Rhino "Rocktober" releases coming soon...

Last night I picked up.... Faces-First Step, orange vinyl Rhino Rocktober,$12 for an "as new" copy. Been comparing this morning to a VG+ OG green label WB and they're mighty close in sound. Might be a hair more air and definition in the OG but the orange one is quiet in comparison to the OG's sn. Those guys sure sounded loose and funky. Rod,Woody,Ronnie,Kenny,Ian

 

I LOVE THEM.

And my Rocktober copy replaced my OG

 

The Ooh La La release is good.

 

Got a FYE going out of business 40% off vinyl and found
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies colored vinyl Rocktober
Deep Purple - Machine Head clear vinyl Roctober
and Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits colored vinyl 1000 limited FYE two copies

 

Looks like the next batch of Rhino "Start your Ear off right" titles are up on their website:

Start Your Ear Off Right | Rhino

"Rhino’s rockin’ Start Your Ear Off Right campaign returns this January with vinyl titles from some of the most celebrated acts in music including: Alice Cooper, Aretha Franklin, Dio, Golden Smog, John Prine, New York Rock And Soul Revue, Richard And Linda Thompson, The Notorious B.I.G., Vangelis, and ZZ Top. These limited-edition titles will be available each Tuesday, starting on January 9, and will continue throughout the month.These will be available only at participating brick and mortar retail outlets.

Rhino will also offer their coveted yearly calendar, a music industry-only perk, to anyone who purchases one of the Start Your Ear Off Right releases at participating music retailers - while supplies last. Barnes & Noble customers will receive a unique, limited edition vinyl slipmat with any Start Your Ear Off Right purchase – while supplies last."

including:
TRES HOMBRES
ZZ Top

• Release Date: 1/09/2018
• 1 LP
• 140 gram Green vinyl
• Stoughton Gatefold/Stoughton Insert

LADY SOUL
Aretha Franklin

• Release Date: 1/16/2018
• 1 LP
• 180 gram black vinyl
• Stoughton Tip-On

SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS
Richard And Linda Thompson

• Release Date: 1/16/2018
• 1 LP
• 180 gram black vinyl
• Direct to Board Jacket/Inner Sleeve

DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
John Prine

• Release Date: 1/16/2018
• Available in US & Canada Only
• 1 LP
• 140 gram Black Vinyl
• Direct to Board Jacket

 

I am in on the ZZ Top release need to find where to get it in my area.

 

Any idea who is mastering these?

 

Not yet

 

I would assume for those albums already released once that they would have the same mastering. Only difference would be the colored vinyl. That's the way it's worked in the past.

 

It's nice that Rhino is doing the first couple of Dio albums.

Now if they would just go back and do the Dio-fronted Sabbath albums, like Sabs fans have been begging for several years....

 

although sabbath starts and ends with ozzy for me, this really surprised me to learn that at least heaven & hell and mob rules are OOP on LP, they should be readily available and are considered essential to many

 

Do you think the new Dio is from the boxset that came out in 2016?

 

Good chance it's the same cut.

 

thats what i'm waiting on...mainly for the ZZ top ones.

 

Does anyone know how the sounded? I know there were some pressing issues.

 

Disappointing that they don't continue to issue the records from the faces box set...after the first one in orange vinyl last year, i was expecting more in each campaign...

 

I'm interested in the Richard and Linda Thompson. I got rid of my 4 Men with Beards reissue last year.

 

like "ooh la la" that was released this year?

 

This year is only 5 days old...you mean last year?

 

2017 rhino reissue of ooh la la was another example of a record only available in the united states...in europe, single releases from the faces box set was only first step on orange vinyl

 

yep. help!

 

Anybody pick up the Dio titles yet? Any word on sound/cutting?

 

Rhino Start Your Ear Off Right Vinyl Releases 2018

 

Ah, thank you!

 

I just picked up a copy of Faces - Ooh La La. Nice to see it was cut by Kevin Gray, but does anyone else notice a dropout at the end Silicone Grown?