5 CD Box Set Salutes Women In Music
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Century of Women In Music Due October 5 Features Sophie
Tucker, Janis Joplin, Liz Phair, and More!
LOS ANGELES - Rhino, the world's leading pop culture label, proudly announces
the October 5 release of R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A CENTURY OF WOMEN IN MUSIC. The
first-ever comprehensive overview of women in recorded music, this 5-CD box set
chronicles the long way female artists have come in this business, baby.
Spanning 1909 - 1998, the 104 songs on this ambitious collection include nearly
every genre of music, voicing the struggles, stereotypes, and successes that
have helped to define "The Year Of The Woman," a ubiquitous catch-phrase
used to describe successful women artists since the early '90s.
Among the artists featured are pioneers Sophie Tucker (whose 1911 cylinder
recording of "Some Of These Days" crackles with sexual innuendo) and Anna
Chandler (belting out her 1916 statement that "She's Good Enough To Be Your
Baby's Mother And She's Good Enough To Vote With You").
Broadway, big band, blues, disco, R&B, pop, rock, and hip-hop - it's all
here from talents as diverse as Janis Joplin, Ethel Merman, and Patsy Cline.
Also featured are Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Jefferson
Airplane, Judy Collins, Tina Turner, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, Heart, Laurie
Anderson, the Go-Go's, Yoko Ono, the Pretenders, and Blondie. Sprinkled
throughout the set are sound bites offering commentary on various events by
prominent women in popular culture such as Amelia Earhart, Marilyn Monroe,
and Billie Jean King.
Intriguing, yes, but more importantly this project offers a telling parallel to
women's ever-evolving social status throughout the 20th century. R-E-S-P-E-C-T:
A CENTURY OF WOMEN IN MUSIC documents the impact of artists that spoke
to their generation, influenced popular culture, and paved the way for today's
generation of women performers. Also featured are tracks by Paula Cole (the first
woman GRAMMY nominee for Producer Of The Year), Sarah McLachlan (whose
Lilith Fair festival altered the industry's perception of women-only tours), and Ani
DiFranco (who proved independent artists can bypass traditional methods of
marketing music with her Righteous Babe label).
Envisioned by the Women's Product Development Team (WPDT), an in-house team
of women dedicated to exposing more women music buyers to Rhino's collections
and reissues, R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A CENTURY OF WOMEN IN MUSIC will be available
on CD only with a suggested retail price of $69.98.
"When we first started work on this project, we couldn't begin to conceive of
all the acknowledgment and recognition women would receive in the last part of
this decade for their musical achievements," says WPDT team leader and project
co-producer Julie D'Angelo, Label General Manager for Turner Classic Movie
Music/Rhino Movie Music. "We simply wanted to honor the women who have
been making popular recorded music for the last 100 years, because, overall,
no one had paid much attention to that history."
Featuring an original painting by artist Christine Haberstock on the cover, the
set is beautifully packaged in a journal-sized (8 1/2" X 10 1/2") burgundy
velvet-covered box that includes eight postcards featuring other illustrations by
Haberstock and lyric quotes from songs on the collection. The extensive liner
notes penned by women authors and journalists Holly George-Warren, Kara
Manning, Kristine McKenna, and Ariel Swartley, offer the women's perspective
on the evolution of women in music.
From suffragettes to bra burners, women's issues have been at the forefront of
society since the early '20s, with music often reflecting these issues. By
continuing to forge a creative musical path, women have achieved media
attention like never before in the history of music. In 1998, nine of the ten
nominees in all of the most important GRAMMY categories were women.
VH1 adds to its Women First programming this summer with a countdown
of the 100 Best Women In Music, and in 1997 women accounted for more
music sales than men, a trend that continued in 1998.
Has much changed from the Carter Family's 1927 recording of "Single Girl,
Married Girl" to Liz Phair's 1998 single "Polyester Bride"? You bet it has,
and R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A CENTURY OF WOMEN IN MUSIC is Rhino's attempt
to tell some of that incredible herstory.
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