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Both long out of print, Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man reissued as a single LP and diamond-certified Greatest Hits comes as two-LP 150gram and 180gram vinyl editions
30 MAY 2017 (Toronto, ON) – Capitol Records/UMe is pleased to announce Bob Seger’s Greatest Hits
has been certified diamond (10x Platinum) by the RIAA for achieving 10
million units in the United States. To celebrate this achievement,
Capitol/UMe is reissuing Greatest Hits and Seger’s 1969 debut studio album, Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man, on vinyl June 2 via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company.Greatest Hits will be offered as a 2LP, double album, in 150gram and 180gram black vinyl. And for a limited time, Greatest Hits will be available in a special 150gram 2LP, double album, purple colour vinyl exclusively at BobSeger.com. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man will be issued in 150gram black vinyl on June 2 and for the first time in blue coloured vinyl on June 9.
Originally released in 1994, Bob Seger’s Greatest Hits 14-track album includes such hits as Night Moves, Turn the Page, Hollywood Nights, Old Time Rock And Roll, Against The Wind, Mainstreet, We’ve Got Tonight, Like a Rock and a cover of Chuck Berry’s C’est la Vie. The release has remained a perennial best seller and was named Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan’s #1 Catalog Album of the Decade 2000 – 2010.
The Bob Seger System’s Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man title track was Seger’s first hit record, reaching #17 on the Hot 100. The album’s anti-war anthem, 2+2=?, was released in 1968 as the first single from Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man. It was first released independently by Seger and became a regional hit in Detroit, Buffalo, and Orlando and was picked up by Capitol Records marking his first major label release.
Both albums have been remastered by Robert Vosgien, Capitol Studios Mastering. Seger is Capitol Records longest-tenured solo artist in label’s storied history.
