So it’s more than obvious nobody cares about CDs anymore. Technology waits for no man, and with new advances that threaten older formats every day it was only a matter of time before we moved from vinyl records to 8-tracks to tapes to CDs to MP3s to…vinyl records.

Not one to sleep on vinyl’s resurgence (considering their iconic office building was created to look like a stack of records…), Capitol Records are on the move to re-release your favorite albums of yore on vinyl. Remember when you replaced your Pet Sounds original print with a new CD? Get ready to start switching your catalog back to records everyone…

CAPITOL/EMI’S “FROM THE CAPITOL VAULTS” VINYL CAMPAIGN CONTINUES WITH SEPTEMBER 30 RELEASE OF ICONIC ALBUMS BY JIMI HENDRIX AND JOHN LENNON

Remastered Titles Presented on Limited Edition, 180-Gram Audiophile Quality Vinyl with Original Artwork and Packaging

Hollywood, California – September 8, 2008 – Capitol/EMI’s high quality “From The Capitol Vaults” U.S. vinyl campaign continues on September 30 with the limited edition release of two iconic rock albums.  Jimi Hendrix’s incendiary 1970 concert album, Band Of Gypsys, will be issued on fiery red 180-gram vinyl, and John Lennon’s chart-topping 1971 studio album, Imagine, will be released on 180-gram vinyl.

Capitol/EMI launched its “From The Capitol Vaults” campaign on September 2 with 13 classic titles, all previously out-of-print on vinyl. Included in the series’ 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.

All “From The Capitol Vaults” titles feature carefully replicated artwork and packaging true to their original single or gatefold jacket LP releases. More “From The Capitol Vaults” titles will soon be announced.

For more information, visit http://fromthecapitolvaults.com.

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