For Immediate Release
Wednesday, June 18, 2013
The NJ Record Company, FDR
Label, has announced a July 23rd release date for the new
compilation CD, My Hometown: a Tribute to NJ.
All proceeds from the sale of the album will go to the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund. Label will celebrate with release show on Friday July 26th in Bordentown, NJ at The Record Collector.
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My Hometown: a Tribute to NJ is a collection of songs originally
recorded by NJ artists - covered by an eclectic mix of super talented indie
bands. Fans can pre-order the CD today
at http://www.fdrlabel.com and receive an immediate
download of one song from the album.
Full album will be available on July 23rd.
"It's amazing
how much good music came from our little state!" So says Mick Chorba, FDR
label founder and president. Chorba
adds, "What is amazing is how many great artists aren't even covered here
- this could be volume one of a series of 10 and we wouldn't run out of great
tunes."
FDR
Label has released a series of highly successful tribute compilations including
FDR’s Tribute to the Who, a Pop Tribute to the Replacements,
an 80’s movie tribute CD called High School Reunion, and a CD
featuring songs with girls’ names in the title called About a Girl.
Contributing artists have included Guided By Voices, Mathew Sweet,
Pat Dinizio (Smithereens), Frank Black (Pixies), Dresden
Dolls, and many more including Chorba’s own bands – The Dipsomaniacs
and The Successful Failures as well as FDR label regulars Taggart
and Bastards of Melody. Chorba looks to continue this winning
formula – this time honoring his home state.
For
this collection, no song or band was too obvious or too obscure. The great NJ band The Grip Weeds
unearthed a classic tune by the Knickerbockers. While Trenton’s The Cryptkeeper Five kicked
the dust off the Springsteen anthem “No Surrender”. The Successful Failures paid homage to
an early-album Fountains of Wayne song while Cliff Hillis and Steve
Butler (Smash Palace) actually recruited a Smithereen (bass
player Severo) to record the Simthereen’s pop tune “Listen to
Me Girl”. Full track listing is below or visit the FDR Label
site – http://www.fdrlabel.com
The
label plans to celebrate the CD with a blow-out bash at The Record Collector in
Bordentown, NJ on Friday July 26th. Artists performing at the show include The
Successful Failures, The Cryptkeeper Five, Janet LaBelle. The Paper Jets,
and more tba. Show starts at 7:30. Tickets are $12.00.
My Hometown: a Tribute to NJ will be available to purchase
directly from the label at www.fdrlabel.com. The CD will also be available
for purchase from ITunes, Amazon.com, and most online music vendors. Locally the physical CD can be purchased at the Tunes Record
stores, The Record Collector, and the Princeton Record Exchange.
Links:
http://www.fdrlabel.com
http://sandynjrelieffund.org/
http://www.thesuccessfulfailures.com
http://www.dipsomaniacs.bandcamp.com
Mick Chorba on FB - http://www.facebook.com/mick.chorba
The Successful Failures on FB - http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Successful-Failures/110487731918?fref=ts
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