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NARM, BLUES MUSIC ASSOCIATION TO RELEASE SECOND SAMPLER. JULY 8 STREET DATE
Predecessor CD Topped Blues Charts and was #4 Blues Album of 2002 MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The National Association of Recording Merchandisers Classical/Jazz Issue Forum and the Blues Music Association will be releasing their second blues CD sampler, Get The Blues 2, on July 8. The preceding joint sampler production by the two organizations, Get The Blues! has sold 87,000 copies in the U.S.A. It remained on the Billboard Blues Album Chart until all manufactured copies were sold out, and was the #4 blues record of 2002 on the SoundScan year-end sales chart for 2002. Priced at $1.98, the current 18-track, 77-minute sampler will include tracks from some of the biggest names on today's blues scene (The Blind Boys of Alabama, Shemekia Copeland, Kim Wilson, Ronnie Earl), as well as great names of the blues tradition (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Koko Taylor). The tracks were selected by a panel of judges from the retail sector from submissions by NARM and BMA member companies. "With a suggested retail price of $1.98, it's easy for consumers to try Get The Blues 2," says Holly Rosum, NARM's Director of Membership & Public Affairs, and head of the Classical/Jazz Issue Forum. "Because the sampler features a wide variety of artists, our goal is to whet the appetite of consumers so they come back and buy more of what they like." Ryko Distribution Partners will distribute the sampler. As with other NARM Classical/JazzIssue Forum samplers, the wholesale price of Get The Blues! will be $1.10, again offering an extraordinary profit margin to retailers. Proceeds from sales of the sampler will benefit the NARM Scholarship Foundation and future Classical/JazzIssue Forum promotions. NARM credits the previous blues sampler collaborationas a major factor in their ability to distribute $31,000 in music scholarships in 2002. "Ryko Distribution is extremely proud to have been given the opportunity torepresent the NARM Blues Sampler," says Jim Cuomo, president of Ryko Distribution Partners. "We feel extremely privileged to be associated with such a prestigiouslineup of artists and performances for such a worthy cause." John Carr, formerly of Sony Music, designed the packaging. Denon Digital willmanufacture the CD, and Ross Ellis will print the packaging. Ric Sherman ofDenon is supervising all production. The Blues Music Association has arranged advertising with pre-eminent blues magazines Living Blues and Blues Revue. Both periodicals will provide two full-page coloradvertisements for Get The Blues 2 in upcoming issues. The Blues Music Association was founded in 1998 by a group of 19 blues professionals,who conceived of it as an organization to expand the business of blues by expandingthe marketplace for blues music. It has grown to over 200 member companies andindividuals, representing labels, booking agents, managers, festival and clubpromoters, artists, publicists, publications, journalists, photographers, songwriters, publishers, producers and radio programmers. Maggie Mortensen serves as ExecutiveDirector of the Blues Music Association, and Bruce Iglauer, president and founder of Alligator Records, is this year's BMA president. NARM serves the music retailing community in the areas of advocacy, networking,information, education, and promotion. The Association's more than 1,000 members include retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and suppliers of products and services. TRACK LISTING FOR GET THE BLUES 2 Alice Stuart, "The Man's So Good" - Burnside Records Blind Boys of Alabama, "Wade in the Water" - Narada/Real World Records David Jacobs-Strain, "River Was Green" - NorthernBlues Music E.G. Kight, "Sad Sad Sunday" - Blue South Records Howlin Wolf, "Worried About My Baby (rehearsal take)" - MCA/Universal (UMG) Indigenous, "Hold On" ? Zomba Recording Kim Wilson, "Tortured" - M.C. Records Koko Taylor, "I'm a Woman" - Alligator Records Lou Pride, "Livin' a Lie" - Severn Records Marcia Ball, "Baby Why Not?" - Alligator Records Mark Lemhouse, "Electra 225" - Yellow Dog Records Muddy Waters, "Streamline Woman" - Sony/Legacy Rick Holmstrom, "Pee Wee's Nightmare" - Tone-Cool Records Ronnie Earl, "Hey Jose'" - Stony Plain Recording Shemekia Copeland, "Happy Valentine's Day" - Alligator Records Smokin' Joe Kubek/Bnois King, "Healthy Mama" - Blind Pig Records The Groove Hogs, "Baby's Gone" - Trawf Records W.C. Clark, "Let it Rain" - Alligator Records # # #
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