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MEDIA Flashback:PACK The Very Best of IMAGINATION2013 /14 THE FULL MEDIA CAMPAIGN COVERING RADIO, TV, PRINT, DIGITAL, SOCIAL MEDIA, LIVE PROMOTION & COMPETITIONS CONTENTS “ IMAGINATION Featuring Leee John” Flashback: The Very Best of 1. ALBUM PRESS RELEASE ReleaseD In The UK (Sony Music): 7th 2. LEEE JOHN BIOG October 2013 3. RADIO - NATIONAL 4. RADIO – REGIONAL & INDEPENDENT 5. TV 6. PRINT 7. DIGITAL 8. SOCIAL MEDIA 9. LIVE 10. TESTIMONIALS 11. COMPETITION PROMO 12. CONTACTS LEEE JOHN FIFTEEN ESSENTIAL TRACKS History records that Imagination had hits in no fewer than 28 countries worldwide. FEATURING: TWO NEW IMAGINATION TRACKS – THE FIRST IN OVER 25 YEARS In the UK alone, their proud record included five consecutive gold albums and five top ten hits, nine top 40s and an even dozen chart singles in total. At the height of One of the most unique, genre defining and flamboyant soul groups of the past three Imagination fever, as one of the most recognised groups on TV and stage, one tour decades Imagination will return on 7 October 2013 with Flashback: The Very Best of had them playing seven nights in a row at London’s Dominion Theatre. Imagination via Sony Music. Featuring 13 uplifting soul classics that helped cement Imagination’s dominance of the charts in the early 1980’s, the album also contains two The Imagination legacy continued in the form of samples and adaptations by other brilliant new Imagination tracks, the first recorded as Imagination in over 25 years. major contemporary stars. In 1998, on their self-titled debut album, Destiny’s Child (complete with Beyoncé), recorded Illusion, which quoted from ‘Just An Illusion’. From the very opening bars of the oozing soul of ‘Body Talk’ through the sparkling and Leee himself featured on DJ Dero’s 2005 rendition of the song, which saw 1. ALBUM uplifting ‘Flashback’ and ‘Just An Illusion’, Imagination presented perfect pop songs for a prominent active service the same year as the basis of Mariah Carey’s 2005 top ten PRESS RELEASE more daring and experimental age. As lead singer and co-songwriter Leee John dressed in single Get Your Number. ‘Flashback’ was sampled by Boards Of Canada, ‘Music & gold lame crawled his way on all fours, through the audience, and onto the Top Of The Lights’ by Tiger & Woods, ‘All Night Loving’ by 88 Keys featuring Kanye West. The FLASHBACK: THE VERY BEST Pops stage, he secured Imagination’s position as essential 80’s crossover soul-dance hit- list is long. OF IMAGINATION makers and influencers for future generations of pop stars. Flashback: The Very best of Imagination is released via Sony Music on 7 October RELEASED IN THE Over the years, Leee John, the North London soulboy-made-good has created an 2013. UK & NI impressive inventory of top-drawer projects as solo artist, songwriter and performer. 7TH OCTOBER 2013 However, for the release of Flashback: The Very Best of Imagination, he has returned to Full-tracklisting: his roots, adding to the Imagination legacy of ‘Music and Lights’ and ‘In and Out of Love’ 1. Body Talk 2. In And Out Of Love with the first new Imagination tracks for 25 years, bringing the story full circle. Ably 3. Flashback 4. Burnin’ Up demonstrating John’s rare vocal versatility, ‘The Truth’ is a bold and romantic ballad with 5. Just An Illusion 6. Music And Lights gospel overtones, while ‘Krash (All Nite Long)’ echoes the vibe of Imagination’s 7. In The Heat Of The Night 8. Changes hedonistic heyday. 9. Looking At Midnight 10. New Dimension 11. Thank You My Love 12. Found My Girl Leee John is one of the hardest working men in music, touring both as Imagination and as 13. The Art of Love 14. The Truth (Imagination feat. Leee John) Leee John dipping into the pop and jazz pool, he has his own radio show, has recorded 15. Krash (All Nite Long) (Imagination feat. Leee John) songs for charity and is currently producing Flashback, a film of the history of British black music for which more than 80 interviews are already in the can, including Beverley Knight, Eddy Grant, Trevor Nelson, Omar, Geno Washington, Shalamar’s Jeffrey Daniels, Boney M’s Bobby Farrell and Ruby Turner. A deluxe digital version, containing three bonus tracks (‘Instinctual’, ‘Passion’ and ‘Mighty Power’) will be available to pre-order on iTunes from 29 July. Flashback: The Very Best Of Imagination is available for pre-order now at http://smarturl.it/ImaginationFlashback 30 YEARS OF IMAGINATION As a result, Imagination have played to sold out concerts across the globe. Celebrating over 30 years in the entertainment Leee John and Imagination’s songs have also more recently been recorded industry, Leee John has been an all round artist, by a number of major artists including Destiny’s Child, Mariah Carey and The singer, writer, record producer, actor and recently a Pharcyde. film producer. Leee John and Imagination made their mark not only as musicians but as Leee came to the world’s attention with his group true masters of stage and performance. Imagination which he founded in the early 80s. They were known for their outrageous costumes and stage shows and as 2. LEEE JOHN Imagination was signed by Morgan Khan of Street such were invited to perform to The Princes Trust, HRH Lady Diana and ARTIST BIOG Sound fame after hearing the track “Got To Be Prince Charles, Princes Caroline Of Monaco, The Mandela Family in South Good”. Produced by Trevor Horn (producer of Africa for the charity “Operation Hunger” and even for the Russian Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Seal, Grace Jones to President at the Kremlin. name but a few), the master tape was sent to the States to get reproduced but unfortunately got lost and the outcome looked bleak. Leee was introduced to producer Tony Swain and given a piece of music to write some lyrics and a melody. He went home and came up with what became Imagination’s first GOLD RECORD. The hit single “Body Talk”. With hits such as “In And Out Of Love”, “Flashback”, “Music And Lights”, “In The Heat Of The Night” and “Just An Illusion”, millions of singles were sold internationally. Imagination also went platinum worldwide with sales in excess of 30 million albums. 09.09.13 INTERVIEW: MAGIC FM, RICK ASTLEY 21.09.13 INTERVIEW: LIVE INTERVIEW, BBC RADIO 2, SHOW - GRAHAM NORTON SHOW (MARIA MCERLANE IN FOR GRAHAM NORTON) 3. RADIO PROMO NATIONAL ARTIST INTERVIEWS 08.10.13 INTERVIEW: PRE RECORDED INTERVIEW, LBC, STEVE ALLEN IN CONVERSATION. GLOBAL RADIO 09.10.13 INTERVIEW: PRE RECORDED INTERVIEW, BBC RADIO 2, JANICE LONG SHOW 05.11.13 ALBUM REVIEWS: BBC RADIO 2, JANICE LONG REVIEW SHOW - 12.15pm - 3.15pm Time Station/ Contact DJ/ Presenter 10.00 AM Scotland Radio Network Pre-Record Robin Galloway Breakfast Show • Clyde 2 [Glasgow] • Forth 2 [Edinburgh] • Northsound 2 [Aberdeen] • Tay AM [Dundee] • Westsound AM [Ayr] • Moray Firth [Inverness] 4. RADIO PROMO 10.15 AM Magic Network Group Pre-Record REGIONAL Metro/ Magic (Newcastle) Dave Campbell & TFM/ Magic (Teeside) CFM (Carlisle) INDEPENDENT Viking/ Magic (Hull) Rock/ Magic (Preston) Key 103/ Magic (Manchester) Hallam/ Magic (Sheffield) Aire/ Magic (Leeds) Radio City/ Magic (Liverpool) 10.30 AM BFBS (British Forces Radio) Pre-Record Simon Marlow 10.45 AM The Bay (Lancaster) Pre-Record Danny Matthews 11.00 AM BBC Eastern Counties Pre-Record (Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bridget Metcalfe Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire) 11.20 AM BBC Stoke Pre-Record James Watt 11.40 AM Unique Broadcasting Entertainment News (250 Stations) Pre record Carla Battisti 12 NOON BBC Bristol & Somerset Pre-Record Laura Rawlings 12.15 PM Downtown Radio (Belfast) Live 4. RADIO Siobhan McGarry PROMO REGIONAL & 12.30 PM BBC Merseyside (Liverpool) Pre-Record Billy Butler INDEPENDENT (continued) 12.45 PM Swansea Sound Pre-Record Leighton Jones 1.00 PM BBC Devon Pre-Record Richard Green 1.15 PM BBC Manchester Pre-Record Karen Gabay 1.30 PM BBC Swindon & Wiltshire Pre-Record Graham Rogers 1.45 PM 2.20 PM BBC Humberside (Hull & North East) Pre-Record James Hoggarth 2.40 PM BBC Birmingham Pre-Record Paul Franks 3.00 PM Signal 2 (Stoke on Trent) Pre-Record Paul Fairclough 3.15 PM Anglian Radio Group Pre-Record • The Beach (Suffolk) Joff Hopkins 4. RADIO Anglian Radio • Dream 100 (Colchester) PROMO • Kestrel FM (Basingstoke) Group • Radio Norwich (Norwich) REGIONAL • Town 102 FM (Suffolk) & • North Norfolk Radio (Norfolk) INDEPENDENT • Channel 103 FM (Jersey) (Continued) • Island FM (Guernsey) 3.30 PM BBC Radio Derby Live Andy Potter 3.45 PM Isle of Wight Radio Pre-Record John Hannam 4.15 PM Metro FM (Newcastle)/ CFM (Carlisle) / TFM (Stockton) Pre-Record Alan Robson 4.30 PM Free Radio (Birmingham) [Ex BRMB] Pre-Record Dave Sherwood IMAGINATION Campaign - 2013 w/c 02/09 Smooth Radio Love Live Music event – Pre promotion w/c 09/09 - A series of pre recorded trails and presenter reads will run across the UK. - A page will be created and run online whereby listeners can register for free tickets. w/c 23/09 Smooth Radio Love Live Music event 4. RADIO - The Marketing team can arrange this event to take place in either Glasgow or Newcastle. PROMO - The performance would be recorded and filmed for subsequent broadcast (like last time) on air and online. REGIONAL w/c 23/09 St Lucia Competition & - On air competition to mark the launch of the new album. INDEPENDENT - If the label are happy for us to have a third party sponsor we can run an on air competition with competition rounds each day Monday-Friday at drive- (Continued) time with one week’s pre-promotion.