This is similar from the dash (rhythmbox open - dash plays a file, otherwise it just opens rhythmbox). It seems rhythmbox-client is called and it spawns rhythmbox but it does not wait enough to pass the file to be played to the freshly started Rhythmbox. See bug 1201016 for details.
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