Tracklicensing.com is the business to business website for Demon Music Group (DMG), the UK's largest independent record company, DMG markets a back catalogue that reads like a who's who of the last 50 years of music with artists as varied as Al Green, Ian Dury and T Rex and diverse catalogues including Ace Mississippi, Hi, Philadelphia International, Amazon Records & Trax (Chicago. The website also includes representation rights for 3rd party independents including Just Music and Lovecat Records (NY) enabling us to offer a wide range of genres, with styles ranging from Latin and Blues to Drum & Bass and Hard Rock.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll the story of Ian Dury will be released on January 8th 2010. The film follows the rise to fame of and documents Dury's personal battle with the debilitating disease polio. The film stars Andy Serkis in the role of the punk legend, and also features Mackenzie Crook, Ray Winstone, Toby Jones and Naomie Harris.
Demon are proud to announce a license agreement to represent the catalogue of Leo Sayer, one of the UK's most successful singer-songwriters. He has amassed a number of global hits including the transatlantic No 1 hits "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "When I Need You".
Formed in 1971, its a bizarre sign of those far off times that the very thought of a Scottish soul band being able to cut it in a market that was predominantly black and American should lead them to adopt such a self-effacing name. Truth be told, the stew of horns, popping bass and heartfelt vocals was every inch the equal of their spiritual cousins across the Atlantic. Let's Go Round Again, a digital hoovering up of their choicest cuts from the glory years, is all the proof you need. The band's first album is plundered here for You Got it and Person To Person; more soul gold, which was to be the trend over the next few years. Cut the Cake's title track is also plundered here for You Got it and Person To Person; more soul gold, which was to be the trend over the next few years. Their sound inevitably became more disco-fied as the decade wore on; Queen Of My soul being an early dance floor classic. As such the band's stock remained high in the States, allowing them to coast into the 80s on classics as tasty as Let's Go Round Again. Still performing to this day, this is a grade A funk collection. It's a timely reminder of how great soul can come from anywhere in the world
Demon are proud to announce a long license agreement to represent the catalogue of Janis Ian for Europe. There are 14 albums from the highly successful singer songwriter who is still recording to this day. The repertoire includes the grammy award winning "At Seventeen", and international hits "Fly Too High" and "Love is Blind".
Demon Music are proud to announce the signing of a deal to release seven of the original MGM albums made between 1967-1973. The deal also includes synch representation rights for the recordings of Roy Orbison including the international hits "Penny Arcade", "Walk On", "Heartache" and "Too Soon to Know", as well as many other original recordings and interpretations of well known songs such as "Sweet Dreams" and "Your Cheatin' Heart".
To celebrate 20 years of Acid House, Demon Music Group label “Harmless” have come up with a brilliant compilation. CD 1 highlights those epic Acid House moments with a superb DJ mix by Justin Robertson. CD 2 celebrates the Trax catalogue with a set of brand new re-edits, by the UK & Europe’s key dance producers, plus some new kids on the block.
CD1 is a blend of the early influences of house melded together with the key moments in the genre known as “Acid House. Tracks are taken from a number of legendary US and UK labels including Easy Street Records (NYC), DJ International & Trax Records (Chicago), Transmat (Detroit) and Warp (UK).
CD2 - accompanying ‘The Art of Acid’ is an exclusive set of bonus re-edits of classic House tracks rubbed down by a veritable who’s who of dance music new and old, including Boys Noize, Plump DJs, Greg Wilson, 808 State, Laurent Garnier, Rub n Tug and Justin Robertson himself. Collecting together the cream of early Acid House tracks from the Trax label (out of Chicago) that were central to the formation of Dance Culture as we know it today, ‘The Art Of Acid’, is a blistering tribute to the last great cultural revolution of the 20th century.
“Art of Acid” has been nominated in the “Best British compilation” category @ this years DJ Magazine awards, taking place on 26th November, AKA Bar, London.
Gary Numan was one of the major forerunners of the electronic era of the 80s, pioneering the way for acts such as Depeche Mode and Ultravox. A long string of hits throughout the late 70s and early 80s, alongside his creative use of electronic instruments, gave him great kudos amongst the hip 80s scene. His influence is still felt today, with many of his songs still being sampled by the likes of the Sugar Babes and Basement Jaxx.
Featuring as vocalist on Radio Heart, alongside Elton John on piano and Ray Cooper on guitar, Numan proves once again why he’s so highly considered amongst musicians and fans alike.
The New York Funk-Soul scene of the 70s spawned many classic tracks, giving rise to what would eventually be known as Disco. BT Express were central to this scene, creating groove classics still filling dance floors today. Signed in 1974 to Sid Maurer’s Roadshow Records, they would go on to record many Top 40 hits, in both the Pop and R&B genres. Their influence can still be felt today, with songs such as ‘Discotizer’ and ‘The House Is Smokin’’ being sampled by many of today’s coolest producers, including Hotspot and Above The Law. These funky grooves are sure fire winners, capturing the imaginations of both young, and those who can remember ‘cutting some shapes’ to these classics first time around.
As one of the 50s and 60s shining stars, Bobby Darin’s hit making record was second to none. Bursting onto the young Rock ‘n’ Roll scene in 1958 with a string of Number 1 UK Chart hits, which are still considered today as classics of that era. Elevated to super-stardom, Darin continued his hit making throughout the 60s, alongside appearing in major Hollywood films ‘Come September’ and ‘Captain Newman, M.D,’ for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. With numerous Grammy Awards to his name, Bobby Darin’s career has long been recognised as a force to be reckoned with.
Formed in 1967 in North London, Fairport Convention are often credited as being the first electric English-folk act. Transforming from a style similar to that of the American West-Coast acts of the mid-60s to a style of their own, they paved the way for many British folk acts to find their way into the mainstream. After 22 years of constant recording and touring, Fairport Convention played one final tour, entitled ‘Encore Encore.’ The record of the same name documenting this event is considered one of their finest records, containing both traditional and self-penned songs, this is a favourite of both fans and music critics.
Australia may not be known for its musical heritage, but one artist has shown just what can be done from these humble musical beginnings. Hailing from New South Wales, Gary Shearston was a huge star of the Australian folk scene throughout the 1960s. After achieving notoriety with regional Australian hits ‘Sometime Lovin’’ (AUS #38) and ‘Sydney Town’ (AUS#9), his rise to international fame came with a version of the Cole Porter classic ‘I Get A Kick Out Of You,’ charting in the UK at #9.
Demon Music Group are proud to present Shearston’s back catalogue, with a long-term, all rights exclusive deal.
From the humble beginnings of the smallest venues to Top of the Pops and many other top T.V. appearances. From Soul to Reggae, and back again, the ‘Notes have definitely been up and down the musical scale.
‘You’re Never Too Young’, originally released by the ‘Abstract Dance’ label, became the foundation of what we now know today as the British ‘Street Soul’ scene. Becoming an underground smash and the biggest club hit in the spring/summer of 1984, ‘You’re Never Too Young’ put the Cool-Notes on the musical map and just fell short of the Top 40 at #42, completely without marketing and advertising. Their follow-up singles ‘Spend The Night’ and ‘In Your Car’ cemented their position as one of the hottest Street Soul bands around, both charting in the UK Top 20
Demon are pleased to announce a long-term, all rights exclusive worldwide catalogue representation deal.
Demon Music Group are proud to announce the release of the remastered Ian Gillan recordings, consisting of his output during the 70s and 80s as the Ian Gillan Band & Gillan. Ian Gillan was a member of Deep Purple from 1969 through 1973, appearing on the classic Deep Purple albums such as Fireball and Machine Head. During these years, he also portrayed Jesus Christ in the original version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar.After leaving Deep Purple, Gillan formed the Ian Gillan Band, and their initial sound had a distinct jazz-rock aspect, however this evolved into a more high powered hard rock sound as Gillan reformed the lineup and shortened the group's name to Gillan. With the release of Mr. Universe Ian Gillan was back in the UK charts and through several more lineup changes released a string of hit singles and successful albums including Glory Road, Future Shock, Double Trouble, and finally Magic.
Formed and fronted by ex-Marmalade guitarist Nicholson, Blue signed to Elton John’s record label, Rocket Records in 1973, and released ‘Another Night Time Flight’ in 1977, and Fool’s party in 1979. In 1977, Elton John was huge. The British singer/composer had enjoyed one major hit after another in the 1970s, and was obviously destined to go down in history as one of the decades top rock/pop artists. So when John co-produced Blue’s ‘Another Night Time Flight’ for his MCA-distributed Rocket label in 1977, it was a huge acknowledgement for the band.
‘Another Night Time Flight’ is a remarkable collection of soft rock. Think of the more middle-of-the-road material that Elton John, the pre-disco Bee Gees, and former Beatles such as George Harrison and Paul McCartney recorded in the 1970s, and you will know where Blue is coming from on tunes like ‘Fantasy,’ ‘Bring Back The Love,’ ‘The Shepherd’ and the single ‘Capture Your Heart’ – a US hit.
Coming soon on Demon Music Group's Edsel label - the remastered Mike Nesmith recordings. 8 albums originally released on the Pacific Arts label, including the worldwide hit "Rio". On the heels of "Rio's" chart success, Nesmith produced it's filmed accompaniment, and in the process helped set a precedent for modern day music videos. Whilst appearing in Australia, he noted an interest in Top 40 TV shows that played video clips of performing artists. Back in the US, Nesmith put together a 30 minute prototype Top 40 show called "Popclips". Ultimately Nesmith sold both the show and the concept to Warner Amex and "Popclips" was reborn as the behemoth we now know as MTV.
Manchester United are once again at No. 1....as they clinched another Premiership title at the weekend, as Chelsea failed to win their match at Arsenal.
Click on the Hit List for further details of FOUR Manchester United and Reds United hit singles.
