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End of Summer Sale Reminder!
Thanks to all of our wonderful customers for your support of Reference Recordings! Many of you have already taken advantage of our huge END OF SUMMER SALE. This is a Friendly Reminder: Time is running out; the sale ends at NOON PDT on September 22, 2010, so place your orders now! Buy two or more items and SAVE 20% EVERYTHING on our site is eligible (except sets that already have special pricing) The more you…
New Release Day! – Pillow Book and Pied Piper
Two New Releases Pied PiperMike Garson/Jim WalkerRR-121 HDCD Crystalline-pure recording of soothing, meditative jazz! Jim Walker, flute and Mike Garson, piano perform 12 original Mike Garson compositions. Jim Walker is a dynamic jazz soloist, legendary orchestral and studio musician, and an inspiration to countless students worldwide. Mike Garson is best known as long-time music director for David Bowie and is perhaps the most versatile pianist working today. PIED PIPER is a new high resolution HDCD…
Have We Mentioned We’re Excited for Next Week?
Have we mentioned we’re excited for next week (Tuesday to be specific)? Well, if you haven’t caught on yet — we are! So today, because we’re too excited to write anything, we’re just giving you videos!Mike Garson and the Mike Garson Quartet performs his piece “Admiration” The Curios playing “Pickle” which is on Pillow Book!
Digipaks
As we stated yesterday, both of our new upcoming albums will be released in eco-friendly Digipaks! What are Digipaks? Well, today we’re going to tell you! Digipak is a patent style of CD or DVD packaging. It comes in a gate fold (or tri-fold) paperboard binding, rather than in oil-based plastic. Most Digipaks are made of Recycled paper and packaging, but again, the biggest benefit is that they use less plastic. And a big note…
The Curios – The people
fAs we get closer (6 days) to the first release for Fresh! From Reference Recordings, we wanted to tell you a little more about the people in the band! The following is from www.thecurios.com and features each member telling you about him or herself. Nancy Hall: “I started playing drums in the elementary school band in grade four. We played a politically incorrect little number called ‘Big Chief Pow Wow’ which made my grandmother cry…
One Week Away!!!
We are ONE WEEK from releasing two major albums! Both are so exciting in their own right that it is hard to choose which to talk about first! Also exciting is that these albums have something for our eco-conscious fans. Both of these albums will be in eco-friendly Digipaks, so you’ll have a little different look on your RR shelf! Did we mention that in ONE WEEK (9/14) we will be releasing the first album…
Reference Recordings End of Summer Sale!
Summer is coming to a close, and that means it is time for what is becoming quite the tradition — The Reference Recordings End of Summer Sale! Buy Two or More items and SAVE 20% on your entire order!EVERYTHING on our site is eligible! The more you order, the more you save! (Sale does not include sets that already have special pricing.) Sale ends the first day of autumn, September 22 at NOON Pacific Daylight…
Nancy Hall of The Curios on Blogtalk Radio
Here’s something to introduce you to Nancy Hall as a songwriter and person. Oh, and you get to hear quite a few tracks from The Curios. This is a wonderful interview that includes The Curios music and enjoyable conversation. The show is quite long (2 hours), but Nancy is the first person featured on this particular episode, so you can start listening to her and The Curios music right from the start! Listen to internet…
Jim Walker – Videos Galore!
As we move down these wonderfully fun new playlists on the Reference Recordings Youtube Channel, today we get to introduce you to the wonderful flautist Jim Walker who appears on our upcoming release “Pied Piper” with pianist Mike Garson.
Mike Garson – Videos Galore!
As we prepare for our new releases, we continue to update our YouTube Channel with fun things for you to enjoy! So check out our new Mike Garson playlist. Just click play to watch it on the blog!
The Curios – Videos Galore
We have added The Curios to our YouTube Channel and wanted to share the playlist with you here on the blog! Just click play, or click the arrows to move to different videos in the playlist!
Upcoming Release Videos
On Monday and Tuesday we told you about TWO NEW RELEASES for September 14th, so today we’re getting you ready by sharing the talents of these musicians! Our first release on FRESH! From Reference Recordings will be “Pillow Book” by The Curios:The Curios – “Kiss and Tell”We will also be releasing a new Jazz album featuring flautist Jim Walker and pianist Mike Garson on the album “Pied Piper.”Jim Walker performs “Vanilla Sky” with Paul McCartney…
FRESH! From Reference Recordings Present The Curios
Earlier this month we told you about FRESH! From Reference Recordings, but we didn’t tell you who, what, or when the first release would be, but that changes today! Our first release will be PILLOW BOOK from the alternative folk/rock group The Curios! Remember, FRESH! features things we believe are appealing, a little quirky, and well recorded. So, PILLOW BOOK fits that bill perfectly! The Curios create a quirky and beautifully complex musical universe. Others…
Upcoming New Jazz Release – Pied Piper
We’ve been hinting at it for awhile, but today we’re telling you straight out, we’ve got a new Jazz release coming out next month (9/14) featuring Mike Garson on piano and Jim Walker on the flute in a crystalline-pure recording of soothing, meditative jazz called PIED PIPER (RR-121)! The album will feature 12 original Mike Garson compositions, new high resolution digital remastering, and an eco-friendly digipak! For those that aren’t familiar with Jim Walker, he’s…
HDTracks 20%off Sale
We just wanted to let you know that HDTracks (high resolution downloads) has a special of the week, and this week all Reference Recordings albums are 20% off! So head on over to HDTracks.com and download away!