Brian Wilson and Capitol/EMI Partner With Gannett for First of Its Kind Album Premiere Promotion for Wilson's That Lucky Old Sun
Posted : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:31:29 GMT
Author : Capitol/EMI
Wilson's New Album Exclusively Available for Pre-Release Audio Streaming at More Than 50 Gannett Newspaper and TV Sites, Including USATODAY.com HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 19
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Music legend Brian Wilson and
Capitol Records / EMI are partnering with Gannett for an exclusive premiere of
Wilson's new album, That Lucky Old Sun. From August 22 to September 1, more
than 50 Gannett newspaper and TV station websites, including USATODAY.com,
will exclusively offer full streaming audio of Wilson's new album before its
September 2 release. The innovative promotion is the first of its kind for
Gannett, which has never before partnered with an artist to offer an album
premiere across its media Websites.
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http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080819/LATU026)
Visitors to select Gannett sites, including USATODAY.com, 32 local Gannett
newspaper websites and 19 local Gannett TV websites, will be able to listen to
the full 38-minute album in sequence or skip ahead or back to individual
tracks. The album will not be available for download from Gannett's sites, but
the streaming audio player will link directly to Amazon.com to pre-order the
CD, limited edition CD/DVD and digital album.
While it is fairly common practice for artists to offer promotional
pre-release web streaming of new music, it is a unique arrangement to stream
an album on newspaper and TV websites. For Gannett, this is an opportunity to
deliver new music from a respected artist familiar to its core news audience.
Top Gannett markets were chosen for the web streams, some because of the size
of the market, others because of a large Brian Wilson fan base.
"Streaming a full album is a first for Gannett, so we are thrilled to be
working with Capitol Records and a musician of Brian Wilson's stature to
deliver music in a new way to our online audiences. This positions us well to
expand our digital platforms while demonstrating the power of Gannett to
deliver quality content across a network of websites," said Jim Lenahan,
strategic development manager for Gannett's U.S. Community Publishing
division.
Brian Wilson is one of popular music's most deeply revered figures, a
legendary writer, producer, arranger and performer of some of the most
cherished music in rock history. For the release of his new studio album, That
Lucky Old Sun, Wilson has returned to Capitol Records / EMI, his original
label home. The new album will be released on CD, limited edition CD/DVD, and
digitally on September 2 (September 1 internationally). On August 19, the
album is released as a limited edition 180-gram vinyl LP.
"This music is really special to me and I hope that everyone will enjoy
it!," says Brian Wilson.
A musical love letter from Southern California, That Lucky Old Sun
shimmers with sun-dappled choruses and arrangements that swell and swirl as if
carried by the Pacific tides. Rolling Stone magazine has deemed it "Brian's
strongest new work in years," and one of the album's songs, "Midnight's
Another Day," has been described by MOJO magazine as "glorious." The album is
narrated in transitional interludes spoken by Wilson as 'That Lucky Old Sun,'
the storyteller. The narratives, cameos on life and the heartbeat of Los
Angeles, propel the album's musical story.
Wilson describes That Lucky Old Sun as an "interwoven series of 'rounds'
with interspersed spoken word," and as an autobiographical travelogue of
sorts. The new studio album is produced by Wilson and was created with his
acclaimed band at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, where he first recorded in
1962.
The new release is the dawning of a new California morning for Brian
Wilson, continuing the awe-inspiring concept album journey that he first began
four decades ago. Wilson's songwriting, arranging and producing talents came
together in harmonious glory for The Beach Boys' 1966 classic, Pet Sounds, and
have continued to evolve during his solo career, highlighted by his 2004
critically acclaimed Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE. Lyrically and in Wilson's
incomparably lush, evocative arrangements, That Lucky Old Sun adds a new
chapter to Wilson's conceptual presentations, reaching ever higher with his
vibrant and moving autobiographical storytelling and intricate harmonies.
Following numerous nominations, Wilson won a well-deserved Grammy Award
for Best Rock Instrumental Performance (2004) for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" and he
was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Last December, he was
feted as a leading cultural icon by The Kennedy Center Honors alongside Diana
Ross, Martin Scorsese, Steve Martin and Leon Fleisher.
Brian Wilson will tour with his band this fall, performing songs from That
Lucky Old Sun and his classic hits. For more information, please visit
http://www.brianwilson.com.
Gannett Co., Inc. is a leading international news and information company
that publishes 85 daily newspapers in the USA, including USA TODAY, the
nation's largest-selling daily newspaper. The company also owns nearly 900
non-daily publications in the USA and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper
magazine. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom's second largest
regional newspaper company. Newsquest publishes 17 daily paid-for titles,
approximately 300 weekly newspapers, magazines and trade publications, and a
network of award-winning Web sites. Gannett also operates 23 television
stations in the United States and is an Internet leader with sites sponsored
by its TV stations and newspapers including USATODAY.com, one of the most
popular news sites on the Web.
EMI Music is the recorded music division of EMI Group Limited, one of the
world's leading music companies. EMI Music represents artists spanning all
musical tastes and genres. Its record labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue
Note, Capitol, Capitol Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Records, EMI
Televisa Music, Manhattan, Mute, Parlophone and Virgin. Artists on EMI labels
include Lily Allen, The Beatles, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae, Gorillaz, Hot
Chip, Norah Jones, The Kooks, Korn, Kylie Minogue, Pink Floyd, Joss Stone,
30 Seconds To Mars, KT Tunstall, Keith Urban, Robbie Williams, and Brian
Wilson. More information is available at
http://www.emigroup.com.
That Lucky Old Sun will be exclusively available for streaming between
August 22 and September 1 on these Gannett websites:
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USA TODAY USATODAY.com
Gannett Local Newspaper Websites:
PropertyWebsite
Arizona Republic (Phoenix) azcentral.com
Detroit Free Press Freep.com
Indianapolis Star Indystar.com
Nashville TennesseanTennessean.com
Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati.com
Honolulu Advertiser Honoluluadvertiser.com
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Democratandchronicle.com
Des Moines Register Desmoinesregister.com
Louisville Courier-Journal Courier-journal.com
Fort Myers News-Press News-press.com
Asbury Park Press App.com
The Desert Sun (Palm Springs CA)Mydesert.com
Reno Gazette JournalRgj.com
Wilmington (Del.) News Journal Delawareonline.com
Cherry Hill (N.J.) Courier-Post Courierpostonline.com
Greenville (S.C.) News Greenvilleonline.com
Florida Today (Brevard County) Floridatoday.com
Green Bay Press Gazette Greenbaypressgazette.com
The Journal News (Westchester
County NY) Lohud.com
Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader News-leader.com
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger Clarionledger.com
Sioux Falls Argus LeaderArgusleader.com
Lafayette (La.) Daily AdvertiserTheadvertiser.com
Pensacola News Journal Pnj.com
Salem (Ore.) Statesman Journal Statesmanjournal.com
Appleton (Wis.) Post Crescent Postcrescent.com
Burlington (Vt.) Free Press Burlingtonfreepress.com
Shreveport TimesShreveporttimes.com
St. Cloud (Minn.) Times Sctimes.com
Newark (Ohio) Advocate Newarkadvocate.com
Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle-Gazette Lancastereaglegazette.com
Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer Battlecreekenquirer.com
Gannett Television Sites:
PropertyWebsite
WUSA (Washington DC)Wusa9.com
KARE (Minneapolis) Kare11.com
WCSH (Portland ME) Wcsh6.com
WLBZ (Bangor ME)Wlbz2.com
KTVD, KUSA (Denver) My20denver.com; 9news.com
WGRZ (Buffalo) Wgrz.com
WZZM (Grand Rapids MI) Wzzm13.com
WKYC (Cleveland)Wkyc.com
KXTV (Sacramento CA)News10.net
WATL, WXIA (Atlanta)Myatltv.com; 11alive.com
WLTX (Columbia SC) Wltx.com
WFMY (Greensboro NC)Digtriad.com
WTLV, WJXX (Jacksonville FL)Firstcoastnews.com
WBIR (Knoxville TN) Wbir.com
KTHV (Little Rock) Todaysthv.com
WMAZ (Macon GA) 13wmaz.com
KPNX (Phoenix) Azcentral.com
KSDK (St. Louis)Ksdk.com
WTSP (Tampa-St. Pete) Tampabays10.com
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