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Deluxe 4 CD Box Set, Jimi Hendrix – “Purple Box” Coming Aug. 20th, 2013

Jimi Hendrix - Purple Box
 
LEGACY RECORDINGS AND EXPERIENCE HENDRIX LLC RELEASING NEWLY EXPANDED EDITION OF THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE “PURPLE BOX”
 
New US Edition of “The Rolls Royce of posthumous Hendrix sets” features
 
4 previously unreleased tracks
 
Legacy Recordings and Experience Hendrix LLC will release a newly expanded edition of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, the legendary “Purple Box,” which Rolling Stone’s David Fricke proclaimed “The Rolls Royce of posthumous Hendrix sets.” The box set earned RIAA Gold Album sales status in the US and has enjoyed widespread critical and commercial success throughout the world. The new four CD boxed set, which includes the entire 2000 original edition in addition to four tracks eagerly sought by fans of the legendary guitarist, will be available Tuesday, August 20, 2013.

Sly & The Family Stone 4 CD Box Set, “Higher!” Coming Aug. 27th, 2013

Sly & The Family Stone’s Career Celebrated With Deluxe 4-CD Box Set,
Higher!

  
Features 17 previously unreleased tracks; box set offers the chance to experience the songs you know and love but often in alternate versions, including mono singles, demos, instrumental tracks, live concert and television recordings, and more

NEW YORK, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The music of Sly & The Family Stone is celebrated with a new 4-CD box set, Higher!, available everywhere August 27th through Epic/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

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New Jazz Release: Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (7 CD Collection) | Coming June 4th, 2013

MOSAIC RECORDS CELEBRATES
WOODY SHAW WITH
THE COMPLETE M– — USE SESSIONS



7-CD Limited Edition Collection, Available June 4

“There’s a great trumpet player…he can play different
from all of them.” – Miles Davis

“The thing about Woods is that he’s done his homework. He’s hip to
Louis Armstrong, plays intervals, and runs backwards so to speak. He breaks it down, plays atonal, and then comes back and plays real trumpet.
Woods covers the whole spectrum!” – Dexter Gordon

Mosaic Records is set to release Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions on June 4, 2013. “Through a wide variety of styles, personnel, repertoire, and forms of instrumentation, this 7-CD limited edition box set presents a complete narrative of iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw’s musical and artistic growth over a 13-year period with Muse Records, from 1974 to 1987,” after having moved from San Francisco to New York.

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International Superstar Gloria Estefan Returns to Sony Music Entertainment

Gloria Estefan Reunites With
Sony Music Entertainment



One of The Most Successful and Influential Global Recording Artists Returns to Her Longtime Home


MIAMI, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Music Entertainment is proud to announce the return of international superstar Gloria Estefan to her longtime label home.

The globally renowned seven-time Grammy award winning singer, songwriter and actress is resuming her incredibly successful, time-tested alliance with Sony Music via a multi-album agreement to develop a diverse array of new projects.

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Legacy Recordings Honors Sly & The Family Stone as Artist of the Month | March 2013

Sly & the Family Stone Honored As Legacy Recordings’ Artist of the Month for
March 2013



  
SLY STONE’S 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED ON MARCH 15TH; BEGINS YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION OF SLY & THE FAMILY STONE

MULTI-DISC CAREER RETROSPECTIVE BOX SET ARRIVES LATER THIS YEAR

NEW YORK, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — On the occasion of Sly Stone’s 70th birthday on March 15th, his life and the music of Sly & the Family Stone will be commemorated as the Artist of the Month for March 2013, by Legacy Recordings, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.  Legacy’s celebration of Sly & the Family Stone will continue throughout the year.

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Legacy Recordings Honors Nina Simone as Artist of the Month for February 2013

LEGACY RECORDINGS HONORS
NINA SIMONE
AS ARTIST OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 2013



Activist Singer’s 80th Birthday Celebrated During Black History Month

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“I think she was the greatest female artist of the 20th century” – Elton John

“I always loved the passion in her voice. She’s inspired me as a composer, a pianist, a singer and as a woman with a voice.” – Alicia Keys
 
” Nina Simone’s impact on both jazz and culture will remain monumental; there was simply no one like her..”  – Bonnie Raitt
 
“She was ahead of her time as a concert-level piano player who sang, wrote and spoke her mind…I aspire to be more like her.” – india.arie

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Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, commemorates the life and music of Nina Simone on the occasion of the singer’s 80th birthday and celebrates the iconic High Priestess of Soul as the label’s Artist of the Month for February 2013. 

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Destiny’s Child to Release Collection, “Love Songs” on Jan. 29th, 2013

MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA/LEGACY SET TO RELEASE DESTINY’S CHILD – LOVE SONGS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 29



NEW CAREER-SPANNING COLLECTION OF TOP-SELLING VOCAL GROUP’S MOST ROMANTIC RECORDINGS FEATURES “NUCLEAR,” THE FIRST NEW DESTINY’S CHILD RECORDING IN EIGHT YEARS

Pre-order Love Songs on Amazon by clicking HERE!


(JANUARY 10 – New York, NY) Music World Entertainment/Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings will release Destiny’s Child – Love Songs, a new career-spanning collection of the most sensual and romantic recordings from the best-selling vocal group, on Tuesday, January 29, 2013.

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“Amy Winehouse At The BBC”, 4 Disc Collection will be Released on Nov. 12th, 2012

Amy Winhouse - At The BBc
 
Amy Winehouse At The BBC –
4 Disc Collection
 
Available NOW!
 
“Amy Winehouse At The BBC”, a four-disc collection chronicling the many remarkable performances by arguably the greatest and most genuine talent to emerge in British music in decades, will be released on November 12th. Spread across three dvds, and one CD, this comprehensive collection captures the strong and enduring relationship that Amy enjoyed with the BBC and is further proof of quite what an extraordinarily talented, completely original, and truly engaging performer Amy was.

Legacy’s Classic Christmas Album Series to Bring New Collections by Luther Vandross and More! Coming Oct. 2nd, 2012

Legacy’s Classic Christmas Album Series Rings in the Holidays With New Collections by John Denver, Kenny G, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, and Luther Vandross


 
EACH NEW TITLE GATHERS HOLIDAY TRACKS FROM ACROSS EVERY ARTIST’S CAREER, SPANNING DECADES

In time for holiday gift giving, new titles available everywhere October 2, 2012, through Legacy Recordings


NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Classic Christmas Album series, launched in 2011 with THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM by Tony Bennett, rings in the holiday season with new editions by John Denver, Kenny G, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, and Luther Vandross.  The titles will be available everywhere October 2nd through Legacy Recordings, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.

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Michael Jackson’s Landmark Album, “Bad25”, Coming Sept. 25th, 2012

25th Anniversary of Michael Jackson’s Landmark Album BAD25 Celebrated With September 18th Release



Newly Discovered Outtakes and Demos from BAD Album Recording Sessions to be Released Along With Remixes Featuring Pitball, Afro Jack, Speed Demon and Nero.
Pre-Order BAD25: http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/store/bad-25th-anniversary


Twenty-five years after the phrase “Who’s Bad” became a generation’s cultural catchphrase, Epic/Legacy Recordings, in collaboration with the Estate of Michael Jackson, will celebrate the legendary album and record breaking BAD tour on September 18, 2012 with the release of a deluxe package, BAD 25, which includes three CDs, two collectible booklets, and features the first ever authorized DVD release of a concert from the record breaking BAD tour.

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