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Contact:
For Immediate Release
Cary
Baker, 818.986.2800
September 7, 2001 Holly
Rosum, 856.596.2221
NARM,
Blues Music Association To Release First Blues CD Sampler Street Date Is September 18 The
National Association of Recording Merchandisers Classical/Jazz Issue Forum
and the Blues Music Association will be releasing their first Blues CD
sampler, Get The Blues!, on
September 18. Priced at $1.98, this 18-track, 70-minute sampler includes tracks from some of the biggest names on today’s Blues scene (Keb’ Mo’, Robert Cray, Shemekia Copeland, R.L. Burnside, Koko Taylor), as well as great names of the Blues tradition (Sunnyland Slim, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Honeyboy Edwards). “With
a suggested retail price of $1.98, it’s easy for consumers to try Get
The Blues!,” says Holly Rosum, NARM’s Director of Membership &
Public Affairs, and head of the Classical/Jazz Issue Forum. “Because the
sampler features a 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/Jazz Issue 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/Jazz Issue Forum
promotions. Cary
Baker of the Baker/Northrop Media Group will be handling the publicity.
James Carr of Sony Music designed the packaging, Ross Ellis will print the
packaging, and Denon Digital will manufacture the CD. Ric Sherman of Denon
is supervising the production.
The tracks include:
• New West Records: Delbert McClinton, “Baggage Claim”
• Blue South Records: E.G. Kight, “Let the Healing
Begin”
• Earwig Records: Honeyboy Edwards, “Wind Howlin' Blues”
• Malaco Music Group: Johnnie Taylor, “Last Two Dollars”
• Sony (Epic): Keb' Mo', “The Door”
• Alligator Records: Koko Taylor, “Don't Let Me Catch You”
• Verve Music Group: Lucky Peterson, “Remember the Day”
• Northern Blues: Otis Taylor, “My Soul's in Louisiana”
• Fat Possum/Epitaph: R.L. Burnside, “Miss Maybelle”
• Ryko/Palm: Robert Cray, “Baby's Arms”
• Rounder Records: Rory Block “Talkin' Bout My Man”
• Sony (Legacy/Epic): Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Pride and Joy”
• Earwig Records: Sunnyland Slim, “You Can't Have It
All”
• Blind Pig Records: Tommy Castro, “Lucky in Love”
• Ruf Records: Walter Trout, “Ride 'til I'm Satisfied”
• Alligator Records: Shemekia Copeland, “It's 2am”
• Blind Pig Records: Big Bill Morganfield, “Highway 69”
• Rounder Records: Roomful of Blues, “The Salt of My
Tears”
The
Blues Music Association has arranged an advertising tradeout with Blues
Revue magazine, the
world’s largest-circulation Blues magazine.
Blues Revue will provide two full-page color advertisements for Get
The Blues! in its October and November 2001 issues. In return, a panel
of the CD booklet will be devoted to publicizing the magazine. 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 expanding the marketplace for blues music. It has grown to over 160 member companies and individuals, representing labels, booking agents, managers, festival and club promoters, artists, publicists, publications, journalists, photographers, songwriters, publishers, producers and radio programmers.
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.
National
Association of Recording Merchandisers
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