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(December 12, 2025 - Los Angeles, CA) Rhino High Fidelity (Rhino Hi-Fi) expands its acclaimed series of limited-edition, audiophile vinyl reissues todaywith two pivotal albums: T. Rex’s Electric Warrior and Devo’s Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!.
Each album was cut from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl at Optimal in Germany. Both releases are limited to 5,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively at Rhino.com and select Warner Music Group stores internationally. As a bonus, Electric Warrior has two 7-inch singles, “Hot Love” and “Bang A Gong (Get It On),” available to bundle. Order HERE.
Recently released as part of Rhino’s High Fidelity Reel-to-Reel line, Electric Warrior crystallized Marc Bolan’s transformation from cult folk hero to the godfather of glam with its release in 1971. The album topped the charts in the U.K. and was certified gold in the U.S., powered by hits like “Bang A Gong (Get It On)” and “Jeepster.” Working with producer Tony Visconti, the band built a sleek, groove-driven sound—equal parts grit and glitter—that came to define glam’s golden age.
In the new liner notes, Visconti recalls how sessions for the album gained momentum when the band moved from London to Los Angeles, and finally New York, where they cut three songs in a day, including “Lean Woman Blues” and “Jeepster.” “I could tell this was one of the best times of Marc’s life from how great these tracks turned out—they fully complemented the tracks we had just recorded in L.A. He was so happy,” he writes. “We knew we had a hit album.”
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! introduced the band’s theory of de-evolution to the world in 1978, as shown in their 2025 GRAMMY®-award nominated documentary DEVO. Formed in the wake of Kent State and forged in Ohio’s post-industrial landscape, Devo turned art-school ideas into subversive songs. Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Bob Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale, and Alan Myers recorded the album in Germany with Brian Eno, blurring the line between human and mechanical on “Uncontrollable Urge,” “Jocko Homo,” and their twitchy reimagining of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”
Gerald Casale says Devo knew exactly what they wanted their first album to sound like when they arrived in Germany—but Eno had other ideas. “Brian had ‘evolved’ to nuanced electronic beauty. He was attempting to broaden our aesthetic, and we were trying to double down on our Brutalist leanings.” Despite the head-butting, he says they “captured the Devo meta-concept in a way that has withstood the test of time. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! doesn’t sound like 1978. It doesn’t sound like punk. It doesn’t sound like it’s ‘of its time’ in any way.”
Rhino High Fidelity continues to tap into Warner Music’s vast catalog, introducing reissues of seminal albums across genres—from rock and pop to jazz, soul, and beyond. Each title pairs uncompromising audio with archival-grade packaging, honoring the album’s original intent in both sound and design.
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