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WBCD-519657 DERULO, JASON TBD $13.99 2/16/10 1/27/10

ATL S-523398 FANFARLOHarold T. Wilkins / Comets (7" Vinyl Single) $5.98 2/16/10 1/27/10

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Compact Disc

 

 

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ARTIST: Jason DeruloTITLE: TBDLabel: WB/Warner Bros.Config & Selection #: CD 519657Street Date: 02/16/10Order Due Date: 01/27/10UPC: 093624975915Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 1SRP: $13.99Alphabetize Under: D

TRACKS

Compact Disc 1

01 Whatcha Say 07 Encore02 In My Head 08 Sky's The Limit03 Love Hangover 09 Queen Of Hearts04 Riding Solo 10 Fallen05 What If 11 Blind06 Around The World 12 Strobelight

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Genre: Pop 

ARTIST & INFO

Hometown: Miami, FL 

A truly multi-talented artist knows no creative boundaries. This is the case with Jason Derulo the Miami-bred 20 year oldsinger, dancer and songwriter whose smash debut single "Whatcha Say" heralds the arrival of a major new talent.

As the flagship artist in the new joint venture deal between Warner Bros. and super-producer J.R. Rotem's label BelugaHeights, Derulo has set his sights high. "I don't want to stay in a box," Derulo says. "I want all the love!"

Following Derulo's breakout performance at this summer's KIIS FM Wango Tango, and with "Whatcha Say" taking off, itfeels as if Derulo has the makings of an overnight sensation. In fact his story involves a lifetime of dedication.

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Press & Publicity: TV:It's On with Alexa Cheung (11/23)The Wendy Williams Show (11/24)Deco Drive (Miami) - airing 12/16

:PrintNY Post - page six - 12/14People - "The New Hit Men" feature in 12/7 issue of PeopleCNN.com profile of Jason (TBS)

SoundScan:"Whatcha Say" is Certified 2X Platinum digital single"In My Head" debuted on the Digital Songs chart at #35 with 32,589 downloads

Video Rotation:"Whatcha Say" premiered on MTV, MTV Hits and mtv.com on 10/15

VH1: 6x - 23x To Date - Weeks ON: 5MTV: 4x - 77x To Date - Weeks ON: 10MTV HITS: 23x - 313x To Date - Weeks ON: 10MTV Tr3s: 12x - 128x To Date - Weeks ON: 8FUSE: 12x - 126x To Date - Weeks ON: 8TeenNick: HEAVY rotation - Weeks ON: 8Music Choice: 148,147x - 796,238x To Date - Weeks ON: 5Choice Cuts in DecemberLOGO: In RotationMUN2: 21x - 127x To Date - Weeks ON: 8BET: New Joint on BET's 106 & Park on 12/17

"In My Head" - soliciting treatments now; tentative 12/22 shoot

Radio Airplay/ Total Audience:"Whatcha Say" currently 82M total audience

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"Whatcha Say" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100Currently #4 at Top 40, #5 at Rhythm, #31* at Hot AC and #41 on the Dance chart

"In My Head" currently 8M total audience

Info:On Lady Gaga Tour 12/27 - 1/21Playing himself in MTVs film "Turn The Beat Around" - Airs across MTV properties February

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Online Stats:Myspace: 33+ Million total plays to dateFacebook: 40K+ Total Fans

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ARTIST: FanfarloTITLE: Harold T. Wilkins/Comets (7" Vinyl Single)Label: ATL/AtlanticConfig & Selection #: S 523398Street Date: 02/16/10Order Due Date: 02/02/10UPC: 075678948282Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 1SRP: $5.98Alphabetize Under: F

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7" Single Vinyl 1

Side A Side B01 Harold T. Wilkins, Or

How To Wait For A VeryLong Time

01 Comets

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Genre: Rock 

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Hometown: London, UK 

Hailing from the UK, Sweden and Belgium Fanfarlo began as the bedroom project of lead singer / songwriter SimonBalthazar. His literate pop songs bear more resemblance to the modern folk sounds of Sufjan Stevens, Beirut and TheArcade Fire than the fashion-driven London scene where the band resides. As his vision grew he fleshed out the lineupwith an amazingly versatile group of musicians who play a vast number of instruments to bring these lushly-arranged poptunes to life. Tapped and spiralling guitars, an insistently hammered piano chord, or an ominous stomp, the fervour withwhich they play is stirring and infectious.

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ARTIST: David Byrne & Fatboy SlimTITLE: Here Lies Love (2CD)Label: NON/NonesuchConfig & Selection #: CD 522298Street Date: 02/23/10Order Due Date: 02/03/10UPC: 075597980486Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 2SRP: $19.98Alphabetize Under: BFile Under: Pop

OTHER EDITIONS:CX:075597980448($34.98)

TRACKS

Compact Disc 1

01 Here Lies Love  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Florence Welch [Florence & The Machine]

07 Eleven Days  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Cyndi Lauper

02 Every Drop Of Rain  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slimfeat. Candie Payne & St. Vincent

08 When She Passed By  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slimfeat. Allison Moorer

03 You'll Be Taken Care Of  - By David Byrne & FatboySlim feat. Tori Amos

09 Walk Like A Woman  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slimfeat. Charmaine Clamor

04 The Rose Of Tacloban  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slimfeat. Martha Wainwright

10 Don't You Agree?  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Roisin Murphy [accents]

05 How Are You?  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Nellie McKay

11 Pretty Face  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Camille

06 A Perfect Hand  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Steve Earle

12 Ladies In Blue  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Theresa Andersson

Compact Disc 2

01 Dancing Together  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Sharon Jones

06 American Troglodyte

02 Men Will Do Anything  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slimfeat. Alice Russell

07 Solano Avenue  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Nicole Atkins

03 The Whole Man  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Kate Pierson

08 Order 1081  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Natalie Merchant

04 Never So Big  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Sia 09 Seven Years  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Shara Worden [My Brightest Diamond]

05 Please Don't  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. SantiWhite [Santigold]

10 Why Don't You Love Me?  - By David Byrne & FatboySlim feat. Tori Amos & Cyndi Lauper

ALBUM FACTS

Genre: Pop  Cyndi Lauper, Steve Earle, Sharon Jones, Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Kate Pierson, St.Guest Artist:Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, Nellie McKay, Martha Wainwright, Roisin Murphy, Santigold  Los AmigosProducers:Invisibles, Patrick Dillett, Fatboy Slim, David Byrne, Cagedbaby  College/Non-comm AAA  Radio Formats: Special

Standard version: 6 panel soft pak 24 pg booklet 2 CDsPackaging Info:Deluxe version: 104 pg cloth-bound book. 2 cd/1 dvd 

is a double-disc song cycle - improbably poignant, decidedly surreal, surprisingly thoughtDescription: Here Lies Loveprovoking -- about the rise and fall of the Philippines' notorious Imelda Marcos. It was conceived by David Byrne;composed by Byrne and British deejay/recording artist Fatboy Slim, a/k/a Norman Cook; and performed by a dream castdrawn from the worlds of indie rock, alt country, R&B and pop. Byrne's taste in collaborators is as imaginative as it isimpeccable, including Cyndi Lauper (who recounts, to lighthearted disco beats, Imelda's courtship with Ferdinand Marcos),Steve Earle (as the power-hungry Ferdinand), Dap-Kings vocalist Sharon Jones (recalling Imelda's introduction into NewYork society) and Natalie Merchant (as spurned Imelda confidante Estrella, anticipating the onset of martial law). Alongwith vocals turns from such stars as Tori Amos and the B-52's Kate Pierson, Byrne works with rising indie rockers St.Vincent and My Brightest Diamond; New York chanteuses Nellie McKay and Martha Wainwright; and dance-music divasRoisin Murphy and Santigold. Byrne himself appears as the voice of imperialistic America on "American Troglodyte," asend-up that wouldn't have seemed out of places in Talking Heads' True Stories.

Byrne originally envisioned this as a musical theatre piece, to be mounted in disco and nightclub settings, reflecting theglobe-trotting Marcos' taste for such velvet-roped spots as Studio 54 and Regine's. In 2006, he performedwork-in-progress versions to enthusiastic audiences at New York City's Carnegie Hall and the Adelaide Festival inAustralia. When more funding for a theatrical version proved elusive, While plans for a U.S. theatrical production continueto evolve, he embarked upon he has delivered this unique recording. Here Lies Love has an effervescent disco feel,redolent of Fatboy Slim's own dance-floor anthems, with warm undercurrents of the Latin rhythms that have percolatedthrough Byrne's recent solo work. The sunny arrangements act in counterpoint to the reality of the Marcos' increasinglyrepressive regime, reflecting the imagined inner life of the glamour-obsessed Imelda. Explains Byrne, "For me, the darker

side of the excesses are, for the most part, a matter of record. A lot of the audience is going to come with that knowledgealready. What's more of a challenge is to get inside the head of the person who was behind all of that, and understand

Byrne offers no judgment and avoids the obvious - there is no mention of Imelda's infamous shoewhat made them tick."collection.

Many of Byrne's lyrics are, astonishingly enough, constructed from actual Imelda quotes, including the project's title, thewords that Imelda, now returned to the Philippines from U.S.-assisted exile in Hawaii, would like to have inscribed on hergravestone. Byrne generously annotates each song in the CD booklet and illustrates the story with archival photos. In adetailed preface, he reveals what drew him to this subject and the bumpy route he took to launch the project and,ultimately, record this CD. The lavish booklet is indeed a page-turner, just as is a wonderfully old-schoolHere Lies Lovealbum that rewards start-to-finish listening. Once again, Byrne -- beloved as musician, thinker and bicyclist-about-town --reveals the breadth and singularity of his vision.

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CD/DVD 

 

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ARTIST: David Byrne & Fatboy SlimTITLE: Here Lies Love (Special

Edition)(2CD/DVD)(w/Bound Book)Label: NON/NonesuchConfig & Selection #: CX 522300Street Date: 02/23/10Order Due Date: 01/26/10UPC: 075597980448Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 3SRP: $34.98Alphabetize Under: BFile Under: Pop

OTHER EDITIONS:CD:075597980486($19.98)

TRACKS

CD/DVD 1

01 Here Lies Love  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Florence Welch [Florence & The Machine]

07 Eleven Days  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Cyndi Lauper

02 Every Drop Of Rain  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slimfeat. Candie Payne & St. Vincent

08 When She Passed By  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slimfeat. Allison Moorer

03 You'll Be Taken Care Of  - By David Byrne & FatboySlim feat. Tori Amos

09 Walk Like A Woman  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slimfeat. Charmaine Clamor

04 The Rose Of Tacloban  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slimfeat. Martha Wainwright

10 Don't You Agree?  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Roisin Murphy [accents]

05 How Are You?  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Nellie McKay

11 Pretty Face  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Camille

06 A Perfect Hand  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Steve Earle

12 Ladies In Blue  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Theresa Andersson

CD/DVD 2

01 Dancing Together  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Sharon Jones

06 American Troglodyte

02 Men Will Do Anything  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slimfeat. Alice Russell

07 Solano Avenue  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Nicole Atkins

03 The Whole Man  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Kate Pierson

08 Order 1081  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Natalie Merchant

04 Never So Big  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Sia 09 Seven Years  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat.Shara Worden [My Brightest Diamond]

05 Please Don't  - By David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. SantiWhite [Santigold]

10 Why Don't You Love Me?  - By David Byrne & FatboySlim feat. Tori Amos & Cyndi Lauper

ALBUM FACTS

Genre: Pop  Cyndi Lauper, Steve Earle, Sharon Jones, Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Kate Pierson, St.Guest Artist:Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, Nellie McKay, Martha Wainwright, Roisin Murphy, Santigold  Los AmigosProducers:InvisiblesPatrick DillettPatrick DilletFatboy SlimDavid ByrneCagedbaby  College/Non-comm AAA  6 panel soft pak 24Radio Formats: Special Packaging Info: Standard version:pg booklet 2 CDs, 104 pg cloth-bound book. Includes bonus DVD with 6 videos. Deluxe version:

is a double-disc song cycle - improbably poignant, decidedly surreal, surprisingly thoughtDescription: Here Lies Loveprovoking -- about the rise and fall of the Philippines' notorious Imelda Marcos. It was conceived by David Byrne;composed by Byrne and British deejay/recording artist Fatboy Slim, a/k/a Norman Cook; and performed by a dream castdrawn from the worlds of indie rock, alt country, R&B and pop. Byrne's taste in collaborators is as imaginative as it isimpeccable, including Cyndi Lauper (who recounts, to lighthearted disco beats, Imelda's courtship with Ferdinand Marcos),Steve Earle (as the power-hungry Ferdinand), Dap-Kings vocalist Sharon Jones (recalling Imelda's introduction into NewYork society) and Natalie Merchant (as spurned Imelda confidante Estrella, anticipating the onset of martial law). Alongwith vocals turns from such stars as Tori Amos and the B-52's Kate Pierson, Byrne works with rising indie rockers St.Vincent and My Brightest Diamond; New York chanteuses Nellie McKay and Martha Wainwright; and dance-music divasRoisin Murphy and Santigold. Byrne himself appears as the voice of imperialistic America on "American Troglodyte," asend-up that wouldn't have seemed out of places in Talking Heads' True Stories.

Byrne originally envisioned this as a musical theatre piece, to be mounted in disco and nightclub settings, reflecting theglobe-trotting Marcos' taste for such velvet-roped spots as Studio 54 and Regine's. In 2006, he performedwork-in-progress versions to enthusiastic audiences at New York City's Carnegie Hall and the Adelaide Festival in

Australia. When more funding for a theatrical version proved elusive, While plans for a U.S. theatrical production continueto evolve, he embarked upon he has delivered this unique recording. Here Lies Love has an effervescent disco feel,redolent of Fatboy Slim's own dance-floor anthems, with warm undercurrents of the Latin rhythms that have percolatedthrough Byrne's recent solo work. The sunny arrangements act in counterpoint to the reality of the Marcos' increasinglyrepressive regime, reflecting the imagined inner life of the glamour-obsessed Imelda. Explains Byrne, "For me, the darkerside of the excesses are, for the most part, a matter of record. A lot of the audience is going to come with that knowledgealready. What's more of a challenge is to get inside the head of the person who was behind all of that, and understand

Byrne offers no judgment and avoids the obvious - there is no mention of Imelda's infamous shoewhat made them tick."collection.

Many of Byrne's lyrics are, astonishingly enough, constructed from actual Imelda quotes, including the project's title, thewords that Imelda, now returned to the Philippines from U.S.-assisted exile in Hawaii, would like to have inscribed on hergravestone. Byrne generously annotates each song in the CD booklet and illustrates the story with archival photos. In adetailed preface, he reveals what drew him to this subject and the bumpy route he took to launch the project and,ultimately, record this CD. The lavish booklet is indeed a page-turner, just as is a wonderfully old-schoolHere Lies Lovealbum that rewards start-to-finish listening. Once again, Byrne -- beloved as musician, thinker and bicyclist-about-town --reveals the breadth and singularity of his vision.

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ARTIST: Carolina Chocolate DropsTITLE: Genuine Negro JigLabel: NON/NonesuchConfig & Selection #: CD 516995Street Date: 02/23/10Order Due Date: 02/03/10UPC: 075597983982Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 1SRP: $15.98Alphabetize Under: CFile Under: Pop

TRACKS

Compact Disc 1

01 Peace Behind The Bridge 07 Why Don't You Do Right?02 Trouble In Your Mind 08 Cindy Gal03 Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine 09 Kissin' And Cussin'04 Hit 'Em Up Style 10 Sandy Boys05 Cornbread And Butterbeans 11 Reynadine06 Snowden's Jig [Genuine Negro Jig] 12 Trampled Rose

ALBUM FACTSGenre: Pop Joe Henry Non-comm A3/Americana/College 12ppProducers: Radio Formats: Special Packaging Info:booklet 2/c label 2-panel softpack printing 4/4

Description:

"It will do your heart good, do your spirits good, do your life good to come out and check them out and see this joyousmusic." --Taj Mahal on NPR's

Morning Edition, talking about the Carolina Chocolate Drops The Carolina Chocolate Drops are as much about revelationas revival. On its Nonesuch debut, , the trio brings exuberance, humor, virtuosity and an infectiousGenuine Negro Jigacoustic groove to its exploration of a near-forgotten brand of banjo-driven string-band music originating more than acentury ago in the foothills of North Carolina, the Piedmont region where band members Rhiannon Giddens and JustinRobinson were raised. In this rural area, musicians, both black and white, once shared and swapped tunes. Over thedecades, the importance of the African-American role in string-band music was diminished, its sound and significanceco-opted by minstrel shows and segregated by record labels. CCD -- under the tutelage of nonagenarian fiddler player JoeThompson, one of the last surviving Piedmont musicians - have reclaimed the old-time songs, making them vital and freshfor right now, reasserting in the process the African roots of the banjo.

The Carolina Chocolate Drops have won over crowds at the Newport Folk Festival, on such National Public Radio showsas and , and on tours through Europe. Denzel Washington personally selectedMountain Stage A Prairie Home Companionthe trio to appear in his critically acclaimed 2007 directorial effort, . In a review of a CCD KennedyThe Great DebatersCenter performance, The Washington Post declared, "Their set was anything but academic...these instrument-swappingresidents of Durham, N.C., kept the audience active with speedy strumming, jug-blowing and percussion via carvedhand-held bones and foot-banging syncopation." The Boston Globe concurred: "The acoustic trio - banjo, fiddle, guitar -managed the minor miracle of evoking a sepia- drenched era of mountain music... Giddens, Robinson and Dom Flemons,all multi- instrumentalists and vocalists, conveyed their deep knowledge with a sense of reverence and studied antiquity-including their simple, era-appropriate costumes - and a contagious, abundant joy."

After two self-recorded independent releases, CCD chose to work with producer Joe Henry on . As withGenuine Negro Jighis production on Allen Toussaint's , Henry emphasizes simplicity, clarity, interaction; with its strikingThe Bright Mississippilack of studio frills, the emphasis is on the spirit of these performances, which are often as intense as they are exhilarating.Uptempo numbers like live-show favorite "Cornbread and Butterbeans" and "Sandy Boys" are immediate standouts,though slow-burning, moody tracks like "Kissin' and Cussin'" and "Snowden's Jig (Genuine Negro Jig)" prove to bedownright haunting. The versatile Giddens performs the Celtic-style balladry of "Reynadine" acapella; she's equallyconvincing taking lead on a brilliant recasting of the 2001 Blu Cantrell R&B-dance hit, "Hit ‘Em Up Style " Genuine Negro

starts out with the specific but winds up with the universal; this is music that has literally traveled continents andJigcenturies to achieve a brand new relevance, a shared history still in the making.

ARTIST & INFOHometown: North Carolina and Arizona Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson, Dom Flemons Band Members:

Nonesuch Records has signed North Carolina-based trio the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a young string band in thecenturies-old Piedmont banjo and fiddle musical tradition. The group's members-Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, andJustin Robinson-all trade duties as singers and swap instruments, too.

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Old-time Southern string music is often associated with Caucasian musicians from Appalachia, not African-Americans fromthe North Carolina Piedmont. But as Giddens pointed out in a recent NPR interview, "It seems that two things get left out ofthe history books. One, that there was string band music in the Piedmont, period. And that ... black folk was such a hugepart of string tradition." Carolina Chocolate Drops seek to not only correct this misunderstanding, but to keep the old-timestring music tradition alive.

The group was formed after Flemons, Giddens, and Robinson met at the Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, NC. They havelearned that tradition under the tutelage of Joe Thompson-who at age 90 is believed to be the last living performer from thePiedmont string band heyday. Their repertoire is centered around the traditional music of the early twentieth century butalso includes original material as well as a show-stopping cover of Blu Cantrell's 2001 single "Hit ‘Em Up Style."

The members of Carolina Chocolate Drops come from diverse musical backgrounds. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona,Dom Flemons has immersed himself in music of the past, with a prodigious record collection and an immense knowledgeof the different playing styles of the blues, country, and string band traditions. His influences include Ma Rainey, theBeatles, and the Band. As a part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Flemons uses his harmonicas for additional melody,and his jug and guitar root the band's rhythm.

Rhiannon Giddens, a Piedmont native, grew up with the sounds of bluegrass from one side of her family and classic bluesand jazz records on the other. After graduating the Oberlin Conservatory, she fell into contra dancing and became inspiredby the Roundpeak-style old time bands she heard at the dances. She worked extra jobs to buy her first banjo and fiddle,and hasn't looked back since. Giddens' style is heavily influenced by the playing of Joe and Odell Thompson. She alsocalls contra and social dances, and is working on playing and calling simultaneously.

Justin Robinson is the group's main fiddler and also plays banjo. He grew up in a house full of musicians-his mother is aclassically trained opera singer and cellist, his sister a classical pianist, and his grandfather a harmonica player. Robinsonplayed classical violin from the age of nine. Besides Piedmont string band music, he also is interested in RevolutionaryWar music, and fife and drum tradition of African Americans in the Deep South.

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ARTIST: FedroTITLE: Besos ExcesosLabel: LAT/Warner Music LatinaConfig & Selection #: CD 523550Street Date: 02/23/10Order Due Date: 02/03/10UPC: 825646833399Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 1SRP: $9.98

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Genre: Latin Pop  Axel Dupeyrón, Diego Ortega  Latin Pop  New York, LosProducers: Radio Formats: Focus Markets:Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Phoenix, Houston, San Diego, Dallas, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Jose,Minneapolis, Sacramento, Portland, Denver, Washington, Orlando, Tampa, Austin, Denver, Miami, Puerto Rico 

Description:

Besos Excesos is Fedro's debut album. As the 3rd finalist and fans favorite in the hit reality talent show, ,Viva El SueñoFedro is ready to establish himself in the US Latin market as one of the most talented and innovative artists. Thisproduction includes lyrics by Mexican divas, and .Gloria Trevi Alaska

The album will include the song "Solo Un Dia" written by one of the most successful singer-songwriters of recent years, .  It also contains Fedro's signature song from , "Yo No Naci Para Amar", one of Espinoza Paz Viva El Sueño Juan

most legendary anthems. Gabriel's

Besos Excesos portrays Fedro's essence and translates his ground-breaking style into a unique and elaborate musicalproduction.

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Hometown: Mexico 

Fedro was the third finalist of Univision's hit realty talent show and the most sought after contestant. HeViva El Sueñowas part of the cast of many hit musicals in Mexico, including "Rent" and worked along side Mexican icon, in theLuceromusical "Regina". Fedro was also the lead chorister of renowned Mexican artists: , , Gloria Trevi Alejandra Guzman Ninel

and .Conde Aleida Nuñez

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Info:Radio DMA's: South East, North East, Texas, South West, North West and Puerto RicoNational and local media coveragePromotional visits in key markets: Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Puerto Rico, New York, Dallas, Houston, San Diego,San Francisco, Orlando, TampaGay Parade and Gay Clubs national tourVideo rotation in all video outletsStrong online marketing campaignParticipation in key award shows

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ARTIST: HIMTITLE: SCREAMWORKS: LOVE IN THEORY AND

PRACTICE (White Colored Vinyl w/Bonus CD)Label: SIR/SireConfig & Selection #: A 522730Street Date: 02/23/10Order Due Date: 02/03/10UPC: 093624969945Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 2SRP: $19.98Alphabetize Under: H

OTHER EDITIONS:CD:093624969969($21.98)CD:093624969983($13.99)

TRACKS

Full Length Vinyl 1

Side A Side B

01 In Venere Veritas02 Scared To Death03 Heartkiller04 Dying Song05 Disarm Me [With Your

Loneliness]06 Love, The Hardest Way

01 Katherine Wheel02 In The Arms Of Rain03 Ode To Solitude04 Shatter Me With Hope05 Acoustic Funeral [For

Love In Limbo]06 Like St. Valentine07 The Foreboding Sense

Of Impending Happiness

Full Length Vinyl 2

Side A Side B01 In Venere Veritas02 Scared To Death03 Heartkiller04 Dying Song05 Disarm Me [With Your Loneliness]06 Love, The Hardest Way07 Katherine Wheel08 In The Arms Of Rain09 Ode To Solitude10 Shatter Me With Hope11 Acoustic Funeral [For Love In Limbo]12 Like St. Valentine13 The Foreboding Sense Of Impending Happiness

FEATURED TRACKS

Heartkiller

ALBUM FACTSGenre: Rock Matt Squire Alternative, Rock, Active Rock VinylProducers: Radio Formats: Special Packaging Info:features one 140g white vinyl disc in single-pocket Stoughton jacket produced at Record Industry with audio CD in papersleeve.

is HIM's seventh studio album and the follow-up toDescription: SCREAMWORKS: LOVE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE2007's , which debuted at No. 12 in the U.S. and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "BestVenus DoomBoxed/Special Limited Edition Packaging."

ARTIST & INFOHometown: Finland

After conquering the rest of the world with chart-topping albums and sold-out tours, Finland's HIM won over the States withits 2005 U.S. debut, the Top 20 , the first album by a Finnish band to go U.S. gold. In 2007, Dark Light Venus Doomelevated the band's summer-of-love-gone-goth to even harder and heavier heights and the album debuted #12 in the U.S.Then their CD+DVD featured a 90-minute 2007 concert from theDigital Versatile Doom-Live At The Orpheum TheatreOrpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.

TOURS MORE

12/28/09Tavastia - KlubiHelsinki Finland

12/29/09Tavastia - KlubiHelsinki Finland

12/30/09Tavastia - KlubiHelsinki Finland

12/31/09Tavastia - KlubiHelsinki Finland

02/20/10R.N.A. ShowgroundsBrisbane Australia

MARKETING POINTSPress & Publicity:

Finnish Rock Band HIM To Release Brand-New Album, Entitled SCREAMWORKS: LOVE IN THEORY ANDPRACTICE, on February 9th, 2010 on Sire Records - press release4-pg feature in Inked5-pg feature in The AquarianGothic Beauty featureRebel Ink featureRevolver feature

SoundScan:"Heartkiller" digital single sold 5K+ first week & growing

Video Rotation:"Heartkiller" video shoots Dec 1-15, delivery 1/51/7 - MySpace Premiere

Radio Airplay/ Total Audience:"Heartkiller" Impact date 1/11/10

Info:Aggressive online advertising plan“Heartkiller” to radio 12/8US Tour begins in March

AVAILABLE MERCH

Heartagram Cross T-Shirt Black Gateway T-Shirt Charcoal Decobotanicals Juniors Cardinal

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ARTIST: George JonesTITLE: George Jones: The Great Lost Hits (2CD)Label: TL/Time Life / WEAConfig & Selection #: CD 25466 DStreet Date: 02/23/10Order Due Date: 02/03/10UPC: 610583336528Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 2SRP: $19.98Alphabetize Under: J

TRACKS

Compact Disc 1

01 Walk through this world with me 10 Small Time Laboring Man02 I can't get there from here 11 Milwaukee here I come03 Things have gone to pieces 12 As Long As I Live04 Love bug 13 When the Grass Grows Over Me05 If my heard had windows 14 If Not For You06 Take me 15 I'm a people07 Four-o-thirty three 16 She's Mine08 I'll share my world with you 17 Where grass won't grow09 Say it's not you

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01 A Good Year for the roses 10 Never grow cold02 Tell me lying eyes are wrong 11 The honky tonk downstairs03 World of forgotten people 12 We must have been out of our minds04 Sometimes You Just Can't Win 13 Developing my pictures05 Right Won't Touch a Hand 14 Old Bursh Arbors06 A Day in the life of a fool 15 Beaneath Still Waters07 Burn another honky tonk down 16 Feeling single, seeing double08 Your angel steps out of heaven 17 Will you visit me on Sunday09 I'll follow you

ALBUM FACTS

Genre: Country 

Description:LOST GEORGE JONES HITS -- FIRST TIME EVER ON CD! Includes 2 Unreleased Tracks!

Many consider George Jones to be the greatest singer in country music history, but a number of his best-loved recordingsfrom his chart-topping years have never been available on CD. Jones recorded for Musicor Records from 1965 until 1972,when he was at the peak of his vocal form, and for years these tracks have been tied up in litigation and haven't beenavailable on CD, until now.

Time Life is proud to release and conducted extensive research to identifyGEORGE JONES: THE GREAT LOST HITSthe best sources for sound quality on this fabulous collection. The productions are simple and to the point -- a voice likeGeorge's needs no more ornamentation than it has here. This is the gold standard of country singing.

Our 34-song, 2-CD collection includes his all-time classics like "A Good Year for the Roses," "Walk through this World withMe," "I'll Share My World with You," "Love Bug," and "When the Grass Grows over Me." We've also included the originalversion of "Beneath Still Waters" (later a #1 country hit for Emmylou Harris) and "Your Angel Steps out of Heaven" (laterrecorded by Elvis Costello, Flying Burrito Brothers and others). Plus we've got the original version of "Where Grass Won'tGrow," later re-recorded by George with Trisha Yearwood, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris.

George Jones is the gold standard of country vocalists, and his distinctive voice evokes the raw emotions caused by grief,love, and emotional hardship. There is no doubt that Jones helped set the standard for modern country music.

ARTIST & INFO

:GEORGE JONES' SUCCESS

He's a legend -- George Jones has been a successful recording artist for over 50 years.Jones is the #2 best-charting country artist of all time, with hits in every decade from the 1950s to today.His catalog scans over 500k annually.

He's charted more singles than any other artist in any other format (167).He has the most Top-40 Hits (143).He's won numerous awards including Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of theYear, National Medal of Arts Award and two Grammy® Awards.Two of his albums were certified Platinum; 11 albums went Gold.Jones still headlines dozens of concerts each year, entertaining his millions of loyal fans.

MARKETING POINTS

Info: :PRCampaign will place reviews in national country magazines ( ) as well as regional press in strongCountry Weeklycountry markets throughout the south and Midwest.We will also pitch coverage in music collector media such as and .Goldmine MojoPlus, we're offering a giveaway contest to classic country radio stations nationwide.Work closely with and for online campaigns.CMT.com GAC.comContests at major country music websites.Exclusive video promoting the release.YouTubeReviews at major country and music entertainment sites.

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ARTIST: Mutiny WithinTITLE: Mutiny WithinLabel: RRR/Roadrunner RecordsConfig & Selection #: CD 178962Street Date: 02/23/10Order Due Date: 02/03/10UPC: 016861789626Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 1SRP: $13.99Alphabetize Under: M

TRACKS

Compact Disc 1

01 Awake 07 Oblivion02 Images 08 Undone03 Falling Forever 09 Hours04 Year Of Affliction 10 Suffocate05 Forsaken 11 Reflections06 Lethean

FEATURED TRACKS

AwakeImages

ALBUM FACTS

Genre: Rock  Jason Bieler  Shipping to Metal Radio 1/4 for a 1/18 impact.  Producers: Radio Formats: Focus Markets:New Jersey (hometown), Phoenix, Vegas, San Antonio, Albuquerque, Portland, ME, Wilkes Barre, Philadelphia, NY, etc 

“Keep it heavy, keep it fast and keep it clever. Never pace to anything. It is an active record.” That’s howDescription:bassist Andrew “AJ” Jacobs, the sole founding member, effectively encapsulated what Mutiny Within and their self-titleddebut are about.They play with astonishing technical skill with a forward-thinking songwriting style that can be viewed asmodernly progressive, but definitely not “prog.”

ARTIST & INFO

Hometown: New Jersey, UK  Chris Clancy (Vocals), Andrew "AJ" Jacobs (Bass), Brandon JacobsBand Members:(Guitar), Daniel Bage (Guitar), Drew Stavola (Keyboards), Bill Fore (Drums) 

Roadrunner began building Mutiny Within’s fanbase while the band was in the studio with frequent video updates thatboasted quite a following. The band hit the road with legendary labelmates Soulfly, a digital single was released and Streetand E-Teamers continued spreading the word on the web. 2010 will see Mutiny tour incessantly as they'retouted the futureof metal and a true Roadrunner staple.

MARKETING POINTS

Radio Airplay/ Total Audience:Impacts Metal radio 1/18

Info:On tour with Arch Enemy around album release.Revolver ad in 2/23 issue.Banner ad campaign around release targeting metal and lifestyle outlets.Metalsucks full album stream week prior to release.1,500 plus member Street/E-Team began distributing street and web assets 3 months prior to release.

 

DIGITAL SPINS & SALES

Online Stats:Band recieves excellent exposure via the Roadrunner Records Artist Web Network, recently garnering over 50,000plays of their latest update in less than 24-hours.48,000 friends on MySpace, 550,000 plays.1,200 fans on FaceBook.

WEBSITES:

Band websiteArtist page

TOURS MORE

01/20/10Recher TheatreTowson, MD

01/21/10Theater of Living ArtsPhiladelphia, PA

01/22/10Nokia TheatreNew York, NY

01/23/10The PalladiumWorcester, MA

01/29/10House of BluesChicago, IL

Over 3,000 subscribers to MutinyWithin.com.

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ARTIST: Peter, Paul & MaryTITLE: Peter, Paul And Mary: With Symphony Orchestra

- The Prague SessionsLabel: RRW/Rhino/Warner Bros.Config & Selection #: CD 523477Street Date: 02/23/10Order Due Date: 02/03/10UPC: 081227981266Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 1SRP: $18.98Alphabetize Under: P

TRACKS

Compact Disc 1

01 Weave Me Some Sunshine 09 Day Is Done02 It's Magic 10 Puff, The Magic Dragon03 Some Walls 11 Greenland Whale Fisheries04 Don't Laugh At Me 12 Where Have All The Flowers Gone05 The Kid 13 Blowin' In The Wind06 Leaving On A Jet Plane 14 This Land Is Your Land07 Light One Candle 15 Adagio For Strings08 Jesus On The Wire

ALBUM FACTSGenre: Folk

Description:

This is a project envisioned by the band prior to Mary's passing. Peter & Paul have been recording new orchestralarrangements of their songs to be combined with recent/archival live vocals mixed with new symphonic arrangements.

Dedicated to Mary. Each song recorded at a different concert over the last 20 years

ARTIST & INFO

"Peter, Paul and Mary are folk singers." So stated the liner notes to the group's self-titled 1962 debut album. Today, thisdeclaration seems redundant, because the term "folk music" has come to be virtually interchangeable with the groupname, but when the words were written, they were meant less as a stylistic distinction than as a mission statement. In thedecades prior to the '60s, through the work of such avatars as Woody Guthrie, the Weavers and Pete Seeger, folk musichad become identified with sociopolitical commentary, but the idiom had been forced underground in the Senator JoeMcCarthy witch-hunting era of the late '50s. By the time Peter, Paul and Mary arrived on the scene, for the majority ofAmerica, folk was viewed merely as a side-bar to pop music which employed acoustic instruments. At this critical historicjuncture, with the nation still recovering from the McCarthy era, the Civil Rights Movement taking shape, the Cold Warheating up and a nascent spirit of activism in the air, Peter Yarrow, Noel (Paul) Stookey and Mary Travers came togetherto juxtapose these cross currents and thus to reclaim folk's potency as a social, cultural and political force. But few at thetime could have realized how fervently and pervasively the group's message of humanity, hope and activism would beembraced. Having their music associated with causes and solutions is as natural as breathing for Peter, Paul and Mary.The music they purvey and the action it generates are equally important to them and lie at the heart of their story. Mostrecently, their individual and collective efforts have focused on such crucial issues as gun violence against children, therights and organizing efforts of strawberry pickers in California, homelessness and world hunger. "We've always beeninvolved with issues that deal with the fundamental human rights of people, whether that means the right to politicalfreedom or the right to breathe air that's clean," Travers points out. No American folk group has lasted longer or amasseda more loyal following than Peter, Paul and Mary; indeed, few groups of any genre have logged more years (45) or miles(countless) in direct, yearly touring; spreading the message and engaging the next (now four) generations. During its nowlegendary career, the trio won five Grammy's, produced 13 Top 40 hits, of which 6 ascended into the Top 10 - as well aseight gold and five platinum albums. That PP&M achieved such a rarefied level of commercial success withoutcompromise, and while continuing a centuries-old tradition of people raising their voices in song for the sake of freedom, issimply further evidence of their extraordinarily successful career-as much a mission accomplished as a musical career.

MARKETING POINTS

Info:NYTimes Online marketing campaign with email blast.PBS to re-air "Carry It On" during the March pledge driveThis release will be used as premium

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ARTIST: Tommy TorresTITLE: Estar De Moda No Esta De ModaLabel: LAT/Warner Music LatinaConfig & Selection #: CD 523545Street Date: 02/23/10Order Due Date: 02/03/10UPC: 825646832613Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 1SRP: $9.98Alphabetize Under: T

TRACKS

Compact Disc 1

01 Vinito Pa'l Corazon 07 De Rodillas02 Sigo Aqui 08 Meteoro03 Se Apaga El Sol 09 Mariana Y Angelina04 Dame Esta Noche 10 Corazon Remendado05 Besos Y Sal 11 Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte06 Un Poquito

FEATURED TRACKS MORE

Vinito Pa'l CorazonSigo AquiSe Apaga El Sol

ALBUM FACTS

Genre: Latin Pop  Tommy Torres  POP  Puerto Rico, Miami, Orlando, NYC,Producers: Radio Formats: Focus Markets:Los Angeles, Texas, Chicago, Atlanta 

is Tommy Torres' second album. The 2010 re-edition of the albumDescription: Estar de Moda no esta de modareleased under Warner Music Latina has been revamped with new artwork, includes the hits: Vinito pa'l corazon, Dameesta noche, Besos y Sal, Un Poquito, and De Rodillas. All of the 11 tracks where composed and produced by Torres.

ARTIST & INFO

Hometown: Puerto Rico 

Torres is one of the most talented producer, songwriter and singer ever to come out of Puerto Rico. He has written andproduced for great artists such as Ednita Nazario, Ricky Martin, Alejandro Sanz and Ricardo Arjona. Tommy learned toplay the violin and keyboards at a young age and started composing in high school. He got his degree in the prestigiousBerkley College of Music. Torres has three albums and is currently starting pre-production of his new album.

MARKETING POINTS

Awards:Winner 2007 Billboard's Producer of the yearNominated for the Latin Grammy 2008 Best Album by a Singer Songwriter for the album Tarde o Temprano.Nominated for a Grammy 2009 Best Male POP Album for the album Tarde o Temprano.Nominated for Premio Lo Nuestro 2010 Best Male POP Artist

Press & Publicity:Press Interviews prior to album release, week of release we will have strong presence in the press:

Billboard Magazine, People En Español, NY Times, Divino Magazine, Boom Magazine, Notimex, Al Borde, AP,HOY – L.A & Chicago, Para Todos Magazine, San Antonio Express News, La Raza – Chicago ,La Opinion – LA, AlDia – Texas, La Voz – Arizona, Diario La Prensa – NY, El Mundo – Austin & San Antonio, EPA - newswire, TheDaily Fress Press Austin, Entertaiment, La Prensa – San Antonio, La Semana – Houston, La Prensa – Riverside, ElMañana – Laredo, El Heraldo – Dallas, El Mexicano – San Diego, Ahora Si – Austin, NY Al Dia, Houston Chronicle,Venue Magazine, EFE – news wire, El Vocero – Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Dia – Puerto Rico, Primera Hora – PuertoRico, TV y Novelas – Puerto Rico

Info:Promo tour in Miami to do all National Shows.National and local media coverage, focus on key markets: Puerto Rico, Miami, Orlando, New York, Texas, LosAngeles, Atlanta and Chicago.Participation in key award shows.Online Campaigns

WEBSITES:

Artist Official WebsiteMyspaceTwitter

Promotions with fans

 

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ARTIST: Ali Farka Toure & Toumani DiabateTITLE: Ali & ToumaniLabel: NON/NonesuchConfig & Selection #: CD 522937Street Date: 02/23/10Order Due Date: 02/03/10UPC: 075597980110Box Count: 30Unit Per Set: 1SRP: $18.98Alphabetize Under: T

TRACKS

Compact Disc 1

01 Ruby 07 Sina Mory02 Sabu Yerkoy 08 5603 Be Mankan 09 Fantasy04 Doudou 10 Machengoidi05 Warbé 11 Kaja Djula06 Samba Geladio

ALBUM FACTSGenre: World Music Nick Gold Producers:

Description: "The sheer brilliance of their collaboration is bewildering." The Times (UK)

is the second and final album pairing the late Malian guitar virtuoso Ali Farka Touré and kora masterAli and ToumaniToumani Diabaté . Recorded over three afternoons at London's Livingston Studios in 2005, with contributions from the lateOrlando "Cachaito" Lopez (Buena Vista Social Club) on bass, is the follow-up to the duo's GrammyAli and ToumaniAward-winning . The new album was produced by Nick Gold and recorded by Jerry Boys, theIn the Heart of the Moonsame production team behind the collaboration's first effort. It is the also the last album recorded by Ali Farka Touré, whopassed away on March 7, 2006.

The duo's new release presents their usual playfulness, effervescence, and mastery in further exploration of songsreaching back into both musicians' pasts. "It wasn't about covering old songs just because there weren't any new ones, nonot at all," said Diabaté, continuing: "It was about revealing all the different possibilities once again...I believe this album tobe stronger and wiser, better than In the Heart of the Moon." Simultaneously reverent and informal, this album bringstogether the divergent folk and classical traditions from Northern and Southern Mali, creating a loving homage to the WestAfrican nation that is thoroughly appropriate for the late Touré's last recording. In the words of Diabaté, "what we are doingis very important because we are both, above all, Malians. It's about love, sincerity, [and] solidarity."

ARTIST & INFOBand Members: Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté

With the release of , Diabaté and Touré realized a project lifetimes in the making. The two grewIn the Heart of the Moonup in contrasting circumstances: Diabaté came from a long line of Griots, while Touré was from a noble background offarmers. Although the two knew each other as children, each became musicians on their own terms and operated withintheir own spheres, winning countless accolades along the way.

It was not until 2004 that the two finally met as musical collaborators, recording improvisatory renditions of songs from theirrespective childhoods in a makeshift studio on the banks of the Niger River. The album was met with worldwide acclaim,including receiving the 2006 Grammy for "Best Traditional World Music Album" and recently being voted as one of NPR's'Best Albums of the Decade'. MOJO described the work as simply " while the most beautiful music on earth," The New York

opined that Times "the [album's] beauty is in the unadorned blend of sage simplicity and youthful impulsiveness."

MARKETING POINTS

Info:Since the release of , Diabaté has carried his message across the globe, appearing on majorIn the Heart of the Mooninternational collaborations and his own recordings. He most recently contributed to the 2009 Bela Fleck record Throw

, (which was followed by a lengthy tour with the duo), as wellDown Your Heart: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol.3as the 2007 Björk album . He has simultaneously maintained his own output, including his 2008 album Volta The

, which called "a solo tour de force" and said "will bring youMandé Variations The Boston Globe CBS Sunday Morningback to a spirit of peace on Earth."In support of Ali and Toumani and in remembrance of his friend and compatriot, Diabaté and his band will playinterpretations of Touré's music in a series of special concerts starting in April 2010.

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