songs include newly recorded bass parts by Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots, who joined Krieger and John Densmore at a tribute concert for Manzarek in 2016, three years after the organist died of cancer. Manzarek’s take on “Roadhouse Blues” is available now on all digital download and streaming services. 

A trio of studio outtakes collected on the set’s final disc feature the much-bootlegged, hour-long jam, “Rock Is Dead,” which appears here in its entire, surviving form for the first time ever. The track finds The Doors riffing through the entire history of rock ’n’ roll, from early delta blues through surf music, ending with the death of rock.
 

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THE SOFT PARADE: 50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION
Track Listing

Disc One
1.    “Tell All The People”
2.    “Touch Me”
3.    “Shaman’s Blues”
4.    “Do It”
5.    “Easy Ride”
6.    “Wild Child”
7.    “Runnin’ Blue”
8.    “Wishful Sinful”
9.    “The Soft Parade”
Bonus Track
10.    “Who Scared You” – B-side 

Disc Two
1.    “Tell All The People” (Doors only mix)*
2.    “Touch Me” (Doors only mix w/new Robby Krieger guitar overdub)*
3.    “Runnin’ Blue” (Doors only mix w/new Robby Krieger guitar overdub)*
4.    “Wishful Sinful” (Doors only mix w/new Robby Krieger guitar overdub)*
5.    “Who Scared You” (Doors only mix)*
6.     “Roadhouse Blues” – Screamin’ Ray Daniels (a.k.a. Ray Manzarek) on vocal*
7.    “(You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further” – Screamin’ Ray Daniels (a.k.a. Ray Manzarek) on vocal*
8.    “I’m Your Doctor” – Screamin’ Ray Daniels (a.k.a. Ray Manzarek) on vocal*
9.    “Touch Me” (Doors only mix)*
10.    “Runnin’ Blue” (Doors only mix) *
11.    “Wishful Sinful” (Doors only mix)*

Disc Three
1.    “I Am Troubled”
2.    “Seminary School” (aka “Petition The Lord With Prayer”) *
3.    “Rock Is Dead” – Complete Version *
4.    “Chaos” *

* previously unreleased

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THE BEST OF MORRISSEY

The Legendary Singer’s 2001 Hits Collection Makes Its Vinyl Debut As A Double-LP Set With Classics Like “Hairdresser On Fire” And “Everyday Is Like Sunday”

Available From On August 30

Morrissey surpassed the commercial success of his former band the Smiths after the singer-lyricist launched a solo career in 1988. Over the next 10 years, “Moz” released six studio album and a string of hit singles before going on a brief recording hiatus. On November 6, 2001, THE BEST OF MORRISSEY, a collection that brought together his most memorable work as a solo artist up to that point, was released on CD in North America only.

Sire / Parlophone will revisit that classic compilation this year by releasing it, for the first time ever, on vinyl. THE BEST OF MORRISSEY will be available on August 30 as a double-LP set for 31.98. Rhino.com will also release a “clear” vinyl version, limited to 500 copies on the same day.

Soon after the Smiths disbanded in 1987, Morrissey returned with his debut as a solo artist Viva Hate (1988). The album was certified gold in both the U.K. and the U.S. and topped the album charts in England. THE BEST OF MORRISSEY includes two key tracks from Viva Hate: “Everyday Is Like Sunday” and “Suedehead.”

The singer followed his debut with a series of non-album singles that were eventually collected on Bona Drag (1990) along with several B-sides. The collection was certified gold in the U.S. and reached the Top 10 in the U.K. THE BEST OF MORRISSEY has several tracks from the album, including “Interesting Drug,” “The Last Of The International Playboys,” and “Hairdresser On Fire,” the B-side of “Suedehead.”

This collection also spotlights two key albums from the solo-Morrissey canon with eight songs from Your Arsenal (1992) and Vauxhall And I (1994). Featured songs include “We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful” and “Glamorous Glue” from the GRAMMY®-nominated Your Arsenal; and “The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get” and “Hold On To Your Friends” from the #1 U.K. album Vauxhall And I.

All the other studio albums the singer released between 1988 and 1997 are represented on THE BEST OF MORRISSEY with “Sing Your Life” from Kill Uncle (1991), “Do Your Best And Don’t Worry” from Southpaw Grammar (1995) and “Alma Matters” from Maladjusted (1997). Other tracks on the collection include the non-album single “Sunny” and the B-sides “Sister I’m A Poet” and “Lost.”

THE BEST OF MORRISSEY
2LP Track Listing:

Side A
1.    “The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get”
2.    “Suedehead”
3.    “Everyday Is Like Sunday”
4.    “Glamorous Glue”
5.    “Do Your Best And Don’t Worry”
 
Side B
1.    “November Spawned A Monster”
2.    “The Last Of The Famous International Playboys”
3.    “Sing Your Life”
4.    “Hairdresser On Fire”
5.    “Interesting Drug”
 
Side C
1.    “We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful”
2.    “Certain People I Know”
3.    “Now My Heart Is Full” (Edit)
4.    “I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday”
5.    “Sunny”
 
Side D
1.    “Alma Matters”
2.    “Hold On To Your Friends”
3.    “Sister I’m A Poet”
4.    “Disappointed”
5.    “Tomorrow”
6.    “Lost 

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DEAD & COMPANY CONTINUES ITS DIGITAL CONCERT SERIES 

Rhino To Release All 26 Shows From The Band's Summer 2018 Tour Starting Today

Shows Will Be Available On All Digital Download And Streaming Services, 
With Apple Lossless And FLAC Formats Offered From Dead.net

Two Full Shows From Folsom Field Available Today

LOS ANGELES - Dead & Company continues the digital concert series it launched earlier this year with the release of all 26 complete shows from the band's summer 2018 tour. The series begins today with the digital release of two full shows from Folsom Field, followed by more fan-favorites including Dodger Stadium, Lockn' Fest, Autzen Stadium, and Citi Field. The series will conclude on November 15 with the release of the remaining shows from the tour. Full details of the release schedule are listed below.

The shows will be available through all digital download and streaming services for $17.99 each. In addition, the concerts will be offered in Apple Lossless and FLAC formats from Dead.net for $19.99 each. 

Live audio for these recordings was mixed and remastered by Dead & Company's Front of House Engineer, Derek Featherstone, and the band's Recording Engineer, Ross Harris.

The two shows released today spotlight the band's concerts from July 13 and 14 2018 at Folsom Field in Boulder, CO, where the band will return this week on July 5 and 6. A high point from the first night is a fantastic version of "St. Stephen" that featured the "William Tell Bridge" segueing into "The Eleven." On the second night, the band played "Scarlet Begonias">"Franklin's Tower">"Fire On The Mountain" - a combination they'd never played before.
  
Dead & Company was formed in 2015 when the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir joined forces with artist and musician John Mayer, Allman Brothers' bassist Oteil Burbridge, and Fare Thee Well and RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. The result was one of the most successful touring bands of the decade. The inaugural tour kicked off in the fall of 2015 with two sold-out shows at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City and ended with two sold-out performances at the 'Fabulous' Forum in Inglewood, California.

Since then, the band has completed six tours, playing to more than two million fans, and has become a record-breaking stadium act. Dead & Company has headlined iconic stadiums across the country including Folsom Field, Autzen Stadium, Citi Field, Fenway Park and Dodger Stadium. Additionally, the band broke Wrigley Field's all-time concert attendance record in 2017. Dead & Company's 2018 Summer Tour ranked in the top 25 of the Top 100 Worldwide Tours and for the past two years, their summer tours ranked in the top 15 of the Top Global Concert Tours.

DEAD & COMPANY
Digital Concert Series Release Schedule:

June 28
Folsom Field, Boulder, CO (7/13/18)
Folsom Field, Boulder, CO (7/14/18)

July 26
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA (7/7/18)

August 23
Lockn' Festival, Arrington, VA (8/25/18)
Lockn' Festival, Arrington, VA (8/26/18)

September 20
Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR (6/30/18)

October 18 
Citi Field, New York, NY (6/15/18)
Citi Field, New York, NY (6/16/18)

November 15
Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA (5/30/19)
BB&T Pavilion, Camden, NJ (6/1/18)
BB&T Pavilion, Camden, NJ (6/2/18)
Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH (6/4/18)
Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, Noblesville, IN (6/6/18)
Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA (6/8/18)
Coast Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC (6/9/18)
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY (6/11/18)
XFINITY Theatre, Hartford, CT (6/13/18)
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY (6/19/18)
Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (6/20/18)
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (6/22/18) 
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (6/23/18)
Gorge Amphitheatre, Quincy, WA (6/29/18)
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (7/2/18)
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (7/3/18)
Mattress Firm Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA (7/6/18)
Isleta Amphitheater, Albuquerque, NM (7/11/18)

2019 Summer Tour Dates:   

June

28  Charlotte, NC  PNC Music Pavilion

29  Atlanta, GA      Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood

July

2    Dallas, TX       Dos Equis Pavilion

5    Boulder, CO    Folsom Field

6     Boulder, CO    Folsom Field

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CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
50th ANNIVERSARY REMIX

Chicago Celebrates The 50 Year Anniversary Of The Band's Record-Setting 
Debut With A Newly Remixed Version Of The Double-Platinum, Double Album

Available On CD And 2-LP From Rhino On August 30

LOS ANGELES - Chicago's debut album, Chicago Transit Authority (self-titled at the time), was a groundbreaking double-LP that showcased the band's imaginative writing, proficient musicality and genre-blending mix of rock, jazz, funk and pop. In recognition of its enduring influence, the album was inducted into the Grammy® Hall of Fame in 2014.

In celebration of the album's 50th anniversary, Chicago worked with mixing engineer Tim Jessup to remix the entire album. On August 30, CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY (50th ANNIVERSARY REMIX) will be available on CD ($16.98) and as a double-LP on 180-gram vinyl ($31.98). There will also be a limited-edition, numbered version of the 2 LP set on gold vinyl available through Rhino.com. The remixed album will also be available through digital and streaming services on the same day.

Originally released on April 28, 1969, Chicago Transit Authority topped the album chart, was certified double platinum and earned the band a Grammy® nomination for Best New Artist. The album also has the unique distinction of having stayed on the charts for an amazing three-year run (171 weeks); a record when it was released.

This classic double album includes several of the group's most-enduring hits: "Beginnings," "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" and "Questions 67 and 68." It also features the signature guitar work of the late Terry Kath on "South California Purple," "Free Form Guitar" and a blazing cover of "I'm A Man."

The album features Kath, keyboardist Robert Lamm, bassist Peter Cetera, drummer Danny Seraphine and Chicago's legendary horn section: Lee Loughnane (trumpet), James Pankow (trombone), and Walt Parazaider (saxophone).

Chicago is one of the longest-running and best-selling groups of all time. It is the first American band to ever chart albums in Billboard's Pop Top 40 in five consecutive decades.  The group's extensive accomplishments include: two Grammy® Awards, multiple American Music Awards, 11 #1 singles, five consecutive #1 albums, record sales in excess of 100,000,000, with 25 albums earning platinum certification.

A perennially popular live act, Chicago will tour for the 52nd consecutive year this summer. 


CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Track Listing:

LP Side Splits

Side One
1.    "Introduction"
2.    "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
3.    "Beginnings"

Side Two
1.    "Questions 67 And 68"
2.    "Listen"
3.    "Poem 58"

Side Three
1.    "Free Form Guitar" 
2.    "South California Purples"
3.    "I'm A Man"

Side Four
1.    "Prologue, August 29, 1968"
2.    "Someday (August 29, 1968)"
3.    "Liberation"
 

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