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	  <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:06:54 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Prince gives rare interview: 'I don't have time for old people, I want to work with young artists']]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p>'Raspberry Beret' icon Prince has given a rare interview in which he confessed that working with the greats has no appeal to him whatsoever as they have 'had their day'.</p>
<p>Speaking to his hometown newspaper, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Prince explained that he wants to pave the way for young artists as he finds them more exciting:</p>
<p>"I don&rsquo;t have time for old people, I want to work with young people.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Referring to his new backing band, 3rdEyeGirl, he added that now is the time to let them have their moment: "I have my legacy, now it&rsquo;s time for their legacy. They&rsquo;re a Minneapolis band, too.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Prince, meanwhile,<a href="/pg/newsdesk/londonnewsdesk/view/71049/"> has just finished a headlining North American tour</a> and will perform next in July when he travels to Montreux.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Watch Prince present an award at the 2013 GRAMMYs here:</p></p>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 08:38:48 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Mourners wear trousers backwards as Kris Kross rapper is laid to rest]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p>A number of attendees at the funeral of Kris Kross star Chris Kelly wore their trousers backwards as a mark of respect for the late rapper.</p>
<p>As <a href="/pg/newsdesk/londonnewsdesk/view/74679/" target="_blank">previously reported</a>, 34-year-old Kelly was found unresponsive at his home last week (May 1) in Atlanta before being pronounced dead in hospital.</p>
<p>It has been reported that his mother told police that her son had been taking drugs before his death.</p>
<p>His funeral was held on Thursday (May 9) at&nbsp;Jackson Memorial Baptist Church and TMZ reports that a number of mourners echoed Kris Kross' famed fashion style by wearing their trousers backwards.</p>
<p>His rap partner Chris Smith meanwhile said at the service: "My life...it ain't ever gonna be the same, but I just hope our legacy for hip-hop is never forgotten. I'm gonna do my part to make sure Chris' legacy will live on."</p>
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<p>Watch the video for Kris Kross' 'Jump' below:</p>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:35:36 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Daft Punk on Pharrell collaboration: 'It felt natural to invite him to feature on the record']]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p>Electro-duo Daft Punk have revealed that collaborating with <a href="/pg/newsdesk/PharrellWilliams/newsdesk/">Pharrell Williams</a> was a "natural" step for them.</p>
<p>The French pair, who recently shot to No.1 in countries all over the world with their new single, told Obsession.fr that asking him to appear on their record was an easy decision because they loved his style and music, and were impressed with his 'elegance':</p>
<p>"It felt natural to invite him to be part of our album. He's a born performer in every way, who oozes elegance. He's not always had the opportunity to show he can be an excellent singer, even though he has earned his place in the legacy of mythical performers.&rdquo;</p>
<p><a href="/pg/newsdesk/londonnewsdesk/view/71204/">Nile Rodgers</a>, who also appears on the 'Get Lucky' single with Pharrell and Daft Punk, also recently described his contribution to the cut as "natural":</p>
<p>"About a year ago, I get a knock on the door &ndash; first a virtual one and then a real knock &ndash; from Guy-Manuel and Thomas. The collaboration felt so unbelievably natural that it made me realise that I need to be in the studio with people."</p>
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<p>Listen to 'Get Lucky' here:</p>
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	  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:47:14 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Fletcher Releases Debut Album 'Upon Ayr']]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p align="center">Fletcher</p>
<p align="center">&lsquo;Upon Ayr&rsquo;</p>
<p align="center">Debut UK Album release May 27th 2013</p>
<p align="center">First single &lsquo;Don&rsquo;t Breathe A Word&rsquo; released April 22nd</p>
<p align="center">Dramatico</p>
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<p>&lsquo;Upon Ayr&rsquo;, the debut album by Fletcher, is a compelling, storytelling record that opens with an ode to the sadness of Jack Kerouac's legacy, closes with the creak of the foot driven mechanical pump of an 1840s western Harmonium and paints scenes of Polynesian whale myths, 1920s synchronised swimming mermaid's dream and the death throes of a love affair.</p>
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<p>Written and produced by Fletcher, &lsquo;Upon Ayr&rsquo; was recorded in Sydney (&lsquo;stolen&rsquo; studio time in a university), London (his bathroom and Urchin Studios) and Stockholm (Decibel Studios), with the record mastered in Berlin. Written over two years, while Fletcher was on tour playing bass, guitar and keyboards with friend and fellow Australian artist Sarah Blasko (who features on backing vocals), this is the multi-instrumentalist&rsquo;s first album.</p>
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<p>A founding member of Bluebottle Kiss and, later, The Devoted Few, Fletcher joined Blasko&rsquo;s band in 2005 moving to London in 2010 to continue touring Europe and the US with her. This time on the road proved to be the perfect environment for Fletcher to write this collection of pictorial tales in what has been, as he explains, a natural and surprisingly simple process:</p>
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<p><i>What you're listening to is demos; fleshed out demos. Throughout 2010 I was on a world tour with the beautiful, Australian singer Sarah Blasko. We played almost 200 shows that year and most of the songs on this record were written during that period. They developed in sound checks, in band rooms, in hotels, on trains, in vans, or humming into iPhones. In early 2011, while still on tour in Australia, I got together with two of my mates to sneak into a university studio where a friend of ours had been studying musicology. Our friend's course had finished months ago but he still had the keycard and security code that opened the doors to the studio. We snuck in around 11pm and would record all night till 4am or 5am, turning off the lights and hiding every 2 hours while the security guard cruised by. We did this for three nights and I recorded the guitar and vocals for around 14 songs.</i></p>
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<p><i>2011 saw more touring and a little more writing. I recorded more songs in London, this time in my bathroom, two of which (Here Stands The Broken &amp; Swim Through The Mouth Of The Whale) ended up on this album. I thought these and my Uni studio sessions would just be demos, but they sounded pretty good and everyone I played them to said, you should use them as your album. So I did. </i></p>
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<p><i>Not to say I recorded this whole album in the shower. These songs needed a little more rhythm and pulse, so when I finally got off tour in early 2012 I went into Decibel Studios in a snowy Stockholm to record some extra bits, including bass, drums and the amazing voice of one of my best friends: Sarah Blasko.</i></p>
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<p><i>I brought my album back to London to mix at Urchin Studios in May 2012, and there you have it. Simple and easy, like I've always wanted but never fully achieved in my past recordings. Most of what you hear is first take, all the vocals were done either in a bathroom on a borrowed mic that would sometimes electrocute my lips, or in a little wooden room I had to hunch to fit into. I've always felt like I've been guilty of over thinking my recordings but this all happened without me even realising it.</i></p>
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<p><i>So you're hearing the first album from me as Fletcher. Upon Ayr is the album title - a nod to one of first recorded uses of the name Fletcher, in a south-western town of Scotland, Ayr. </i></p>
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<p><i>Enjoy, </i></p>
<p><i>Fletcher</i></p>
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	  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:48:38 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[The Essential Mariah Carey Celebrates Her First Decade on Columbia, 1990-1999]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p><a href="/pg/newsdesk/mariahcarey" target="_blank">Mariah Carey</a>'s first decade of record-setting hit singles, remixes and fan-favorite album tracks are collected on&nbsp;<b><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THE ESSENTIAL MARIAH CAREY</span></i></b>.&nbsp; The 28 tracks on this double CD laid the foundation for five-time Grammy Award&reg;-winner Mariah's reign as the top-selling female recording artist in history with over 200&nbsp;million albums, singles and videos sold worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
<p><b><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THE ESSENTIAL MARIAH CAREY</span></i></b>&nbsp;, which is an update of 2001's&nbsp;<i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Greatest Hits</span></i>&nbsp;with four different tracks, will be available everywhere starting&nbsp;May 8th&nbsp;through&nbsp;<a href="http://www.columbiarecords.com/">Columbia Records</a>, a division of&nbsp;SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.</p>
<p>"I wanted to create a collection of some of my favorite songs," explains Mariah.&nbsp; "Several of them are very big hits and some are more obscure favorites of mine as well as fan faves."</p>
<p>At the core of this set is the extraordinary run of early RIAA gold, platinum and multi-platinum&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Billboard</span>&nbsp;Hot 100 #1 hit singles that kept her phenomenal vocal artistry at the forefront of pop music consciousness for that first decade.&nbsp; Fourteen of those chart-toppers are included here:</p>
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<li>1990: "Vision Of Love," "Love Takes Time"</li>
<li>1991: "I Don't Wanna Cry," "Emotions" (included here in its 12-Inch Club Mix)</li>
<li>1992: "I'll Be There" (featuring&nbsp;Trey Lorenz)</li>
<li>1993: "Dreamlover," "Hero"</li>
<li>1995: "Fantasy," "One Sweet Day" (Mariah Carey&nbsp;&amp; Boyz II Men)</li>
<li>1996: "Always Be My Baby"</li>
<li>1997: "Honey"</li>
<li>1998: "My All"</li>
<li>1999: "Heartbreaker" (featuring Jay-Z); "Thank God I Found You" (featuring Joe &amp; 98 Degrees)</li>
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<p>Mariah Carey&nbsp;completists will appreciate that this&nbsp;<b><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ESSENTIAL</span></i></b>&nbsp;contains four tracks newly chosen by Mariah herself for the occasion:</p>
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<li>"Vanishing," Mariah's debut as a producer, from her self-titled debut album of 1990</li>
<li>"Close My Eyes," a confessional track from the&nbsp;<i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Butterfly</span></i>&nbsp;album, evoking her new freedom as a single woman in 1997;</li>
<li>"The Roof (Mobb Deep Extended Version)," also from&nbsp;<i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Butterfly</span></i>, Mariah's first track with the songwriting-production duo Poke &amp; Tone, aka the Trackmasters (Jean Claude Oliver&nbsp;and&nbsp;Samuel Barnes);</li>
<li>"Bliss," from her next album, 1998's&nbsp;<i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Rainbow</span></i>, one of six tracks on that album that were co-written and co-produced by Mariah with the Flyte Tyme Productions team of Jimmy Jam,&nbsp;Terry Lewis, and Big Jim Wright.</li>
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<p>In addition, Mariah has included two rare alternate remixes on this&nbsp;<b><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ESSENTIAL</span></i></b>&nbsp;collection, both on disc one.&nbsp; "Emotions (12-inch Club Mix)," from 1991, the title track of Mariah's second studio album, is a remix of her record-setting fifth consecutive #1 hit single.&nbsp; "Anytime You Need A Friend (C + C Club Remix)," from her third studio album, 1993's&nbsp;<i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Music Box</span></i>, was remixed by her friends Robert Clivilles and&nbsp;David Cole&nbsp;of fellow Columbia Records group C + C Music Factory, who played such a crucial role as writers and producers on Mariah's early studio albums.</p>
<p>Mariah Carey's Cinderella storybook signing to Columbia Records in 1990 is entwined with the magic of that decade.&nbsp; At the very outset, she accomplished what no other pop artist had done in the history of the&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Billboard</span>&nbsp;Hot 100, sending her first five consecutive singles to the #1 spot.&nbsp; Indeed, eight of her first ten singles hit the #1 spot between 1990 and 1993, and the decade would see Mariah place 15 hits at the top of the Hot 100 through 1999.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In 2005, Mariah earned her 17th #1 career single ("Don't Forget About Us"), tying one of the most enduring chart records in Hot 100 history,&nbsp;Elvis Presley's 17 #1's.&nbsp; Three years later, Mariah surpassed Elvis with her 18th #1 Hot 100 hit ("Touch My Body").&nbsp; Mariah is currently positioned as the&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">only</span>&nbsp;active recording artist in the 54 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles' all-time high of 20 #1 hits.</p>
<p><b><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THE ESSENTIAL MARIAH CAREY</span></i></b></p>
<p><b>(Columbia&nbsp;88691 96808 2)</b></p>
<p><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Disc One</span>&nbsp;&ndash; Selections</b>:&nbsp;<b>1</b>. Vision Of Love &bull;&nbsp;<b>2</b>. Love Takes Time &bull;&nbsp;<b>3</b>. Vanishing &bull;&nbsp;<b>4</b>. I Don't Wanna Cry &bull;&nbsp;<b>5</b>. Emotions (12-inch Mix) &bull;&nbsp;<b>6</b>. Can't Let Go &bull;<b>7</b>. Make It Happen &bull;&nbsp;<b>8</b>. I'll Be There (featuring&nbsp;Trey Lorenz) &bull;&nbsp;<b>9</b>. Dreamlover &bull;&nbsp;<b>10</b>. Hero &bull;&nbsp;<b>11</b>. Without You &bull;&nbsp;<b>12</b>. Anytime You Need A Friend (C + C Club Remix) &bull;&nbsp;<b>13</b>. Endless Love (duet with&nbsp;Luther Vandross) &bull;&nbsp;<b>14</b>. Fantasy.</p>
<p><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Disc Two</span>&nbsp;&ndash; Selections</b>:&nbsp;<b>1</b>.&nbsp;One Sweet Day&nbsp;(Mariah Carey&nbsp;&amp; Boyz II Men) &bull;&nbsp;<b>2</b>. Always Be My Baby &bull;&nbsp;<b>3</b>. Underneath The Stars &bull;&nbsp;<b>4</b>. Honey &bull;&nbsp;<b>5</b>. Butterfly &bull;&nbsp;<b>6</b>.&nbsp;My All&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<b>7</b>. Close My Eyes &bull;&nbsp;<b>8</b>. The Roof (Mobb Deep Extended Version) &bull;&nbsp;<b>9</b>. When You Believe (from&nbsp;<i>The Prince Of Egypt</i>) (Mariah Carey&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Whitney Houston) &bull;&nbsp;<b>10</b>. I Still Believe &bull;&nbsp;<b>11</b>. Heartbreaker (featuring Jay-Z) &bull;&nbsp;<b>12</b>. Bliss &bull;&nbsp;<b>13</b>. Thank God I Found You (featuring Joe &amp; 98 Degrees) &bull;&nbsp;<b>14</b>. Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme).</p>
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	  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:28:09 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[25th Anniversary of Paul Simon's Graceland Celebrated with "Under African Skies" Documentary and Release of 25th Anniversary Editions.]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Graceland 25th Anniversary Editions on Legacy Recordings To Be Released June 5th</span></h2>
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<p>The 25th anniversary of Graceland,&nbsp;Paul Simon's groundbreaking album that continues to influence and inspire generations, will be commemorated with musical and film celebrations stretching into the summer.&nbsp; Following its Sundance Film Festival premiere, the&nbsp;Joe Berlinger-directed documentary "Under African Skies," chronicling the creation and lasting influence of Graceland, will have its US television premiere on A &amp; E this spring.&nbsp; The documentary has been garnering critical acclaim on the film festival circuit with screenings at SXSW 2012, where it received an Audience Award, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and the Sundance Film Festival.&nbsp; The film is slated for variety of screenings this spring and summer including showings at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the&nbsp;Florida&nbsp;Film Festival and the RiverRun Film Festival.&nbsp; In May, "Under African Skies" will screen at the&nbsp;Seattle&nbsp;International Film Festival and Sundance UK as well as other festivals worldwide.&nbsp; The film will enjoy a limited theatrical engagement in&nbsp;New York&nbsp;and&nbsp;Los Angeles, beginning&nbsp;May 11th&nbsp;(check local listings for screening times).</p>
<p>To help commemorate the anniversary and celebrate the indelible musical legacy of Graceland, Legacy Recordings will be offering several 25th Anniversary versions of&nbsp;Paul Simon's Graceland on June 5th:&nbsp;</p>
<p><b>Special Graceland 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition Box Set</b>&nbsp; &ndash; a 2 CD/2 DVD set which including the remastered original album, the "Under African Skies" documentary film extended interviews, the original 1987 "African Concert" from&nbsp;Zimbabwe, three original music videos and the iconic "Saturday Night Live" performance of "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes."&nbsp; The box set also features the audio narrative "The Story of 'Graceland'" as told by&nbsp;Paul Simon, replicas of an original Graceland poster and a handwritten lyrics pad, plus a deluxe 80-page book featuring new and archival photos and interviews with&nbsp;Paul Simon. The box set also includes a special short audio documentary of Simon discussing the making of the record.</p>
<p><b>The official Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition CD/DVD</b>&nbsp;&ndash; an exclusive two disc set featuring the remastered original album with five bonus tracks and audio documentary, and "Under African Skies" film with bonus features, three original music videos and "Saturday Night Live" performance of "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes."</p>
<p><b>"Under African Skies" Blu-ray Disc</b>&nbsp;&ndash; the feature documentary in state-of-the-art 5.1 sound with bonus extended interviews.</p>
<p><b>Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition Vinyl</b>&nbsp;&ndash; This audiophile edition is remastered on 180-gram 12" vinyl and includes an art-quality collectible Graceland poster and a download card with the full album plus three bonus tracks.&nbsp; It will be available beginning&nbsp;Saturday, April 21&nbsp;at independent retailers worldwide participating in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home">Record Store Day</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home">http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home</a></p>
<p><b>An ultra-deluxe Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition Box Set</b>&nbsp;package - The ultimate Graceland set includes the boxed set, the 180-gram 12" vinyl and a signed and numbered autographed commemorative poster--will be available direct-to-consumers during a limited time exclusive offer on the official&nbsp;Paul Simon&nbsp;website (<a href="http://www.paulsimon.com/">www.paulsimon.com</a>).</p>
<p><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About&nbsp;</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">"Under African Skies"<br /></span></b>The story of the making of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.graceland25.com/">Graceland</a>, and the controversy created when&nbsp;Paul Simon&nbsp;went to&nbsp;South Africa&nbsp;to record with local artists, is told in "Under African Skies," the new full-length documentary from two-time Emmy,&nbsp; Peabody Award winner and Oscar-nominated filmmaker&nbsp;Joe Berlinger&nbsp;("Brother's Keeper," "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster," the West Memphis Three/"Paradise Lost" trilogy) and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mailto:producers@radical.media">producers@radical.media</a>&nbsp;and A&amp;E IndieFilms.</p>
<p>Featuring interviews with key anti-apartheid activists of the time and such musical legends as&nbsp;Quincy Jones,&nbsp;Harry Belafonte,&nbsp;Paul McCartney,&nbsp;David Byrne&nbsp;and&nbsp;Peter Gabriel, "Under African Skies" travels with&nbsp;Paul Simon&nbsp;back to&nbsp;South Africa, 25 years after his first visit, and recounts the making of the record, surveying from the vantage of history the turbulence and controversy surrounding the album's genesis. His artistic decision to collaborate with African musicians created a new world musical fusion, combining American and African musical idioms while igniting an intense political crossfire, with&nbsp;Paul Simon&nbsp;accused of breaking the UN cultural boycott of&nbsp;South Africa&nbsp;designed to end the Apartheid regime.</p>
<p><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About&nbsp;</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Graceland<br /></span></b>The universal appeal of the music of Graceland proved more powerful and enduring than the political hotbed attending its creation. In 1986, the album sold 14 million copies worldwide, received universal praise from critics around the globe.&nbsp; Simon and the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo performed on "Saturday Night Live" in what turned out to be a landmark moment in SNL history.</p>
<p>Graceland won "Album of the Year" at the Grammy Awards in 1987. Then, in an unprecedented carryover, the album garnered the Grammy for "Song of the Year" with its title track in 1988. The album generated three hit singles--including "You Can Call Me Al" and its iconic video with&nbsp;Chevy Chase--and kept&nbsp;Paul Simon&nbsp;and the Graceland tour on the road for five years. It continues to be a major force and a source of inspiration and joy for musicians and fans alike.</p>
<p>For additional information about the 25th anniversary of Graceland, related programming and products, please visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.graceland25.com/">www.graceland25.com</a>.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>About A&amp;E IndieFilms<br /></b></span>A&amp;E IndieFilms is the feature documentary production arm of A&amp;E Network. A&amp;E IndieFilms is committed to developing the work of outstanding independent filmmakers and helping them reach the broadest possible audience. A&amp;E IndieFilmscommissions, acquires and provides finishing funds for feature documentaries intended for co-branded theatrical release. Films include the 2006 and 2007 Academy Award nominees for Best Documentary Feature, Murderball and&nbsp;Jesus Camp;&nbsp;Nanette Burstein's American Teen, which received the Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival;&nbsp;Amir Bar-Lev's My Kid Could Paint That;&nbsp;R.J. Cutler's The September Issue;&nbsp;Amir Bar-Lev's 2011 PGA Award nominee The Tillman Story and&nbsp;Alex Gibney's 2011 PGA Award and DGA Award nominee Client 9: The Rise and Fall of&nbsp;Eliot Spitzer.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>About&nbsp;<a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mailto:@radical.media" title="@radical.media">@radical.media</a></b><br /></span>@radical.media is a global transmedia company that creates some of the world's most innovative content across all forms of media. The company develops, produces and distributes television, feature films, commercials, music programming, live events, smartphone &amp; tablet applications, digital content and design. The company has produced a number of award-winning feature projects, including the Academy Award&reg;-winning documentary The Fog of War; the Grammy Award-winning Concert for George; the Independent Spirit Award-winning Metallica: Some Kind of Monster; the pilot episode of the Emmy&reg; and Golden Globe winning series Mad Men; the Emmy-winning 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America for the History Channel; six seasons of the critically acclaimed series Iconoclasts for the Sundance Channel; the premiere seasons of Oprah Presents Master Class and Visionaries for OWN; and recently, the HBO documentary, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory. Additionally, the company has garnered numerous accolades for digital initiatives such as The Johnny Cash Project, Arcade Fire's The Wilderness Downtown, the Sting 25 Years App and the Gagosian Gallery's iPad App. In addition to its Oscar&reg;, Golden Globe&reg; and Grammy&reg; wins, @radical.media has earned two Palme d'Or Awards at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival. The company has won numerous Emmys&reg;, Webbys&reg;, D&amp;AD Pencils, One Show Pencils, MTV VMA Awards, Clios, Art Directors Club medals, the prestigious Smithsonian National Design Award for Communications Media and just about every accolade and trophy associated with the advertising and marketing industries, in both traditional and new media. @radical.media is a FremantleMedia Company. FremantleMedia's global production arm is responsible for many of the world's highest rated prime time television programmes and its brand extension arm FremantleMedia Enterprises offers a one-stop-shop for all Licensing, Distribution and Home Entertainment globally.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.radicalmedia.com/">www.radicalmedia.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>About Legacy Recordings</b><br /></span>The multiple Grammy-winning Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division, produces and maintains the world's foremost catalog of historic reissues, an unparalleled compendium of thousands of digitally remastered archival titles representing virtually every musical genre including popular, rock, jazz, blues, R&amp;B, folk, country, gospel, Broadway musicals, movie soundtracks, ethnic, world music, classical, comedy and more.</p>
<p>Founded in 1990 by CBS Records (rebranded Sony Music in 1991), Legacy's original mission was to preserve and reissue recordings from the extensive catalogs of Columbia Records (including ARC,&nbsp;Brunswick, OKeh and Vocalion), Epic Records (including Philadelphia International Records) and associated CBS labels. Following the creation of Sony BMG Music Entertainment (now Sony Music Entertainment) in 2005, Legacy assumed responsibility for the preservation and ongoing availability of recordings from the archives of the BMG family of labels including RCA Records, Arista, J Records, Jive, Profile, Silvertone, Sony BMG Nashville and&nbsp;Windham Hill, as well as imprints including American, Bang!, CTI, Mainstream, Monument, Ode, and others.</p>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Aerosmith's Classic Columbia Records Catalog (1973-1987) to Debut on the iTunes Store Tuesday, September 6]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Aerosmith, Get Your Wings, Toys In The Attic, Rocks, Draw The Line &amp; More Career-Defining Masterpieces from America's All-Time Top-Selling Rock Band Finally Available Digitally</span></strong></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></strong></p>
<p>NEW YORK,&nbsp;Aug. 25, 2011 -- The classic Columbia Records catalog recordings (1973-1987) of Aerosmith, America's all-time top-selling rock and roll band, will be available for the first time digitally on the iTunes Store beginning&nbsp;Tuesday, September 6. &nbsp;Pre-orders for the full albums begin today on iTunes (<a href="http://www.itunes.com/">www.itunes.com</a>).</p>
<p>An essential canon of music from one of the world's greatest and most enduring rock bands, Aerosmith's recordings for Columbia Records in the 1970s and 1980s defined an epic career trajectory and the cultural epoch that surrounded it. &nbsp;Over the years, Aerosmith's patented blend of knowing pop-craft and roiling libidinous id has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, with more than 66 million of those in the US alone.</p>
<p>The classic Aerosmith catalog will be available to purchase and download on iTunes and other digital retailers as full albums or individual tracks. &nbsp;A complete list of albums and songs follows.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Aerosmith</b></span>&nbsp;(1973)</p>
<p>Make It</p>
<p>Somebody</p>
<p>Dream On</p>
<p>One Way Street</p>
<p>Mama Kin</p>
<p>Write Me A Letter</p>
<p>Movin' Out</p>
<p>Walkin' The Dog</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Get Your Wings</b></span>&nbsp;(1974)</p>
<p>Same Old Song And Dance</p>
<p>Lord Of The Thighs</p>
<p>Spaced</p>
<p>Woman Of The World</p>
<p>S.O.S. (Too Bad)</p>
<p>Train Kept A Rollin'</p>
<p>Seasons Of Wither</p>
<p>Pandora's Box</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Toys In The Attic</b></span>&nbsp;(1975)</p>
<p>Toys In The Attic</p>
<p>Uncle Salty</p>
<p>Adam's Apple</p>
<p>Walk This Way</p>
<p>Big Ten Inch Record</p>
<p>Sweet Emotion</p>
<p>No More No More</p>
<p>Round And Round</p>
<p>You See Me Crying</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Rocks</b></span>&nbsp;(1976)</p>
<p>Back In The Saddle</p>
<p>Last Child</p>
<p>Rats In The Cellar</p>
<p>Combination</p>
<p>Sick As A Dog</p>
<p>Nobody's Fault</p>
<p>Get The Lead Out</p>
<p>Lick And A Promise</p>
<p>Home Tonight</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Draw The Line</b></span>&nbsp;(1977)</p>
<p>Draw The Line</p>
<p>I Wanna Know Why</p>
<p>Critical Mass</p>
<p>Get It Up</p>
<p>Bright Light Fright</p>
<p>Kings And Queens</p>
<p>Hand That Feeds, The</p>
<p>Sight For Sore Eyes</p>
<p>Milk Cow Blues</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Live! Bootleg</b></span>&nbsp;(1978)</p>
<p>Back In The Saddle</p>
<p>Sweet Emotion</p>
<p>Lord Of The Thighs</p>
<p>Toys In The Attic</p>
<p>Last Child</p>
<p>Come Together</p>
<p>Walk This Way</p>
<p>Sick As A Dog</p>
<p>Dream On</p>
<p>Chip Away The Stone</p>
<p>Sight For Sore Eyes</p>
<p>Mama Kin</p>
<p>S.O.S.</p>
<p>I Ain't Got You</p>
<p>Mother Popcorn</p>
<p>Train Kept A Rollin'</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Night In The Ruts</b></span>&nbsp;(1979)</p>
<p>No Surprize</p>
<p>Chiquita</p>
<p>Remember (Walking In The Sand)</p>
<p>Cheese Cake</p>
<p>Three Mile Smile</p>
<p>Reefer Head Woman</p>
<p>Bone To Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)</p>
<p>Think About It</p>
<p>Mia</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Aerosmith's Greatest Hits</b></span>&nbsp;(1980)</p>
<p>Same Old Song and Dance (single version)</p>
<p>Sweet Emotion (single version)</p>
<p>Kings and Queens (single version)</p>
<p>Come Together</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Rock In A Hard Place</b></span>&nbsp;(1982)</p>
<p>Jailbait</p>
<p>Lightning Strikes</p>
<p>Bitch's Brew</p>
<p>Bolivian Ragamuffin</p>
<p>Cry Me A River</p>
<p>Prelude To Joanie</p>
<p>Joanie's Butterfly</p>
<p>Rock In A Hard Place (Cheshire Cat)</p>
<p>Jig Is Up</p>
<p>Push Comes To Shove</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Classics Live</b></span>&nbsp;(1986)</p>
<p>Train Kept A Rollin'</p>
<p>Kings And Queens</p>
<p>Sweet Emotion</p>
<p>Dream On</p>
<p>Mama Kin</p>
<p>Three Mile Smile / Reefer Head Woman</p>
<p>Lord Of The Thighs</p>
<p>Major Barbra</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Classic Live II</b></span><b>&nbsp;</b>(1987)</p>
<p>Back In The Saddle</p>
<p>Walk This Way</p>
<p>Movin' Out</p>
<p>Draw The Line</p>
<p>Same Old Song And Dance</p>
<p>Last Child</p>
<p>Let The Music Do The Talking</p>
<p>Toys In The Attic</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Miscellaneous</span></p>
<p>Subway (b-side of "Sweet Emotion" remake)</p>
<p>On the Road Again (from "Aerosmith" sessions)</p>
<p>Major Barbara (from "Get Your Wings" sessions)</p>
<p>Rattlesnake Shake (Live Radio Broadcast 1971)</p>
<p>Krawhitham (from "Draw the Line" sessions)</p>
<p>I Wanna Know Why (Live "Texxas Jam")</p>
<p>Big Ten Inch (Live "Texxas Jam")</p>
<p>All Your Love (from "Draw the Line" sessions)</p>
<p>Soul Saver (from "Rocks" sessions)</p>
<p>Adam's Apple (Live Indianapolis 1977)</p>
<p>Kings and Queens (Live Boston 1978)</p>
<p>I Live in Connecticut (from "Night in the Ruts" sessions)</p>
<p>Let it Slide (from "Night in the Ruts" sessions)</p>
<p>Downtown Charlie (from "Night in the Ruts" sessions)</p>
<p>Shit House Shuffle (from "Night in the Ruts" sessions)</p>
<p>Riff and Roll (from "Rock and a Hard Place" sessions)</p>
<p>Chip Away the Stone (alternate version)</p>
<p>Helter Skelter (from "Toys in the Attic" sessions)</p>
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<p>legacyrecordings.com</p>
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<p>SOURCE Legacy Recordings</p>
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<p>Watch Aerosmith's 'Pink' video below:</p>
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	  <title><![CDATA[1956: The Year Elvis Presley Skyrocketed to Global Fame!]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p>The explosion of&nbsp;<b>Elvis Presley</b>'s career on RCA Records during the 12 months of 1956 was a wondrous evolution. &nbsp;By the end of that fateful year, the rockabilly singer from&nbsp;Memphis&nbsp;whose audience was rooted in the deep Southern states, would be the most famous person in the world. &nbsp;How did it happen? In one word: music. &nbsp;"&hellip;My pelvis had nothin' to do with what I do," Elvis said in 1956. &nbsp;"I just get kinda in rhythm with the music, I jump around to it because I enjoy what I'm doin', I'm not tryin' to be vulgar, I'm not tryin' to sell any sex, I'm not tryin' to look vulgar and nasty. &nbsp;I just enjoy what I'm doin' and tryin' to make the best of it ..." &nbsp;The rest, of course, is history. &nbsp;Ten million singles sold, three million EPs, and 800,000 LPs' worth, in just that first year. 1956.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT</i></b></span>&nbsp;puts the focus on Elvis in 1956. &nbsp;The package includes his RCA studio master recordings and outtakes in&nbsp;New York,&nbsp;Nashville&nbsp;and&nbsp;Memphis; live performances; interviews; and much more. &nbsp;Taking its name from an RCA poster campaign for his debut album, the super deluxe 5-CD, 12-inch square box set (with an amazing 80-page book with timeline) is available now for pre-order at&nbsp;www.elvis1956.com. &nbsp;Pre-order customers will also receive an exclusive replica vinyl 7" of Elvis' first 45rpm EP for RCA Records. &nbsp;Sharing the same striking cover art as Elvis' debut album, the EP ("extended play") features "Blue Suede Shoes," "Tutti Frutti," "I Got A Woman" and "Just Because." &nbsp;This vinyl single is only available through this special website offer, and it will ship upon payment for the box set.</p>
<p>The actual box set will be available everywhere&nbsp;September 27, 2011, on&nbsp;RCA/Legacy, a division of&nbsp;SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.</p>
<p>The five CDs comprise the following, all material originating in 1956:</p>
<ul>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CD One, Studio Recordings</span>: 17 tracks recorded in&nbsp;New York,&nbsp;Nashville, and&nbsp;Hollywood, starting with the 12 songs on the debut LP,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>Elvis Presley</i></span>&nbsp;('1254'), followed by non-LP single A-sides and B-sides, and EP tracks;</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CD Two, Studio Recordings</span>: 22 tracks recorded in&nbsp;New York,&nbsp;Nashville, and&nbsp;Memphis, starting with the 12 songs on the second LP,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>Elvis</i></span>&nbsp;('1382'), followed by non-LP single A-sides and B-sides, and EP tracks;</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CD Three, Live Recordings</span>: Rare remasters of shows at the Frontier Hotel in&nbsp;Las Vegas&nbsp;(four songs);&nbsp;Little Rock, Arkansas (seven songs); and a recently discovered,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>previously unreleased</b></span>&nbsp;concert in&nbsp;Shreveport, Louisiana, in December (ten songs);</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CD Four, The Outtakes</span>: &nbsp;Four outtakes from the first historic RCA session in January ("I Got A Woman," "Heartbreak Hotel," "I'm Counting On You," "I Was The One"), segueing into the complete session of&nbsp;February 3rd&nbsp;(11 takes of "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" and 12 takes of "Shake, Rattle And Roll"); plus the first of the interviews -- the complete Warwick Hotel (NYC) interview by&nbsp;Robert Brown&nbsp;in March;</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CD Five, the Interviews</span>: The Paul Wilder interview, plus his interviews with Colonel Parker and&nbsp;Oscar Davis; plus two segments of Elvis' rarely heard candid monologue, "The Truth About Me," and two advertisements for RCA Victrolas.</li>
</ul>
<p>Over the course of CDs One and Two,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT</i></b></span>&nbsp;compiles Elvis Presley's complete 1956 masters. &nbsp;The year was fueled by a run of hits that kept radio well-stocked: "Heartbreak Hotel," "I Was The One," "Blue Suede Shoes," "Money Honey," "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," "My Baby Left Me," "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog," and "Love Me Tender" topping the list.</p>
<p>In addition to the master takes, outtakes, and live performances heard on CDs One through Four of&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT</i></b></span>, there is also the most extensive collection of audio spoken word material ever included on an RCA release. These extended and rare interviews are&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>previously unreleased</b></span>&nbsp;by RCA Records. The first of these segments, at the end of CD Four, is the complete Elvis interview by&nbsp;Robert Brown&nbsp;that took place at the Warwick Hotel in&nbsp;New York City&nbsp;on&nbsp;March 24th. &nbsp;CD Five then presents:</p>
<ul>
<li><i>The Complete TV Guide Presents Elvis interview</i>&nbsp;(Elvis interviewed by Paul Wilder backstage at the Polk Theater,Lakeland, Florida, on&nbsp;August 10th);</li>
<li><i>Colonel&nbsp;Parker and Oscar Davis</i>&nbsp;(interviewed by Paul Wilder backstage at the Polk Theater,&nbsp;Lakeland, Florida, on&nbsp;August 10th);</li>
<li><i>The Truth About Me</i>&nbsp;(Original spoken word 45 rpm disc included in&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Teen Parade</span>&nbsp;magazine. &nbsp;Recorded on the set of&nbsp;<i>Love Me Tender</i>,&nbsp;August 22nd);</li>
<li><i>The Truth About Me Interview</i>&nbsp;(Recorded on the set of&nbsp;<i>Love Me Tender</i>,&nbsp;August 22nd);</li>
<li>RCA Victrola radio ad 1;</li>
<li>RCA Victrola radio ad 2 (both ads never before released commercially).</li>
</ul>
<p>In tandem with the release of&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT</i></b></span>, RCA/ Legacy will also release (on the same date)&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>ELVIS PRESLEY: LEGACY EDITION</i></b></span>. &nbsp;This special double-CD package will couple, for the first time, the&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>Elvis Presley</i></span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>Elvis</i></span>&nbsp;albums of 1956. &nbsp;They will be heard as they are on CD One and CD Two of the&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>YOUNG MAN</i></b></span>&nbsp;box set (with the same bonus tracks). &nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>ELVIS PRESLEY: LEGACY EDITION</i></b></span>&nbsp;<b>(RCA/Legacy 88697 90795 2)</b>&nbsp;has as its cover image the classic&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>Elvis Presley</i></span>&nbsp;debut LP design that has been paid homage by the Clash (<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>London Calling</i></span>), Big Audio Dynamite (<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>F-Punk</i></span>), k.d. lang (<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>Reintarnation</i></span>), and many others. &nbsp;The&nbsp;<b><i>Legacy Edition</i></b>&nbsp;booklet will contain new liner notes and rare archival photography.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT</i></b></span>&nbsp;will feature one of the most extraordinary books every created at Legacy. &nbsp;The focal point of the book, spread across its 80 pages, will be a unique, meticulously-researched, day-by-day chronology of Elvis' iconic year, including every concert, every recording date, every television appearance, personal events in Elvis' life, and much more. &nbsp;A dazzling photo array of memorabilia will illustrate each day and entry. &nbsp;Concert ticket stubs, RCA memoranda, letters from fans, postcards from Elvis to his family, tour itineraries, magazine covers and articles, trade charts, fan club relics, RCA publicity photos, concert photos, candid photos, and more will be a feast for the eyes and the imagination as 1956 unfolds. &nbsp;The book was assembled by Elvis expert&nbsp;Roger Semon.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT</i></b></span>&nbsp;will also include five rare 8x10 photographs (suitable for framing), five original-size poster replicas, and a replica concert ticket stub. &nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT</i></b></span>&nbsp;was produced for reissue by&nbsp;Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, the respected director of RCA's Elvis catalog for over two decades. &nbsp;Jorgensen is also the author of the essential research guide,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Elvis Presley: A Life In Music</span>&nbsp;(St. Martin's Press, 1998). &nbsp;He recently completed&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>The Complete Elvis Presley Masters</i></span>, the 27-CD crown jewel in RCA/Legacy's&nbsp;<b><i>Elvis 75</i></b>&nbsp;campaign of 2010-2011. &nbsp;That set contains all 711 master recordings released during Elvis' lifetime, housed in a 12-inch square presentation case which includes a coffee table-style book.</p>
<p>After nearly a year and a half of studio recording and singles releases on&nbsp;Sun Records&nbsp;of&nbsp;Memphis, Elvis Presley's recording contract was sold to RCA Records on&nbsp;November 21, 1955. &nbsp;Elvis arrived at RCA Studios in&nbsp;Nashville&nbsp;on&nbsp;January 10, 1956, with his band, guitarist&nbsp;Scotty Moore, bassist&nbsp;Bill Black, and&nbsp;D.J. Fontana&nbsp;on drums. &nbsp;It was the beginning of an odyssey that would not only transform the lives of Elvis and his buddies, but would also reshape the face of popular music, entertainment television, radio, concert promotion, movie production and more in America and around the world. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Buddy Holly: "Without Elvis none of us could have made it."</p>
<p>Scotty Moore: "He had so much energy we had to sit up nights to wear him out so that we could go to sleep."</p>
<p>John Lennon: "My crushing ambition in life was to be like Elvis Presley."</p>
<p>Bruce Springsteen: "My mother was watching the&nbsp;<i>Ed Sullivan Show</i>&nbsp;and Elvis came on. I went out and bought a guitar straight away..."</p>
<p>James Brown: "Elvis taught white America to get down."</p>
<p>From the master takes recorded at those&nbsp;January 10th&nbsp;sessions, "Heartbreak Hotel" (inducted into the Grammy&reg; Hall Of Fame) and "I Was the One," to the Million Dollar Quartet jam session back home in&nbsp;Memphis&nbsp;on&nbsp;December 4th, it was a year in music that will never be equaled.</p>
<p>Both the box set and the&nbsp;<i>Legacy Edition</i>&nbsp;are currently available for pre-order at Amazon.com. &nbsp;Order&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>YOUNG MAN WITH A BIG BEAT</i></b></span>&nbsp;at&nbsp;http://amzn.to/jYSrkn; order&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>ELVIS PRESLEY: LEGACY EDITION</i></b></span>&nbsp;at&nbsp;http://amzn.to/izCRci.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT</i></b></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>&nbsp;by ELVIS PRESLEY</b></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>(RCA/Legacy 88697 93534 2)</b></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>CD One (1956 Studio Recordings, Part 1)</b></span><b>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;</b><b>Selections</b>:&nbsp;<b>1</b>. Blue Suede Shoes -&nbsp;<b>2</b>. I'm Counting On You -&nbsp;<b>3</b>. I Got A Woman -&nbsp;<b>4</b>. One-Sided Love Affair -&nbsp;<b>5</b>. I Love You Because -&nbsp;<b>6</b>. Just Because -&nbsp;<b>7</b>. Tutti Frutti -&nbsp;<b>8</b>. Trying To Get To You -&nbsp;<b>9</b>. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) -&nbsp;<b>10</b>. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') -&nbsp;<b>11</b>. Blue Moon -&nbsp;<b>12</b>. Money Honey -&nbsp;<b>13</b>. Heartbreak Hotel -<b>14</b>. I Was The One -&nbsp;<b>15</b>. My Baby Left Me -&nbsp;<b>16</b>. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy -&nbsp;<b>17</b>. Shake, Rattle And Roll.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>CD Two (1956 Studio Recordings, Part 2)</b></span><b>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;</b><b>Selections</b>:&nbsp;<b>1</b>. Rip It Up -&nbsp;<b>2</b>. Love Me -&nbsp;<b>3</b>. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again -&nbsp;<b>4</b>.&nbsp;Long Tall Sally&nbsp;-&nbsp;<b>5</b>. First In Line -&nbsp;<b>6</b>. Paralyzed -&nbsp;<b>7</b>. So Glad You're Mine -&nbsp;<b>8</b>. Old Shep -&nbsp;<b>9</b>. Ready Teddy -&nbsp;<b>10</b>. Anyplace Is Paradise -&nbsp;<b>11</b>. How's The World Treating You -&nbsp;<b>12</b>. How Do You Think I Feel -&nbsp;<b>13</b>. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You -&nbsp;<b>14</b>. Hound Dog -&nbsp;<b>15</b>. Don't Be Cruel -&nbsp;<b>16</b>. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) -&nbsp;<b>17</b>. Too Much -&nbsp;<b>18</b>. Playing For Keeps -&nbsp;<b>19</b>. Love Me Tender -&nbsp;<b>20</b>. Let Me -&nbsp;<b>21</b>. Poor Boy -&nbsp;<b>22</b>. We're Gonna Move.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>CD Three (Live, 1956)</b></span><b>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;</b><b>Selections</b>:&nbsp;<b>1</b>. Heartbreak Hotel (<b>A</b>) -&nbsp;<b>2</b>.&nbsp;Long Tall Sally&nbsp;(<b>A</b>) -&nbsp;<b>3</b>. Blue Suede Shoes (<b>A</b>) -&nbsp;<b>4</b>. Money Honey (<b>A</b>) -&nbsp;<b>5</b>. Heartbreak Hotel (<b>B</b>) -&nbsp;<b>6</b>.&nbsp;Long Tall Sally&nbsp;(<b>B</b>) -&nbsp;<b>7</b>. I Was The One (<b>B</b>) -&nbsp;<b>8</b>. Money Honey (<b>B</b>) -&nbsp;<b>9</b>. I Got A Woman (<b>B</b>) -<b>10</b>. Blue Suede Shoes (<b>B</b>) -&nbsp;<b>11</b>. Hound Dog (<b>B</b>) -&nbsp;<b>12</b>. Heartbreak Hotel (<b>C</b>) -&nbsp;<b>13</b>.&nbsp;Long Tall Sally&nbsp;(<b>C</b>) -&nbsp;<b>14</b>. I Was The One (<b>C</b>) -&nbsp;<b>15</b>. Love Me Tender (<b>C</b>) -&nbsp;<b>16</b>. Don't Be Cruel (<b>C</b>) -&nbsp;<b>17</b>. Love Me (<b>C</b>) -&nbsp;<b>18</b>. I Got A Woman (<b>C</b>) -&nbsp;<b>19</b>. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (<b>C</b>) -&nbsp;<b>20</b>. Paralyzed (<b>C</b>) -&nbsp;<b>21</b>. Hound Dog (<b>C</b>).</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Key</b></span>:</p>
<p><b>A</b>&nbsp;&ndash; Tracks 1-4 live at the Venus Room, Frontier Hotel,&nbsp;Las Vegas,&nbsp;May 6, 1956.</p>
<p><b>B</b>&nbsp;&ndash; Tracks 5-11 live at the Robinson Memorial Auditorium,&nbsp;Little Rock, Arkansas,&nbsp;May 16, 1956.</p>
<p><b>C</b>&nbsp;&ndash; Tracks 12-21 live at the Hirsch Youth Center, Louisiana Fairgrounds,&nbsp;Shreveport, Louisiana,&nbsp;December 15, 1956,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>previously unreleased</b></span>.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>CD Four (The Outtakes)</b></span><b>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;</b><b>Selections</b>: &nbsp;<b>1</b>. I Got A Woman - take unknown -&nbsp;<b>2</b>. Heartbreak Hotel - take 6 -&nbsp;<b>3</b>. I'm Counting On You - take 13 -&nbsp;<b>4</b>. I Was The One - take 2 -&nbsp;<b>5</b>. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - take 1 -&nbsp;<b>6</b>. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - take 3 -&nbsp;<b>7</b>. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - take 4 -&nbsp;<b>8</b>. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - take 5 -&nbsp;<b>9</b>. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - take 6 -&nbsp;<b>10</b>. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - takes 7, 8, 9 -&nbsp;<b>11</b>. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - take 10 (Master) -&nbsp;<b>12</b>. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - takes 11, 12 -&nbsp;<b>13</b>. Shake, Rattle And Roll - takes 1, 2 -&nbsp;<b>14</b>. Shake, Rattle And Roll - takes 3, 4, 5, 6 -&nbsp;<b>15</b>. Shake, Rattle And Roll - take 8 -&nbsp;<b>16</b>. Shake, Rattle And Roll - takes 9, 10, 11, 12, 12 (Undubbed Master) -&nbsp;<b>17</b>. The Complete Warwick Hotel Interview by&nbsp;Robert Brown,&nbsp;New York, N.Y.,&nbsp;March 24th.</p>
<p><b>Tracks 1-4</b>: First RCA Session Outtakes,&nbsp;January 10-11, 1956.</p>
<p><b>Tracks 5-16</b>: The Complete&nbsp;February 3, 1956&nbsp;Sessions.</p>
<p><b>Track 17</b>: Extended and rare interview previously unreleased by RCA Records.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>CD Five (The Interviews)</b></span><b>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;</b><b>Selections</b>:&nbsp;<b>1</b>.&nbsp;<i>The Complete TV Guide Presents Elvis interview</i>&nbsp;(Elvis interviewed by Paul Wilder backstage at the Polk Theater,&nbsp;Lakeland, Florida, on&nbsp;August 10th) -&nbsp;<b>2</b>.&nbsp;<i>Colonel&nbsp;Parker and Oscar Davis</i>&nbsp;(interviewed by Paul Wilder backstage at the Polk Theater,&nbsp;Lakeland, Florida, on&nbsp;August 10th) -&nbsp;<b>3</b>.&nbsp;<i>The Truth About Me</i>&nbsp;(Original spoken word 45 rpm disc included in Teen Parade magazine. &nbsp;Recorded on the set of Love Me Tender,&nbsp;August 22nd) -&nbsp;<b>4</b>.&nbsp;<i>The Truth About Me Interview</i>&nbsp;(Recorded on the set of Love Me Tender,&nbsp;August 22nd) -&nbsp;<b>5</b>. Victrola Radio ad 1 -&nbsp;<b>6</b>. Victrola Radio ad 2.</p>
<p><b>Tracks 1-4</b>: Extended and rare interviews previously unreleased by RCA Records.</p>
<p><b>Tracks 5-6</b>: Victrola Radio ads never before released commercially.</p>
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	  <title><![CDATA[REO Speedwagon's 30-Year Anniversary of Multi-Platinum #1 Breakthrough Hit Hi Infidelity Brings Re-Release With Double-CD Package Due Out July 19, 2011]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p>NEW YORK,&nbsp;May 24, 2011 -- The year&nbsp;1981 marks&nbsp;the debut of the groundbreaking MTV Networks and, simultaneously, as MTV was hitting the airwaves, REO Speedwagon held the #1 album spot with their multi-platinum&nbsp;<i>Hi Infidelity</i>, making an impression that has also come to last decades. &nbsp;Now, marking its 30th Anniversary, the highest-selling rock LP of 1981 is being commemorated with&nbsp;<b><i>HI INFIDELITY: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION,&nbsp;</i></b>with special, never-before-released demos and more. &nbsp;The double-CD set will be released at all physical and digital retail outlets on&nbsp;July 19th&nbsp;through&nbsp;<a href="http://www.epicrecords.com/" target="_blank">Epic</a>/<a href="http://www.legacyrecordings.com/" target="_blank">Legacy</a>, a division of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sonymusic.com/" target="_blank">SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT</a>.<b>&nbsp;</b></p>
<p><i>Hi Infidelity&nbsp;</i>was a career-changing album for REO Speedwagon, achieving a staggering number of accolades, chart positions and sales, among them:</p>
<ul>
<li>Highest-selling rock LP of 1981</li>
<li>Has sold close to 10 million copies in the US</li>
<li>February 21, 1981; the album hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart and remained at #1 for 15 weeks straight; taking over&nbsp;John Lennon&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Yoko Ono's "Double Fantasy," which previously held the spot for eight weeks</li>
<li>Remained on Billboard 200 album chart for 101 weeks, unprecedented for an American rock band at the time</li>
<li>Album certified RIAA Gold and Platinum on&nbsp;February 2, 1981; since been 10x Platinum certified</li>
<li>Single "Keep on Loving You," certified RIAA gold on&nbsp;March 4th, replaced&nbsp;Eddie Rabbitt's "I Love a Rainy Night" at #1 on Billboard Hot 100 on&nbsp;March 21, 1981</li>
<li>March 21st, 1981, the first week of Billboard's then new "Top Tracks" chart (now known as the Mainstream Rock Chart) boasted four songs from&nbsp;<i>Hi Infidelity</i>: "Keep on Loving You" and "Take It On the Run," which both hit the top 10; and "Don't Let Him Go"(#11) and "Tough Guys" (#25); "Out of Season," joined those four a week later</li>
<li>"Take It On the Run" was the 9th music video ever to be played on MTV</li>
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<p><b><i>HI INFIDELITY: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION&nbsp;</i></b>will pair the original album with a second CD of previously unreleased 'Crystal Demos' of nine of the album's 10 songs. &nbsp;Additionally, the album packaging will include new liner notes by lead singer&nbsp;Kevin Cronin, as well as original lead guitarist&nbsp;Gary Richrath. &nbsp;Cronin's essay takes the reader on a trip behind the curtain to the roots of many of the songs: &nbsp;"I remember writing the verses to piano, after sleepwalking into my home studio around&nbsp;4:00 a.m.... A long simmering response to the bullies of my youth came in the form of 'Tough Guys'... Bruce wrote and sang 'Someone Tonight,' which is one of the gems from the Crystal Demos... 'I wish You Were There' [was] a little gospel thing that I had written in the house where I grew up in suburban&nbsp;Chicago."</p>
<p>Originally formed in&nbsp;Champaign, Illinois, REO Speedwagon is still led today by keyboardist&nbsp;Neal Doughty&nbsp;(founding member since 1967),&nbsp;Kevin Cronin&nbsp;(who has fronted the band since 1972 on lead vocals and guitar), and bassist&nbsp;Bruce Hall&nbsp;(who joined in 1977) &ndash; along with lead guitarist&nbsp;Dave Amato&nbsp;(member since 1989) and drummer&nbsp;Bryan Hitt&nbsp;(since 1990). &nbsp;Together, REO continues to define the essence of two enduring genres, arena rock on the performance side, and classic rock on the audio and video side. &nbsp;Summer tour dates begin at&nbsp;Los Angeles' Greek Theatre on&nbsp;June 4th&nbsp;and take the band through more than 40 shows where they'll showcase the best of&nbsp;<i>Hi Infidelity</i>&nbsp;with the live performances that audiences have grown to love over the last three decades and continue to sell out time and time again.</p>
<p>As Cronin writes, "<i>Hi Infidelity</i>&nbsp;was a major life changer for all of us. &nbsp;On our eleventh album, we went from being the perennial Midwestern underdog, to at last hitting the global big time. &nbsp;Suddenly, the world was listening, and watching... But the truth is, it all still boiled down to the music, the songs, some inspired performances, and a great deal of good fortune. &nbsp;We were a tight knit, dedicated group of individuals, with a dream, a purpose, and no doubt that we would pull it all off."</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>HI INFIDELITY: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION</i></b></span><b>&nbsp;by&nbsp;</b><b>REO SPEEDWAGON (Epic/Legacy 88697 69579 2, originally issuedNovember 1980, as Epic 36844) &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Disc One</b></span><b>&nbsp;&ndash; Selections</b>:&nbsp;<b>1</b>. Don't Let Him Go &nbsp;<b>2</b>. Keep On Loving You &nbsp;<b>3</b>. Follow My Heart &nbsp;<b>4</b>. In Your Letter &nbsp;<b>5</b>. Take It On The Run &nbsp;<b>6</b>. Tough Guys &nbsp;<b>7</b>. Out Of Season &nbsp;<b>8</b>. Shakin' It Loose &nbsp;<b>9</b>. Someone Tonight &nbsp;<b>10</b>. I Wish You Were There.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Disc Two:</b></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>&nbsp;The Crystal Demos</b></span><b>&nbsp;&ndash; Selections</b>:&nbsp;<b>1</b>. Someone Tonight &nbsp;<b>2</b>. Tough Guys &nbsp;<b>3</b>. In Your Letter &nbsp;<b>4</b>. Follow My Heart &nbsp;<b>5</b>. Take It On The Run &nbsp;<b>6</b>. Don't Let Him Go &nbsp;<b>7</b>. Keep On Loving You &nbsp;<b>8</b>. Shakin' It Loose (Instrumental) &nbsp;<b>9</b>. I Wish You Were There. &nbsp;(All tracks&nbsp;<b>previously unreleased.</b>)</p>
<p>"The heavens, our emotions, the music business, and REO fans all over the world, were all perfectly aligned. &nbsp;There was a common sense of purpose, of longing and loss, within the band members' collective psyche, that erupted with a burst of creativity, and resulted in the music of&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>Hi Infidelity</i></span>."</p>
<p>&ndash; from the liner notes written by&nbsp;Kevin Cronin&nbsp;of REO Speedwagon</p>
<p>"Kevin and I go way back, having met right about the time I joined Styx. &nbsp;There was probably no one more keenly aware of their chart positions than we were for all those weeks back in 1981. Most exciting days indeed!" &nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Tommy Shaw&nbsp;of Styx</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>REO SPEEDWAGON ON TOUR</b></span></p>
<p><strong>June</strong></p>
<p>June 4, 2011 - The Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA<br />June 11, 2011 - Hoosier Park Racing &amp; Casino Anderson, IN<br />June 17, 2011 - Show Me Music &amp; Arts Festival Ozark, MO<br />June 18, 2011 - Guts Church Tulsa, OK<br />June 23, 2011 - Star Spangled Celebration Richland Center, WI<br />June 24, 2011 - DeVent Center Norfolk , NE<br />June 25, 2011 - The Oleson Park Bandshell Ft. Dodge, IA&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>July</strong></p>
<p>July 01, 2011 - Naperville Ribfest Naperville, IL<br />July 02, 2011 - Double JJ Ranch and Resort Rothbury, MI<br />July 04, 2011 - San Diego County Fair - Grandstand Del Mar, CA<br />July 23, 2011 - Elkhart County Fair Goshen, IN<br />July 25, 2011 - EAA AirVenture Aero Shell Square Oshkosh, WI<br />July 30, 2011 - Medicine Hat Stampede Medicine Hat, AB Canada</p>
<p><strong>August</strong></p>
<p>August 02, 2011 - Montana State Fair Great Falls, MT<br />August 19, 2011 - Chase County Fair Imperial, NE<br />August 21, 2011 - Central States Fairground Rapid City, SD<br />August 26, 2011 - Freedom Hall at the Lancaster County Convention Center Lancaster, PA<br />August 27, 2011 - Blue Ash Towne Square Blue Ash, OH<br />August 28, 2011 - Shenandoah County Fair Woodstock, VA</p>
<p><strong>September</strong></p>
<p>September 03, 2011 - New Lenox Commons New Lenox, IL<br />September 04, 2011 - Fulton County Fair Wauseon, OH<br />September 15, 2011 - Kansas State Fair Hutchison, KS<br />September 17, 2011 - Great Frederick Fair Frederick, MD<br />September 18, 2011 - Trib Total Media Amphitheater Pittsburgh, PA<br />September 23, 2011 - Salt Lake City, UT&nbsp;USANA Amphitheatre</p>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 Masterpiece Celebrated with Deluxe DVD+CD Package: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION]]></title>
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<h2><span style="font-size: small;">CD: Original 11-song album</span></h2>
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<p>NEW YORK,&nbsp;Jan. 25, 2011 --&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/simonandgarfunkel">Simon &amp; Garfunkel</a>'s crowning masterpiece will be celebrated in March with&nbsp;<b><i>BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION</i></b>. &nbsp;This deluxe DVD+CD set includes the original 11-song album plus the duo's never-before-commercially-available&nbsp;<i>"Songs Of America"</i>&nbsp;CBS television special from 1969 on DVD. &nbsp;The DVD will also include&nbsp;<i>The Harmony Game: The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water</i>, &nbsp;a newly-created documentary on&nbsp;<i>Bridge Over Troubled Water&nbsp;</i>featuring new interviews with&nbsp;Paul Simon&nbsp;and&nbsp;Art Garfunkel. &nbsp;The package will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting&nbsp;March 8, 2011, through&nbsp;<a href="http://www.columbiarecords.com/">Columbia</a>/<a href="http://www.legacyrecordings.com/">Legacy</a>, a division of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sonymusic.com/">SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT</a>.</p>
<p><b><i>BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION</i></b>'s full-color, 24-page booklet will include rare photography, memorabilia, and separate liner note essays that will provide overviews of the album production (written by former A&amp;R executive and current TV music supervisor&nbsp;Michael Hill) and the&nbsp;<i>"Songs Of America"</i>&nbsp;TV special (written by Rolling Stone Contributing Editor&nbsp;Anthony DeCurtis).</p>
<p><i>"Songs Of America"</i>&nbsp;(running time approximately 70 minutes) is a beautiful documentary that had its first and only broadcast&nbsp;November 30, 1969, on the CBS television network. &nbsp;The special features footage of Simon &amp; Garfunkel on stage, in the recording studio, and traveling on tour. &nbsp;Interviews and performances are intertwined with news footage from the period, some of it deemed too controversial by original sponsor Bell Atlantic (a subsidiary of AT&amp;T), who in the end refused to air it. &nbsp;Included is footage from the period of&nbsp;Martin Luther King,&nbsp;Robert Kennedy, activist&nbsp;Cesar Chavez, &nbsp;and the Poor People's March on&nbsp;Washington. &nbsp;The film is a fascinating depiction of two artists struggling to define their role within a society that is splintering apart.</p>
<p>Alongside&nbsp;<i>"Songs Of America"</i>&nbsp;on the DVD will be the newly-created documentary,&nbsp;<i>The Harmony Game: The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water</i>. &nbsp;This insightful feature tells the story behind Simon and Garfunkel's last studio album,&nbsp;<i>Bridge Over Troubled Water</i>. &nbsp;The album has its legacy shrouded in rock 'n' roll mythology with legendary tales of inspiration, innovation and separation. &nbsp;Paul Simon and&nbsp;Art Garfunkel&nbsp;share the journey in their own words and reflect back on its impact 40 years later. &nbsp;Also featured in the documentary are several of the duo's collaborators from the period: &nbsp;Roy Halee (co-producer/engineer),&nbsp;Hal Blaine&nbsp;(drums),&nbsp;Joe Osborn&nbsp;(bass guitar),&nbsp;Jimmie Haskell&nbsp;(arranger),&nbsp;Mort Lewis&nbsp;(manager), and&nbsp;Charles Grodin&nbsp;(director of the "Songs Of America" documentary). &nbsp;The feature includes never-before-seen footage, photos and memorabilia.</p>
<p>Simon &amp; Garfunkel reportedly spent more than 800 hours over a two-year span recording what would be their final studio album together. &nbsp;The title single "Bridge Over Troubled Water" won an unprecedented five Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Contemporary Song, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), and Best Engineered Recording; with&nbsp;<i>Bridge Over Troubled Water</i>&nbsp;winning the top award as Album Of the Year. &nbsp;(In 1998, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was voted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame, one of many awards that the song and album have won around the world over the past four decades.)</p>
<p>But the album also marked the end of the road (at least for a couple of years) for the duo, who had been recording together since their 'Tom &amp; Jerry' period in high school (circa 1957). &nbsp;Simon &amp; Garfunkel went out in style, however, as the sessions for&nbsp;<i>Bridge Over Troubled Water</i>&nbsp;spun off four hit singles that spanned 1969 and '70:</p>
<ul>
<li>"The Boxer" b/w "Baby Driver" (released&nbsp;April 1969, Billboard Hot 100 #7, 10 weeks on the chart);</li>
<li>"Bridge Over Troubled Water" b/w "Keep the Customer Satisfied" (released&nbsp;January 1970, Billboard Hot 100 #1 (6 weeks at #1), 14 weeks on the chart, certified RIAA gold);</li>
<li>"Cecilia" b/w "The Only Living Boy In New York" (released&nbsp;April 1970, Billboard Hot 100 #4, 13 weeks on the chart, certified RIAA gold); and</li>
<li>"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" b/w "Why Don't You Write Me" (released&nbsp;September 1970, Billboard Hot 100 #18, 11 weeks on the chart).</li>
</ul>
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<p>The&nbsp;<i>Bridge Over Troubled Water</i>&nbsp;album, released&nbsp;January 26, 1970, reached #1 in the&nbsp;March 7th&nbsp;issue of Billboard, where it spent 10 weeks at #1, on its way to an 85-week stay on the chart, and 8-times platinum RIAA certification. &nbsp;Starting&nbsp;March 7th, the album and title track spent five weeks simultaneously at #1, a rare achievement for any artist before or since.</p>
<p>In the UK, the album and title track both debuted on the same date,&nbsp;February 21st, and both subsequently went to #1. &nbsp;The album went on to spend 41 weeks at #1, ranking it inside the Top 5 all-time Most Weeks At #1; and 307 total weeks on the UK national chart, ranking it inside the Top 10 all-time Most Weeks On the Chart. &nbsp;At the BRIT Awards in 1977,&nbsp;<i>Bridge Over Troubled Water</i>&nbsp;was named the Best International Album Of the Past 25 Years.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION</i></b></span>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<b>SIMON &amp; GARFUNKEL &nbsp;(88697 82828 2, originally released&nbsp;January 1970, as&nbsp;Columbia&nbsp;9914) &nbsp;</b></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>CD</b></span><b>&nbsp;&ndash; Selections:</b>&nbsp;1. Bridge Over Troubled Water&nbsp;<b>*</b>&nbsp;2. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)&nbsp;<b>*</b>&nbsp;3. Cecilia&nbsp;<b>*</b>&nbsp;4. Keep the Customer Satisfied&nbsp;<b>*</b>&nbsp;5. So Long,&nbsp;Frank Lloyd Wright<b>*</b>&nbsp;6. The Boxer&nbsp;<b>*</b>&nbsp;7.&nbsp;Baby Driver<b>*</b>&nbsp;8. The Only Living Boy In New York&nbsp;<b>*</b>&nbsp;9. Why Don't You Write Me&nbsp;<b>*</b>&nbsp;10. Bye Bye Love&nbsp;<b>*</b>&nbsp;11. Song For the Asking.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>DVD</b></span><b>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;</b><b><i>"Songs Of America"</i></b>&nbsp;(originally aired on CBS-TV network,&nbsp;November 30, 1969; approx. running time 70 minutes).</p>
<p><b><i>The Harmony Game: The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water</i></b>, a newly-created documentary featuring new interviews with&nbsp;Paul Simon,&nbsp;Art Garfunkel, and their collaborators on<i>Bridge Over Troubled Water</i>.</p>
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	  <title><![CDATA[THE SOUND OF MUSIC: 45th ANNIVERSARY EDITION Commemorates Movie Musical Classic]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p>Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein's Beloved Score Includes "The Sound of Music," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," "Do-Re-Mi," "Edelweiss," "So Long, Farewell," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "My Favorite Things," and more</p>
<p>SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACK FOR 45th ANNIVERSARY EDITION: LEA MICHELE OF TV's GLEE SINGS "MY FAVORITE THINGS"</p>
<p>Available at both physical and digital retail outlets starting November 2, 2010, through Legacy/Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein/FOX</p>
<p>NEW YORK, Sept. 30 &nbsp;--</p>
<p>New Edition Coincides with Other Major SOUND OF MUSIC Events &amp; Releases Including:</p>
<p>New Blu-ray from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (11/2)</p>
<p>Nationwide Movie Theater Event from NCM Fathom (10/19, 10/26)</p>
<p>Special Tribute at the VH1 Save The Music 2010 Gala (11/8)</p>
<p>To mark the 45th Anniversary of the most popular movie musical of all time, Legacy Recordings &ndash; in association with Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein: An Imagem Company and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment &ndash; is proud to announce the release THE SOUND OF MUSIC: 45th ANNIVERSARY EDITION.  The CD will include the soundtrack from the much-loved film, plus a vibrant new recording of the film's signature tune, "My Favorite Things," sung by Lea Michele from the popular FOX-TV series GLEE.</p>
<p>THE SOUND OF MUSIC: 45th ANNIVERSARY EDITION will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting November 2 through Legacy/Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein/FOX.</p>
<p>The release of the deluxe soundtrack edition, with new liner notes and newly-rediscovered photos from the FOX archives, will coincide with the film's high definition Blu-ray Disc debut from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. To commemorate the film's anniversary, TCFHE will release individually numbered Limited Collector's Sets packaged in a keepsake box featuring the digitally remastered and restored film on Blu-ray Disc, a bonus DVD copy of the film, the new deluxe soundtrack CD, a 100-page "My Favorite Things" scrapbook, a reproduction of the original 1965 souvenir program, an exclusive hand-painted "My Favorite Things" music box and more.</p>
<p>In the month prior to the release of the soundtrack and Blu-ray, THE SOUND OF MUSIC will be celebrated where it all began &ndash; in movie theaters across America. NCM Fathom, Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment  present THE SOUND OF MUSIC SING-ALONG EVENT: A 45th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION on October 19 and October 26 in over 500 select movie theaters in over 150 cities.  For more information visit www.FathomEvents.com/SoundOfMusic or http://www.SoundOfMusic45thAnniversary.com.</p>
<p>One week after release, on November 8 in New York City, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation will honor Academy Award Winner and International Star, Dame Julie Andrews.  Along with tributes to other honorees, the program for the evening will include a special tribute to the 45th Anniversary of Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF MUSIC.  For more information please visit www.vh1savethemusic.com/gala2010.</p>
<p>"We are thrilled that Sony is coming out with this stellar new edition of the soundtrack in time for the anniversary," says Ted Chapin, President of Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein: An Imagem Company.  "It is one of the best soundtracks of all time and this edition will appeal to the new fan and serious collector alike."</p>
<p>Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein's score for THE SOUND OF MUSIC is one of the most cherished collections of songs of all time.   Based on their Broadway musical, with a libretto by Howard Lindsay &amp; Russel Crouse, the film version was directed by Robert Wise and brought the universal (and true) story of the von Trapp family to life on the screen.  The resulting film earned 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture; was the top-grossing domestic film of its time; and, when readjusted for inflation, still holds the #1 spot for top-grossing domestic movie musical of all time.</p>
<p>The soundtrack is a classic in its own right, having spent its first four years on Billboard's Top Albums chart, and sold over 10 million units to date. With the radiant Julie Andrews leading the way, the vocal and orchestral performances include iconic versions of such standards as the title song, "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," "Do-Re-Mi," "Edelweiss," "So Long, Farewell," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," and of course, "My Favorite Things."</p>
<p>The 45th ANNIVERSARY EDITION's full-color CD booklet will include rare photography (some of it recently rediscovered at the Fox photo archives) and an extensive and newly-updated 1,500-word liner notes essay ("I'll Sing Once More: THE SOUND OF MUSIC Lives On") written by Bert Fink, Senior Vice President of Communications for Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein:  An Imagem Company.</p>
<p>THE SOUND OF MUSIC Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: 45th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (Legacy/Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein/FOX 88697 79086 2) &ndash; Selections: 1. Prelude and The Sound of Music * 2. Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus) * 3. Morning Hymn and Alleluia * 4. Maria * 5. I Have Confidence *  6. Sixteen Going on Seventeen * 7. My Favorite Things * 8. Do-Re-Mi * 9. The Sound of Music * 10. The Lonely Goatheard * 11. Edelweiss * 12. Laendler * 13. So Long, Farewell * 14. Entr acte * 15. Climb Ev'ry Mountain * 16. My Favorite Things (reprise) * 17. Something Good * 18. Processional and Maria (The Wedding) * 19. Sixteen Going on Seventeen (reprise)  * 20. Do-Re-Mi (reprise) * 21. Edelweiss (reprise) * 22. So Long, Farewell (reprise) * 23. Climb Ev'ry Mountain (reprise) * 24. Finale  * Bonus track:25. My Favorite Things (by Lea Michele from Glee).</p>
<p>SOURCE Legacy Recordings</p>
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