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Christine McVie returns with Solo Album
Music Week
03.04.04
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One-time Fleetwood Mac
songwriter and vocalist Christine McVie's first solo outing in two
decades is to mark the first
link-up between Adventure Records and Sanctuary since their chart
topping Christmas triumph with Mad World.
Following the UK
platinum-selling success of the Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules
single, the two companies
are joining forces again for the release on June 7 of McVie's Meantime.
The title, the first
solo album since McVie's self-titled release, also reunites McVie with
Adventure Records co-founder
Paul Conroy, who worked with her on Fleetwood Mac releases while he was
an executive at Warner Music and landed this
new release following an approach by her manager and music publisher
Martin Wyatt. 'He brought it to me and I just loved it,' says Conroy.
Conroy then decided to speak to Sanctuary about co-handling the album
due to its track record of working with mature
artists such as Steve Winwood and Todd Rundgren. Adventure has gone with
Sanctuary for the world outside the US and
Canada, while teaming up with Koch in North America. Separately, McVie
and Wyatt have overseen the launch of a new publishing operation, which
debuts with the new album.
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KOCH Records to Release 'In the Meantime,'
New Solo Album by
Christine McVie
on July 27th
Friday April 2, 2:08 pm ET
NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Christine McVie, a former member of
legendary rock supergroup Fleetwood Mac, will release her new solo
record on KOCH Records, in partnership with Adventures in Music, in the
U.S. and Canada. The record is titled "In The Meantime," and will be
released on July 27th. Adventures in Music has also partnered with
Sanctuary Music Group to release the record in all other territories.
Christine McVie was a pivotal member and songwriting force in Fleetwood
Mac for over thirty years behind some of the band's biggest hits
including 'Don't Stop' and 'Little Lies.' Her distinctive, instantly
recognizable voice played a huge part in the band's worldwide success.
Enormously successful and influential, Fleetwood Mac sold over 55
million records worldwide at the point of Christine's departure in 1998.
Bob Frank, President of KOCH Records: "This is a major signing for us
and we are extremely excited and proud to be able to work with the
legendary Christine McVie. She has made a beautiful album that will be
one of those rare albums that people listen to forever."
Paul Conroy CEO of Adventures in Music adds, "Adventure is very excited
to be releasing Christine McVie's new solo album. The album is a very
personal collection of songs, delivered in Christine's own unmistakable
vocal style. She is one of Britain's all time musical talents."
About KOCH Records
KOCH Records is a wholly owned subsidiary of KOCH Entertainment, the
leading and fastest-growing music company in the U.S. KOCH'S operations
encompass record labels, music publishing companies and distribution
companies in the U.S. and Canada. KOCH Entertainment is the market
leader among independents in both the U.S. and Canada and its record
labels had the largest number of Billboard charting albums among
independents from 2001 - 2003.
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Sanctuary To
Embark on Further Adventures
Adventure and Sanctuary Records, the partnership behind Michael Andrews
and Gary Jules', worldwide smash hit 'Mad World', are teaming up again
to release a new solo album, entitled 'In The Meantime', from former
Fleetwood Mac member, Christine McVie out June 21st.
Christine McVie was a pivotal member and songwriting force in Fleetwood
Mac for over thirty years behind some of the band's biggest hits
including 'Don't Stop' and 'Little Lies'. Her distinctive, instantly
recognisable voice played a huge part in the band's worldwide success.
Enormously successful and influential Fleetwood Mac sold over 55 million
records worldwide at the point of Christine's departure in 1998.
Paul Conroy CEO of Adventures in Music: 'Adventure is very excited to be
releasing Christine McVie's new solo album. The album is a very personal
collection of songs, delivered in Christine's own unmistakable vocal
style. She is one of Britain's all time musical talents.'
Joe Cokell, CEO Sanctuary Records: 'We are pleased to be working with
Adventure again, following the great success with 'Mad World' and also
the Gary Jules album'.
'In The Meantime' will be released as a joint venture on Adventure and
Sanctuary in the UK and Europe and with America's leading independent
label Koch in the US and Canada in the early summer.
Bob Frank at Koch Records: 'This is a major signing for us and we are
extremely excited and proud to be able to work with the legendary
Christine McVie. She has made a beautiful album that will be one of
those rare albums that people listen to forever'.
Adventure and Sanctuary have also teamed up to release, Michael
Andrew's, 'Donnie Darko Score' and Gary Jules' solo album 'Trading
Snakeoil for Wolftickets'.
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