CD/DVD 25th anniversary reissue of Paul Simon’s Graceland includes feature length documentary film. Request giveaways, film screenings and radio special broadcasts.
Heart’s first-ever career spanning deluxe box set in stores June 5, 2012 with hits, rarities, outtakes and a live DVD. Request giveaways, tour promotions and phoners.
Adam Cohen (son of Leonard Cohen), releases new album Like a Man – in stores 4/3/2012 on Decca Records. First US release since he fronted Low Millions in 2004.
New one hour Heart special features Ann & Nancy Wilson looking back on their career with the hits, fan favorites and rarities from the new box set – Strange Euphoria.
New one-hour special celebrates the life and music of Joey Ramone, and how his friends and family finished his unreleased songs to create the new album, Ya Know?
two new compilations to get your station instantly up to speed on Paul Kelly – a legend in Australia, but still only a cult figure in the states. On US Tour in March 2012.
New one hour special available 4/13 features the legendary life and music of Janis Joplin, and her tragic death while making what became her landmark album, Pearl.
One hour special features the new album – Wrecking Ball – along with brand-new Bruce Springsteen interview clips. Will be ready by 3/6 (album release date), maybe sooner.
“Hell in a Handbasket” features 12 brand-new Meat Loaf recordings. Special guests include Mark McGrath, Trace Adkins, Lil Jon and Chuck D. Giveaways & interviews available.
Interested in airing a regular, weekly Beatles show? Check out Every Little Thing hosted and produced by Ken Michaels. Please contact me with any questions.
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New one hour special features the legendary life and music of Janis Joplin, and her tragic death while making what became her landmark album, Pearl.
Premiere Date: April 13. Signup now with online form below. Download links and CD distribution dates will be confirmed soon.
Music. Mostly from Pearl Sessions and Big Brother Live at the Carousel 1968 reissues. Album, live, demo and outtake versions of her signature hits like “Me & Bobby McGee,” “Move Over,” “Down on Me,” “Piece of My Heart” and more.
Other Content. Interviews with many of Janis Joplin’s family, friends and collaborators. Laura Joplin, Sam Andrews, Jorma Kaukonen, Holly George-Warren and others to be confirmed soon.
Program Delivery. Download or CD. Download links posted soon.
Janis Joplin’s music is celebrated with previously unreleased Big Brother & The Holding Company live album and the deluxe, expanded Pearl Sessions reissue.
Live at the Carousel 1968 – Big Brother & the Holding Company. Previously unreleased live album in stores March 13. 14 tracks include Joplin’s best songs from the Big Brother years – Piece of My Heart, Down on Me, Ball & Chain, Summertime and more. Recorded live in concert June 1968 by legendary soundman Owsley Stanley. Track list below, more details here.
The Pearl Session – Janis Joplin. Expanded reissue of Joplin’s final album with bonus disc filled with newly discovered studio outtakes, live performances, mono 45 mixes and other sonic rarities. In stores April 17 from Legacy Recordings. Track list below, more details here.
Request CD giveaways. Completing the form below signs you up for both titles that will ship about a month apart from each other.
PBS Great Performances TV special premieres Jan 27 – great time to consider new or repeat broadcasts of the Duets II radio special.
PBS Premiere Date.Fri 1/27 9pm in most markets.Check local listings for most accurate information. Confirmed broadcast dates and times will posted here soon. More details are on the pbs website. DVD of this program hits stores 2/21.
Also timely for tour dates and Grammys. See schedule below with PAC and Casino venues in select markets Feb-June. The Duets II album is up for three Grammys on 3/12 – Pop Duo/Group Performance (with Amy Winehouse), Traditional Pop Album and Instrumental Arrangement (Queen Latifah track)
Music/Interview. The brand new duet recordings and interviews with many of the artists involved – Lady Gaga (pictured right with Bennett), John Mayer, Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Michael Buble and more. TV and radio specials both share similar content.
Program Delivery. CDs or downloads both available. See radio special download links below or at radiosho.ws/links
Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson reinterprets classic Disney songs in his signature style
In stores Oct 25 from Disney Pearl Records. Includes When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio) – great track for holiday airplay! Also You Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story), Heigh Ho/Whistle While You Work (Snow White), “Bare Necessities” (from The Jungle Book) and more. Enter station and email address here to get the full album download link, then use the more detailed form below to sign up for giveaways.
Christmas classics for holiday airplay. “Peace on Earth” (Lady and the Tramp) and “When You Wish Upon a Star” (Pinocchio) – check out this clip of the original characters doing it from a 1958 Disney Holiday special, From All of Us to All of You, that airs annually throughout Europe on Christmas Eve.
Request CD giveaways. Use form below. Product can ship as soon as possible.
One hour special behind the making of Tony Bennett’s latest collection of duets with top artists from many genres.
Premiere Date.Friday Sep 16.Also great anytime this fall, especially Thanksgiving and the winter holiday season. Separate modules with artist comments introducing full songs available for each track.
Music/Interview. The brand new duet recordings and interview with many of the artists involved.
Program Delivery. CDs or downloads both available. Download links from PRX, Dropbox, Airplay Direct and other services will be posted below in early August when ready. Continue below for special signup form and more details to be added as they are confirmed.
Career spanning special features archival Paul Simon interviews and solo career highlights
Available Now. Great for Paul Simon 70th birthday tributes anytime this fall, especially Thanksgiving, the winter holiday season or around his Oct-Dec US Tour dates.
Music/Interview. Archival interviews with Paul Simon intertwined with his favorite solo hits and album cuts to show the evolution of his creative process.
Program Delivery. CDs or downloads both available. See Download links below. CDs mail the week of 10/24. Continue below for special signup form and more details to be added as they are confirmed.
New Specials and other programming tools for Fall 2011 celebrate landmark birthdays and anniversaries of Sting (60), Paul Simon (70), Tony Bennett (85), Wynton Marsalis (50), Ben Folds (45), Pearl Jam (20) and Hank Williams (88).
Use form below to sign up now! Artist links with more on each project will be live soon.
New free radio series featuring the music of The Beatles, John, Paul, George and Ringo now available for radio stations nationwide. Fill out the sign up form below to start right away or request sample programs.
Hosted and produced by Beatles radio veteran Ken Michaels. Updating his Every Little Thing program concept that has been heard by XM Radio, NJ, NY and CT radio listeners since the 1980s. Currently airing on great stations like KUT, WJCT, KBIA, KACC, WWHP, WNHU and more added frequently.
Signup with form below to download new, free one-hour programs each week. New shows are added weekly on Thursdays. Click for download links posted below for all programs. Shows are evergreen so new stations can start from the beginning if they like. Available at no cost for broadcast on any commercial or noncommercial terrestrial FM/AM/HD stations and their simulcast internet streams. Please contact me for permission to air on any internet-only channels. Programs currently have no built-in spots and up to 6:00 for local avails.
Unique regular features, deep DMCA-compliant playlists and NOT FOR BREAKFAST ANYMORE! Features include thematic sets, trivia games, rare tracks, covers and a lot more. Sample cue sheets show how each program includes the proper number of tracks by multiple artists to satisfy the lawyers. Best of all, no days of the week or specific meal times are embedded into the title of this program so you can schedule it any day or time that works best for you.
The 2011 edition of the Experience Hendrix concert tour, presented by Fender guitars, launches in May with an all-star lineup of musical greats paying homage to the abiding genius of Jimi Hendrix.
Eight dates May 20-29 2011. Las Vegas, Orange County, Phoenix, Tucson, Santa Rosa, Reno, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo. See below for more details and the Hendrix reissue giveaway request form.
Current all-star lineup. Billy Cox, Steve Vai, Robert Randolph, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, David Hidalgo & Cesar Rosas [Los Lobos], Keb’ Mo, Eric Johnson, North Mississippi All Stars, Brad Whitford [Aerosmith], Living Colour, Ernie Isley, Chris Layton [Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble], Indigenous and more.
Click links below to display the giveaway request form and upcoming tour schedule.
Intimate portrait of Roy’s full career, with his hits, his own words, and rare demos and outtakes.
54:00 and 59:00 versions (zip files of 256-bit mp3s) or PRX
Roy Orbison: Black & White Night
Behind the scenes of the iconic 1987 tv special. Features interviews and performances by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Bonie Raitt, kd Lang, Jackson Browne and many others
54:00 and 59:00 versions (zip files of 256-bit mp3s) or PRX
Celebrate what would have been Roy Orbison’s 75th birthday with new programming tools and promos for the new Monument Singles Collection.
Great for April 23-24 weekend feature. Or any other time this spring that works for your station.
Monument Singles Collection Giveaways. Pristine mono mixes of Roy’s 1960-64 A-sides on one disc for the first time – “Oh, Pretty Woman,” “Only the Lonely,” “In Dreams” and many more. Sign up with form below.
“Roy Orbison 75″ on-air/online audio features. Ten new 75-second modules mixing song clips, Roy’s own words and comments by Bruce Springsteen, Robin Gibb, and producer Fred Foster. Produced by Joyride Media. Also use form to request these, one-hour specials or on-air interview opportunities.
Podcasts for station websites. Flash widget and RSS feed available soon with the new features and existing Orbison features from Legacy Podcasts.
New free one-hour special features Paul Simon’s guided tour through his new album – So Beautiful or So What.
Great for late March / early April. Premiere new album tracks before it’s April 12, 2011 release date. Program CDs shipped 3/18.
Brand-new interviews with Simon and album producer, Phil Ramone. Unique insights into the creative process of one of the world’s most beloved singer-songwriters.
New radio specials for Feb-April 2011 feautre brand new Joyride Media productions on Simon & Garfunkel, Pearl Jam and Django Reinhardt!
Programs from other producers also available about The Beatles – Love, Paul Simon’s new album in April, and The Troubadours, featuring many of the great artists inspired by the legendary club.
Very Best of Scepter Records (Feb 22). 3 single-artist compilations highlight the very best of The Ronnettes, The Crystals and 2011 Rock Hall inductee Darlene Love, plus a multi-artist tribute to the “Wall of Sound.” All in stores 2/22.
Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water: Legacy Edition (3/8). CD+DVD reissue features original album plus DVD of 1969 Song of America TV special and new Harmony Time documentary. In stores 3/8.
Billy Joel – Live at Shea Stadium (3/8). 2CD+DVD live album recorded at Joel’s historic 2008 New York concerts. Features his concert hits plus guests Paul McCartney, John Mayer, Tony Bennett, Steven Tyler and more.
Neil Diamond - The Bang Years 1966-1968 (3/8). 23-track collection of his earliest recordings – Cherry Cherry, Solitary Man, Red Red Wine, I’m a Believer – on one CD. Celebrate Neil’s 2011 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Essential Fifth Dimension / Paul Revere & The Raiders (3/15). Two-disc sets by both artists feature all the hits and fan favorites.
New 400 x 400 widget includes the Bob Dylan Podcast and video clips on the Mono Recording and Witmark Demos. Click share for the embed codes or ez-links to post to Facebook, Myspace or Twitter user page (a 150 x 300 version is below if you need that size).
Facebook fan pages. Copy http://t.co/NUeN8nN into the “attach link” box to post.
WordPress users. You might need to click here for the html to copy and paste.
If you have trouble seeing this image below or any other issues, contact me.
New podcast episodes are edited from the new One-hour radio special produced by Joyride Media and hosted by Rita Houston. Signup for this and other great shows at radiosho.ws. You can also request giveaways of the new Dylan releases featured here.
You might also be interested in new AAA Tunes by Suzanne Vega, Chocolate Genius, Chapin Sisters, Great Big Sea and more.
Promotions and radio special available for the latest collection of previously unreleased gems from the Jimi Hendrix vaults in stores Nov 16, 2010
15-track Single CD Version. Features the best previously unreleased outtakes, alt. versions, instrumental jams and more from the deluxe 4CD/1DVD West Coast Seattle Boy box set. Request giveaways with form below.
One Hour Radio special. Highlights the stories behind many of these rare gems with comments by many big-name Hendrix collaborators and fans. Great for Thanksgiving around Jimi’s 11/27 birthday. Use form to sign up for this show, or request this with our other great programs at radiosho.ws. More details here below form.
Eight-track radio sampler. Arriving at stations now with 6 box set tracks, a rare Christmas song medley and “Day Tripper” from the BBC Sessions. Read the rest of this entry »
Elvis Classics all shook up for the 21th century in stores 11/9
New studio album. Inspired by the Viva ElvisCirque du Soleil show includes three tracks mixed by Brendan O’Brien.
Suspicious Minds. New radio edit on PlayMPE 10/18. CD sampler shipped to radio on 10/14. Check out full version in the clip below. Sample other tracks.
Brand new one-hour radio special traces how Bob Dylan’s early adventures in music publishing hastened the end of Tin Pan Alley.
Program Preview. Actual show includes full songs, not clips as they are here.
Produced by Joyride Media. Hosted by Rita Houston (WFUV – New York)
59:00 and 54:00 versions available. Free program with breaks for local spots, and no built-in national spots. CDs ship on Tue 10/12. See below for download links, more details, song list and cue sheets.
radiosho.ws – new link to signup for this and other great specials from the Public Media Service.
Looking for an introduction to Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett, or maybe you’re already well acquainted?
An Introduction to Syd Barrett. His best solo and Pink Floyd recordings on one CD. In stores 11/9 from EMI.
David Gilmour – Executive Producer. Supervised new mixes of four solo tracks and Pink Floyd’s “Mother Matilda.” Gilmour also produced Syd’s first two solo albums.
No radio special, but there are limited interview opportunities.Let me know if you’re interested.
Preview tracks & package. with funky promo tool below. Other promotional materials and instructions to add this to your website are online here.
CD and Poster giveaways. Request discs with promo form below while supplies last and I’ll follow up about the posters. Angelo Scrobe at EMI may also contact you about any label mumbo jumbo paperwork.
Bob Dylan Mono Box sampler CD and new “Witmark Demos” two-disc set.
Sign up here to request copies of each release in stores from Sony Music on Oct 19.
Best of the Mono Recordings. 15 tracks include “Like a Rolling Stone,” “All Along the Watchtower,” “Rainy Day Women #’s 12 & 35″ and the non-album single “Positively 4th Street” on CD in mono for the first time. All taken from the super-deluxe Original Mono Recordings box set also in stores Oct 19.
Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (Bootleg Series Vol. 9). 47 previously unreleased solo acoustic demos on two discs. Includes early versions of his most legendary early songs taped for his publishers, plus many that were never recorded again.
One Hour Radio Special also available for Fall 2010 broadcasts. Click here to signup for this and other great shows featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix and more.
New one hour special features the legendary life and music of Janis Joplin, and her tragic death while making what became her landmark album, Pearl.
Legacy Recordings reissues for Oldies Radio this Feb & March 2011.
Promotions and radio special available for the latest collection of previously unreleased gems from the Jimi Hendrix vaults in stores Nov 16, 2010
