EMI's Single Celebration Begins Exclusively on iTunes with More Than 35 Hits Bundled with B-sides & Replicated Label Art for Download Purchase
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ — To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the vinyl 45 single, EMI Music is launching a 'digital 45' campaign on July 14, bundling hit singles with B-sides and replicated label art for download purchase. EMI's digital 45s will be included in iTunes D45, a showcase for these new digital bundles on iTunes. They will be exclusively sold by iTunes between July 14 and July 27, after which they will be available for download purchase from all major digital service providers.
More than 35 digital singles will launch the campaign, including original 45 single A-sides and B-sides and top hits by Coldplay, David Bowie, R.E.M., Poison, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dean Martin, Duran Duran, Nat King Cole, Blondie, and Billy Idol, among others.
The 45 single, pressed on 7" vinyl, debuted in 1949 and is named for the number of revolutions per minute it takes to play the content on each of its sides.
  Billy Idol (original 45 single           Blondie (original 45 single
   A-sides & B-sides)                       A-sides & B-sides)
  ——————————           —————————
  Mony Mony [live]                         Rapture
  Shakin' All Over [live]                  Walk Like Me
  White Wedding (Part 1) [single edit]     One Way Or Another
  Hole in the Wall                         Just Go Away
  Rebel Yell [single edit]                 Dreaming
  Crank Call                               Sound-A-Sleep
  Hot In The City                          Heart Of Glass [7" version]
  Dead On Arrival                          Rifle Range
  David Bowie (original 45 single
   A-sides & B-sides)
  ——————————-          Hanging On The Telephone
  Let's Dance [single version]             Will Anything Happen
  Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
                                           Coldplay (original 45 single
                                            A-sides & B-sides)
                                           —————————-
  China Girl [single version]              Clocks
  Shake It                                 Crest Of Waves
  Blue Jean                                Speed of Sound
  Dancing With The Big Boys                Things I Don't Understand
                                           Duran Duran (original 45 single
  Dean Martin                               A-Sides & B-sides)
  ———–                              ——————————-
  That's Amore                             Hungry Like The Wolf
  Mambo Italiano                           Careless Memories [live]
  Ain't That A Kick In The Head            Is There Something I Should Know
  You're Nobody 'Til Somebody              Faith in This Colour [Alternate
   Loves You                                Slow Mix]
  Human League (original 45 single
   A-side & B-side)
  ——————————–         The Reflex [7" version]
  Don't You Want Me Baby                   Make Me Smile (Come Up and See
  Seconds                                   Me) [live]
  Megadeth                     &
#0160;           Nat King Cole
  ——–                                 ————-
  Peace Sells                              Unforgettable
  Devil's Island                           Stardust
  Holy Wars                                (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
  Hangar 18                                Straighten Up And Fly Right
                                           Poison
  Symphony Of Destruction                  ——
  Sweating Bullets                         Talk Dirty To Me
                                           I Want Action
  OMD (original 45 single
   A-side & B-side)
  ———————–
  If You Leave                             Nothin' But A Good Time
  88 Seconds In Greensboro                 Every Rose Has Its Thorn
                                           R.E.M. (original 45 single
  Red Hot Chili Peppers                     A-sides & B-sides)
  ———————                    ————————–
  Higher Ground                            Can't Get There From Here
  Knock Me Down                            Bandwagon
  Fight Like A Brave                       Driver 8
  Behind The Sun                           Crazy
                                           It's The End Of The World
                                           Last Date
                                           The One I Love
                                           Maps and Legends [live acoustic]
                                           Fall On Me
                                           Rotary Ten
                                           Superman
                                           White Tornado
Source: EMI Music North America
CONTACT: Jennifer Ballantyne of EMI Music North America – Catalog,
+1-323-871-5494, jennifer.ballantyne@emicap.com
