"THE RHINO PODCAST" LAUNCHES ARETHA FRANKLIN SERIES

Three Episode Mini-Series Will Focus On Multiple Aspects Of The Queen Of Soul's Unprecedented
Career With Insight From Soul Historian And Franklin Authority David Nathan

"The Rhino Podcast" Surpasses One Million Downloads

One Year Following Launch

LOS ANGELES - Just over a year ago, Rhino Records, the catalog division of Warner Music Group, launched "The Rhino Podcast," a bi-weekly series offering a deep dive into classic artists and albums with music, interviews with your favorite musicians, and a wealth of behind-the-scenes stories. A year later, "The Rhino Podcast" has just passed the "one million download" mark and is now launching its first mini-series, diving into the career of the legendary Aretha Franklin.
 

The Aretha Franklin mini-series on "The Rhino Podcast" will take a thorough look at The Queen Of Soul's career in a three episode arc. The first episode, available now, focuses on her iconic Amazing Grace album, in conjunction with the long awaited documentary on the making of the album hitting theaters. For the mini-series, the hosts of "The Rhino Podcast," Dennis Scheyer and Rich Mahan, are joined by soul historian and Franklin authority David Nathan. 
 
Listen to the first episode of the Aretha Franklin mini-series now, as well as all previous episodes of "The Rhino Podcast," at www.rhino.com/podcasts. 

In the first year since its launch, "The Rhino Podcast" has featured interviews with some of the most legendary figures in music, including Linda Ronstadt, Graham Nash, Gene Simmons, Nick Mason, Ric Ocasek, and Nile Rodgers. Other episodes have been dedicated to such iconic figures like the Ramones, David Bowie, The Doors, and Otis Redding. Upcoming episodes will include interviews with more rock royalty such as David Coverdale, Sam Moore, and Steve Howe.  

"The first year success of 'The Rhino Podcast' is a tremendous accomplishment. Rhino has always been a leader and innovator in music curation and I'm proud to watch us apply that expertise to this podcast," says Rhino President Mark Pinkus. "The 24 episodes that are available now represent a true cross-section of the eclectic artists in Warner Music's vast catalog and there is something revelatory to be found for every variety of music fan. Just wait and see what surprises are in store for the second year."

All episodes of "The Rhino Podcast" are also available via iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, Pocket Casts, Overcast and the Rhino channels on YouTube and SoundCloud.

TEC Direct Media has an exclusive partnership with Rhino for all official advertising in "The Rhino Podcast." Advertisers wishing to be involved in the podcast are encouraged to visit their website for more details.

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Depeche Mode 12" Vinyl Singles Collector's Edition Boxed Set Series Continues With Release Of Black Celebration | The 12" Singles And Music For The Masses | The 12" Singles On May 31

Black Celebration | The 12" Singles Includes "A Question Of Lust" Cassette Release Pressed On 12" Vinyl For The First Time

LOS ANGELES - Depeche Mode 12" vinyl singles project continues with the release of BLACK CELEBRATION | THE 12" SINGLES and MUSIC FOR THE MASSES | THE 12" SINGLES on May 31 from Rhino.

Each of these definitive boxed sets contains 12" vinyl singles contemporaneous to either Black Celebration (1986) or Music For The Masses (1987). Both pivotal releases in Depeche Mode's career, these albums advanced the band's musical mission, moving the Depeche Mode sound from industrial pop into darker atmospheric emotional territory.

Following its release in 1986, Black Celebration became the group's then-highest charting album in both the UK and Germany, expanding their influence across pop culture while inspiring myriad young musicians to start bands of their own.  

The next year, Music For The Masses furthered Depeche Mode's international mass appeal, breaking open the United States and other markets with the record-setting Music For The Masses Tour. An electrifying and historic adventure for band and audiences worldwide, the tour included Depeche Mode concerts in then-communist East Berlin, Budapest, and Prague. The tour's 101st show, a transcendent performance at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, was attended by more than 60,000 fans and documented in 101, a concert film by D.A. Pennebaker (Don't Look Back) and an accompanying live album. 

From their earliest days as a band, Depeche Mode championed 12" vinyl, embracing the singular power of the format and the avenues of innovation it opened. The 12" single allowed the band to explore new sonic possibilities while the tactile physical beauty of the packaging gave Depeche Mode room to develop a sophisticated and commanding visual aesthetic. Depeche Mode used their singles discography as a means of offering left field remixes and other delights for their fans.

Both BLACK CELEBRATION | THE 12" SINGLES and MUSIC FOR THE MASSES | THE 12" SINGLES extended Depeche Mode's increasingly mind-blowing run of 12" singles and featured some of the band's most sublime artwork to date.  Each of the albums showcased some of the most enduring singles in the Depeche Mode catalog; Black Celebration featured "A Question Of Lust" and "Stripped" while Music For The Masses contained "Never Let Me Down Again" and "Strangelove" (Depeche Mode's first #1 US Dance chart hit).

BLACK CELEBRATION | THE 12" SINGLES contains the four original 12" releases from the album plus a 12" vinyl version of the limited edition "A Question Of Lust" cassette release, available for the first time internationally in this collection. This set is available for a suggested retail price of $89.98.

MUSIC FOR THE MASSES | THE 12" SINGLES includes the seven original and special edition 12" vinyl singles from the album and is available on the same day for a suggested retail price of $129.98.

Rhino Entertainment released the first two boxed sets in the series, Speak & Spell | The Singles and A Broken Frame | The Singles, on August 31, 2018.  The second batch - Construction Time Again | The 12" Singles and Some Great Reward | The 12" Singles - arrived on December 14, 2018.

Each boxed set in the series contains the singles from each Depeche Mode album on audiophile-quality 12" vinyl, with audio mastered from the original tapes. The artwork for the exterior of each of the boxed sets draws on iconography inspired by the original releases, while the vinyl sleeves themselves feature the original single artwork.

The DEPECHE MODE 12" SINGLES SERIES will continue over the coming years, with plans to release boxes containing the singles from each of the band's albums in similar deluxe audiophile-grade collector's editions. 

In 2018, Depeche Mode completed their Global Spirit Tour, a worldwide concert itinerary that launched in May 2017 and peaked summer 2018 with a pair of shows at the Waldbühne in Berlin on July 23 and 25. The 15-month Global Spirit Tour saw the band play to more than three million fans across Europe, North America, and South America.

Black Celebration | The 12'' Singles    
Track Listing:

Stripped (12BONG 10)
A "Stripped (Highland Mix)"
A "But Not Tonight (Extended Remix)"
B "Breathing In Fumes"
B "Fly On The Windscreen (Quiet Mix)" 
B "Black Day"
 

A Question Of Lust (12BONG 11)
A "A Question Of Lust"
A "Christmas Island (Extended)" 
B "People Are People (Live)" 
B "It Doesn't Matter Two (Instrumental)" 
B "A Question Of Lust (Minimal)"
 

A Question Of Lust (L12BONG 11)
A "A Question Of Lust (Flood Mix)"
A "Christmas Island" 
B "If You Want (Live)" 
B "Shame (Live)" 
B "Blasphemous Rumours (Live)" 
 

A Question Of Time (12BONG 12)
A "A Question Of Time (Extended Remix)" 
B "Black Celebration (Live)" 
B "Something To Do (Live)" 
B "Stripped (Live)"
 

A Question Of Time (L12BONG 12)
A "A Question Of Time (New Town Mix)"
A "A Question Of Time (Live Remix)"
B "Black Celebration (Black Tulip Mix)"
B "More Than A Party (Live Remix)"

Music For The Masses l The 12'' Singles
Track Listing:

Strangelove (12BONG 13)
A "Strangelove (Maxi Mix)" 
B "Strangelove (Midi Mix)"
B "Fpmip 5.20"
 

Strangelove (L12BONG 13)
A "Strangelove (Blind Mix)" 
A "Pimpf" 
B "Strangelove (Pain Mix)" 
B "Agent Orange" 
 

Never Let Me Down Again (12BONG 14)
A "Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" 
B "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" 
B "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" 
 

Never Let Me Down Again (L12BONG 14)
A "Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)"
B "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)"
B "To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)" 
 

Behind The Wheel (12BONG 15)
A "Behind The Wheel (Remixed By Shep Pettibone)" 
B "Route 66 (Remixed By The Beatmasters)" 
 

Behind The Wheel (L12BONG 15)
A "Behind The Wheel (Beatmasters Mix)" 
B "Route 66 (Casualty Mix)" 
 

Little 15 (12LITTLE 15)
A "Little 15" 
B "Stjarna" 
B "Sonata No. 14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata)" 

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Depeche Mode 12" Vinyl Singles Collector's Edition Boxed Set Series Continues With Release Of Black Celebration | The 12" Singles And Music For The Masses | The 12" Singles On May 31

Black Celebration | The 12" Singles Includes "A Question Of Lust" Cassette Release Pressed On 12" Vinyl For The First Time

LOS ANGELES - Depeche Mode 12" vinyl singles project continues with the release of BLACK CELEBRATION | THE 12" SINGLES and MUSIC FOR THE MASSES | THE 12" SINGLES on May 31 from Rhino.

Each of these definitive boxed sets contains 12" vinyl singles contemporaneous to either Black Celebration (1986) or Music For The Masses (1987). Both pivotal releases in Depeche Mode's career, these albums advanced the band's musical mission, moving the Depeche Mode sound from industrial pop into darker atmospheric emotional territory.

Following its release in 1986, Black Celebration became the group's then-highest charting album in both the UK and Germany, expanding their influence across pop culture while inspiring myriad young musicians to start bands of their own.  

The next year, Music For The Masses furthered Depeche Mode's international mass appeal, breaking open the United States and other markets with the record-setting Music For The Masses Tour. An electrifying and historic adventure for band and audiences worldwide, the tour included Depeche Mode concerts in then-communist East Berlin, Budapest, and Prague. The tour's 101st show, a transcendent performance at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, was attended by more than 60,000 fans and documented in 101, a concert film by D.A. Pennebaker (Don't Look Back) and an accompanying live album. 

From their earliest days as a band, Depeche Mode championed 12" vinyl, embracing the singular power of the format and the avenues of innovation it opened. The 12" single allowed the band to explore new sonic possibilities while the tactile physical beauty of the packaging gave Depeche Mode room to develop a sophisticated and commanding visual aesthetic. Depeche Mode used their singles discography as a means of offering left field remixes and other delights for their fans.

Both BLACK CELEBRATION | THE 12" SINGLES and MUSIC FOR THE MASSES | THE 12" SINGLES extended Depeche Mode's increasingly mind-blowing run of 12" singles and featured some of the band's most sublime artwork to date.  Each of the albums showcased some of the most enduring singles in the Depeche Mode catalog; Black Celebration featured "A Question Of Lust" and "Stripped" while Music For The Masses contained "Never Let Me Down Again" and "Strangelove" (Depeche Mode's first #1 US Dance chart hit).

BLACK CELEBRATION | THE 12" SINGLES contains the four original 12" releases from the album plus a 12" vinyl version of the limited edition "A Question Of Lust" cassette release, available for the first time internationally in this collection. This set is available for a suggested retail price of $89.98.

MUSIC FOR THE MASSES | THE 12" SINGLES includes the seven original and special edition 12" vinyl singles from the album and is available on the same day for a suggested retail price of $129.98.

Rhino Entertainment released the first two boxed sets in the series, Speak & Spell | The Singles and A Broken Frame | The Singles, on August 31, 2018.  The second batch - Construction Time Again | The 12" Singles and Some Great Reward | The 12" Singles - arrived on December 14, 2018.

Each boxed set in the series contains the singles from each Depeche Mode album on audiophile-quality 12" vinyl, with audio mastered from the original tapes. The artwork for the exterior of each of the boxed sets draws on iconography inspired by the original releases, while the vinyl sleeves themselves feature the original single artwork.

The DEPECHE MODE 12" SINGLES SERIES will continue over the coming years, with plans to release boxes containing the singles from each of the band's albums in similar deluxe audiophile-grade collector's editions. 

In 2018, Depeche Mode completed their Global Spirit Tour, a worldwide concert itinerary that launched in May 2017 and peaked summer 2018 with a pair of shows at the Waldbühne in Berlin on July 23 and 25. The 15-month Global Spirit Tour saw the band play to more than three million fans across Europe, North America, and South America.

Black Celebration | The 12'' Singles    
Track Listing:

Stripped (12BONG 10)
A "Stripped (Highland Mix)"
A "But Not Tonight (Extended Remix)"
B "Breathing In Fumes"
B "Fly On The Windscreen (Quiet Mix)" 
B "Black Day"
 

A Question Of Lust (12BONG 11)
A "A Question Of Lust"
A "Christmas Island (Extended)" 
B "People Are People (Live)" 
B "It Doesn't Matter Two (Instrumental)" 
B "A Question Of Lust (Minimal)"
 

A Question Of Lust (L12BONG 11)
A "A Question Of Lust (Flood Mix)"
A "Christmas Island" 
B "If You Want (Live)" 
B "Shame (Live)" 
B "Blasphemous Rumours (Live)" 
 

A Question Of Time (12BONG 12)
A "A Question Of Time (Extended Remix)" 
B "Black Celebration (Live)" 
B "Something To Do (Live)" 
B "Stripped (Live)"
 

A Question Of Time (L12BONG 12)
A "A Question Of Time (New Town Mix)"
A "A Question Of Time (Live Remix)"
B "Black Celebration (Black Tulip Mix)"
B "More Than A Party (Live Remix)"

Music For The Masses l The 12'' Singles
Track Listing:

Strangelove (12BONG 13)
A "Strangelove (Maxi Mix)" 
B "Strangelove (Midi Mix)"
B "Fpmip 5.20"
 

Strangelove (L12BONG 13)
A "Strangelove (Blind Mix)" 
A "Pimpf" 
B "Strangelove (Pain Mix)" 
B "Agent Orange" 
 

Never Let Me Down Again (12BONG 14)
A "Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" 
B "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" 
B "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" 
 

Never Let Me Down Again (L12BONG 14)
A "Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)"
B "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)"
B "To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)" 
 

Behind The Wheel (12BONG 15)
A "Behind The Wheel (Remixed By Shep Pettibone)" 
B "Route 66 (Remixed By The Beatmasters)" 
 

Behind The Wheel (L12BONG 15)
A "Behind The Wheel (Beatmasters Mix)" 
B "Route 66 (Casualty Mix)" 
 

Little 15 (12LITTLE 15)
A "Little 15" 
B "Stjarna" 
B "Sonata No. 14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata)" 

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DAVID BOWIE

DIAMOND DOGS 45th ANNIVERSARY RED VINYL 
"BRICK AND MORTAR" RETAIL EXCLUSIVE 

"REBEL REBEL" (ORIGINAL SINGLE MIX) DIGITAL SINGLE 

BOTH SET FOR RELEASE ON PARLOPHONE ON MAY 24

On May 24, 2019, 45 years to the day since the album's original release date, Parlophone will issue a strictly limited one run only red vinyl edition of DIAMOND DOGS featuring the 2016 remaster. This will only be available to "brick and mortar" retail stores.

The past two years have seen gold vinyl versions of Hunky Dory and The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars and a silver vinyl release of Aladdin Sane released 45 years to the day of their first issue.

To help celebrate the 45th anniversary of DIAMOND DOGS, there will also be a special one track digital single of the original single mix of "Rebel Rebel."

Preceding the album by more than three months, "Rebel Rebel" peaked at number five on the official U.K. singles chart. The original single mix was substituted by the shorter, "phased" New York Remix single version in North America, featuring a new arrangement and overdubbed vocals. The album originally peaked at number one on the official albums chart in the U.K. and number five on the Billboard album chart in the U.S.

On the 2016 boxed set Who Can I Be Now?, the original single mix of "Rebel Rebel" was taken from a pristine copy of a 45rpm single from the time. The original tape, which had been missing since the mid-1970s, has now been discovered and remastered for this special one track digital single.

DIAMOND DOGS 45th ANNIVERSARY RED VINYL 
Track List

Side One
1.   "Future Legend"
2.   "Diamond Dogs"
3.   "Sweet Thing"
4.   "Candidate"
5.   "Sweet Things (Reprise)"
6.   "Rebel Rebel"

Side Two
1.   "Rock 'n' Roll With Me"
2.   "We Are the Dead"
3.   "1984"
4.   "Big Brother"
5.   "Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family"

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GRATEFUL DEAD AOXOMOXOA 

50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION

Two-CD Edition And Limited Edition Vinyl Picture Disc Of 

Grateful Dead's Third Studio Album Will Be Available On June 7

LOS ANGELES - Grateful Dead will continue their ambitious reissue series to commemorate the 50-year anniversary for each of their albums with Aoxomoxoa this June. Like all the albums in this ongoing series, Aoxomoxoa will be released approximately 50 years after its anniversary date as a two-disc deluxe edition that includes the original album with newly remastered sound, plus a bonus disc of unreleased live recordings. The album will also be released as a 12-inch picture disc produced in a limited edition of 10,000 copies. Both versions will be available on June 7, just weeks before the album's 50 year anniversary on June 20. 

AOXOMOXOA: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION will be available for $24.98 and includes two versions of the album - one fully remastered from the original 1969 recording, and the other remastered from the definitive 1971 band-produced mix. This is the first time both mixes have been presented together in a single release. Also included is a bonus disc with previously unreleased live music recorded January 24-26, 1969 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. Newly remastered by Jeffrey Norman, these shows were among the first live performances ever to be recorded to 16-track tape. 

AOXOMOXOA: 50th ANNIVERSARY VINYL PICTURE DISC will also be available on June 7 for $21.98 and will feature the remastered mix of the album from 1971. 

Grateful Dead audiovisual archivist Dave Lemieux says: "In 1969, for their third album, the Grateful Dead eschewed outside producers and created Aoxomoxoa themselves, beginning a run of self-produced albums that would continue until 1977. Scrapping the first sessions, which were recorded to eight-track tape, the Dead now had 16 tracks with which to experiment their psychedelic sound, with an album that included entirely Robert Hunter-penned lyrics for the first time."

An enigmatic classic, Aoxomoxoa is messy and murky, mysterious and majestic - a perfect time capsule that is still stubbornly resplendent a half century after it first appeared. The album introduced favorites like "St. Stephen" and "Mountains On The Moon," as well as "China Cat Sunflower" - a song that would continue to remain in the band's repertoire.

The deluxe edition's bonus disc features unreleased live performances captured over several nights in January 1969 at the Avalon Ballroom. Recorded several months before the release of Aoxomoxoa, the live tracks include early versions of two tracks from the album - "Dupree's Diamond Blues" and "Doin' That Rag." The disc also includes the final live performance of "Clementine," a song the band began performing in 1968 but was never released on a studio album. The band also played several songs from its second album, Anthem of the Sun (1968). Highlights include a dynamic romp through "New Potato Caboose" and an electrifying "Alligator>Caution" jam that captures Pigpen at his primal best. 

When these shows were recorded, the band members were: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Phil Lesh, Tom Constanten, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann.

Pre-order AOXOMOXOA: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION here.

AOXOMOXOA: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION
CD Track Listing

Disc One: Original 1969 Mix

1.    "St. Stephen"

2.    "Dupree's Diamond Blues"

3.    "Rosemary"

4.    "Doin' That Rag"

5.    "Mountains On The Moon"

6.    "China Cat Sunflower"

7.    "What's Become Of The Baby"

8.     "Cosmic Charlie"

1971 Remix

9.    "St. Stephen"

10.    "Dupree's Diamond Blues"

11.    "Rosemary"

12.    "Doin' That Rag"

13.    "Mountains On The Moon"

14.     "China Cat Sunflower"

15.    "What's Become Of The Baby"

16.    "Cosmic Charlie"

Disc Two: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco (1/24-26/69)

1.    "New Potato Caboose"

2.    "Dupree's Diamond Blues"

3.    "Doin' That Rag"

4.    "Alligator">

5.    "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)">

6.    "Feedback">

7.    "And We Bid You Goodnight"

8.    "Clementine">

9.    "Death Don't Have No Mercy"

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