PRESS RELEASE
15 May 2007
iTunes Offers Exclusive Pre-Order of New Paul McCartney Album “Memory Almost Full”
CUPERTINO, California — May 15th, 2007
Apple today announced that thirteen-time Grammy award winner Paul McCartney’s new album, “Memory Almost Full” is available for digital pre-order beginning today exclusively on the iTunes Store. iTunes customers pre-ordering the 13-track album in the US will receive the “Dance Tonight” music video when the album is delivered and the single “Ever Present Past”, immediately upon pre-ordering the new album. Additionally, Paul McCartney’s full catalogue of 25 solo albums will be available for the first time digitally on iTunes later this month.
“Paul McCartney is one of the greatest musicians of all time, and we’re extremely excited to offer his first digitally distributed album on iTunes”, said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO”.
“‘Memory Almost Full’ is a very personal album for me, and I’m thrilled to let fans experience it in a whole new way”, said Paul McCartney. “There’s no better time to make this music available through iTunes”.
“Memory Almost Full”, McCartney’s latest solo album, will be publicly available for purchase on June 5th, 2007, and represents the first global release by Hear Music, the newly formed record label from Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Music Group. iTunes customers in the US participating in the pre-sale will receive a free download of the music video for the album’s opening track “Dance Tonight” which stars Natalie Portman and was directed by acclaimed director Michel Gondry. Outside North America, iTunes customers who pre-order the album will get an exclusive acoustic version of the single “Dance Tonight”.
The iTunes Store features the world’s largest catalogue with over five million songs, 350 television shows and over 500 movies. The iTunes Store has sold over 2.5 billion songs, 50 million TV shows and over two million movies, making it the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store. Television shows and feature films are available in the US only, and video availability varies by country.
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