Blue Jean, look out world, you know I’ve got mine…
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the vinyl 45 single, EMI has released thirty five hits bundled with their B-sides via iTunes. Here’s the official blurb…
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60TH ANNIVERSARY OF 45 SINGLE CELEBRATED BY EMI MUSIC WITH ‘DIGITAL 45’ CAMPAIGN LAUNCHING JULY 14 – EMI’s Single Celebration Begins Exclusively at iTunes with More Than 35 Hits Bundled with B-sides & Replicated Label Art for Download Purchase
Hollywood, California – July 14, 2009 – 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.
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Three of those 35 digital singles are the above Bowie 45s which you can purchase via the links below. A word of warning though, (hinted at in today’s lyric quotation) the Blue Jean file is defective and it skips at around 2:50 in to the track. We’ll let you know when the file has been replaced with a good one.
Let’s Dance (Single Version) 4:07
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 5:09
China Girl (Single Version) 4:16
Shake It 3:50
Blue Jean 3:11
Dancing With the Big Boys 3:34