60th Anniversary of 45 Single Celebrated by EMI Music With 'Digital 45' Campaign Launching July 14

60th Anniversary of 45 Single Celebrated by EMI Music With 'Digital 45' Campaign Launching July 14

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                                 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  

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Source: EMI Music North America

CONTACT: Jennifer Ballantyne of EMI Music North America - Catalog,
+1-323-871-5494, jennifer.ballantyne@emicap.com

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