Hip-Hop Is Read (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
It's always refreshing to hear hip hop figures discuss how other genres impact their lives. Check out this cool podcast w/D.M.C. talking about Sarah McLachlan's music, most notably her album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy : Click below to subscribe to the Legacy Recordings Podcast:
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
'Hollywood Town Hall,' 'Tomorrow The Green Grass,' 'Sound of Lies,' 'Smile,' and 'Rainy Day Music' Are Now Available Through Major Digital Music Services NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- With Jayhawks founding members Mark Olson and Gary Louris reunited for a forthcoming new album, Legacy Recordings is honoring the original musical contributions of a great American band with the first-ever digital...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
All About Jazz members are invited to join the Legacy Recordings Miles Davis - Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition giveaway starting today. We'll select one lucky winner at the conclusion of the contest on October 8th. Click here to enter the contest All contestants will join the Miles Daivs @ AAJ fan network and the winner will be chosen from that list...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Kind of Blue is turning 50 and to celebrate Columbia/Legacy Recordings is releasing a jam-packed 50th anniversary edition of the seminal Miles Davis album on Sept. 30. In addition, Morrison Hotel Gallery will present a traveling exhibit of Davis photography beginning in November. While the album's 50th birthday wont actually come until next yearit was recorded in March and April of 1959this collectors...
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
This isn't bluegrass but many of our readers enjoy this music so Cybergrass is passing on the news of this outstanding release. This is one of those collections that anybody whever was into Roy Orbison will probably need to have. Monument, Orbison Records and Legacy Recordings are set To release The Soul Of Rock And Roll, The definitive career-spanning box set of essential recordings by the legendary...
Billboard (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Twelve previously unreleased songs highlight a four-disc Roy Orbison boxed set due Sept. 23 via Monument/Orbison Records/Legacy Recordings.
Austinist (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
photo from Legacy Recordings Billy Bob Thornton with The Boxmasters Saturday, July 26 Stubb's ( 801 Red River ) $12, doors at 7 [ info ] | [ tickets ] Oh, we see—you didn't know Billy Bob had a band. You were probably more familiar with his turns in film, you know, that little flick he had called Sling Blade? It won some awards, right? And what about Bandits, or Monster's Ball? Maybe even Bad Santa...
Music for Robots (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Sony and Legacy Recordings are releasing a two disc 30th anniversary edition of Billy Joel's The Stranger tomorrow, which I think is excellent. While my own personal taste pretty much gave up on Joel during the 80s, there is no denying the greatness of this late 70s output. The tracklisting for The Stranger reads like a greatest hits record - honestly when I heard about this remastered reissue, I thought...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
NEW YORK, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy Recordings proudly announces Thrillercast, a ground breaking podcast event celebrating the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's Thriller, the world's big...
Seriously? OMG! WTF? (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Billy Joel's 5 studio release, The Stranger is celebrating its 30th year and Legacy Recordings is giving the much deserved special treatment on July 8th! The limited deluxe edition of “The Stranger” includes a CD of the original album, in its entirety, remastered by producer Phil Ramone; a CD of a previously unreleased concert featuring Billy [...]
westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Legacy Recordings proudly celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Billy Joel's breakout album "The Stranger" with the release of two special editions -- a 2 CD Legacy Edition and a Deluxe Limited Edition including 2 CDs plus a bonus DVD --...
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
Legacy Recordings proudly celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Billy Joel's breakout album The Stranger with the release of two special editions-- a 2 CD Legacy Edition and a Deluxe Limited Edition including 2 CDs plus a bonus DVD-- [...] Read more!
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Remember us telling you about Dennis Wilson's 'Pacific Ocean Blue' getting a re-release? (Click here if you don't) Well, we've got some more news for you. As most of you are probably aware, this is an album that's been changing...
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Pasadena, Calif. - Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG's Epic/Legacy Recordings on Friday announced a promotion for the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album, in the form of a video mashup that will let users insert themselves as Jackson in the legendary music video to the title track. The label teamed with Big Stage and YouTube (NASD: GOOG) on the promotion, which prompts users to upload photos...
Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
New U.S. technology enables people to create 3-D versions of themselves, then insert their digital doppelgangers into Michael Jackson's Thriller music video....
