LOS ANGELES – Two-time Grammy® winner Scott Weiland finds inspiration from the iconic songs and singers of Christmases past, putting his signature baritone on some of his favorite holiday classics for THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, arriving on October 25 from Atco Records, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, at all physical and digital retail outlets for suggested list prices of $13.98 (CD) and $7.99 (download). The album also includes the singer’s own original holiday song, “Happy Christmas And Many More.”

The inception of THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR began two years ago when Weiland first performed “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” which is included on this album, on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” The singer says Frank Sinatra’s legendary 1957 recording of the song, which featured an orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins, inspired his take on this sentimental favorite.

Similarly, the album is filled with lush orchestrations punctuated by horns and sweetened with strings, which were arranged by Michael Birnbryer and Jessica Catron respectively. Weiland leads the musicians through timeless holiday standards made famous by the likes of Nat King Cole (“The Christmas Song”), Bing Crosby (“White Christmas” and “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”), Perry Como (“Winter Wonderland”) and Andy Williams (“The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year.”) The album was produced by Weiland and his longtime collaborator Doug Grean.

There are surprises as well, including a reggae version of “O Holy Night” complete with steel drums, a spritely “Silent Night” propelled by a bossa nova beat and a jazzy “What Child Is This?” where Weiland channels his inner Van Morrison.

THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR is very much a passion project for Weiland. In his note accompanying the album, he writes: “I hope this music, a labor of love from all of ‘us,’ finds you and touches your heart and soul. For that was the purpose of it. Not just these fabulous musicians but moreover, it was the absolute intent of the original writers, players, and legendary icons from days long gone. I have to pause and wonder...whether it be Frank, Bing, or Nat King Cole himself. Are these times really so different? A lot of these tunes were written during times of strife within our country and, in fact, around the world. Whether it be the depression or wartime, when these Christmas messages were sent out to men & women of our armed services in a fox hole or hospital, just as today those brave souls who dare to give it all.”

THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR
Track Listing

1. “The Christmas Song”
2. “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”
3. “White Christmas”
4. “Silent Night”
5. “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”
6. “What Child Is This?”
7. “Winter Wonderland”
8. “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
9. “Happy Christmas And Many More”
10. “O Holy Night”

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LOS ANGELES – Multi-platinum recording artists Barenaked Ladies celebrate over two decades of hits this fall with a career-spanning retrospective that includes the group’s biggest singles and, for the first time on CD, their beloved theme to the television series Big Bang Theory.

Rhino proudly presents HITS FROM YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE, a 14-song collection due out September 27. The album will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets for suggested list prices of $11.98 (CD) and $9.99 (download).

Sequenced in chronological order, the album kicks off with “If I Had $1000000” from the group’s 1992 major-label debut, Gordon. Certified gold in the U.S., the album sold more than one million copies in the band’s native Canada. The following year, the band earned the Juno Award for Group of the Year for its work on Gordon, the first of eight Juno Awards Barenaked Ladies have won to date.

Other early favorites include “The Old Apartment” from 1996’s Born On A Pirate Ship and a live version of the concert staple “Brian Wilson,” which appeared on the concert album Rock Spectacle, the band’s first platinum-selling album in the U.S.

Much of HITS FROM YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE draws on the critical and commercial success the Barenaked Ladies enjoyed with Stunt (1998) and Maroon (2000). The first album, certified platinum four times, featured “Call And Answer,” “It’s All Been Done” and the Grammy-nominated international smash, “One Week.” Its follow-up, another platinum-selling release, included “Too Little Too Late,” “Falling For The First Time” and the Grammy-nominated single “Pinch Me.”

The band’s final album with Reprise Records, 2003’s Everything To Everyone is represented by the standout tracks “Another Postcard” and “Testing 1,2,3.” HITS FROM YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE also features tracks from the band’s recent independent releases, including “Easy” from 2006’s Barenaked Ladies Are Me, “You Run Away” from last year’s All In Good Time and the aforementioned “Big Bang Theory Theme,” from the hit television series, which recently went into syndication.

Barenaked Ladies hits the road for a brief run of California dates beginning September 16 at the Fred Kavli Theater in Thousand Oaks. The tour then takes the band to the Taste Of Newport Festival in Newport Beach before winding up the jaunt with dates in San Bernardino and Saratoga.

HITS FROM YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE
Track Listing

1. “If I Had $10000000”
2. “The Old Apartment”
3. “Brian Wilson” – Live
4. “One Week”
5. “It’s All Been Done”
6. “Call And Answer”
7. “Pinch Me”
8. “Too Little Too Late”
9. “Falling For The First Time”
10. “Another Postcard”
11. “Testing 1,2,3”
12. “Easy”
13. “Big Bang Theory Theme”
14. “You Run Away”

Barenaked Ladies Tour Dates

September
16 Fred Kavli Theater Thousand Oaks, CA
17 Taste Of Newport Newport Beach, CA
18 California Theatre Of Performing Arts San Bernardino, CA
19 The Mountain Winery Saratoga, CA

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LOS ANGELES – Often imitated, rarely matched, The Smiths have grown to be one of Britain’s most influential groups. No band since has truly captured the incredible dynamic of Johnny Marr’s musical genius and Morrissey’s lyricism. Completed by Andy Rourke on bass and Mike Joyce on drums, the band is often cited as the key precursor to the Britpop movement.

For the first time ever, Rhino presents eight albums by The Smiths, each fully remastered by Marr, in one ultimate collection. COMPLETE includes all four of the band’s studio albums – The Smiths (1984), Meat Is Murder (1985), The Queen Is Dead (1986), Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) – and their sole live album, Rank (1988). They are complemented by three fan-favorite compilations: Hatful Of Hollow (1984), The World Won’t Listen (1987) and Louder Than Bombs (1987). Marr and engineer Frank Arkwright remastered all eight albums using the original tape sources.

COMPLETE will be available October 18 in CD and vinyl versions. The CD boxed set version features each album packaged in a mini-LP replica sleeve complete with the original artwork, including gatefolds and inner sleeves where relevant. The vinyl boxed set version consists of the original albums – five single LPs and three doubles – pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl and presented in all their 12” glory with beautifully restored artwork. Each will be available at physical retail outlets for suggested list prices of $78.98 (CD), $249.98 (LP) and $39.99 (Digital).

A Deluxe Collector’s Edition will be offered as well, exclusively at Rhino.com. Packaged in an individually numbered, trunk-style box, this version is limited to 4,000 pieces worldwide, with only 750 available in the U.S., only at Rhino.com. It contains all eight albums on CD and vinyl, accompanied by all 25 of The Smiths’ singles on 7” vinyl (including rare and deleted artwork). The set also includes: 12” art prints of all eight album sleeves; a poster featuring the artwork for the albums and singles; expanded liner notes by renowned author Lois Wilson; and “The Complete Picture” DVD of the band’s music videos. The Deluxe Collector’s Edition is available for pre-order now exclusively at Rhino.com for $499.98 and will be released on October 25.

Nearly 25 years after The Smiths’ final studio album, the band’s legacy of instantaneous, listenable and thought provoking music has never sounded better than it does on COMPLETE.

COMPLETE
Track Listing

The Smiths
1. “Reel Around the Fountain”
2. “You’ve Got Everything Now”
3. “Miserable Lie”
4. “Pretty Girls Make Graves”
5. “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle”
6. “Still Ill”
7. “Hand in Glove”
8. “What Difference Does It Make?”
9. “I Don’t Owe You Anything”
10. “Suffer Little Children”

Meat Is Murder
1. “The Headmaster Ritual”
2. “Rusholme Ruffians”
3. “I Want the One I Can’t Have”
4. “What She Said”
5. “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”
6. “Nowhere Fast”
7. “Well I Wonder”
8. “Barbarism Begins at Home”
9. “Meat Is Murder”

The Queen Is Dead
1. “The Queen Is Dead”
2. “Frankly, Mr. Shankly”
3. “I Know It’s Over”
4. “Never Had No One Ever”
5. “Cemetry Gates”
6. “Bigmouth Strikes Again”
7. “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side”
8. “Vicar in a Tutu”
9. “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”
10. “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others”

Strangeways, Here We Come
1. “A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours”
2. “I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish”
3. “Death of a Disco Dancer”
4. “Girlfriend in a Coma”
5. “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”
6. “Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me”
7. “Unhappy Birthday”
8. “Paint a Vulgar Picture”
9. “Death at One’s Elbow”
10. “I Won’t Share You”

Rank
1. “The Queen Is Dead”
2. “Panic”
3. “Vicar in a Tutu”
4. “Ask”
5. “His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians” (Medley)
6. “The Boy With The Thorn in His Side”
7. “Rubber Ring/What She Said”
8. “Is It Really So Strange?”
9. “Cemetry Gates”
10. “London”
11. “I Know It’s Over”
12. “The Draize Train”
13. “Still Ill”
14. “Bigmouth Strikes Again”

Hatful Of Hollow
1. “William, It Was Really Nothing”
2. “What Difference Does It Make?”
3. “These Things Take Time”
4. “This Charming Man”
5. “How Soon Is Now?”
6. “Handsome Devil”
7. “Hand in Glove”
8. “Still Ill”
9. “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”
10. “This Night Has Opened My Eyes”
11. “You’ve Got Everything Now”
12. “Accept Yourself”
13. “Girl Afraid”
14. “Back to the Old House”
15. “Reel Around the Fountain”
16. “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want”

The World Won’t Listen
1. “Panic”
2. “Ask”
3. “London”
4. “Bigmouth Strikes Again”
5. “Shakespeare’s Sister”
6. “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”
7. “Shoplifters of the World Unite”
8. “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side”
9. “Money Changes Everything”
10. “Asleep”
11. “Unloveable”
12. “Half a Person”
13. “Stretch Out and Wait”
14. “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”
15. “Oscillate Wildly”
16. “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby”
17. “Rubber Ring”

Louder Than Bombs
1. “Is It Really So Strange?”
2. “Sheila Take a Bow”
3. “Shoplifters of the World Unite”
4. “Sweet and Tender Hooligan”
5. “Half a Person”
6. “London”
7. “Panic”
8. “Girl Afraid”
9. “Shakespeare’s Sister”
10. “William, It Was Really Nothing”
11. “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby”
12. “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”
13. “Ask”
14. “Golden Lights”
15. “Oscillate Wildly”
16. “These Things Take Time”
17. “Rubber Ring”
18. “Back to the Old House”
19. “Hand in Glove”
20. “Stretch Out and Wait”
21. “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want”
22. “This Night Has Opened My Eyes”
23. “Unloveable”
24. “Asleep”

7” Singles – Deluxe Collector’s Edition Only
1. “Hand In Glove” b/w “Handsome Devil” (Live)
2. “Reel Around The Fountain” b/w “Jeane”
3. “This Charming Man” b/w “Jeane”
4. “What Difference Does It Make?” b/w “Back To The Old House”
5. “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” b/w “Suffer Little Children”
6. “William, It Was Really Nothing” b/w “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want”
7. “William, It Was Really Nothing” b/w “How Soon Is Now?”
8. “How Soon Is Now?” b/w “Well I Wonder”
9. “The Headmaster Ritual” b/w “Oscillate Wildly”
10. “Shakespeare’s Sister” b/w “What She Said”
11. “Barbarism Begins At Home” b/w “Shakespeare’s Sister”
12. “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore” b/w “Meat Is Murder” (Live)
13. “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side” b/w “Asleep”
14. “Bigmouth Strikes Again” b/w “Money Changes Everything”
15. “Panic” b/w “Vicar In A Tutu”
16. “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others” b/w “The Draize Train”
17. “Ask” b/w “Cemetry Gates”
18. “Shoplifters Of The World Unite” b/w “Half A Person”
19. “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” b/w “Half A Person”
20. “Sheila Take A Bow” b/w “Is It Really So Strange?”
21. “Girlfriend In A Coma” b/w “Work Is a Four-Letter Word”
22. “I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish” b/w “Pretty Girls Make Graves”
23. “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” b/w “Girlfriend In A Coma”
24. “Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me” b/w “Rusholme Ruffians”
25. “Sweet And Tender Hooligan” b/w “I Keep Mine Hidden”

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LOS ANGELES – More than five years after its debut, the musical Jersey Boys continues to bring audiences around the world to their feet with the rags-to-riches tale of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. A global phenomenon, the record-breaking production has won awards for Best Musical on three continents, including the 2006 Tony® Award, while the platinum-selling Original Cast Recording album won a Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album in 2007. To celebrate the holidays, members of the award-winning Jersey Boys casts around the globe have come together to record a selection of Christmas classics in the style of The Four Seasons. This marks the first time that a Broadway show has released a holiday album.

On October 4, Rhino will release SEASON’S GREETINGS: A JERSEY BOYS CHRISTMAS at all physical and digital retail outlets for suggested list prices of $18.98 (CD) and $9.99 (digital).

The album was produced by Bob Gaudio, a founding member of The Four Seasons and the group’s principal songwriter. The musical director and arranger for the project was Ron Melrose, who also arranged music for the Jersey Boys musical. The eclectic album features performances by six stars from the various Jersey Boys casts – Joseph Leo Bwarie (National Tour), Travis Cloer (Las Vegas), Rick Faugno (Las Vegas), Bobby Fox (Australia), Ryan Molloy (London) and Jarrod Spector (Broadway) – plus John Lloyd Young, who won the 2006 Tony Award for his portrayal of Valli in the original Broadway production. The album was engineered by Pete Karam, who won a Grammy for his work on the Original Cast Recording.

Many of the melodies and choral harmonies that catapulted the quartet from the streets of Newark into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are woven into classic holiday songs on SEASON’S GREETINGS: A JERSEY BOYS CHRISTMAS. Listen for hints of “Come On Marianne” and “Oh What A Night” in the album opener “Joy To The World/O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” plus traces of “Bye Bye Baby” in “Winter Wonderland.”

For Jersey Boys’ first Christmas on Broadway in 2006, the cast recorded “O Holy Night” for a Christmas album to benefit Broadway charities. This album features a new version of the song with a fresh arrangement that includes lines from the spiritual, “Rise Up, Shepherd.” Other highlights from A JERSEY BOYS CHRISTMAS include a doo-wop version of “White Christmas” inspired by The Drifters and “Santa Medley,” which infuses signature Jersey Boys harmonies into a trio of holiday favorites. Also featured is a unique version of “Angels From The Realms Of Glory” filtered through ’80s synth-rock with a touch of Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony” thrown in for good measure.

SEASON’S GREETINGS: A JERSEY BOYS CHRISTMAS
Track Listing

1. “Joy To The World/O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” – Ryan Molloy
2. “Winter Wonderland” – Rick Faugno
3. “Little Drummer Boy” – Joseph Leo Bwarie
4. “Santa Medley: (Santa Claus is Coming to Town/Here Comes Santa Claus/I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)” – John Lloyd Young
5. “O Holy Night/Rise Up Shepherd” – Jersey Boys Ensemble featuring Mark Ivey, with soloists Michael Ingersoll and Tituss Burgess
6. “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” – Bobby Fox
7. “Jingle Bell Rock” – Joseph Leo Bwarie
8. “A King Is Born” – Jarrod Spector
9. “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” – John Lloyd Young
10. “White Christmas” – Ryan Molloy
11. “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” – Jarrod Spector
12. “Angels From The Realms Of Glory” – Bobby Fox
13. “Silver Bells/Silent Night” – Travis Cloer
14. “Do You Hear What I Hear?” – Rick Faugno
15. “Breath Of Heaven/We Three Kings” – Travis Cloer
16. “Carol Of The Bells/Angels We Have Heard On High/
17. Auld Lang Syne” – Jersey Boys Ensemble featuring Joseph Leo Bwarie, Travis Cloer, Rick Faugno, Bobby Fox, Ryan Molloy, Jarrod Spector, John Lloyd Young and Erik Bates

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LOS ANGELES – Hell-bent for eyeliner and ready to rock the world, Twisted Sister stormed the stage at London’s famed Marquee Club in March of 1983 for two intense shows that cemented the band’s live legacy in the U.K. Recordings from those legendary nights reveal the Long Island quintet raw, hungry and catching fire just a few months before it achieved breakout success on radio and MTV.

Rhino Handmade taps into that power with LIVE AT THE MARQUEE CLUB, a concert album that collects rare and unreleased recordings from both nights on a single disc. The music comes in a glammed-up gatefold made from heavy-duty cardstock and die-cut into the shape of the iconic Twisted Sister logo. Due out September 20, LIVE AT THE MARQUEE CLUB is available now for pre-order exclusively at www.rhino.com for $19.98.

Mirroring the setlists from both shows, the collection’s 13 blistering performances feature singer Dee Snider, guitarists Jay Jay French and Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda, bassist Mark “The Animal” Mendoza and drummer A.J. Pero. Until now, the only way to hear some of this historic two-night stand was through a series of 7” and 12” records released in 1983 exclusively in the U.K.

LIVE AT THE MARQUEE CLUB combines those hard-to-find cuts with five previously unreleased songs, including the title track from the band’s hard-rocking debut, Under the Blade, and covers of the Shangri-Las’ “Leader Of The Pack” and the Slade version of the R&B staple “Let The Good Times Roll.” The album also includes the first ever public performance of “You Can’t Stop Rock ’n’ Roll,” which would surface just three months later on the band’s second album. Bits of Snider’s legendary stage banter – also unreleased – can be heard interspersed between a few songs.

Feeding off the crowd’s energy, the band’s ferocity is unrelenting throughout LIVE AT THE MARQUEE CLUB as it demolishes nearly every song from its debut Under the Blade, including the show opener “What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You),” plus “Sin After Sin,” “Shoot ’em Down” and “Bad Boys (Of Rock ’n’ Roll).”

Veteran metal journalist Malcolm Dome recalls in the liner notes how the Marquee dates represented a turning point for the band. “There was a growing belief that the still young and untried Long Island group had something a little special about them, but the world at large had yet to be convinced. But what you have here is, perhaps, the moment when all that was overturned – when this quintet of focused and fired-up talents became one of the all-time greats.”

TWISTED SISTER
LIVE AT THE MARQUEE CLUB
Track Listing

1. “What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You)”
2. “Sin After Sin”
3. “Bad Boys (Of Rock ’n’ Roll)”
4. “Destroyer”
5. “Leader Of The Pack”*
6. “Tear It Loose”
7. Band Rap*
8. “You Can’t Stop Rock ’n’ Roll”*
9. “Run For Your Life”
10. “Shoot ’em Down”
11. Dee’s Rap*
12. “It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (But I Like It)”
13. Band Introductions*
14. “I Am (I’m Me)”*
15. “Under The Blade”*
16. “Let The Good Times Roll”*

* Previously Unissued

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