The Beatles Remasters In Stores 9/9/09!

6/25/2009 12:00:00 AM

 

THE BEATLES’ ENTIRE ORIGINAL RECORDED CATALOGUE REMASTERED BY APPLE CORPS LTD. AND EMI MUSIC FOR WORLDWIDE RELEASE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 (9-9-09)

 

London, England – April 7, 2009 – Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles catalogue, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (9-9-09), the same date as the release of the widely anticipated “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game.  Each of the CDs is packaged with replicated original UK album art, including expanded booklets containing original and newly written liner notes and rare photos. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. On the same date, two new Beatles boxed CD collections will also be released.

 

The albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release.

 

The collection comprises all 12 Beatles albums in stereo, with track listings and artwork as originally released in the UK, and 'Magical Mystery Tour,' which became part of The Beatles’ core catalogue when the CDs were first released in 1987. In addition, the collections 'Past Masters Vol. I and II' are now combined as one title, for a total of 14 titles over 16 discs.  This will mark the first time that the first four Beatles albums will be available in stereo in their entirety on compact disc.  These 14 albums, along with a DVD collection of the documentaries, will also be available for purchase together in a stereo boxed set. 

 

Within each CD’s new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. With the exception of the 'Past Masters' set, newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.

 

A second boxed set has been created with the collector in mind. 'The Beatles in Mono' gathers together, in one place, all of the Beatles recordings that were mixed for a mono release. It will contain 10 of the albums with their original mono mixes, plus two further discs of mono masters (covering similar ground to the stereo tracks on 'Past Masters').  As an added bonus, the mono “Help!” and “Rubber Soul” discs also include the original 1965 stereo mixes, which have not been previously released on CD.  These albums will be packaged in mini-vinyl CD replicas of the original sleeves with all original inserts and label designs retained.

 

Discussions regarding the digital distribution of the catalogue will continue.  There is no further information available at this time.

 

www.thebeatles.com

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Steve Miller Band Announce 40 Date North American Tour

6/25/2009 12:00:00 AM

 

One of the original jam bands, the Steve Miller Band emerged from San Francisco’s summer of love with a distinct sound that has proven to be timeless. Still a mainstay of the summer concert season, the band will launch a 40+ date North American tour on July 8th in Calgary, ALB, Canada.

 

The Steve Miller Band continues to be one of the top concert attractions on the road every summer. Songs such as “Fly Like An Eagle,” “Rock ‘N Me,” “The Joker,” “Jet Airliner,” “Livin’ In The U.S.A.” continue to air daily on classic rock stations across the country.

 

Please visit www.stevemillerband.com for more tour details and to purchase tickets.

 

 

Steve Miller Band – 2009 North American Summer Tour

 

 

July 8	Calgary, AB	Fort Calgary
July 10	Merritt, BC	Merritt Mountain
July 11	Woodinville, WA	Chateau St Michelle
July 12	Troutdale, OR	Edgefield-Troutdale
July 16	Cadott, WI	Rockfest
July 17	Highland Park, IL	Ravinia
July 18	Wheeling, WV	Jamboree In The Hills
July 20	Interlochen, MI	Kresge Auditorium
July 21	Kettering, OH	Fraze Pavillion
July 24	Monticelo, LA	Great Jones County Fair
July 25	West Bend, WI	Washington County Fair
July 29	Livermore, CA	Wente Vineyards
July 30	Saratoga, CA	Mountain Winery
July 31	Saratoga, CA	Mountain Winery
August 1	Costa Mesa, CA	Pacific Amphitheater
August 7	Elizabeth, IN	South Indiana Casino
August 8	Washington, MO	Town & Country Fair
August 9	Tulsa, OK	Spirit Bank Event Center
August 11	Odessa, TX	Ector Co. Arena
August 14	Portsmouth, VA	Harbor Center Pavilion
August 16	Gilford, NH	Meadowbrook Pavilion
August 19	Hamburg, NY	Erie County Fair
August 20	Vienna, VA	Wolf Trap
August 21	Solomons, MD	Calvert Marine Museum
August 22	Mashantucket, CT	MGM Grand
August 25	Rama, ONT	Casino Rama
August 28	Hyannis, MA	Melody Tent
August 29	Cohasset, MA	So. Shore Music Circus
October 1	Thackerville, OK	Winston Casino
October 3	Mobile, AL	Bayfest
November 6	Newark, NJ	New Jersey PAC
November 7	Wallingford, CT	Chevrolet Theater
November 8	Providence, RI	Providence Performing Arts
November 11	Westbury, NY	Theater at Westbury
November 13	Durham, NC	Durham Performing Arts
November 14	Greenville, SC	Peace Concert Hall
November 15	Orlando, FL	UCF Arena
November 17	Hollywood, FL	Hard Rock Casino
November 18	Clearwater, FL	Ruth Eckerd Hall

 

 

Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 Out Septermber 15, tracklist announced

6/24/2009 12:00:00 AM

The title, release date and complete track listing for Beastie Boys' eighth studio album have been confirmed: Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 will be released September 15 by Capitol in multiple configurations including a 5.1 surround mix and will consist of the following compositions:

1. Tadlock's Glasses
2. B-Boys In The Cut
3. Make Some Noise
4. Nonstop Disco Powerpack
5. OK
6. Too Many Rappers (featuring NAS)
7. Say It
8. The Bill Harper Collection
9. Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (featuring Santigold)
10. Long Burn The Fire
11. Bundt Cake
12. Funky Donkey
13. Lee Majors Come Again
14. Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
15. Pop Your Balloon
16. Crazy Ass Shit
17. Here's A Little Something For Ya

The first Beastie Boys headline date confirmed to follow the album's release, the band's debut stand at the famed Hollywood Bowl, has sold out. Further dates will be announced as they are confirmed.

Meanwhile, Beastie Boys recently began a summer festival mission with a set at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester TN that blew the crowd of 70,000-plus out of their Birkenstocks and caused devil sticks to spontaneously combust. The performance featured an appearance by Nas who joined the Boys for the live debut of the new record's "Too Many Rappers," as well as a rare appearance from Country Mike for an acoustic rendition of "Heart Attack Man."

The mission will continue throughout the summer and will include upcoming appearances at the All Points West and Lollapalooza festivals, the latter of which will be preceded by a just-announced intimate Beastie Boys show at the Congress in Chicago on Thursday, August 6.

Finally, the last installment of the deluxe, remastered, expanded and altogether awesome Beastie Boys catalogue reissues will be dropping in advance of the new record: the band's multi-platinum 1998 opus Hello Nasty will be given the 2-CD/vinyl box set/multi-format treatment beginning with an August 17 pre-order/digital release and will hit stores August 25. Preceded by the universal smash "Intergalactic," Hello Nasty crashed into the < spots of charts worldwide upon its July 1998 release, with first week sales of nearly 700,000 in the U.S. alone. Buoyed by the launch of the 360 in the round tour, Hello Nasty would yield B Boys classics "Body Movin'," "Three MCs and One DJ," "Remote Control," "Super Disco Breakin'" and more, win two Grammys, see the band presented with an MTV Video Vanguard lifetime achievement award, and ultimately sell some 7 million copies worldwide.

As previously announced, pre-orders for the expanded, remastered multi-format Ill Communication will begin July 6, with a physical release of July 14.

For a complete list of deluxe reissue configurations, as well as upcoming Beastie Boys festival and headline appearances, check Beastieboys.com.

KATY PERRY’S HOT SUMMER, 2009

6/24/2009 12:00:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  

KATY PERRY’S HOT SUMMER, 2009:
 

NEW LIVE SHOWS, FOURTH HIT SINGLE
MARK ‘ONE OF THE BOYS’
ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY  

Top 10 ‘Waking Up In Vegas is FOURTH Hit Single

And a Hit Video From Platinum-Plus Debut

(NEW YORK – June 24, 2009)  The remarkable young career of Capitol Records breakthrough artist KATY PERRY notches up a milestone with unabated global momentum, at the one-year anniversary of the RIAA platinum-plus debut album ONE OF THE BOYS.

Having completed a sold-out world tour, Perry has confirmed new U.S. live dates in July, August and September. Perry also will be re-visiting the United Kingdom and Australia in the summer months.

At the same time, WAKING UP IN VEGAS, the fourth hit single from the massively-influential album has proven to be a late-inning home run: a solid Top 10 airplay hit on mainstream Top 40 radio nationally, with No. 1 play at the top-rated New York station WHTZ/Z-100; a No. 1 iTunes video download; and, amazingly, a top 10 iTunes single download, after a full year’s availability. The video was directed by MTV VMA and Grammy Award winner Joseph Kahn, and co-starred Joel David Moore (Bones, House, Avatar).

The song, which was also performed live by Perry and her band in a rocket-fueled and much-talked about appearance in the final voting round of American Idol, has also renewed album sales, with ONE OF THE BOYS bulleting in the Billboard national album sales Top 50, in its 52nd chart week, and also charting in the iTunes album Top 50.

KATY PERRY is now visible on newsstands, on the covers of Seventeen (July issue) and Complex (summer issue), and is scheduled to appear in the popular outdoor concert series of NBC’s Today show on July 24th.

Praised in The New York Times as a “complex and durable” artist, Perry’s debut album on Capitol, ONE OF THE BOYS, is RIAA certified platinum for U.S. sales in excess of 1 million copies. It debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 200 in June, 2008. Her first single, the seven-week Billboard No. 1 “I Kissed a Girl,” is certified triple-platinum, its disarmingly frank and humorous lyric and trend-setting electronic rhythm marking it immediately among the most influential songs of recent years. “Hot N Cold” is also certified triple-platinum in the U.S., and the album has achieved gold and platinum status in over a dozen international territories.

For more on music’s true “It Girl,” including photos, streaming video, and Katy’s blog, visit her official website www.katyperry.com, MySpace page www.myspace.com/katyperry and her personal blog at www.katyperryblog.com

 

KATY PERRY ON TOUR, SUMMER 2009

July 25                           Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena

July 26                           Toronto, ONT @ Molson Amphitheatre

July 28                           New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom

July 30                           Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata

August 2                        Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless

August 4                        Irvine CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (With No Doubt)

August 29                      Los Angeles, CA @ TBA

August 30                      Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl

September 4                   Salem, OR @ Oregon State Fair

September 5                   Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot

 

Surf's Up and Sunflower Reissued on Vinyl!

6/17/2009 12:00:00 AM

The Beach Boys classic albums Surf's Up and Sunflower have been released on 180 gram vinyl as part of the "From the Capitol Vaults" vinyl remasters.

Both albums have been faithfully restored with the original packaging and sound better than ever. Click below to purchase.

Surf's Up

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UJIMLY?ie=UTF8&tag=emidigital-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B001UJIMLY

Sunflower

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=emidigital-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B001UJIMLO&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr