Vinyl collectors, make room on your shelf – Ronnie James Dio’s This Is Your Life tribute compilation is set to be released as a special edition double red color-vinyl LP on July 8, 2014 via Rhino Records! July 8^th is just two days before Ronnie’s birthday, making this release even more special to fans and collectors alike. You can pre-order your copy via Amazon here: http://amzn.com/B00K7N2IPU

See below for a full listing of the tracks on each side:

Side A:

1. NEON KNIGHTS – Anthrax
2. THE LAST IN LINE – Tenacious D
3. THE MOB RULES – Adrenaline Mob
4. RAINBOW IN THE DARK – Corey Taylor, Jason Christopher, Christian Martucci, Roy Mayorga, Satchel

​Side B:

1. STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART – Halestorm
2. STARSTRUCK – Motörhead with Biff Byford
3. THE TEMPLE OF THE KING – Scorpions
4. EGYPT (THE CHAINS ARE ON) – Doro

Side C:

1. HOLY DIVER – Killswitch Engage
2. CATCH THE RAINBOW – Glenn Hughes, Craig Goldy, Rudy Sarzo, Scott Warren, Simon Wright
3. I – Oni Logan, Jimmy Bain, Rowan Robertson, Brian Tichy

Side D:

1. MAN ON THE SILVER MOUNTAIN – Rob Halford, Doug Aldrich, Vinny Appice, Jeff Pilson, Scott Warren
2. RONNIE RISING MEDLEY (featuring “A Light In The Black,” “Tarot Woman,” “Stargazer,” “Kill The King”) - Metallica
3. THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Dio

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In its first week, This Is Your Life debuted at #20 on the Billboard Top 200 charts! This Is Your Life is available now, digitally via iTunes here or physically via Amazon here.

This Is Your Life is a tribute album created to raise funds for the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org), which features an all-star group of his friends and fans performing 13 of their favorite Ronnie James Dio tracks. The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable fund dedicated to supporting cancer-prevention research, raising awareness and educating the public about the vital importance of early detection and prevention, and was co-founded by Dio’s longtime manager and wife, Wendy Dio. 100% of the monies received from this album by the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund goes directly into cancer research.

Produced by Wendy Dio, widow of Ronnie James Dio and Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund President/Founder,  This Is Your Life includes contributions by such metal heavyweights as Metallica, Scorpions, Anthrax, Glenn Hughes and Rob Halford, as well as appearances by many of the musicians who performed with Dio over the years. See below for a full tracklisting, chock full of renditions by today’s most stellar classic, heavy metal and hard rock artists!

About The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund: The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund is a privately funded 501(c)(3) charity organization which has already raised more than $600,000 in its short history.  Monies raised to date have been committed to the cancer research work of the T. J. Martell Foundation for Cancer, AIDS and Leukemia Research and the gastric cancer research unit of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where Ronnie was treated for gastric cancer during the last six months of his life.