CD/DVD 25th anniversary reissue of Paul Simon’s Graceland includes feature length documentary film.

Graceland. Paul Simon’s landmark Grammy-winner from 1986 (Album of the Year) explored the music of South Africa to create classics like “You Can Call Me All,” “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes,” “Homeless,” and the title track (also Grammy winner for 1987 Record of the Year). Tours continued for five years and introduced the world to Ladysmith Black Mambazo other South African musicians, including a few who remained in Simon’s touring bands through today.

CD/DVD reissue for giveaways. CD includes original album tracks, outtakes from the Graceland sessions and a new audio narrative track about the recording sessions.  Bonus DVD features feature-length Under African Skies documentary film directed by Joe Berlinger that premieres on A&E Network on May 25.

Free one-hour Radio Special. Features the classic tracks and outtakes from the reissue, rare live recordings from the Graceland tour, and insightful comments from the artist about the album’s creation and aftermath.  Produced by Joyride Media, Hosted by Rita Houston (WFUV – New York), the same team behind recent Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel specials that aired on hundreds of stations nationwide.  More details here.

Giveaways and film screenings. Use form below to request CD/DVD giveaways, the free radio special, and promotional screenings of the documentary film.  Track lists are below the form, which also lets you select promotions for the Heart Strange Euphoria box set.

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Heart’s first-ever career spanning deluxe box set in stores June 5, 2012 with hits, rarities, outtakes and a live DVD

Strange Euphoria. 3 CDs of music from all stages of their career, including many previously unreleased version of their hits and other songs.  DVD features a 1976 TV concert broadcast. Amazon exclusive bonus CD includes 5 Led Zeppelin covers! See track lists at the bottom of this page.

Exclusive radio promo CD. 15-track box set sampler service for radio airplay will also be available for station promotion.  Great item for your listeners that will not be for sale in any stores!  Full track list is below.

Free one-hour Radio Special. Features tracks from the box and brand-new exclusive interviews with Ann and Nancy Wilson, looking back on their career.  Hosted by classic rock DJ Maria Milito. More details here.

Giveaways, Tour Promos, Interviews. Use form below to request CD giveaways, ticket promos for shows near you and phone interviews around release date.  Heart Tour dates and track lists are below the form, which also lets you select Paul Simon Graceland 25th anniversary promotions.

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One hour special features Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, James McMurtry and more artists and songs inspired by the Occupy movement

Premiere Date: May 25. Signup now with online form below.

Music & Interview content. Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, James McMurtry, Jason Samel and more interviews tbd, plus songs from the Occupy This Album benefit release.

Occupy This Album. 4-cd set in stores May 15. More details online at http://musicforoccupy.org

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One hour special to commemorate the 40th anniversary of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust

Premiere Date: June 1. Signup now with online form below. Perfect timing for the album’s actual 40th anniversary on 6/6

Music & Interview content. David Bowie interviews and Ziggy Stardust album tracks.

Program Delivery. Download or CD. Download links posted early April.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – 40th Anniversary Editions. In stores 6/4/12 from EMI on CD and LP, plus DVD with brand-new 5.1 mixes of the full album. More online here.

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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.

Premiere Date: May 25. Signup now with online form below. Also great for any time this Spring and Summer, especially around upcoming tour dates below.

Music & Interview content. Ann & Nancy Wilson interview clips, plus original and alternate versions of their best known songs.

Program Delivery. Download or CD. Download links posted week of May 20.

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New one hour special to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Paul Simon’s “Graceland” album

Premiere Date: May 25. Signup now with online form below. Also great for any time this Spring and Summer, including holiday weekends. July 18 is Mandela Day in South Africa.

Music & Interview content. Paul Simon interview clips, original album tracks and alternate takes from the Graceland sessions. Full music list tba.

Program Delivery. Download or CD. Download links posted early April.

Graceland 25th anniversary reissues. In stores June 5 in a variety of audio & video configurations.

Under African Skies documentary. DVD included in the reissues, theatrical and festival screenings, A&E tv broadcast premiere on 5/25. Read the rest of this entry »

New Bob Marley one-hour special features his classic songs and content from the Marley theatrical documentary film.

Premiere Date: April 20. Signup now with online form below. Great to feature Bob Marley on 4/20! Rebroadcast opportunities include Black Music Month (June) or to celebrate 50 years of Jamaican Independence on Aug 6, 2012.

Music & Interview content. Bob Marley classics and interviews. Songs and commentators to be confirmed soon.  Music comes from Marley soundtrack in stores 4/17.

Marley. New documentary film in theatres and VOD April 20.  Directed by Oscar-winner Kevin McDonald (One Day in September).  “This documentary is the ultimate revelation of my father’s life,” said Ziggy Marley. “The family is proud to be able to have the world finally experience this emotional journey.”  More details here.

Program Delivery. Download or CD. See the DOWNLOAD LINKS section below for more on how to download.

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Rock & Roll is the Answer 7" single for Record Store Day (4/21/2012)

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?

Premiere Date: May 17. Signup now with online form below. Timely for his May 19 birthday to create your own Joey Ramone Birthday Bash on the air.  Also great for Memorial Day Weekend.

Music & Interview content. Songs from the new album plus other classics. Interviews with many of Ramone’s closest family, friends and collaborators to be confirmed soon.

Joey Ramone – Ya Know? In stores May 22 from BMG.  Tracks finished by producers Ed Stasium and Joey’s brother, Mickey Leigh, backed by a cast of usual suspects – Little Steven, Richie Ramone, Joan Jett, members of the Dictators, Plasmatics, Smithereens, Cheap Trick and more.

Other Content. Interviews with many of Joey Ramone’s family, friends and collaborators to be confirmed soon.

Program Delivery. Download or CD. Download links are posted below.

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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.

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One hour special features the new album – Wrecking Ball – along with brand-new Bruce Springsteen interview clips

Available to air around March 6 – album release date. Signup now with online form below. Download links will be posted hopefully by Fri 3/2.  Will confirm that date soon.  CDs can be ready for later broadcast, but please let me know if you definitely need a CD for a release week broadcast

Music. Songs from the new album Wrecking Ball in stores now. See cue sheet/song list below.

Other Content. Recent Bruce Springsteen interview recorded Feb 2012.

Program Delivery. Download or CD. Download links posted soon.

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Hell in a Handbasket features 12 brand-new Meat Loaf recordings.  Special guests include Mark McGrath, Trace Adkins, Lil Jon and Chuck D.

In stores March 13. Tracks include the rocker Live or Die and a cover of California Dreaming with his touring duet partner, Patti Russo.

A message from Meat Loaf. “Hell In A Handbasket is the most personal record I’ve ever made,” said Meat Loaf. “It’s really the first record I’ve ever put out about how I feel about life and how I feel about what’s going on at the moment.” The album, produced by Paul Crook, is an expression of life’s metaphors, driven by excellent musicianship, and of course, the passionate vocals of Meat Loaf. “Making this album was a great experience,” said Meat Loaf, “and I hope my fans enjoy hearing it as much as I did making it.”

Request CD giveaways now with form below! Discs will ship out starting 2/29.

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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.

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Scorpions come back with “Comeblack” – new album of covers and re-recorded classics in US stores Jan 24, 2012

New spins on their own anthems + 60s/70s classics that inspire them. Ruby Tuesday, Tainted Love, Rock You Like a Hurricane and more.  Video player with more tracks and full song list is below.

Sign up for giveaways with form below. Product should be ready to ship around Jan 11.  More details will be confirmed soon.

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New 2-cd set features vintage Warren Haynes Christmas Jam live sets from Gov’t Mule, John Hiatt & the Goners, Bob Weir & Friends, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Moe. and more

In stores 12/2 from Evil Teen Records. CDs shipped to radio 11/18, please contact me if you need one.

Sample tracks. Click play buttons to hear an epic, ten-minute Memphis in the Meantime by John Hiatt & the Goners, featuring Warren Haynes. Widespread Panic’s Climb to Safety by Jerry Joseph and Dave Schools. Shake Your Hips by Robert Randolph, also with Warren.  You can also check out this video trailer.

Full band lineup. In order of appearance.  Warren Haynes, Sons of Ralph, Jerry Joseph & Dave Schools, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Moe., John Hiatt & the Goners, Bob Weir & Friends (with DJ Logic), Gov’t Mule.  Haynes sits in at least once with all of them and many guests are featured on the Gov’t Mule tracks.  Full track list and press release below.

All Xmas Jam concerts and “Benefit Concert” releases benefit Habitat for Humanity in Asheville, NC. The sold-out 23rd annual show features Warren and Gov’t Mule with Los Lobos, Phil Lesh & Friends, Bela Fleck and others 12/10/2011 at the Asheville, NC Civic Center.  More info online at xmasjam.com.

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Two hour special features the stories behind the band, its classic albums and tracks, as told by Gilmour, Waters, Mason, Wright and their music.

Signup now with online form below! Can be scheduled as one two-hour block, two separate episodes, or your choice of two one-hour episodes.  Same show has also been announced by FMQB.

Premiere Date. Wed Nov 23. Great for any between Thanksgiving and the end of the year.

Music/Interview. Exclusive David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and the late Richard Wright interviews recorded at various points of their careers.  Plus all time classics like “Money,” “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Comfortably Numb,” “Learning to Fly,” “See Emily Play” and many others.

Program Delivery. Download only. Download links will be posted as soon as they are confirmed.

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Exclusive band member interviews and lots of great music tell the story of Some Girls (1978) – its timeless radio classics, deep album tracks and previously unreleased songs from the Some Girls sessions.

Signup now with online form below!

Premiere Date. Fri Dec 9. Also great to air around Keith Richards’ birthday (12/18) or between Xmas and New Years.

Music/Interview. Exclusive Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood interviews recorded in Fall 2011.  Some Girls classics like “Miss You,” “Beast of Burden” and “Shattered,” fan favorite deep cuts and previously unreleased tracks from it’s sessions now compiled on the Some Girls: Deluxe Edition. Full press release is at the bottom of this post.

Program Delivery. CDs or downloads both available. Download links and CD ship dates will be posted as soon as they are confirmed.

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2CD reissue of Billy Joel’s 1973 album adds a bonus disc with the first-ever release of the entire 1972 WMMR Philadelphia radio broadcast that helped launch his career. In stores 11/8/2011 from Legacy Recordings

Very Limited Promotional Opportunities. Please contact us for more details.

Disc 1: Remastered Piano Man. The legendary title track, plus the longtime fan favorites “Ballad of Billy the Kid,” “Captain Jack” and “You’re My Home.”

Disc 2: 1972 WMMR Broadcast. 12 song concert recorded live at Philly’s Sigma Sound Studios 4/15/1972.  “Captain Jack” and his never-released song, “Josephine,” will be serviced to radio digitally.  WMMR’s subsequent broadcasts of this show, plus heavy airplay for the then-unreleased “Captain Jack,” both helped to secure Billy Joel’s new record deal at the time. The rest, as they say, is history.

Last Play at Shea Showtime Premiere 11/11/11. Documentary film of Billy’s 2008 Shea Stadium concerts, the last live shows at the NY Mets former home.  See airdates below on all of Showtime’s channels through the end of November.  Also on Showtime On-Demand through 12/9.

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U2 celebrates the 20th anniversary of ACHTUNG BABY in new radio special produced by Joyride Media.

11/10 updates. The program is now done! Cue sheets and song lists are detailed below to plan your broadcasts. CDs will ship in time to arrive by 11/17, stay tuned for download instructions. More Showtime Networks airdates through 11/28 listed for Davis Guggenheim’s U2: From the Sky Down documentary. Program request form below now also lets you request the Rolling Stones – Some Girls special available for broadcasts after 12/8.

Premiere Date. Fri Nov 18. Also great for Thanksgiving.  Sat 11/19 is the actual 20th anniversary of the 1991 release date.

Music/Interview. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr, as interviewed by Davis Guggenheim for his “From the Sky Down” documentary.  Music will include tracks like “Mysterious Ways,” “One,” “Even Better than the Real Thing,” plus other album tracks, outtakes, demos and remixes from the new deluxe reissue.

Program Delivery. CDs or downloads both available. Download links and CD ship dates will be posted as soon as they are confirmed.

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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.

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Pearl Jam Twenty – the new documentary film by Cameron Crowe premieres on PBS stations nationwide Friday 10/21 at 9pm.

Pearl Jam Twenty radio special also available. Great radio companion features clips from the film, previously unreleased music from the soundtrack and an exclusive interview with Mike McCready. Hosted by Matt Pinfield. Content also available websites. More details here.

Full list of dates and times in all markets. Look below for when it airs near you.  Airdates are for each station or regional network’s main station unless otherwise noted with digital or cable sub-channels in “Channel” column. Dates and times are subject to change, so please also check local listings for most accurate information. The PBS Station Finder is a great tool for you to find schedules, contacts and details for the stations near you.

Austin City Limits brings more Pearl Jam to PBS. Live show that originally aired in 2009 is set to re-air in select markets this month. Features songs from Backspacer plus a few fan favorites. Click on “PJ on Austin City Limits” link at the bottom of the airdate table to see these dates and times. Setlist is below the PBS doc trailer.
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