GRATEFUL DEAD ANNOUNCE “SHAKEDOWN STREAM” 
WEEKLY YOUTUBE CONCERT SERIES 

Debuts This Friday, April 10, On The Grateful Dead YouTube Channel With Screening Of Classic “Truckin’ Up To Buffalo” Concert From July 4, 1989

Film To Be Preceded By Live Pre-Show With 
Grateful Dead Archivist David Lemieux And Historian Gary Lambert
 
LOS ANGELES – The Grateful Dead have announced a new streaming concert series “Shakedown Stream” that will feature a weekly live stream of one of the band’s classic live performances on the official Grateful Dead YouTube channel. The series kicks off this Friday, April 10, at 8PM EST with a screening of Truckin’ Up To Buffalo, their classic July 4, 1989 concert from Rich Stadium in upstate New York. The screening will be preceded by a live, on-camera pre-show with Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux and historian Gary Lambert. The “Shakedown Stream” live broadcast will also feature a “Donate Now” button for viewers to directly support the MusiCares® COVID-19 Relief Fund to help support the music community during these challenging times. 

“Shakedown Stream” was conceived as a platform for Dead Heads of all ages to virtually congregate during the challenging days the world currently faces and connect in a familiar way, via a Grateful Dead show. Fans are encouraged to submit questions for Lemieux and Lambert in advance at the “Shakedown Stream” submission page with a limited number being answered during the live pre-show. 

“We've decided to start the streaming video series with the Buffalo '89 show for a couple of primary reasons: it's excellence is indisputable and is something that we think pretty much everyone will enjoy in the absence of actually being able to see live concerts; and, as a tribute to the many rabid, loyal Dead Heads from the hard-hit tri-state area, which has been affected more than anywhere else in the country,” says Lemieux. “To all of the Dead Heads in New York State and beyond, this one's for you.” 

The “Shakedown Stream” series will continue next Friday, April 17, with The Grateful Dead Movie, and subsequent weeks will feature not only previously released concerts but also never-before-seen shows from the Dead's video archive. Each “Shakedown Stream” will also kick off with a live, on-camera pre-show with members of the Dead community. Additional shows will be announced soon. 

Truckin’ Up To Buffalo features the band’s 21-song concert from July 4, 1989 and captures the Dead in peak form throughout the show. The passionate and energetic performance features Jerry Garcia on guitar and vocals, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann on drums, Phil Lesh on bass and vocals, Bob Weir on guitar and vocals and Brent Mydland on keyboards and vocals. The two sets include some of the band’s best-loved songs including “Bertha,” “Deal,” “Terrapin Station,” and “Touch Of Grey,” along with covers of Bob Dylan’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece” and “All Along The Watchtower.” The concert spans the band’s legendary career with performances of “Cold Rain And Snow” and “Morning Dew”—from the band’s self-titled 1967 debut—to “I Will Take You Home,” which was released a few months after the show on Built To Last, the band’s last studio album. 

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GRATEFUL DEAD ORIGINS RELEASED JUNE 12 AHEAD OF RECORD STORE DAY 2020 

Grateful Dead and Z2 Comics Reveal Cover Art by Noah Van Sciver For Deluxe Edition Vinyl LP 

NEW YORK, NY–With the recent success of partnerships with Yungblud, Poppy and Skillet, Z2 Comics has solidified their place as the premier creator of music-affiliated graphic novels. In 2019, the publisher entered into their largest partnership to date chronicling the history of the iconic Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead Origins takes an in depth and personal look at the formation of one of the most important American rock bands of all time, exploring the early days of Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Pigpen, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. The story of the band’s transformation from a bar band performing as the Warlocks to becoming the creators of their own sound and forefathers for the jamband culture is depicted in the original story written by Chris Miskiewicz and illustrated by Noah Van Sciver. 

Grateful Dead Origins will be available in a strictly limited collectors deluxe edition to be released on June 12, with a standard edition coming the following week on June 16. The standard softcover edition that will feature an exclusive download of rare selections from the early years of the band. The limited run collector’s deluxe edition will come in a hardcover, oversized, individually-numbered coffee table edition featuring exclusive prints and autographed by the comic creators, along with an exclusive vinyl LP of an unreleased recording from an August 1968 performance at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. The deluxe edition is available for pre-order at www.z2comics.com/shop/grateful-dead. Pre-orders are now available for all configurations of Grateful Dead Origins to arrive in mid-June.  

Full vinyl tracklist is below:

Side 1

1. Dark Star (14:33)

2. St. Stephen (04:45)

Side 2

1. The Eleven (11:07)

2. Death Don’t Have No Mercy (08:09)

This previously unreleased show includes the first known West Coast live rendition of “St. Stephen,” and the first known performance of its “William Tell Bridge,” which would join “St. Stephen” to “The Eleven.” The show was recorded to 8-track analog tape, and was mastered by Grammy-winning engineer David Glasser at Airshow Mastering in Boulder, CO.

“We can’t wait for everyone to see and hear the amazing Origins package and we hope it will provide some comfort to music and graphic novel fans alike during these challenging times,” says Z2 publisher Josh Frankel. “Our plan was always to time the release to the week of Record Store Day, giving comic shops and booksellers the ultimate music book for their customers. We will still do that, it will just happen in June now. I assure you, as this project has come together, it has turned into something even more special than we could have ever expected and we know comics readers, music archivists, and Dead Heads everywhere will agree that it was worth the wait.”

“We've seen so many photos and videos of the Grateful Dead in the 1980s and beyond, and even quite a bit from the 1970s. The 1960s, though, largely remain a visual mystery in terms of the band, especially the earliest days, 1965 and 1966, but also through to 1969” Grateful Dead audiovisual archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux. “Grateful Dead Origins brings the band's beginnings to life, artistically, verbally, and musically. We've all seen some photos of the band onstage in those early days, and heard plenty of music from 1966 through 1969, but everything else, how they became the Grateful Dead, has been obscured from the history books only through lack of documentation. While Origins isn't a discovery of primary archival documents from this era, it visually, creatively, and tastefully fills in the gaps that the historical record's archive might have missed. We're thrilled to have worked with such a talented team to write and illustrate this early part of the Dead's story.”

“Jerry Garcia was an avid comic book enthusiast so it is incredibly fitting to have the Grateful Dead’s origin story told in graphic novel form,” says Mark Pinkus, President of Rhino Entertainment. “Z2’s passion for the band’s music and mythology make them the perfect partner to bring the story to life. It has been inspiring to watch the novel’s artwork evolve over the last year and I’m excited that Dead Heads now get to have a preview. Just wait until you see the finished product!”

About Grateful Dead:

Grateful Dead is a social and musical phenomenon that grew into a genuine American treasure. In 1965, an entire generation was linked together by common ideals, gathering by the hundreds and thousands. This movement created a seamless connection between the band and its fans. As the band toured, Dead Heads would follow. Not because it was a part of popular culture, but because it is a true counterculture that exists to this very day-one that earnestly believes in the value of its beliefs. By 1995, Grateful Dead had attracted the most concert goers in the history of the music business, and today remain one of the all-time leaders in concert ticket sales. Eventually, the caravan evolved into a community with various artists, craftsmen and entrepreneurs supplying a growing demand for merchandise that connected them to the music. Today, the connection is as strong as ever. The band was inducted in to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994 and received a Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Their final tally of 2,318 total concerts remains a world record.

About Z2 Comics:

Z2 is the premier destination for top quality music-based comics and graphic novels, having worked across genres to deliver an authentic experience to diverse audiences. Some of the publisher’s best-selling books include Apocrypha: The Legend of BABYMETAL, YUNGBLUD Presents: The Twisted tales of the Ritalin Club and Eden: A Skillet Graphic Novel, alongside debut works of graphic fiction by Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides), DJ Paul Oakenfold, internet sensation Poppy, jazz trumpeter Dave Chisholm and others. Z2’s upcoming works include books created with partnership with The Grateful Dead, Sturgill Simpson and others.

DAVID BOWIE 
CHANGESNOWBOWIE ALBUM OF UNRELEASED MATERIAL 
AVAILABLE TO STREAM APRIL 17

PREVIOUSLY RARE VIDEO OF “REPETITION ’97” AND TRACK “REPETITION(CHANGESNOWBOWIEVERSION)” 
 AVAILABLE TO STREAM APRIL 10

CHANGESNOWBOWIE LIMITED EDITION NINE TRACK LP/CD OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL TO BE ISSUED FOR 
RECORD STORE DAY JUNE 20

Parlophone Records is happy to announce that DAVID BOWIE CHANGESNOWBOWIE, an unreleased nine track album, is to be made available early for fans on streaming services to celebrate the original date of Record Store Day 2020 which was to feature the LP and CD though it has now been postponed to June 20. 
 
CHANGESNOWBOWIE is a nine track album, recorded for radio and broadcast by the BBC on Bowie’s 50th birthday on January 8, 1997. The broadcast featured an interview with Bowie by Mary Anne Hobbs interspersed with specially recorded birthday messages and questions from the likes of Scott Walker, Damon Albarn, Bono, Robert Smith and many more. This mostly acoustic session was a stripped back affair featuring some of Bowie’s favorites of his own compositions and was produced by Bowie himself, Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati. 
 
On April 10, the previously rare “Repitition ‘97” video filmed at the Earthling Tour rehearsals in Hartford Connecticut by Tim Pope will be made available for streaming and download. The audio version of the track will also available to stream on the same date.
 
CHANGESNOWBOWIE was recorded and mixed at Looking Glass Studios in New York in November 1996. Gail Ann Dorsey (bass, vocals), Gabrels (guitars, vocals) and Plati (keyboards and programming) accompanied Bowie on the recording. 
 
CHANGESNOWBOWIE will be released in limited quantities on LP and CD for Record Store Day on June 20. The cover art for the album features a stunning black and white portrait of Bowie by renowned photographer Albert Watson, taken in New York in 1996.  
 
 
DAVID BOWIE - CHANGESNOWBOWIE 
TRACK LIST
“The Man Who Sold The World”
“Aladdin Sane”
“White Light / White Heat”
“Shopping For Girls”
“Lady Stardust”
“The Supermen”
“Repetition”
“Andy Warhol”
“Quicksand”

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EN VOGUE CELEBRATE 30 YEARS 

An Expanded And Remastered Version Of The Group’s Platinum 
1990 Debut Born To Sing Will Be Available Digitally From Rhino On April 3 

En Vogue Will Be Featured In An Episode Of Empire That Airs Tonight, March 17 

Rare B-side “Mover” Available Today

LOS ANGELES – Thirty years ago, on April 3rd, En Vogue started its reign as one of the most successful female vocal groups of all time. The EV30 celebration gets off to an early start tonight with an appearance on the groundbreaking hit music drama Empire, currently in its sixth and final season. Even sweeter, their performance of “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” is featured in an episode where series star Taraji P. Henson makes her directorial debut. Today, En Vogue is releasing the first song “Mover,” a rare Japanese-only B-side which can be found on all digital platforms. 

Soon after, Rhino will revisit En Vogue’s 1990 debut album on BORN TO SING: 30th ANNIVERSARY EXPANDED EDITION. This 21-track collection includes a newly remastered version of the original album, plus a selection of rare mixes, most of which are available digitally for the first time. The music will be available on April 3 for $14.99, the same day the original album was released in 1990. 

With Born to Sing, En Vogue struck a chord immediately, landing three songs at #1 on the Hot R&B songs chart: “Hold On,” “Lies” and “You Don’t Have To Worry.” Certified platinum, the album was a crossover sensation, reaching #21 on the Billboard 200 chart and #3 on the R&B Albums chart. In addition, the album scored the group numerous honors, including a Billboard Music Award and a Soul Train Award, as well as a Grammy® nomination. 

As an added treat, this newly remastered, 30th ANNIVERSARY EXPANDED EDITION version of Born to Sing also features remastered versions of nine non-album tracks, including an extended version of “Hold On,” the radio edit for “Don’t Go,” and the Lo Cal Mix of “You Don’t Have to Worry.” 

Since the group’s Born To Sing debut in 1990, En Vogue, founded in Oakland, CA by Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy with original members Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Dawn Robinson and Maxine Jones, has gone on to sell 20 million albums and still counting. Their many accolades include Billboard awards, American Music Awards, VMAs, and seven Grammy nominations. 

Firmly establishing their legacy, En Vogue, now a trio, with original members Ellis and Herron, joined by Rhona Bennett, who has been with the group since 2003, is still in demand, actively touring and recording. In 2018, they released their album, Electric Café, featuring the single “Rocket,” which gave them their first Top 5 hit in 20 years (Adult R&B songs chart). The trio also made an appearance on Chance the Rapper’s 2019 album, The Big Day, on the track “I Got You (Always and Forever).” In October 2019, all five members reunited and performed at the City of Hope Gala honoring Sylvia Rhone. 
 
BORN TO SING: 30th ANNIVERSARY EXPANDED EDITION 
Track Listing:

1.      “Party”
2.      “Strange”
3.      “Lies”
4.      “Hip Hop Bugle Boy”
5.      “Hold On”
6.      “Part of Me”
7.      “You Don’t Have to Worry”
8.      “Time Goes On”
9.      “Just Can’t Stay Away”
10.   “Don’t Go”
11.   “Luv Lines”
12.   “Waitin’ on You”
13.   “Hold On” (Extended Version)
14.   “Lies” (The Extended Avant Garde Remix)
15.   “You Don’t Have to Worry” (Club New Breed Remix)
16.   “Don’t Go” (Radio Edit)
17.   “Desperately” (featuring En Vogue)
18.   “You Don’t Have to Worry” (Lo Cal Mix)
19.   “Lies” (Kwame's Bone Age Remix)
20.   “Hold On” (Dub Version)
21.   “Mover” (B-Side) 

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About En Vogue:
Recognized as one of the top 5 highest selling American female music groups in history En Vogue, currently consisting of Cindy Heron-Braggs, Terry Ellis and Rhona Bennett has sold over 20 million albums, and effortlessly transitioned into the digital age, amassing over 30 million streams and over 26 million YouTube views on their top 6 hit singles alone: the R&B and Pop smashes Hold On, Free Your Mind, Never Gonna Get It, Giving Him Something He Can Feel, Don’t Let Go, and Whatta Man feat. Salt N Pepa). The group has won seven MTV Video Music Awards, three Soul Train Awards, two American Music Awards, and received seven Grammy nominations. 

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RHINO ANNOUNCES ADJUSTED SCHEDULE FOR RECORD STORE DAY 2020 RELEASES

29 Limited Edition Releases Available At Participating Independent Record Stores On Special 'RSD Drops' Dates In August, September And October

LOS ANGELES – As previously announced, due to the current global pandemic, this year’s Record Store Day collection will now be available exclusively at select independent music retailers on the following Saturdays of each month: August 29, September 26, and October 24. A list of Rhino titles assigned to each drop is now available. 

Highlights include vinyl and CD releases from David Bowie, picture discs from The Cure, boxed sets from the Grateful Dead and The Notorious B.I.G, and Warren Zevon’s Greatest Hits (According To Judd Apatow). 

Full details on all titles are listed below. For a list of participating stores and information, please visit www.recordstoreday.com.

AVAILABLE AUGUST 29
•    Alphaville – Sounds Like A Melody (Grant & Kelly Remix by Blank & Jones x Gold & Lloyd) – 12-inch single, Limited edition of 3,500 copies, $15.98 
•    The Cure – Bloodflowers – 2-LP picture disc
Limited edition of 7,500 numbered copies, $34.98
•    The Cure – Seventeen Seconds – 1-LP picture disc 
Limited edition of 7,500 copies, $24.98
•    David Bowie – ChangesNowBowie – 1-LP, $21.98 
•    David Bowie – ChangesNowBowie – 1-CD, $16.98
•    David Bowie – I’m Only Dancing (The Soul Tour ’74) – 2-LP, $31.98
•    David Bowie – I’m Only Dancing (The Soul Tour ’74) – 2-CD, $19.98
•    Hawkwind – At The BBC 1972 – 2-LP set
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $31.98
•    Jethro Tull – Stormwatch 2 – 1-LP black vinyl
Limited edition of 6,500 copies, $21.98
•    John Prine – The Atlantic Albums – 4-LP set on 180-gram vinyl
Limited edition of 2,000 copies, $79.98
•    New Order – Peel Session ‘82 – 12-inch single  
Limited edition of 7,500 copies, $15.98
•    The Pogues- BBC Sessions 1984-1985 – 1-LP single sleeve with poly lined inner bag
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $21.98
•    Pretenders – Live! At The Paradise, Boston 1980 – 1-LP on 140-gram clear vinyl
Limited edition of 6,500 copies, $21.98

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 26
•    The Boys Next Door – Door, Door – 1-LP red vinyl
Limited edition of 5,000, $21.98
•    The Doors – The Soft Parade: Stripped –  1-LP 180-gram clear vinyl
Limited edition of 12,000 numbered copies, $21.98

•    Fleetwood Mac – The Alternate Rumours – 1-LP on 180-gram black vinyl
Limited edition of 16,000 copies, $24.98
•    Hootie and the Blowfish – Live At Nick’s Fat City, 1995 – 2-LP 140-gram vinyl 
              Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $34.98
•    The Notorious B.I.G. – It Was All A Dream: The Notorious B.I.G. 1994-1999 – 9-LP boxed set on 180-gram clear vinyl, housed in a foiled stamped slip case, 
             Limited edition of 2,000 copies, $174.98
•    Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (25th Anniversary Edition) – 9 x 7-inch single vinyl boxed set, 
            Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $89.98
•    Ramones – It’s Alive II – 2-LP set on 180-gram vinyl with etching
           Limited edition of 8,000 numbered copies, $31.98
•    The Replacements – The Complete Inconcerated Live – 3-LP set on 140-gram black vinyl 
            Limited edition of 8,500 copies, $39.98
•    Various Artists – Psyche France vol. 6 (1960-1970) – 1-LP140-gram black vinyl 
             Limited edition of 2,500 copies, $21.98
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AVAILABLE OCTOBER 24
•    Alice Cooper – Live From The Apollo Theatre Glasgow Feb 19, 1982 – 2-LP on 140-gram black vinyl
                Limited edition of 7,000 copies, $34.98
•    Dexter Gordon – The Squirrel – 2-LP numbered set with gatefold cover 
Limited edition of 3,500, $31.98
•    Grateful Dead – Buffalo 5/9/77 – 5-LP set on 180-gram vinyl with 10th side etching
Limited edition of 7,700 copies, $119.98
•    Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs For Drella – 2-LP set on 180-gram black vinyl
Limited edition of 8,500 copies, $31.98
•    Skid Row – Slave To The Ground – 2 x 180-gram red vinyl
            Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $31.98
•    Various Artists – The Virgin Suicides (Music From The Motion Picture) – 1-LP on 140-gram dusty pink vinyl with red (blood) splatter, 
            Limited edition of 7,500 copies, $21.98
•    Warren Zevon – Warren Zevon's Greatest Hits (According To Judd Apatow) – 1LP w/ 12x12 insert featuring liner notes from Judd Apatow, 
            Limited edition of 4,500 copies, $19.98

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