REPRISE COMMEMORATES THE RAT PACK

The Very Best Of The Rat Pack Spotlights Vegas-Era Hits By
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, And Sammy Davis Jr.

Available January 25

LOS ANGELES, CA (December 6, 2010) – Iconic entertainers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.—the Rat Pack, a sheer force of nature on stage and film that defined suave masculine brio in the early 1960s. To commemorate this legendary act, Reprise Records will release an essential collection: The Very Best Of The Rat Pack (Reprise) on January 25, available at all retail outlets (CD and digital), including www.sinatra.com.
Featuring 18 Vegas-era favorites that spotlight each singer, The Very Best Of The Rat Pack captures the upbeat entertainment style synonymous with the trio. Showcasing swinging studio classics from each member solo along with two duets that feature Sinatra and Davis (“Me And My Shadow”) and Davis and Martin (“Sam’s Song”). The collection also includes a previously unreleased alternate version of Sinatra’s “I’m Gonna Live Until I Die.”

Ol’ Blues Eyes opens the album with the signature track “Come Fly With Me” and also contributes his irresistible hits “I Get A Kick Out Of You” and “Witchcraft.” The collection also includes “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” ranked among Sinatra aficionados as one of his finest collaborations with Nelson Riddle, and “Luck Be A Lady,” a song featured in the musical “Guys And Dolls.”

Dino’s velvety croon takes the spotlight on six unforgettable performances that include “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu),” the dramatic Italian ballad “Who’s Got The Action?” from the 1962 film of the same name starring Martin and Lana Turner, and “Ain’t That A Kick In The Head,” a tune he sang in the Rat Pack’s classic 1960 heist film Ocean’s 11.

Davis’ ebullient delivery and vocal power shine on standout tracks such as “Eee-O Eleven” from the Ocean’s 11 soundtrack, “A Lot Of Livin’ To Do,” a song originally written for the 1960 musical Bye Bye Birdie, and “Too Close For Comfort,” from the 1956 Broadway play Mr. Wonderful in which Davis played the starring role.

THE VERY BEST OF THE RAT PACK
Track Listing

1. Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra
2. Ain’t That A Kick In The Head – Dean Martin
3. Too Close For Comfort – Sammy Davis Jr.
4. I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
5. Who’s Got The Action? – Dean Martin
6. A Lot Of Livin’ To Do – Sammy Davis Jr.
7. Ring-A-Ding Ding – Frank Sinatra
8. Eee-O Eleven – Sammy Davis Jr.
9. Luck Be A Lady – Frank Sinatra
10. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) – Dean Martin
11. Birth Of The Blues – Sammy Davis Jr.
12. Witchcraft – Frank Sinatra
13. You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You – Dean Martin
14. I Get A Kick Out Of You – Frank Sinatra
15. Sam’s Song – Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr.
16. I’m Gonna Live Until I Die – Frank Sinatra (Alternate Version)
17. Everybody Loves Somebody – Dean Martin
18. Me And My Shadow – Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr.

BLACK SABBATH LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH ODEON
RESURRECTED AS 3-LP VINYL COLLECTION

Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, And Vinny Appice
Give Epic Performance On Previously Sold Out Live Album Recorded In 1982

Individually Numbered, Limited Edition Of 3000 Copies
Available Exclusively From Metal Club On January 11

LOS ANGELES — The second coming of Black Sabbath began in 1979 when founding members Tony Iommi, Terry “Geezer” Butler, and Bill Ward were joined by Ronnie James Dio, who added his fiery and powerful voice to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group’s crushing mix of iconic riffs, gloomy grooves and doom-soaked imagery. The Dio-fronted line-up would release two iconic metal albums in consecutive years—1980’s Heaven And Hell and 1981’s Mob Rules (with Vinny Appice on drums)—before arriving at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in January of 1982 for one of their most legendary shows.

BLACK SABBATH: LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH ODEON spotlights Sabbath as they storm through 14 of the Dio-era’s best including “Neon Knights,” “Heaven And Hell,” “Children Of The Sea” and “Voodoo.” The band also performs several pre-Dio classics including “Paranoid,” “Iron Man,” and a white-hot version of “War Pigs.” This epic concert will be released on 180 gram vinyl as a limited edition set of 3000 copies on January 11 exclusively for Metal Club. The individually numbered 3-LP set will be available only at participating Metal Club stores for a suggested retail price of $36.98. For more information, please visit www.mymetalclub.com. This album was previously released on CD as a Rhino Handmade limited edition of 5000 copies in 2007 and sold out in just one day.

BLACK SABBATH: LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH ODEON
Track Listing

Side One
“E5150”
“Neon Nights”
“N.I.B.”

Side Two
“Children Of The Sea”
“Country Girl”
“Black Sabbath”

Side Three
“War Pigs”
“Slipping Away”

Side Four
“Iron Man”
“The Mob Rules”

Side Five
“Heaven And Hell”

Side Six
“Paranoid”
“Voodoo”
“Children Of The Grave”

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PANTERA COWBOYS FROM HELL: THE DEMOS SET FOR RELEASE ON LIMITED EDITION VINYL “BLACK FRIDAY” NOVEMBER 26

COWBOYS FROM HELL ULTIMATE EDITION Box Set

Featuring T-Shirt Designed By “Dimebag” Darrell Available Now

LOS ANGELES (22 November 2010) – Since it’s release 20 years ago, Pantera’s Cowboys From Hell has become one of the most iconic metal records of all time. Cowboys also serves as the official debut of the legendary Pantera lineup with singer Philip Anselmo, guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, his brother, drummer Vinnie Paul and bassist Rex Brown.

Rhino follows-up the Expanded and Deluxe Editions of Cowboys From Hell released earlier this year with two additional, must-have items for Pantera followers.

The first is the limited edition vinyl release, COWBOYS FROM HELL: THE DEMOS. Pressed on high-quality 180-gram vinyl, the set includes the original demos for 10 of the 12 songs from Cowboys including early versions of the title track, “Psycho Holiday,” and “Cemetery Gates,” as well as “The Will To Survive,” a previously unheard demo that was released for the first time earlier this year. The set also features a newly designed alternate cover of the album. This release is limited to 3,000 copies and is available only at participating “Black Friday” Metal Club stores beginning November 26 for a suggested list price of $17.98. For a list of participating stores, please visit www.mymetalclub.com

The second is the COWBOYS FROM HELL ULTIMATE EDITION box set which includes the three-disc Deluxe Edition of Cowboys, a 60-page booklet with rare photos and essays by all surviving band members, as well as several replica items including a poster, flyers, backstage passes, a button and a t-shirt designed by Dimebag Darrell himself. The ULTIMATE EDITION box is available now for a suggested retail price of $99.98.

As another treat for Pantera fans, select independent retail stores will be running a special promotion on Black Friday offering a limited edition “Mexican Chocolate” Pantera lithograph (at Vintage Vinyl and all Dimple, Exclusive, and Zia stores) or a signed booklet or poster (at select Hastings stores) with the purchase of any 20th Anniversary version of Cowboys From Hell, while supplies last. Fans can also enter to win an authentic Dimebag guitar from Dean Guitars with the same independent retailers. Please visit participating retail stores (Dimple, Exclusive, Vintage Vinyl, and Zia) or visit Hastings website (gohastings.com) for details.

COWBOYS FROM HELL: THE DEMOS LP
Track Listing

1. “The Will To Survive” – Demo
2. “Shattered” – Demo
3. “Cowboys From Hell” – Demo
4. “Heresy” – Demo
5. “Cemetery Gates” – Demo
6. “Psycho Holiday” – Demo
7. “Medicine Man” – Demo
8. “Message In Blood” – Demo
9. “Domination” – Demo
10. “The Sleep” – Demo
11. “The Art Of Shredding” – Demo

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PERCY SLEDGE: THE KING OF COUNTRY SOUL

Rhino Handmade Presents The First Comprehensive Collection Of Sledge’s
Atlantic Recordings On Four Discs Spanning 1966-74 With Over 100 Songs
Spotlighting Studio And Live Recordings, Rare And Unreleased Tracks

Rhino.com Pre-Order Begins November 26, Ships December 14

LOS ANGELES – The aching sincerity in Percy Sledge’s voice on the #1 smash “When A Man Loves A Woman” made him an instant star in 1966. The singer spent the next eight years with Atlantic Records, refining his mix of country and soul in studios around Muscle Shoals, Alabama, not far from where Sledge was born in 1940.

A day after Sledge’s 70th birthday, Rhino Handmade will exclusively unveil the first comprehensive collection of the singer’s recordings for Atlantic. This four-disc set spans 1966-74 with 104 songs, including both studio and live recordings as well as several rare and unreleased tracks.

Shipping on December 14 from Rhino Handmade, the set is presented in a clothbound hardcover book filled with rare photos and a new essay by Barney Hoskyns. PERCY SLEDGE: THE ATLANTIC RECORDINGS is available for pre-order on November 26 exclusively at www.rhino.com for a suggested list price of $79.98.

The music, arranged mostly in chronological order, offers a richly detailed portrait of the King of Country Soul’s career following the massive success of “When A Man Loves A Woman.” In fact, the song is featured twice, opening the collection with the well-known studio version and closing it with an alternate take recorded during the same session.

The first three discs capture Sledge’s meteoric rise, drawing from his singles and four studio albums—When A Man Loves A Woman, Warm And Tender Soul (1966), The Percy Sledge Way (1967), and Take Time To Know Her (1968)—which feature stellar playing by some of Muscle Shoals’ most talented studio aces.

Among the tracks featured are the singer’s Top Ten R&B hits: “It Tears Me Up,” “Warm And Tender Love,” and “It’s All Wrong But It’s Alright”; plus standouts: “Out Of Left Field,” “Cover Me,” “Take Time To Know Her,” “Sudden Stop,” “You’re All Around Me,” and “True Love Travels On A Gravel Road.”

The collection gathers a number of rare recordings as well, including several songs released exclusively overseas on albums like Wanted (1969, South Africa), My Special Prayer (1970, Netherlands), The Golden Voice Of Soul (1974, Germany), and a Christmas single from 1969 that was released only in the Netherlands and featured “Silent Night” b/w “Christmas Wish.”

For the set, Rhino Handmade uncovers five unreleased songs, including “Time,” “What I Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Me,” “Same Old Loverman,” “You Can Always Get It Where You Got It,” and the Dan Penn and Bobby Emmons song “Love Is A Job.”

The collection wraps up with five performances recorded live in 1970 when Sledge traveled to South Africa, where he played to hysterical sold-out crowds for 17 straight weeks. Recorded at Johannesburg’s Empire Theatre, the performances featured here are: “Cover Me,” “Knock On Wood,” “Any Day Now,” “Come Softly To Me,” and “Heart Of A Child.”

PERCY SLEDGE: THE ATLANTIC RECORDINGS
Track Listing

Disc One
1. “When A Man Loves A Woman”
2. “Love Me Like You Mean It”
3. “You Fooled Me”
4. “You’re Pouring Water On A Drowning Man”
5. “Love Me All The Way”
6. “Thief In The Night”
7. “Put A Little Lovin’ On Me”
8. “My Adorable One”
9. “Love Makes The World Go Round”
10. “When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)”
11. “Success”
12. “It Tears Me Up”
13. “Warm And Tender Love”
14. “Sugar Puddin’”
15. “You’ve Got That Something Wonderful”
16. “I Love Everything About You”
17. “So Much Love”
18. “A Sweet Woman Like You”
19. “Love Me Tender”
20. “Heart Of A Child”
21. “You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me”
22. “I Stand Accused”
23. “Try A Little Tenderness”
24. “With Every Beat Of My Heart”
25. “That’s How Strong My Love Is”
26. “Oh How Happy”
27. “I’m Hanging Up My Heart For You”
28. “Little Girl”

Disc Two
1. “Behind Every Great Man There’s A Woman”
2. “It Can’t Be Stopped”
3. “Baby, Help Me”
4. “Out Of Left Field”
5. “You Send Me”
6. “Drown In My Own Tears”
7. “I Had A Talk With My Woman”
8. “What Am I Living For”
9. “You Don’t Miss Your Water”
10. “Tell It Like It Is”
11. “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)”
12. “Pledging My Love”
13. “My Special Prayer”
14. “The Dark End Of The Street”
15. “Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)” – Album Version
16. “High Cost Of Leaving”
17. “It’s All Wrong But It’s Alright” – Stereo Version
18. “Hard To Believe”
19. “Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)” – Single Version
20. “Cover Me”
21. “Take Time To Know Her”
22. “It’s All Wrong But It’s Alright” – Single Version
23. “Feed The Flame”
24. “Sudden Stop” – Stereo Version
25. “Come Softly To Me”
26. “Spooky”
27. “Between These Arms” – Stereo Version

Disc Three
1. “Sudden Stop” – Single Version
2. “Between These Arms” – Single Version
3. “You’re All Around Me”
4. “Self Preservation”
5. “Wanted”
6. “Bless Your Little Sweet Soul”
7. “Any Day Now”
8. “The Angels Listened In”
9. “Standing On The Mountain”
10. “Keep Your Arms Around Me”
11. “Kind Woman”
12. “Woman Of The Night”
13. “Push Mr. Pride Aside” – Single Version
14. “Baby, Baby, Baby”
15. “True Love Travels On A Gravel Road”
16. “Faithful And True”
17. “Too Many Rivers To Cross”
18. “Set Me Free”
19. “Cotton Mill Man”
20. “Love’s Where Life Begins”
21. “Let It Be Me”
22. “Blow Out The Sun”
23. “I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You”
24. “Stop The World Tonight”
25. “Help Me Make It Through The Night”

Disc Four
1. “Love Is A Job”*
2. “Push Mr. Pride Aside”
3. “That’s The Way I Want To Live My Life”
4. “Life’s Little Ups And Downs”
5. “What I Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Me”*
6. “I Found A Love”
7. “Time”*
8. “Everything You’ll Ever Need”
9. “Sunday Brother”
10. “Rainbow Road”
11. “Here I Am”
12. “Same Old Loverman”*
13. “You Can Always Get It Where You Got It”*
14. “Sunshine”
15. “Unchanging Love”
16. Introduction – Live, 1970
17. “Cover Me” – Live, 1970
18. “Knock On Wood” – Live, 1970
19. “Any Day Now” – Live, 1970
20. “Come Softly To Me” – Live, 1970
21. “Heart Of A Child” – Live, 1970
22. “Silent Night”
23. “Christmas Wish”
24. “When A Man Loves A Woman” – Alternate Take

* Previously Unreleased

RETURN TO NOWHERE

Rhino Handmade Celebrates Ride’s Acclaimed First Album With A Two-Disc
20th Anniversary Edition That Includes The U.S. Version Of The Album And The Today Forever EP, Plus Unreleased Live Show From The Band’s First American Tour

Rhino.com Exclusive Pre-Order Begins November 29, Available December 21

LOS ANGELES – Oxfordshire quartet Ride quickly rose to prominence in 1989, driven by the chart success of its first three EPs, the intensity of its live shows, and a hypnotic and moody sound that presaged alt-rock’s ascendance. In October 1990, the band released its first full album Nowhere, a tour de force of intertwining guitars, intimate but otherworldly vocals, and open-ended lyrics. Two decades later, the album still resonates and remains one of the era’s high-water marks.

Rhino Handmade celebrates the album’s debut with a two-disc set that includes the newly remastered U.S. version of Nowhere, the EP Today Forever, and an unreleased live show. Adorned with a lenticular version of the album cover, the set’s 5" x 5" hardback book-style package includes a 40-page booklet with rare photos and an essay by author Jim DeRogatis. Shipping December 21, NOWHERE: 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION will be available for pre-order on November 29 exclusively at www.rhino.com for $39.98.

Together Andy Bell, Mark Gardener (guitar/vocals), Steve Queralt (bass), and Laurence “Loz” Colbert (drums) created a mysterious sound that was both dense and dynamic as evidenced by tracks like “Taste,” “Seagull,” and the title track. And yet, at the center of this sonic swirl were memorable hooks and tightly written songs like “Kaleidoscope,” “Vapour Trail,” and “Dreams Burn Down.”

For this anniversary edition, Rhino Handmade bolsters the 11 tracks found on the U.S. version of Nowhere with four songs from the EP Today Forever, which was released in March 1991 by Creation Records, the band’s U.K. label. Short but essential, the tracks include “Unfamiliar,” “Sennen,” “Beneath,” and one of the band’s best, “Today.”

The second disc reveals another of the band’s facets with an hour of live music recorded April 10, 1991, at the Roxy in Los Angeles during the group’s first American tour. The previously unreleased 12-song set draws mostly from Nowhere, but does touch on Ride’s self-titled EP from 1990 (“Chelsea Girl” and “Drive Blind”) and the band’s follow-up EP later that year Play (“Perfect Time” and “Like A Daydream”). The live tracks are all newly mixed with supervision by Alan Moulder.

In addition to the Rhino Handmade release, the remastered version of NOWHERE will also be released on 180-gram vinyl on the same date for a suggested price of $17.98. This vinyl version mirrors the original 8 song U.K. release and marks the first time the album has ever been released on vinyl in the States.

NOWHERE: 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Track Listing

Disc 1: Nowhere + Today Forever
1. “Seagull”
2. “Kaleidoscope”
3. “In A Different Place”
4. “Polar Bear”
5. “Dreams Burn Down”
6. “Decay”
7. “Paralysed”
8. “Vapour Trail”
9. “Taste”
10. “Here And Now”
11. “Nowhere”
12. “Unfamiliar”
13. “Sennen”
14. “Beneath”
15. “Today”

Disc 2: Live At The Roxy, 1991
1. “Polar Bear”
2. “Seagull”
3. “Unfamiliar”
4. “Dreams Burn Down”
5. “Like A Daydream”
6. “Vapour Trail”
7. “In A Different Place”
8. “Perfect Time”
9. “Taste”
10. “Nowhere”
11. “Chelsea Girl”
12. “Drive Blind”

All Live Tracks Previously Unissued

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SCALA & KOLACNY BROTHERS BRING "SWEET SONGBIRD ATTACK" (LA TIMES) STATESIDE TODAY

11/2 "Our Last Fight" Featured On 'Sons Of Anarchy'

Scala & Kolacny Brothers, the all female choir whose "sweet songbird attack" (LA Times) has been generating waves of online buzz, has released an EP, 'Dawn,' today via ATCO. And on November 2nd, "Our Last Fight," an original song by the group, will underscore a scene in the FX drama 'Sons of Anarchy.'

Scala & Kolacny Brothers 'Dawn' EP tracklist:
"Creep" (Live)
"Every Breath You Take"
"Gorecki"
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
"Raintears"

Led by brothers Steven and Stijn, Scala & Kolacny Brothers "brilliantly haunting" (EW) version of "Creep" underscored the trailer for 'The Social Network' to great acclaim, and will be one of the five tracks included on 'Dawn.'

A full-length Scala & Kolacny Brothers album will be released in January 2011.

Hear Scala & Kolacny Brothers' "Our Last Fight":
https://soundcloud.com/jbleicher/14-our-last-fight

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