Rhino announces 2020 Start Your Ear Off Right releases

Exclusive releases available throughout January

Rhino’s “Start Your Ear Off Right” campaign returns in 2020 with limited edition vinyl titles from some of the most celebrated acts in music including Angelo Badalamenti, Bad Company, Deep Purple, Devo, MC5, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Stevie Nicks, The Replacements, Uncle Tupelo, Van Morrison and Warren Zevon. These releases will be available only at participating brick and mortar retail outlets. The three week campaign started on January 10th and wraps January 24th.

Rhino is also bringing back its highly sought-after wall calendar, which until last year’s “Start Your Ear Off Right” launch, was a music industry-only perk for record label employees, radio DJs, journalists, record store owners, and other insiders. For a limited time, anyone who purchases one of the “Start Your Ear Off Right” releases at participating music retailers will receive a free copy of the Rhino calendar, while supplies last.

Available on Friday, January 10th:

  • Bad Company – Desolation Angels (40th Anniversary Edition) – 2-LP 180-gram black vinyl
    Limited edition of 2,850 copies, $31.98
  • Deep Purple – Last Concert In Japan – 1-LP purple vinyl
    Limited edition of 2,300 copies, $21.98
  • Deep Purple – Made In Europe – 1-LP purple vinyl
    Limited edition of 2,300 copies, $21.98
  • Deep Purple – Stormbringer – 1-LP purple vinyl
    Limited edition of 2,300 copies, $21.98
  • The Replacements – Don’t Tell A Soul – 1-LP clear vinyl
    Limited edition of 3,850 copies, $21.98
  • The Replacements – Pleased To Meet Me – 1-LP blue vinyl
    Limited edition of 3,850 copies, $21.98

Available on Friday, January 17th:

  • Devo – Freedom Of Choice – 1-LP white vinyl
    Limited edition of 3,650 copies, $21.98
  • Devo – New Traditionalists – 1-LP grey vinyl
    Limited edition of 3,650 copies, $21.98
  • MC5 – Kick Out The Jams – 1-LP red, white, and blue splatter vinyl
    Limited edition of 3,850 copies, $21.98
  • Stevie Nicks – Bella Donna – 1-LP gold vinyl
    Limited edition of 5,350 copies, $21.98
  • Uncle Tupelo – Anodyne – 1-LP clear vinyl
    Limited edition of 3,850 copies, $21.98
  • Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy – 1-LP glow in the dark vinyl
    Limited edition of 3,350 copies, $21.98

Available on Friday, January 24th:

  • Angelo Badalamenti – Music From The Twin Peaks Soundtrack (1990) – 1-LP translucent green vinyl
    Limited edition of 4,850 copies, $21.98
  • Ramones – It’s Alive – 2-LP 1 x translucent red and 1 x translucent blue vinyl
    Limited edition of 5,500 copies, $29.98
  • Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols – 1-LP pink vinyl
    Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $21.98
  • Van Morrison – His Band And The Street Choir – 1-LP turquoise vinyl
    Limited edition of 5,350 copies, $21.98

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