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CD | DMD Covered, A Revolution In Sound: Warner Bros. Records Various Artists

The Flaming Lips covering ARTISTS ’s “Borderline”? The Used The Flaming Lips taking on the Talking Heads’ “Burn- SELECTIONS ing Down The House”? Taking Back Borderline (Madonna)/The Flaming Lips Against Me! with Stardeath And White Dwarfs Sunday recording ’s “You Missy Higgins Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles Wreck Me”? Rarely can a tribute James Otto ()/The Black Keys album be described as fresh and edgy, Adam Sandler A Case Of You ()/ bold and filled with attitude, but those Michelle Branch Taking Back Sunday Here Comes A Regular words apply to Covered, A Revolution Mastodon (Replacements)/Against Me! In Sound: Warner Bros. Records, an The Used More Than This ()/ album celebrating the golden anniver- Disturbed

Missy Higgins sary of the label founded in 1958. With GUEST ARTISTS Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)/ 11 artists currently on the roster each Stardeath And White Dwarfs James Otto performing a favorite rock song from Billy Gibbons Like A Hurricane ()/ Warner’s first 50 years, Covered, A Adam Sandler PRODUCERS You Wreck Me (Tom Petty)/ Revolution In Sound is issued in Various

Taking Back Sunday Warner’s 51st year to not only pay trib- FILE UNDER Just Got Paid (ZZ Top)/Mastodon ute to the past but hail the present and Rock with Billy Gibbons look forward to the next 50 years of RADIO FORMATS Burning Down The House revolutions in music. (Talking Heads)/The Used Rock/Classic Rock/Modern Rock

ON THE WEB Midlife Crisis ()/Disturbed I FOCUS TRACK: Neil Young’s “Like A Hurri- cane” was performed by Adam Sandler on “Late Show warnerbrosrecords.com

With David Letterman” on December 15, 2008. STREET DATE I HISTORY: Warner Bros. Records was founded on 4/7/09 March 19, 1958, as a way to corral the records of the stars of the movie and television company, beginning with Tab Hunter and including Connie Stevens. The label enjoyed success with The Everly Brothers, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Petula Clark, but it was in the late ’60s that Warner Bros. (with ) truly began its rise to the top. Highly respected artists such as Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young helped estab- lish the foundation upon which the company became a leader in music as well as in the music industry. I DOWNLOAD: This album is also available as a CD 2-512896 digital music download (DMD).

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