EMI Music’s Vinyl Campaign Continues February 24 With Ben Harper’s Complete Virgin Records Catalog

Nine Albums and Two EPs Presented in Deluxe, Limited Edition 180-Gram Vinyl Packaging with Bonus Materials

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — On February 24, EMI Music continues its successful high-quality vinyl campaign with the release of Ben Harper’s entire Virgin Records catalog in limited edition, 180-gram vinyl packaging. Nine Ben Harper albums, all previously out-of-print on vinyl, have been restored to the format with Harper’s supervision. The LPs will be released in deluxe packaging with carefully replicated artwork, and two live EPs will make their vinyl release debuts. A bonus colored vinyl 7″ is included for Welcome To The Cruel World (Anniversary Edition), and an original poster has been reproduced for inclusion with Both Sides Of The Gun.

EMI Music launched its popular “From The Capitol Vaults” series in September 2008 with 13 classic titles, all previously out-of-print on vinyl. Included in the campaign’s debut were A Perfect Circle’s Mer de Noms, The Beach Boys‘ Pet Sounds, Coldplay’s Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, and X&Y, Radiohead’s Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A (two 10″ 140-gram LPs), Amnesiac (two 10″ 140-gram LPs), and Hail To The Thief, R.E.M.’s Document, and Steve Miller Band’s Greatest Hits 1974-78.

The series continued with John Lennon’s Imagine and Rock ‘N’ Roll, The Band’s Music From Big Pink and The Band, The Beach Boys’ Endless Summer, Paul McCartney & Wings’ Band On The Run, Megadeth’s Peace Sells and Rust In Peace, Queensryche’s Operation: Mindcrime, Roxy Music’s For Your Pleasure and Roxy Music, Stray Cats’ Built For Speed, The Verve’s Urban Hymns, and Jimi Hendrix’s Band Of Gypsys on fiery red 180-gram vinyl.

For more information about Ben Harper, visit www.benharper.net.

For more information about EMI Music’s “From The Capitol Vaults” vinyl series, visit http://fromthecapitolvaults.com.

Ben Harper vinyl LP & EP titles

Welcome To The Cruel World (Anniversary Edition)

1 LP + bonus colored vinyl 7″ (7″ tracks: “Remember” / “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again”)

Gatefold packaging, paper sleeve with inner clear lining, printed labels

Both Sides Of The Gun

2 LPs, gatefold packaging, paper sleeves, printed labels, poster

Burn To Shine

2 LPs, gatefold packaging, paper sleeves, printed labels

Diamonds On The Inside

2 LPs, gatefold packaging, paper sleeves, printed lyrics

Fight For Your Mind

2 LPs, gatefold packaging, paper sleeve with inner clear lining, printed labels

Life Line

1 LP, gatefold packaging, paper sleeves, printed labels

Live From Mars

4 LPs, special packaging, paper sleeves, printed labels

There Will Be Light

1 LP, gatefold packaging, printed sleeves, printed lyrics

Will To Live

1 LP, gatefold packaging, paper sleeve with inner clear lining, printed labels

    Will To Live (Live EP)
    Side A                      Side B
    1. The Will To Live         1. I Shall Not Walk Alone
    2. Faded                    2. Voodoo Chile
    3. Forever

    Alone (Live EP)
    Side A                      Side B
    1. Alone                    1. Steal My Kisses
    2. Burn To Shine            2. Nobody's Fault But Mine
    3. The Woman In You         3. Please Bleed

SOURCE EMI Music