Rhino Quadio Spotlights Albums By Carly Simon, Gordon Lightfoot, Hot Tuna, And The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band

Original Quadraphonic Mixes Sourced From Four-Track Quad Master Tapes, Plus Hi-Res Stereo-On Blu-ray Now Exclusively At Rhino.com

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LOS ANGELES - Rhino's Quadio series revisits the rich musical landscape of the mid-1970s with four new quadraphonic releases: Carly Simon's Hotcakes/Playing Possum, Gordon Lightfoot's Cold on the Shoulder, Hot Tuna's Yellow Fever, andthe Souther-Hillman-Furay Band's self-titled debut and Trouble in Paradise. They arrive today on Blu-ray.

Each disc pairs the original quadraphonic mix, sourced from the analog four-track quad master tapes, with a hi-res 192 kHz/24-bit stereo transfer. Available exclusively through Rhino.com and select Warner Music Group stores worldwide, each title lists for $24.98, or $79.98 as a four-disc bundle. Order HERE.

Hotcakes/Playing Possum (1974/1975) brings together two albums from Carly Simon's remarkable run of three consecutive Top 10 albums. Hotcakes (#3) delivered a pair of Top 20 hits: "Mockingbird," her duet with James Taylor, and "Haven't Got Time For The Pain." The following year, Playing Possum (#10) explored erotic themes on songs like "Slave" and "Waterfall," while "Attitude Dancing" became its biggest hit. That provocative spirit extended to the artwork, with Norman Seeff's photograph of Simon appearing on the cover, which earned a Grammy® Award nomination and a place among Rolling Stone's 100 greatest album covers.

Cold on the Shoulder (1975) was Gordon Lightfoot's 10th album and followed the chart-topping success of 1974's Sundown. It reached #10 and introduced "Rainy Day People," a song about friendship that topped the Adult Contemporary chart. Lightfoot's storytelling shines throughout, including the title track, "Fine As Fine Can Be," and "Cherokee Bend," a haunting tale of prejudice and violence against Native Americans.

By the time Hot Tuna recorded Yellow Fever(1975), the acoustic blues group founded by Jefferson Airplane's Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady had become a hard-rocking power trio with drummer Bob Steeler. The album finds the band at full force, bringing a heavier edge to a cover of Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me To Do" while stretching out on originals like "Sunrise Dance With The Devil" and "Bar Room Crystal Ball."

The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band/Trouble in Paradise (1974/1975) captures the short-lived partnership of three country-rock veterans: J.D. Souther, Chris Hillman (the Byrds), and Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield and Poco). The collaboration got off to a promising start when their self-titled debut reached #11, went Gold, and produced the Top 40 hit "Fallin' In Love." That success proved difficult to sustain, and the group disbanded shortly after releasing Trouble in Paradise in 1975. The album included "Prisoner In Disguise," which Linda Ronstadt also recorded that year as the title track of her own album.

Hotcakes /Playing Possum (1974/1975)

Hotcakes

1. "Safe And Sound"
2. "Mind On My Man"
3. "Think I'm Gonna Have A Baby"
4. "Older Sister"
5. "Just Not True"
6. "Hotcakes"
7. "Misfit"
8. "Forever My Love"
9. "Mockingbird"
10. "Grownup"
11. "Haven't Got Time For The Pain"

Playing Possum

1. "After The Storm"
2. "Love Out In The Street"
3. "Look Me In The Eyes"
4. "More & More"
5. "Slave"
6. "Attitude Dancing"
7. "Sons Of Summer"
8. "Waterfall"
9. "Are You Ticklish"
10. "Playing Possum"

Cold on the Shoulder (1975)

1. "Bend In The Water"
2. "Rainy Day People"
3. "Cold On The Shoulder"
4. "The Soul Is The Rock"
5. "Bells Of The Evening"
6. "Rainbow Trout"
7. "A Tree Too Weak To Stand"
8. "All The Lovely Ladies"
9. "Fine As Fine Can Be"
10. "Cherokee Bend"
11. "Now And Then"
12. "Slide On Over"

Yellow Fever (1975)

1. "Baby What You Want Me To Do"
2. "Hot Jelly Roll Blues"
3. "Free Rein"
4. "Sunrise Dance With The Devil"
5. "Song For The Fire Maiden"
6. "Bar Room Crystal Ball"
7. "Half/Time Saturation"
8. "Surphase Tension"

The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band /Trouble in Paradise (1974/1975)

The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band

1. "Fallin' In Love"
2. "Heavenly Fire"
3. "The Heartbreaker"
4. "Believe Me"
5. "Border Town"
6. "Safe At Home"
7. "Pretty Goodbyes"
8. "Rise And Fall"
9. "The Flight Of The Dove"
10. "Deep, Dark And Dreamless"

Trouble In Paradise

1. "Trouble In Paradise"
2. "Move Me Real Slow"
3. "For Someone I Love"
4. "Mexico"
5. "Love And Satisfy"
6. "On The Line"
7. "Prisoner In Disguise"
8. "Follow Me Through"
9. "Somebody Must Be Wrong"

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