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The Digital Side Of Shout!
Shout! Factory’s gone visually digital this week by placing our videos on iTunes. You can now purchase and download vids from across our extensive music library in this exclusive partnership with the iTunes music store. The first round of releases features clips from The Blasters, Barenaked Ladies, John Prine, Slightly Stoopid, X and Keith Sweat. Download multiple videos from each artist now and keep your eyes peeled for more to come.
The San Diego Comic-Con Cometh
We’re mere weeks away from the foremost pop culture event of all time, the SDCC 2008. This year is going to be even more spectacular than ever…for Shout! anyways. As always, Shout! will have a fun-filled booth—#3749—loaded with tons of current and upcoming release details, plus the perennial favorite, the Prize Wheel! Additionally, we’ll be distributing a Comic-Con Exclusive Mystery Science Theater 3000 poster and have actual Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo ’bots available for photo opps. Here’s a breakdown of what to expect:
Mystery Science Theater 3000
20th Anniversary Reunion Panel
Friday, July 25, 7:15 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Room 6B
Hosted by Patton Oswalt, join an historic reunion of cast and crew, including creator Joel Hodgson, producer Jim Mallon and fellow writer/performers Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Mary Jo Pehl, Paul Chaplin, J. Elvis Weinstein, Bridget Nelson and Bill Corbett for a Q&A panel.
At The Booth
Time TBD Signings by members of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast and creative team.
11 a.m.-12 p.m. Get your Sam & Max: Freelance Police DVD signed by Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell.
Saturday, July 26
1:00 p.m. Pick up a copy of the 4-DVD Swamp Thing Vol. 1 set and have it signed by Swamp Thing star Dick Durock and co-creator Len Wein.
3:00 p.m. Greg The Bunny’s Dan Milano (co-creator and voice talent) will be signing Volumes 1 & 2 of Greg The Bunny’s Best Of The Film Parodies. Greg the Bunny will be making a special appearance as well.
Legendary Performances Via Tammy And Marty
Last year we told you the exciting news about our partnership with the Country Music Hall of Fame for the release of two Johnny Cash Christmas DVDs. The relationship continues with the launch of the Legendary Performances series. Tammy Wynette and Marty Robbins debut the series with full-length DVDs, which include rare material that, for the most part, has never been available on DVD. Ms Wynette’s disc features performances of “Stand By Your Man,” “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad” and “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” plus two unreleased interviews, wedding footage and more. The Marty Robbins DVD includes renditions of such classics as “El Paso,” “A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)” and “Singing The Blues,” as well as a rare interview. Both will be available on August 19.
Carrying The News About Mott And Ian Hunter
All the young dudes aren’t the only ones to carry the news… we have some of our own as well. On August 26 Shout! will proudly release Old Records Never Die: The Mott The Hoople / Ian Hunter Anthology, a comprehensive 2-CD compilation spanning Ian Hunter’s career. The set includes songs leading up to 2007’s Shrunken Head CD, housing a total of 32 tracks in all! The cover art is stunning and, if you want an inside peek into our cover art process, check out this page on our site.
An Homage To Yankee Stadium: Baseball’s Cathedral
It’s true: Yankee Stadium is going to be razed upon completion of the 2008 baseball season and a new stadium built on its grounds. While history lies at the throes of bulldozers and wrecking balls, baseball fans can celebrate and commemorate this legendary park with the latest Shout! Factory/MLB Productions DVD, Yankee Stadium: Baseball’s Cathedral. This 2-DVD set includes footage from the stadium’s opening day in 1923 through opening day 2008. Additionally, each DVD set includes an exclusive commemorative bronze coin and replica ticket! Here’s the “extra cool” of the value add: the replica ticket is dated October 1, 1961, the day that Roger Maris slammed his 61st home run, effectively breaking Babe Ruth’s longstanding record. And the seat number? The actual seat of the guy who took the ball home. It’s all about details! Available July 1.
Liberty’s Kids – Making History
Liberty’s Kids is an animated series that initially aired on PBS in 2002-2004. Set during the Revolutionary War, it features characters from the annals of history such as Benjamin Franklin, voiced by the venerable Walter Cronkite. The story revolves around Franklin and a pair of teenage reporters who were caught on opposite sides of the revolution. Many notables lent their voices to the series, including Dustin Hoffman, Annette Bening, Michael Douglas and General Norman Schwarzkopf, to name a few. Shout! will release the entire series in a 6-DVD box set, loaded with tons of extras, in October. In the meantime, you can bone up on your historical facts when the series debuts on The History Channel starting, that’s right, on July 4. |
