ABKCO news

Fantastic Mr. Fox Oscar Nominated Score

A new album with unreleased tracks from Alexandre Desplat s Academy Award nominated score to the Wes Anderson film “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is now available at all digital retailers. Click the Download link to find it!

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

"Sympathy For The Devil" by the Rolling Stones is featured in the trailer for the long awaited sequel "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" starring Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf. The film hits theaters April 23rd. Click here to watch the trailer. Select Trailer 2

Percy Jackson: Making of the Music

Click the link below to watch an interview with Christophe Beck, composer of the score for Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief including behind-the-scenes footage from the recording session! Click here to watch the video

"19th Nervous Breakdown" in Miami Medical commercial

"19th Nervous Breakdown" by the Rolling Stones is featured in the trailer for the new CBS medical drama "Miami Medical," which premieres Friday, April 2nd. If you missed the trailer which first aired during the SuperBowl, click here to check it out!

The Lightning Thief Soundtrack coming in February

ABKCO has released the score to Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the new Twentieth Century Fox film based on the best selling book series by Rick Riordan. The album was released digitally on Feb. 9th and will be released on CD on Feb. 16th. The score was composed by Christophe Beck who won an Emmy for his work on Buffy The Vampire Slayer and whose previous scores include The Hangover, The Pink Panther, Bring It On, Under the Tuscan Sun, School for Scoundrels, Fred Claus, Drillbit Taylor and others. The film is directed by Chris Columbus and stars Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Pierce Brosnan, Rosario Dawson and Uma Thurman and will be in theaters on February 12th.

Cupid featured in new movie Valentines Day

Dont miss Amy Winhouses version of Sam Cookes "Cupid" in the new Warner Bros film "Valentines Day" and on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack out now!

ABKCO has #1 Song of the Decade!

Billboard has declared Mariah Carey s "We Belong Together", which is co-published by ABKCO and contains a sample of Bobby Womack s "If You Think Youre Lonely Now", the #1 song of the 2000s!

Delia Smith features Let It Bleed

Not many people realize that Delia Smith, the UK s best-selling cookery author and television personality, baked the cake on the iconic album cover of the Rolling Stones 1969 album Let It Bleed. The album cover is now being featured on Delia s official website. Click here to visit the website, which offers a wealth of food and cookery ideas and inspiration for every occasion including over 1400 free, easy-to-follow recipes, techniques, menus, forums and more.

Let It Bleed Stamp in the UK

The iconic Rolling Stones LET IT BLEED album cover is part of Royal Mails new "Classic Album Covers" stamp series, available in the UK starting 7 January 2010. Other artists include David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Clash and Coldplay. Click here to check it out!

Happy Holidays from ABKCO!

The Cameo Parkway holiday album is featured in the AOL Music Holiday Listening Party this year.
Click here to check it out!
And you can add this classic album to your holiday music collection by clicking "Download Now".

Happy Holidays from ABKCO!

Get Yer Ya-Yas Out Again

November 27 and 28 mark the 40th anniversary of the recording of the Rolling Stones concerts at Madison Square Garden that yielded the epochal Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!, the band’s definitive live album. In recognition of that historic occasion when “The World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band” played “The World’s Greatest Stage,” ABKCO Records will release Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert – 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set and a Super Deluxe Box Set on November 3rd.

Fantastic Mr. Fox Soundtrack out now

Available everywhere now, the soundtrack to this much anticipated stop animation film by Wes Anderson features music by the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Burl Ives, a new song by Jarvis Cocker that was written especially for the film and an outstanding score by Alexandre Desplat (The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). The film, opening wide Thanksgiving 2009, features voices by George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson and more.

The Men Who Stare At Goats Soundtrack

Check out the soundtrack to this new dark comedy starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. The score is composed by award winning composer Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Reign Over Me). Available digitally now!

Post Grad Soundtrack available on August 18th

Featuring music by Gym Class Heroes, Lily Allen, The Kooks, the bird and the bee, Joshua Radin and Jack Savoretti. The film stars Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch, Rodrigo Santoro and the legendary Carol Burnett. Get the soundtrack now!

In Loving Memory of Allen Klein

For anyone wishing to make a donation in memory of Allen Klein, we have set-up direct links in his name.

Please feel free to choose the charity of your choice from the two listed below:

1) Alzheimer’s Foundation/New York Chapter

2) Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/New York Chapter

I Love You, Beth Cooper Soundtrack coming June 23rd!

The hottest soundtrack release of the summer hits stores on June 23rd, paving the way for this summer’s blockbuster film opening on July 10th. The film is based on Larry Doyle’s ("The Simpsons") bestselling book. The eclectic soundtrack features tracks by Gym Class Heroes, Kiss, Foreigner, The Kooks, Alice Cooper, OK GO, The Hives, Smokey Robinson, Eleni Mandell and more. The soundtrack will also feature several songs from the score, composed by Christophe Beck. I Love You Beth Cooper, starring Hayden Panettiere (HEROES) and Paul Rust, follows a nerdy valedictorian (Rust) who proclaims his love for the most popular girl in school, Beth Cooper (Panettiere), during his speech at graduation. Much to his surprise, Beth shows up at his door that very night and decides to show him the best night of his life! Click the "BUY IT NOW" link to pre-order the CD now!!

A CHANGE IS GONNA COME ON AMERICAN IDOL

"A Change Is Gonna Come" was performed by Adam Lambert of the finale of American Idol! Click the Download Now link to hear it!

Bobby Womack being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

The legendary Bobby Womack will be inducted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME on April 4, 2009. On February 17th, ABKCO will release THE POET I & II, combined on one CD and in their original album format as THE POET I and THE POET II for digital release. These evocative records contain numerous hits including “Where Do We Go From Here,” “Secrets,” “It Takes A Lot of Strength To Say Goodbye,” “Love Has Finally Come At Last,” “Tell Me Why” “If You Think You’re Lonely Now,” and others. Click the "Buy it Now" link to purchase the CD now!

A Change Has Come!

More than 45 years ago Sam Cooke wrote the epochal “A Change Is Gonna Come”,
a song that resonates more clearly today than ever before:

“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day,
in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.”
- President Elect Barack Obama

Download “A CHANGE IS GONNA COME”, the new Sam Cooke EP, and celebrate
a beautifully prophetic vision fulfilled at long last.

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Soulwax Remixes The Stones

On February 19th, ABKCO Records released a sensational Soulwax remixed single of the Rolling Stones classic “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” featured in 21, a Columbia Pictures film in theaters on March 28th. www.21-movie.com

A Flick Tip...

O Magazine reviews the new Wes Anderson film, The Darjeeling Limited.

Sam Cooke Premieres on WLIW

Sam Cooke Legend Premieres Saturday, April 28 at 8 pm with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Lloyd Price LIVE in the studio!
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Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits

ABKCO Records will release Cameo Parkway Greatest Hits, on October 17th. It’s a 26 track compilation offering a concise overview of the fabled Philadelphia label that brought the world such classic artists as Bobby Rydell, The Orlons, The Dovells, Dee Dee Sharp, The Tymes, ? & The Mysterians, Chubby Checker and many others who ruled the charts in the 50’s and 60’s. Cameo Parkway Greatest Hits features 24 Top 10 Billboard pop chart hits of which 17 entered the Top 5

Sam Cooke iTunes Exclusive - Originals + Tributes:

The iTunes Music Store has just launched a unique program pairing classic Sam Cooke recordings from the ABKCO and BMG catalogs with later versions of Cooke compositions by artists who were profoundly influenced by Cooke over the years. "Originals + Tributes"

Itunes Creates A new Hits & Lost Treasures iMixes for Cameo Parkway - Hits + Lost Treasures

Its heyday was 1960-1963, when its artists dominated the teenage dance craze market.

The Rolling Stones Fake Book

The Rolling Stones Fake Book includes 167 classic Stones songs recorded between 1963 and 1971 -- from early blues covers (Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly songs) to the psychedelia of Their Satanic Majesties Request. All songs are in complete, professional-style lead sheets with fundamental instrumental riffs and figures included. There is also a special guitar-tab section, featuring the pivotal guitar riffs and solos from 29 of their most legendary songs, an introductory essay, a full-color ABKCO years discography (with album art), and 40 pages of classic early sheet music covers reproduced in full color. The ultimate Rolling Stones songbook!