50th Anniversary for Warner Bros.

Celebrations in store for the company's founding

By Mandy Rodgers

On Dec. 9 Warner Bros. Records is set to release Revolutions of Sound in honor of its fifty year anniversary. Jack Warner founded the company fifty years ago, and after Frank Sinatra's Reprise label joined the group in 1963, the popularity and success of Warner Bros. Records grew through the next five decades.

Revolutions of Sound is a special package consisting of a 240-page book and a USB flash drive featuring 320 recordings from the company's history highlighting the entire duration of Warner Bros. Records. The book contains interviews, photographs and stories about writing and creating the hit songs from the label and is written by music historian Warren Zanes. The flash drive is shaped like the Warner Bros. logo and gives listeners the same amount of music as a 20-CD collection. Any music from Warner Bros., Reprise and Sire is fare game or other related labels from 1958 to now.

The eclectic list of artists found on the extensive compilation goes on and on but contains Madonna, Frank Sinatra, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Big & Rich, Faith Hill, Alanis Morrisette, Cher, Eric Clapton and Linkin Park, to name a few.

The title "Revolutions of Sound" will also be found on Warner Bros. fall releases, giving more exposure to the golden anniversary. Also, early next year (scheduled for February) a follow-up album to Revolutions of Sound hits shelves. The title and artists involved in this compilation of Warner Bros. classics performed by contemporary artists will soon be revealed.