5 LP and 4 CD sets available this fall
BMG and Niji Entertainment Group Inc. have partnered to issue limited edition deluxe 4 CD and 5 LP box with 7-inch sets of Ronnie James Dio’s final four studio albums on September 22nd. Titled The Studio Albums: 1996-2004, the set will include 1996’s Angry Machines, 2000’s Magica, 2002’s Killing the Dragon, and 2004’s Master of the Moon. The LP set is housed in a side loading box with newly created art on five 180-gram color LP’s with Angry Machines on Halloween orange with black marble, Killing the Dragon on transparent yellow with black marble, Master of the Moon on electric blue with milky clear marble LP and Magica on transparent blood red and black smoke 2 LP plus the rare single “Electra” on a cobalt blue 7-inch.
“I am very excited to be working with BMG, a label that still has a passion for rock music,” says Wendy Dio. “They will be making the complete DIO catalogue available again with some interesting surprises.”
The definitive documentary on legendary metal icon Ronnie James Dio, Dio: Dreamers Never Die will be released on 4K/Blu-ray, Blu-ray/DVD Deluxe Edition and DVD on September 29th.
Dio’s story transcends the standard rock documentary. Beautifully highlighting both his powerful voice and his gentle heart, Dio: Dreamers Never Die delves deep into the singer’s incredible rise from ’50s doo-wop crooner to his early rock days in Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, replacing Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, and finally cementing his rock star status with Dio. The first documentary to be authorized by the artist’s estate, the film incorporates never-before-seen footage and personal photos from Dio’s archives as well as offering intimate scenes with his closest peers, family, and friends, including Wendy Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, Vinny Appice, Lita Ford, Rob Halford, Sebastian Bach, Eddie Trunk and Jack Black, as they bring viewers inside the life of one of rock and roll’s true heroes.
