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Click on the Artist Name in the Order Due Date Sell Sheet to be taken back to the Recap Page Street Date CD- NON 521074 ALLEN, TONY Secret Agent $18.98 4/13/10 3/24/10 CD- RAA 523695 BECK, JEFF Emotion & Commotion $18.98 4/13/10 3/24/10 CD- ATL 521144 CASTRO, JASON Jason Castro $9.94 4/13/10 3/24/10 DV- WRN 523924 CUMMINS, DAN Crazy With A Capital F (DVD) $16.95 4/13/10 3/17/10 CD- ASW 523890 GUCCI MANE Burrrprint (2) HD $13.99 4/13/10 3/24/10 CD- LAT 524047 MAGO DE OZ Gaia III - Atlantia $20.98 4/13/10 3/24/10 CD- MERCHANT, NON 522304 NATALIE Leave Your Sleep (2CD) $24.98 4/13/10 3/24/10 CD- MERCHANT, Selections From The Album NON 522301 NATALIE Leave Your Sleep $18.98 4/13/10 3/24/10 CD- LAT 524161 MIJARES Vivir Asi - Vol. II $16.98 4/13/10 3/24/10 CD- STRAIGHT NO ATL 523536 CHASER With A Twist $18.98 4/13/10 3/24/10 4/13/10 Late Additions Street Date Order Due Date CD- ERP 524163 GLORIANA Gloriana $13.99 4/13/10 3/24/10 CD- MFL 524110 GREAVER, PAUL Guitar Lullabies $11.98 4/13/10 3/24/10 Last Update: 03/03/10 ARTIST: Tony Allen TITLE: Secret Agent Label: NON/Nonesuch Config & Selection #: CD 521074 Street Date: 04/13/10 Order Due Date: 03/24/10 Compact Disc UPC: 075597981001 Box Count: 30 Unit Per Set: 1 SRP: $18.98 Alphabetize Under: T File Under: World For the latest up to date info on this release visit WEA.com. TRACKS Compact Disc 1 01 Secret Agent 07 Pariwo 02 Ijo 08 Nina Lowo 03 Switch 09 Atuwaba 04 Celebrate 10 Alutere 05 Ayenlo 11 Elewon Po 06 Busybody ALBUM FACTS Genre: World Music Producers: Tony Allen, Fixi Radio Formats: World Packaging Specs: 4/0 digipak, 12-pg 4/4 booklet, 1 disc Description: "There is no question that Tony Allen is a genius, one of the greatest percussionists in the history of popular music" - The Guardian Secret Agent, the first World Circuit/Nonesuch release for Nigerian Afrobeat legend, drummer Tony Allen, has already received ecstatic reviews from critics in Europe where it was released in early June of this year. Metro UK declared that "The latest album from Lagos born drumming ace reasserts his status as keeper of the Afrobeat key" while Observer Music Monthly said, "If you're wondering why Afrobeat is hip, start here." Tony Allen has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest kit drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. His playing draws on four different styles - Highlife, soul/funk, jazz and traditional Nigerian drumming-a unique and mighty sound. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat-the hard driving, horn rich, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary style, which became a dominant force in African music and such, an influence worldwide. Afrobeat is currently enjoying an upsurge of interest around the world and for fans of hip-hop, funk and jazz, Tony Allen, holder of the Afrobeat flame, is today revered as its seminal living figure. ‘Secret Agent,' produced by Allen himself, was recorded with his hard-schooled touring band, which comprises musicians from Nigeria, Cameroon, Martinique and France. The music is squarely in the Afrobeat tradition-combining rhythmic tenor guitar, funky keyboards, soulful call and response vocals, and fat, full-throated hard-riffing horns-with a few twists (including keyboard player and arranger Fixi's accordion on some tracks). At its heart of course, is the beat itself, even more prominent now than it was in Fela Kuti's legendary band Afrika 70. Allen drives the music on, straight as an arrow, in a loose-limbed ragged shuffle, fusing the cross rhythms into one irresistible forward motion. The songs on Secret Agent stay true to Afrobeat's original, trademark embrace of protest lyrics. "Pariwo" (shout, make some noise) and "Elewon Po" (too many prisoners) urge resistance to oppression. Others like "Nina Lowo" (money is to be spent) and "Atuwaba" (no matter if things are bad, they'll get better), are based on traditional folk proverbs. Some are irresistible exhortations to party - "Ijo" (dance) and "Alutere" (the message the drums transmit) celebrate Afrobeat in general and Allen's genius in particular. "Fela had a different way of writing," says Allen. "He wrote like a singer. I write like a drummer." Tony Allen will tour North America early this summer. In the meantime, Secret Agent is an invitation from this extraordinary drumming force to look for the familiar in the seemingly exotic. As Q Magazine (UK) put it, "At nearly 70 the man Brian Eno reckons is perhaps the greatest drummer that ever lived is reveling in his heritage, and it's contagious." ARTIST & INFO Hometown: Nigeria Born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1940, of mixed Nigerian and Ghanaian parentage, Tony Allen taught himself to play by listening to records made by the American jazz drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach. He began working as a professional musician in 1960, gigging around Lagos and variously playing highlife and jazz. Today living in Paris, Allen has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest kit drummer and one of it's most influential musicians, the man who with Fela Anikulapo Kuti created Afrobeat-the hard driving, James Brown funk-infused, and politically engaged style that became such a dominant force in African music and whose influence continues to spread today. MARKETING POINTS © 2010 Warner Elektra Atlantic Corporation | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy Last Update: 03/03/10 ARTIST: Jeff Beck TITLE: Emotion & Commotion Label: RAA/Atlantic Rhino Config & Selection #: CD 523695 Street Date: 04/13/10 Order Due Date: 03/24/10 UPC: 081227981105 Box Count: 30 Unit Per Set: 1 Compact Disc SRP: $18.98 Alphabetize Under: B For the latest up to date info on this release visit WEA.com. TRACKS Compact Disc 1 01 Corpus Christi Carol 06 Serene 02 Hammerhead 07 Lilac Wine [feat. Imelda May] 03 Never Alone 08 Nessun Dorma 04 Over The Rainbow 09 There's No Other Me [feat. Joss Stone] 05 I Put A Spell On You [feat. Joss Stone] 10 Elegy For Dunkirk [feat. Olivia Safe] ALBUM FACTS Genre: Rock Guest Artist: Imelda May Appears Courtesy of Decca Record, sJoss Stone Appears Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc. Producers: Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Steve Lipson; Executive Producer Trevor Horn Radio Formats: "I Put a Spell on You" to AAA, Impact Date 3/8 "Never Alone" Smooth Jazz, Impact Date 3/8 Description: For his first studio album in 7 years, Grammy-winning guitarist Jeff Beck returns with a signature mix of tracks that find the guitar virtuoso accompanied by a handpicked cast of talented musicians, as well as several songs accompanied by a 64-piece orchestra. Includes "I Put A Spell On You" featuring Joss Stone. ARTIST & INFO Hometown: London Jeff Beck is true rock legend, described as "the first of the great guitar showmen". From his time with the Yardbirds in the sixties, through the Jeff Beck Group and throughout his solo career his unique guitar style and constant desire to explore new musical areas and sounds has won him the admiration of his peers and the adoration of legions of fans. MARKETING POINTS Awards: Won Grammy this year for instrumental "A Day in a Life" Press & Publicity: CONFIRMED PRESS: Rolling Stone cover Feb 18th - Guitar Player cover early April - Wall Street Journal feature April Reviewing February Concert - NY Times Feature February 14th Reviewing February Concert - LA Times Times April USA Today - Life Section Cover/feature on April 13th Major PRIME TIME and LATE NIGHT TV Confrimed. Details TBD SoundScan: Last project CD/DVD Performing This Week at Ronnie Scotts has Soundscanned over 130K Info: Print: Rolling Stone ad. Beck/Clapton Tour Program ad ½ pg ad. Guitar Center Cover and editorial feature in July 2010 Guitar Guide (560K circ) Promotion in all 214 Guitar Center Stores April Live concert from the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles KLOS is hosting. Will feed to 50 Citadel national stations with a potential audience of 2 million. (not announced yet) Ticketmaster.com Email blast to previous Jeff Beck ticket buyers Spa - Tea - Wine Lifestyle 500 wineries & Sampler 1500 properties Last Update: 03/07/10 ARTIST: Jason Castro TITLE: Jason Castro Label: ATL/Atlantic Config & Selection #: CD 521144 Street Date: 04/13/10 Order Due Date: 03/24/10 UPC: 075678958403 WEBSITES: Box Count: 30 www.jasoncastromusic.com Compact Disc Unit Per Set: 1 SRP: $9.94 Alphabetize Under: C TOURS File Under: Pop For the latest up to date info on 03/11/10 this release visit WEA.com. Flytrap Music Hall Tulsa, OK TRACKS Compact Disc 1 01 Let's Just Fall In Love Again 05 Closer 02 This Heart Of Mine 06 You Can Always Come Home [feat. Serena Ryder] 03 That's What I'm Here For 07 It Matters To Me 04 Love Uncompromised 08 Hallelujah ALBUM FACTS Genre: Pop Producers: Eric Rosse (Sara Bareilles, Tori Amos) Radio Formats: Top 40 Description: With his rich tenor voice, distinctive looks, and endearingly innocent charm, Jason Castro won over millions of viewers as a contestant on the seventh season of American Idol, parlaying his substantial singer-songwriter appeal into a third-place runner-up finish.