TRACK OF THE WEEK
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Single: All We Need
Artist: Visionaries
UPC: 803680610053
Label: Up Above Records
Genre: Hip-Hop NEW
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Produced by Self
Scientific's DJ Khalil, who has also produced
tracks for Xzibit, Tony Yayo and Raekwon, this feel-good ode
to underground hip-hop is the first single from Visionaries'
forthcoming fourth album We
Are The Ones (That We've Been Waiting For). This
diverse six-man Los Angeles collective has performed
on bills with Dilated Peoples, Jurassic 5 and the
Beat Junkies. On August 05, they'll perform at the Rock
The Bells Festival, alongside Wu-Tang Clan, De La Soul,
Redman, Immortal
Technique, Mos Def / Talib Kweli and rapper Supernatural,
who will attempt to beat the world
record of non-stop freestyle rapping, currently at 8 hours,
45 minutes.
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ALBUM
OF THE WEEK
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Album: Shelter
Artist: Kristin Diable
Track: Sister Sadie
UPC: 803680444054
Label: Speakeasy
Genre: Singer-Songwriter NEW
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Since relocating to NYC
in 2003, this soulful young Louisiana-raised singer-songwriter
"has already established herself as one of New York City's
more promising young artists." [Voice
Of America]
Diable's stripped-down
brand of songwriting has been compared to Lucinda Williams, Neil
Young and Janis Joplin. Managed by George Stein [Jeff Buckley], Diable has kept herself busy, playing residencies
at NYC folk epicenter The Living Room and opening slots for
Norah Jones and John
Mayer, in support of her breathtaking new album Shelter.
Look for a stripped-down live acoustic record, due out soon on
the just-launched eMusic Records.
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lABEL
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| Frontiers Records //
Napoli, Italy // Melodic Rock |
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FEATURED RELEASE NEW
Survivor: Reach [2006, UPC 803680427255]
First new album
in ten years from 80s rockers Survivor, who
gained fame from their Grammy-winning rock
anthem "Eye Of The Tiger" [theme from Rocky III ].
On Reach,
long-time band members Jimi
Jamison [the voice behind the Baywatch theme
song "I'm
Always Here"], guitarist Frankie Sullivan and drummer Marc
Droubay are joined by Chris
Grove [keyboards] and Barry Dunaway [former Dokken
and Yngwie Malmsteen bassist]. Catch them on tour this
summer! |
CATALOGUE:
78 titles
NEW IN 2006
 John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes: Icon: Acoustic TV Broadcast [UPC 803680427651]
Former members of 80s supergroup Asia
perform live
acoustic renditions of their #1 80s hits "Heat of the Moment" and "Don't
Cry," plus songs from their 2005 album
Icon. Prior to Asia, Wetton and Downes played
in King Crimson and The Buggles,
respectively.
Jim Peterik: Above The Storm [UPC 803680427057]
Latest solo release from the original Survivor singer
/ guitarist who penned “Eye of the Tiger" and “Burning
Heart”
[Rocky IV]. In the '70s, Peterik led The
Ides Of March  ["Vehicle"],
who cameos on the title track. Other guests include Johnny
Van Zant [Lynyrd Skynyrd] and Donnie Van Zant [.38
Special].
Pride
Of Lions: Live In Belgium: [UPC 803680427859]
Two-disc set from Jim Peterik's post-Survivor project,
recorded live at the 2005 Lokerse Feesten in Belgium. Features
an 8-minute version of “Eye of the Tiger.”
Bob Catley: Spirit Of Man [UPC 803680426456]
 Fifth solo release from the former frontman of '70s / '80s UK
prog giants Magnum.
This outing is harder edged than Magnum's output, with a sound
closer to Rainbow / Dio.
House Of Lords:
World Upside Down [UPC 803680426852]
Fifth album from 80s metal supergroup - their first since 1992
to feature former Angel keyboardist
Gregg Giuffria. The band was originally signed to Gene
Simmons'
Simmons Records in 1988.
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 HEY,
MOBILE: KIDS TONES! |
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When we were kids, "phone fun"
was watching that big ol' rotary dial spin
around. Or tying up the cat with the extra-long cord. Kids have
the world at their fingertips these days, with their
all-in-one portable phone / digital music player / video game /
camera / location tracking devices. Start 'em early with these
custom Kids
Tones,
including "Rubber Duckie" from Sesame
Street's Bob McGrath; "Doggy (Who Let The Dogs
Out)" from Raggs Kids Club Band; party tracks
like "Tubthumping" and "Macarena;" tones from Trout
Fishing In America;
kid classics like "B-I-N-G-O," and "Head, Shoulders, Knees and
Toes;" and much more!
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This just in
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"Yeah Right!" and "Hot Chocolate" Scores
[2006, UPC 803680119259]
Label: Squeak E. Clean Productions
Genre: Soundtracks
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Yeah
Right! [2003] and Hot
Chocolate [2004] are
two hugely popular Spike
Jonze-directed skateboard
videos. Both are scored by Jonze's
brother, DJ
/ producer Squeak E. Clean [née
Sam Spiegel]. Spiegel is also
responsible for the music on this
Jonze-directed Adidas
ad spot,
featuring vocals from the Yeah
Yeah Yeahs' Karen O.
[Spiegel produced the YYY's latest
Interscope album Show
Your Bones and
is currently producing Karen
O's solo project, in addition
to projects with Ben Lee, The
Bumblebeez and Maroon 5.] Yeah
Right! - the best-selling
skate video of all time - includes
tracks like "Today's
Your Day (Whachagonedu?)" by
Fatlip [Pharcyde]
feat. Chali
2na [Jurassic 5], and
early instrumentals from Spiegel's NASA [North
America South America], a collaboration
with Brazilian DJ
Zegon.
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DJ Cam :
Revisited By…
[2006, UPC 803680536155]
Label: Recall Records
Genre: Electronic
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Revisited
By… compiles the best
tracks by French producer DJ
Cam [Laurent Daumail],
as remixed by Thievery
Corporation, Kid
Loco, Kenny Dope, DJ
Premier, Lord
Finesse and the late J
Dilla. The album also
features new rhymes from Afu-Ra and Channel
Live. Allmusic.com writes, "you
couldn't ask for a more stellar
lineup. If remix albums are judged
by the talent at hand, this one
is first-rate." Cam's
first two releases, Underground
Vibes [1994] and Underground
Live [1996] established him
as a downtempo legend in the UK,
Japan and America. Since then,
he has remixed Nas, Cypress
Hill and Macy
Gray. Just Added: Substances [1996], Abstract
Manifesto [1996], The
Beat Assassinated [1998], Loa
Project Volume II [2000], Soulshine [2002], Liquid
Hip Hop [2003].
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Les Savy Fav :
3/5
[2002, UPC 803680620359 ]
Label: Frenchkiss Records
Genre: Indie Rock
REISSUE |
In 1997, these
art-damaged Brooklyn punks opened their debut album with
a French spoken-word intro that - according
to Pitchfork's
8.5 out of 10 review - translates roughly to: "Les
Savy Fav enjoys good hygiene, sends their love
to you and, in a nutshell, they are the embodiment of
punk f**king rock." Produced by James Murphy [LCD
Soundsystem, DFA], 3/5 was
originally issued in a limited pressing on NYC's Self
Starter Foundation label, with the vinyl wrapped in a
real shower cap [hello, collectors!].
Now reissued and mastered for the first time ever, the
out-of-print debut offers early evidence of "one
of the most important bands the US underground has thrown
up in years" [New
York Times]. Les Savy Fav
will rock the Öya
Festival in Oslo, Norway on August 12. A fall tour
is in the works [dates TBA].
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Pedro Aznar :
A Roar Of Southern Clouds
[2006, UPC 803680481950]
Label: O+
Genre: World / South American
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This
Buenos Aires-born Berklee-trained multi-instrumentalist
/ composer / producer is one of the most respected and
best-loved artists in South America. Aznar was a founding
member of Serú Girán, "one
of the most popular and influential ensembles in Latin
American popular music." [Allmusic.com]
Aznar is also a three-time Grammy winner for his work
with the Pat
Metheny Group. A
Roar Of Southern Clouds, his
eighth solo album - and the first to be issued
outside of Argentina - features
guest vocalists Mercedes
Sosa and Eva Ayllon.
Musically, it touches upon Argentinean rock, jazz, and
roots music. Aznar was nominated for a Clarín
Espectáculos award for "Best
New Jazz Artist" in 2003 and regularly appears
on the popular Argentinian TV program Música
Para Soñar,
on the Telefe network.
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DJANGO!
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Bireli Lagrene:
A Tribute to Django Reinhardt:
[1999, UPC 803680588857]
Label: Jazzpoint Records
Genre: Jazz
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Reinhardt's life held a surfeit of event, anecdote and
music and his story has been told many times, but perhaps
never more meaningfully than through the work of his
true artistic heir, Bireli Lagrene." [BBC
Jazz] French guitarist Lagrene emerged in 1980
as a 13-year-old phenom, playing virtuoso interpretations
of the famed Gypsy guitarist's signature works on Routes
To Django, which sold 100,000 copies. A
Tribute to Django Reinhardt is a 2-CD set of recordings
captured at Carnegie Hall and the Freiburg
Jazz Festival in 1984 and '85. It contains
renditions of Reinhardt compositions like "Djangology," "Nuits
de St. Germain des Près" and "Minor
Swing," plus Lagrene originals and versions of
Charlie Parker's "Ornithology" and
Chick Corea's "Spain."
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Django Reinhardt :
Anthology 1934-1937
[2002, UPC 803680205952]
Label: Stardust Records
Genre: Jazz |
Born in 1910,
Jean
Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt was a Basque
Gypsy who became one of the most important European jazz
musicians of all time, despite an accident at age 18 that
partially paralyzed two of the fingers on his fretting
hand. A breathtakingly agile guitarist, Reinhardt is
cited as a major influence by artists as diverse at Chet
Atkins, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Christian, Tommy Iommi
and Les Paul. In 1934, he formed the Quintet
of the Hot Club of France with Stéphane
Grappelli,
one of the all-time great jazz violinists. Their legacy
is captured on the 20-track Anthology.
These sessions are considered by many to be the finest
example of his work, "a superb place to start
listening to this singular artist." [Allmusic.com]
Also available: Django
Reinhardt: The Very Best Of 1934-1939.
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NEW UK ROCK
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The Hot Puppies:
Under The Crooked Moon:
[2006, UPC 803680591352]
Label: Fierce Panda
Genre: Indie Rock
Release Date: July 24
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The debut album
from female-led Welsh band The
Hot Puppies features “tunes
that ooze a seductive danger scent that make you want
to snip locks of mullet off of Nick Cave.” [NME] Artrocker writes, "The
Puppies' eerily magical keyboards, twangy guitars
and haunting/striking vocals [courtesy of equally
striking singer Becki Newman] are living, vibrant
proof that the band are ripe for big-time success.” Building
on momentum from their debut
EP - issued earlier this year - a tour with Art
Brut and comparisons
to Blondie and Rilo Kiley, the Puppies will headline
a UK tour and record live BBC sessions
for Tom Robinson [BBC 6 Music] and Huw Stephens [BBC
Radio 1] this summer. See
dates.
Check out their MySpace
page for streaming audio and more!
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Winnebago Deal:
Flight Of The Raven
[2006, UPC 803680591253]
Label: Fierce Panda
Genre: Indie Rock
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Though this guitar-and-drums
duo hails from Oxford,
their sound harkens to Washington D.C. hardcore
and Seattle grunge heydays. Their new album,
produced by Jack
Endino [Nirvana, Mudhoney], contains "enough
double-barrelled riffage, machine-gun drumming and supercharged
vocals to put the fear of God into Coldplay listeners the
world over.” [Kerrang]
NME writes, "guitar-playing Ben and drumming
Ben could even teach Jack and Meg a thing or five about
how much blood ‘n’ spunk noise two people can
make if they put their minds and machine guns to it."
The album closes with a rousing rendition of Black
Flag's "Revenge," featuring vocals
from Queens Of The Stone Age wildman Nick
Oliveri. Catch Winnebago
Deal in the U.K. this summer. See
dates.
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GENRE HIGHLIGHTS
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| To make your life easier, The Orchard
features a great album in every genre each week. We hope you will
consider featuring them in your store! |
BLUES/R&B Artist:
Anders Osborne // Release: Ash Wednesday Blues //
UPC: 669910058459
"Who'd have
thought a Swede raised on an island in the Baltic, not a single
drop of African blood in his veins, would emerge as one of the
leading exponents of R&B
and blues in New Orleans?" [Amazon.com Editorial
Review] 2001 title features guest appearances from Jonny Lang
and Keb' Mo'.
CHILDREN Artist:
Graham Walker // Release: Jumpety Jump - Songs For Children // UPC: 803680482957
Bouncy original songs and traditional favorites
like "Pop Goes The Weasel" from beloved British Columbia troubadour. "Most
highly recommended." West
Coast Music Review
CHRISTIAN Artist:
Various Artists // Release: Gospel Chill Out // UPC: 803680071557 NEW
Chillout renditions of Gospel classics like "Amazing Grace," "Ave Maria," " We
Shall Overcome" and "When The Saints Go Marching In."
CLASSICAL Artist:
Cacho Tirao // Release: La Guitarra Argentina //
UPC: 669910575956
Widely regarded
as one of Argentina's greatest classical guitarists. Accompanied Astor
Piazzolla, Josephine Baker,
Raphael and George Maharis. Recorded just before he suffered a
debilitating stroke in 2000.
COUNTRY Artist: Larry Stephenson // Release:
Life Stories // UPC: 803680586556 NEW
Follow-up to his hit 2005 album Clinch
Mountain Mystery. Contains two new songs written by award-winning
team Tom T and Dixie Hall, who are behind
that album's SPBGMA award-winning
title track, which topped Billboard's Bluegrass charts for
multiple weeks. See tour
dates.
DANCE Artist: Brenda K. Starr
// Release: So Good (12" Club Collection) //
UPC: 803680183052
Starr was a mentor to Mariah Carey, who sang background
vocals for her in the late 80s. So Good contains Starr's finest
'80s club tracks, including "Ain't
Gonna Settle 4 Less" and "Still in Love with You."
ELECTRONIC Artist: Chris Connelly
// Release: Initials C.C. Out-Takes, Rarities & Personal
Favourites 1982-2002 Vol. 1 // UPC: 669910347553
25-song retrospective of industrial trailblazer's 20-year career, from
his formative years with Fini Tribe to the genre-defining Ministry side
project Revolting
Cocks, including work with The
Damage Manual and Murder
Inc.
FOLK Artist:
Penny Lang // Release: Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky // UPC: 803680455050 NEW
Canadian singer-songwriter's first studio
release in six years since her Juno-nominated Gather
Honey. Features accompaniment
from Laurie Anderson's longtime producer Roma Baran and legendary
folkie Kate McGarrigle.
HIP-HOP/RAP Artist:
Nashawn // Release: Nas Presents Nashawn // UPC: 803680632253 NEW
Solo debut from Bravehearts member and Nas' cousin. Features guest spots from Nas and the Yin Yang Twins.
INDIAN Artist: Rishi Rich // Release:
Simply Rich
// UPC: 803680560457
Debut 2002 album from much-loved UK bhangra / hip-hop
producer. Debuted at #1 in UK Asian pop charts. For the past few
years, Rich has hosted his own radio show on massive UK station
KISS 100.
JAZZ Artist:
Charlie Parker // Release:
The New York Anthology: 1950-1954 // UPC: 803680175156
Three-CD set of rare live material from Charlie Parker's finest
years. Features Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Fats Navarro [in one
of his final recorded appearances], Bud Powell and Dizzy Gillespie.
LATIN Artist: Los Jardineros //
Release: The Best Of Los Jardineros // UPC: 803680465554 NEW
New compilation of 23 rare tracks
by legendary Puerto Rican string band, recorded between 1929-32.
METAL Artist:
Cradle Of Filth // Release: Live Bait For The Dead // UPC: 803680293157
Two-disc 2002 compilation from UK goth-metal
mainstays. First disc is a live concert from 2001, while the second
disc compiles remixes, B-sides, demos and a cover of Twisted Sister’s “The
Fire Still Burns.”
NEW AGE Artist: Various Artists - Terra Humana // Release:
Nature Atmospheres - Compilation // UPC: 803680593653
Sampler from French label's popular "Nature Atmospheres" series,
including "L'éveil des fleurs (The Awakening of Flowers),"
"Brume (Dawn)" and "Le Chant des Brises (The Song of Breezes)."
POP Artist: Venus Hum // Release: Pink Champagne // UPC: 803680587058 NEW
One of two EPs previewing new material from Nashville
trio's forthcoming album Colors
In The Wheel. Formerly signed with MCA. Toured with Blue
Man Group. "Fans of Björk, Róisín Murphy
and Kate Bush will not go wrong here." Billboard
PUNK Artist:
Victims // Release: Divide & Conquer //
UPC: 803680483350 NEW
Third album from Swedish punks combines early 80s American
hardcore with Scandinavian crust. Their last album ...In
Blood is an in-house favorite. "Definitely grab this.
Highly recommended." AversionOnline.com
R&B Artist: Johnny Jenkins // Release: All in Good Time
// UPC: 803680923924
R.I.P. to
this left-handed blues guitarist who helped launch Otis Redding's career and
was a major influence on Jimi Hendrix. He passed away June 26.
This, his final album, features a re-vamped "Big Bad Wolf,"
one of his earliest hit singles.
REGGAE Artist: King Tubby & Friends // Motion Dub Special Classic Dub 1974-1978 // UPC: 803680593851 NEW
Compilation of one of the forefathers of dub reggae. Features
tracks from the forthcoming lost dub classic King
Tubby Meets Jacob Miller in Tenement Yard,
plus several bonus tracks.
ROCK Artist: Meredith Brooks // Release:
See It Through My Eyes // UPC: 669910450956
Collection of pre-success 1980s recordings from Canadian
singer / songwriter who scored a major radio hit with her '97 single “Bitch."
WORLD Artist: Ovidiu
Lipan Tandarica // Release: Visul Tobosarului / The Drummer's Dream
// UPC: 803680149355
Solo album from Romanian drummer known for his work with '60s / '70s
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PLAYLISTS OF THE WEEK
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If you’d like to use either
of The Orchard playlists below (either in full or to inspire your
own longer playlist) please let us know. We’ll send you an
Excel file with 10 - 20 great tracks, along with ISRCs. The first
person to email jason@theorchard.com
requesting a playlist will get exclusive use for at least a month
in their store. Please contact us if you want to suggest a theme
for future playlists. Click
here to view our extensive catalogue
of playlists and themes.
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VIVA ITALIA
 Last
Sunday, Italy beat France to
clinch their fourth World
Cup victory
- their first since
'82.
In a crucial moment, France star Zinedine
Zidane lost his cool and head-butted Italy's Marco
Materazzi in
the chest. Naturally, the Internet had a heyday with
the footage. In tribute to
the Azzurri,
especially during these troubled times,
we've assembled our favorite tracks from Italian artists like Gigi
D'Agostino, Peppino
di Capri, The
Reverse, Gazebo, Piero
Umiliani, Ennio
Morricone, Annalisa
Minetti, Alberto
Camerini and others.
CALIFORNIA GIRLS
 Inspired
by Nancy Sinatra's album California
Girl [UPC 803680593059],
which includes tracks like "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?"
"Hooray For Hollywood," "Route 66" and "Hotel California," we've
assembled 15 odes
to the fine women of the Golden State, including music from Neil
Cleary ["Girls Who Leave the East for San Francisco"], Hank
Thompson ["California Women"], The
Hampton String Quartet ["California Girls"], Contrefaçon ["Elle
est, L.A."], Frank
Yankovic and His Yanks ["Rose of Old Monterey"] and
many more!
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STAFF PICk: PATRICK SULLIVAN, VP licensing
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Artist:
Ragg
Release: Room Full Of Clowns [2000, UPC 803680117323]
Label: New World Records LLC
Genre: Punk
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FAVORITE TRACKS
"I Want More"
WHY?
It's a great track with amazing commercial potential!
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:
• "I Want More" is the theme for Target’s
major 2006-07 TV and radio commercial campaign. The commercial
is airing on English and Spanish stations in the United States
and play in Target stores and sponsored events nationwide. Watch
the commercial here!
• The Orchard worked closely with Target and the California-based
band to broker the deal to license the song for the colorful
TV commercial.
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