THE DEAD ON WAX

Deluxe Box Set Features Five Warner Bros. Records Studio Albums
On 180-Gram Vinyl With Lacquers Cut From The Original Analog Masters

Pre-Order At Dead.net For Bonus 7" “Dark Star” Single And Replica Poster

Available September 21 From Grateful Dead/Rhino

LOS ANGELES – Between 1967 and 1970, the Grateful Dead recorded five studio albums for Warner Bros. Records that formed the psychedelic canon on which the band’s live legend was built. The albums spotlighted the early core lineup of Jerry Garcia, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart.

Grateful Dead and Rhino will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty with THE WARNER BROS. STUDIO ALBUMS, a five-LP boxed set available on September 21. The collection contains The Grateful Dead (1967), Workingman’s Dead, and American Beauty (1970), plus the original mixes for Anthem Of The Sun (1968) and Aoxomoxoa (1969), available on vinyl for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Available for a list price of $134.98, the set offers detailed replicas of the original albums housed in a hard-shell case that protects and stores the music with the accompanying 12" x 12" book including unpublished photos and new liner notes by Blair Jackson. To ensure the highest degree of quality, the albums were pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI using lacquers cut from the original analog masters by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

Those who pre-order from Dead.net will receive an exclusive reproduction of a rare 1968 7" single (in a picture sleeve) that features the studio version of “Dark Star” (b/w “Born Cross-Eyed”) that clocks in at a concise 2:38. Dead.net pre-orders also receive a reproduction of a rare 1967 promotional poster for the first album from the Warner Bros. Records archive.

The original mixes for Anthem of the Sun and Aoxomoxoa—featured here for the first time since they were released—went out of circulation in 1972 and 1971 respectively. Garcia and Lesh revisited Aoxomoxoa two years after its release in an effort to cut through the dense mix, which was a result of the band’s extensive experimenting in the studio with one of the first 16-track recorders. The overhaul changed the album’s sound significantly, including the end of “Doin’ That Rag,” which originally closed with an a cappella vocal coda that was later removed.

THE WARNER BROS. STUDIO ALBUMS
Track Listing

The Grateful Dead
Side One
1. “The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)”
2. “Beat It On Down The Line”
3. “Good Morning Little School Girl”
4. “Cold Rain And Snow”
5. “Sitting On Top Of The World”
6. “Cream Puff War”

Side Two
1. “Morning Dew”
2. “New, New Minglewood Blues”
3. “Viola Lee Blues”

Anthem Of The Sun
Side One
1. “That’s It For The Other One”
I. “Cryptical Envelopment”
II. “Quadlibet For Tender Feet”
III. “The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get”
IV. “We Leave The Castle”
2. “New Potato Caboose”
3. “Born Cross-Eyed”

Side Two
1. “Alligator”
2. “Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) ”

Aoxomoxoa
Side One
1. “St. Stephen”
2. “Dupree’s Diamond Blues”
3. “Rosemary”
4. “Doin’ That Rag”
5. “Mountains Of The Moon”

Side Two
1. “China Cat Sunflower”
2. “What’s Become Of The Baby”
3. “Cosmic Charlie”

Workingman’s Dead
Side One
1. “Uncle John's Band”
2. “High Time”
3. “Dire Wolf”
4. “New Speedway Boogie”

Side Two
1. “Cumberland Blues”
2. “Black Peter”
3. “Easy Wind”
4. “Casey Jones”

American Beauty
Side One
1. “Box Of Rain”
2. “Friend Of The Devil”
3. “Sugar Magnolia”
4. “Operator”
5. “Candyman”

Side Two
1. “Ripple”
2. “Brokedown Palace”
3. “Till The Morning Comes”
4. “Attics Of My Life”
5. “Truckin’”

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RHINO CELEBRATES THE BEST OF GERALD LEVERT

16-Song Collection Spans The R&B Superstar’s Entire Career,
Including The Debut Of The Previously Unreleased “Can It Stay”

Available August 31 From Rhino

LOS ANGELES – After notching hits and four platinum records in the 1980s with the R&B trio Levert, Grammy®-winning singer Gerald Levert went solo in 1991, topping the R&B charts with his first album, Private Line. The hits kept coming as the superstar’s soulful baritone fueled a long run of beloved music that sadly ended in 2006 with Levert’s unexpected death.

Rhino Records pays tribute to Levert with a collection of his greatest work, including the previously unreleased “Can It Stay.” THE BEST OF GERALD LEVERT will be available on August 31 at all retail outlets, including www.rhino.com, for a suggested list price of $18.98 (CD) and $10.99 (digital). “Can It Stay” is available for download now at all digital retailers.

Spanning two decades, the 16-song set is the first collection to span Levert’s entire extraordinary career and also features liner notes by Cornel West. Arranged chronologically, the album begins with the single version of the Grammy-nominated “Casanova,” a #1 R&B/#5 Pop smash he recorded in 1987 with Levert.

Three tracks come from Levert’s 1991 solo debut Private Line, including the single version of the title track, “School Me,” and the R&B #1 “Baby Hold On To Me,” which features the singer teaming up with his father, Eddie Levert, the lead singer of The O’Jays. The father and son recorded together frequently over the years, including the poignant ballad “Already Missing You” (#7 R&B), which is featured here and taken from the duo’s first album together, 1995’s Father And Son.

THE BEST OF GERALD LEVERT touches on Levert’s work with singers Keith Sweat and Johnny Gill in the R&B supergroup LSG with “My Body” (#1 R&B/#4 Pop), from trio’s Grammy-nominated, double-platinum debut, Levert-Sweat-Gill (1997). The collection concludes with two tracks from Levert’s posthumous Grammy-winning 2007 album In My Songs, the title track and “DJ Don’t,” as well as the previously unreleased “Can It Stay.”

THE BEST OF GERALD LEVERT
Track Listing

1. “Casanova” (Single Version) – Levert
2. “Private Line” (Single Version)
3. “Baby Hold On To Me” – with Eddie Levert, Sr.
4. “School Me”
5. “I’d Give Anything”
6. “Answering Service”
7. “Already Missing You” – with Eddie Levert, Sr.
8. “My Body” – LSG
9. “Thinkin’ Bout It”
10. “Taking Everything”
11. “Made To Love Ya”
12. “Funny”
13. “U Got That Love (Call It A Night)”
14. “In My Songs”
15. “DJ Don’t”
16. “Can It Stay”*

*previously unreleased

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THE COWBOYS FROM HELL RIDE AGAIN

Rhino Expands Pantera’s Major Label Debut For 20th Anniversary
As A Three-Disc Deluxe Edition
With Rare And Unreleased Demos And Live Tracks

Includes Previously Unreleased Track, “The Will To Survive”
Recorded During The Cowboys Sessions

Two-Disc Expanded Edition Also Available; Both Set For Release On September 14

Ultimate Edition Featuring Replica Memorabilia From The Era
Available November 23

LOS ANGELES – Pantera found its growl and groove on COWBOYS FROM HELL, a landmark album whose bone-powdering intensity, razor-sharp riffing and pummeling rhythmic assault represented a turning point in modern metal when it was released in 1990. More than just Pantera’s major label debut, many consider this album to be the official debut of the Pantera lineup with singer Philip Anselmo, guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, his brother, drummer Vinnie Paul and bassist Rex Brown.

To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of COWBOYS FROM HELL, Rhino rounds up a three-disc Ultimate Edition, a three-disc Deluxe Edition, and a two-disc Expanded Edition. All three editions include a newly remastered version of the original album along with unreleased and rare live performances from the “Cowboys From Hell” Tour.

The Ultimate and Deluxe Editions will also feature a disc of unreleased demos for nearly every album track, plus, “The Will To Survive,” a previously unreleased song recorded during the album’s sessions.

“’The Will To Survive’ is a great track. With so many killer songs, it was hard to pick and choose the ones that should make our major label debut,” says Paul. “After hearing it for the first time in about 20 years, its a pretty stellar performance and I am definitely proud that it will see the light of day for all the die hard Pantera fans around the world! It shows the true musical diversity of the band at that time!”

The Deluxe and Expanded Editions of COWBOYS FROM HELL will be released September 14 at all retail outlets, including www.pantera.com and www.rhino.com. The Deluxe Edition will be available for a suggested list price of $29.98 (physical) and $17.99 (digital) and the Expanded Edition for $19.98 (physical) and $12.99 (digital).

The Ultimate Edition will feature all three discs included in the Deluxe Edition and will be housed in an intricate box including several replica memorabilia pieces from the Cowboys era. The Ultimate Edition will be available on November 23 and final pre-order details, as well as the contents, will be unveiled soon on Pantera’s Facebook page.

Along with the remastered version of COWBOYS FROM HELL, all three sets include a disc of live music recorded during the tour for the album. It begins with seven unreleased performances from Pantera’s September 15, 1990 appearance at the Foundations Forum metal convention in California, a show recorded for radio broadcast but never released commercially. The remainder of the disc contains the five-song EP Alive And Hostile, a collection of performances recorded in 1991 at the Monsters of Rock festival in Moscow that was previously available only in Australia as part of a 1994 boxed set.

The Ultimate and Deluxe Editions of COWBOYS FROM HELL include a third disc that contains the previously unreleased “The Will To Survive,” along with demos for 10 of the album’s 12 songs, including early versions of the title track, “Psycho Holiday,” “The Art Of Shredding” and “Cemetery Gates.”

After being turned down “twenty-eight times by every major label on the face of the earth,” ATCO Records A&R rep Mark Ross saw the band when Hurricane Hugo stranded him in Texas. The rest, as they say, is history, including another seven years and over a million miles of touring for COWBOYS to be certified Platinum (one million album sales) by the RIAA.

The album’s liner notes include essays by each of the band’s surviving members, producer Terry Date, and the aforementioned Ross. Recalling the first time he saw Pantera, Ross writes, “By the end of the first song, my jaw was on the floor. The sonic power of it all—the attitude and the musicianship—blew me away. Basically, you had to be an idiot to not think they’re amazing. I mean, how could you see these guys and not think, Holy shit!?”

COWBOYS FROM HELL
Track Listing

Disc One – Ultimate, Deluxe, and Expanded Editions
1. “Cowboys From Hell”
2. “Primal Concrete Sledge”
3. “Psycho Holiday”
4. “Heresy”
5. “Cemetery Gates”
6. “Domination”
7. “Shattered”
8. “Clash With Reality”
9. “Medicine Man”
10. “Message In Blood”
11. “The Sleep”
12. “The Art Of Shredding”

Disc Two – Ultimate, Deluxe, and Expanded Editions
1. “Domination” – Live*
2. “Psycho Holiday” – Live*
3. “The Art Of Shredding” – Live*
4. “Cowboys From Hell” – Live*
5. “Cemetery Gates” – Live*
6. “Primal Concrete Sledge” – Live*
7. “Heresy” – Live*
8. “Domination” – Live, Alive And Hostile EP†
9. “Primal Concrete Sledge” – Live, Alive And Hostile EP†
10. “Cowboys From Hell” – Live, Alive And Hostile EP†
11. “Heresy” – Live, Alive And Hostile EP†
12. “Psycho Holiday” – Live, Alive And Hostile EP†

Disc Three – Ultimate and Deluxe Editions Only
1. “The Will To Survive”*
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*

* Previously Unreleased
† Unreleased in the U.S.

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RHINO’S IN ON THE SWITCH

Soundtrack To Offbeat Comedy Starring Jennifer Aniston And Jason Bateman
Features Eclectic Mix With Eels, Jamiroquai, Nu Shooz, Sunrider, And Mojave 3

Available August 17 From Rhino

LOS ANGELES – Miramax Films presents The Switch, an offbeat comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Wilson, and Juliette Lewis. From the producers behind Little Miss Sunshine and Juno, and directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck (Blades of Glory), The Switch opens in theaters nationwide on August 20, 2010.

A few days earlier, Rhino Records will release THE SWITCH – MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE, a 15-song collection that includes two score tracks from the film. The album will be available August 17, 2010 at all retail outlets, including www.rhino.com, for a suggested list price of $13.98 (CD) and $9.99 (digital).

The film is about Kassie (Aniston), a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite objections from her slightly neurotic best friend, Wally (Bateman), decides it’s time to have a baby—even if it means doing it by herself … with a little help from a charming sperm donor (Wilson). However, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later, when Wally finally gets acquainted with Kassie’s precocious—though slightly neurotic—son.

Billed as “The Most Unexpected Comedy Ever Conceived,” the film features a quirky mix of music that is equally unpredictable, ranging from Dan Hartman’s disco smash “Instant Replay” and Mojave 3’s dreamy “Bluebird Of Happiness” to The Quantic Soul Orchestra’s funky “Pushin’ On” and Jaymay’s folksy “Sea Green, See Blue.”

While much of the music is taken from the last decade, THE SWITCH SOUNDTRACK goes back to 1979 for Fat Larry Band’s “Here Comes The Sun,” 1984 for the Bar-Kays’ “Freakshow On The Dance Floor,” and 1985 for “I Can’t Wait” by Nu Shooz. The collection doubles down on Eels with “Numbered Days” from 2003’s Shootenanny! and “All The Beautiful Things” from last year’s Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs Of Desire. Also included are two orchestrations composed by Alex Wurman, the first heard during the film’s opening credits.