SONY MASTERWORKS AND DOLLY PARTON CELEBRATE RECORD STORE DAY 2014
RELEASE OF A LIMITED EDITION BLUE VINYL
FEATURING 2 TRACKS FROM NEW CD ‘BLUE SMOKE’
NEW YORK, NY. (April 15, 2014) – Sony Masterworks and internationally-renowned superstar Dolly Parton celebrate Record Store Day
on Saturday, April 19, with the release of a limited 7-inch vinyl. The
blue vinyl features two tracks from Parton’s upcoming album Blue Smoke – “Blue Smoke” and “Home.”
Blue Smoke
will be released by Sony Masterworks and Dolly Records on May 13, 2014.
It is available for pre-order now. The album includes 12 bluegrass and
country songs including covers of Bob Dylan and Bon Jovi classics, and
duets with Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers. Blue Smoke marks the first release of new music from Parton since 2011.
Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent
record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the
word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1000 independently
owned record stores in the US and thousands of similar stores
internationally. This is a day for the people who make up the world of
the record store – the staff, the customers, and the artists – to come
together and celebrate the unique culture of a record store and the
special role these independently owned stores play in their communities.
Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are
made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United
States and in various countries across the globe make special
appearances and performances.