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Rhino Preps Deluxe Edition of The Replacements’ Let It Be

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Stinson, Chris Mars, Let It Be, Paul Westerberg, Peter Jesperson, Rhino, Rhino Entertainment, The Replacements, Tommy Stinson, Twin/Tone Records

New version, expanded with rarities, out Oct. 24

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Blood on the Tracks: Remixing The Replacements’ Tim

September 22, 2023 Don McLeese 0 Comments 1985, Bob Mehr, Bob Stinson, Box Set, Chris Mars, Ed Stasium, Paul Westerberg, Rhino, The Replacements, Tim, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition, Tommy Erdelyi, Tommy Ramone, Tommy Stinson

How a new box set redefines a rock ‘n’ roll classic

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The Replacements Announce Tim: Let It Bleed Edition

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1986, Bob Mehr, Bob Stinson, Box Set, Chris Mars, Jason Jones, Paul Westerberg, Rhino, Sire Records, The Replacements, Tim, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition, Tommy Stinson

Anticipated 4CD/1LP box set will be released on September 22nd 

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Color Me Impressed: The Replacements’ Hootenanny at 40

April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 Deborah Sprague 5 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bob Stinson, Chris Mars, Color Me Impressed, Hootenanny, Lovelines, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Paul Westerberg, The Replacements, Tommy Stinson, Twin/Tone, Within Your Reach

It might not be their best offering, but it’s definitely their most Mats-like

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Ashtray Floors, Dirty Clothes and Filthy Jokes: Pleased To Meet Me at 35

July 5, 2022July 7, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Alex Chilton, Bob Stinson, Chris Mars, Jim Dickinson, Paul Westerberg, Pleased To Meet Me, Slim Dunlap, The Replacements, Tommy Ramone, Tommy Stinson

Inside The Replacements’ classic 1987 LP

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Punk 

Shiftless When Idle: 40 Years of Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash

October 4, 2021April 3, 2022 Matt Hanson 1 Comment 1981, 40th Anniversary, Bob Stinson, Chris Mars, Husker Du, Paul Westerberg, Rhino, Sorry Ma Forgot To Take Out The Trash, The Replacements, Tommy Stinson, Twin/Tone

With an expanded box set of their scrappy debut coming out this month via Rhino Records, the Rock & Roll Globe celebrates The Replacements at their rawest

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Pleased To Meet Me: The Pleasure’s All Yours

November 2, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Chris Mars, Jim Dickinson, Paul Westerberg, Pleased To Meet Me, Rhino, Sire, Slim Dunlap, The Replacements, Tommy Stinson

A new box set delves into the beauty and the madness of the second Replacements album on Sire Records

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The Replacements: Dead Men Do Wear Plaid

September 24, 2019February 1, 2024 Eric Davidson 2 Comments 1989, Chris Mars, Dead Man's Pop, Don't Tell A Soul, Husker Du, Paul Westerberg, Rhino Records, Sire Records, Slim Dunlap, Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Tom Waits, Tommy Stinson

A look inside the new box set celebrating The Mats’ most polarizing album

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