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The Smashing Pumpkins’ “G.L.O.W,” “1979″ and “The Everlasting Gaze” Available Tomorrow

Legendary multi-platinum recording artists The Eagles, Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins, all featured in the on-disc set list of Activision Publishing, Inc.’s Guitar Hero(R) World Tour, are returning in December with exclusive downloadable content for the game. Additionally, fans will be in for a treat just in time for Christmas with three free Reggae Rock tracks from Pepper, Slightly Stoopid and Expendables.

The Smashing Pumpkins, one of rock’s defining and most acclaimed bands who have sold over 30 million albums, return to Guitar Hero World Tour, tomorrow December 4th, with a three-song track pack featuring the recently released single “G.L.O.W.,” “1979″ and “Everlasting Gaze.”

Featuring the stylistic melodies of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, the pioneers of alternative rock, Nirvana, make their Guitar Hero(R) downloadable content debut with the Nirvana Track Pack. Featuring the final single released by the band, “You Know You’re Right,” along with “Negative Creep,” off the band’s debut album Bleach, and the smash hit “Sliver,” the Nirvana Track Pack will be available for Guitar Hero World Tour on December 11th.

After delivering the timeless rock ballad “Hotel California” to the on-disc set list of Guitar Hero World Tour, The Eagles will thrill the Guitar Hero audience once again on December 18th with three chart topping hits. From the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees’ seventh studio album and first in 28 years, Long Road Out of Eden, “Frail Grasp on the Big Picture” is joined by two classic tracks that climbed to the top of the Billboard’s Hot 100, “One of These Nights” and “Life in the Fast Lane.”

Rounding out the downloadable set list for Guitar Hero World Tour in December are three free Reggae grooves. The Reggae Rock Track Pack is comprised of “Jimi” from Slightly Stoopid, “Your Face” from Pepper and Expendables’ “Sacrifice.” The free tracks will be available for download on December 23rd.

The Eagles, Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins Track Packs will be available on Xbox LIVE(R) Marketplace for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 440 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation(R)Store for the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system for $5.49. The songs in each Track Pack will be released as downloadable singles for Xbox 360 for 160 Microsoft Points, PLAYSTATION 3 system for $1.99 and Nintendo(R) Wi-Fi Connection for Wii(TM) for 200 Wii Points. The Free Reggae Rock Track Pack will be available for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 and as singles for Wii.

Guitar Hero World Tour transforms music gaming by expanding Guitar Hero’s signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless controllers with new revolutionary online* and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player “Battle of the Bands,” which allows two full bands to compete head-to-head online. The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar controller, drum kit controller and a wired microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock ‘n’ roll anthems. Music creators are also able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunesSM where other gamers can download and play an endless supply of unique creations.

Guitar Hero World Tour is now available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, the Wii home video game system from Nintendo and the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system. The game is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB. For more information on Guitar Hero World Tour, please visit worldtour.guitarhero.com.

Source: Activision Publishing, Inc.

In the film Cadillac Records, and on its soundtrack album, 15 classic Chess Recordings are recreated by the performers portraying the original recording stars. For those who want to hear the original hits, there is The Best Of Chess Records - The Original Versions Of Songs In The Film “Cadillac Records” (MCA/Chess/UMe), to be released December 2, 2008. The newly compiled album presents all 15 recordings plus “Last Night” by Little Walter, the only Chess original featured in the film.

For more than two decades, from 1947 to the early ’70s, Chess Records was a dominant and influential force in blues, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, and soul music. The fascinating story of the two young Polish immigrant Chess brothers who ran the Chicago label and showcased the talents of Muddy Waters, Etta James, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, and others is the centerpiece of Cadillac Records, opening nationwide on December 5, starring Beyonce Knowles, Mos Def, and Adrien Brody, among others.

The Best Of Chess Records - The Original Versions Of Songs In The Film “Cadillac Records” includes some of the most important recordings of the ’50s and ’60s from some of modern music’s most important artists — every one of them a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Two artists, Chuck Berry and Etta James, are heard with four recordings apiece. Berry was casually referred to Leonard Chess in 1955 by Muddy Waters after the two briefly met at a Waters’ show. Chess subsequently signed Berry and, feeling strongly about one initial recording, changed the name of the song to “Maybellene,” sent it to legendary rock ‘n’ roll DJ Alan Freed and that hit launched his career. Along with that song, the album presents Berry’s “No Particular Place To Go,” “Nadine” and “Promised Land.”

When Etta James came to the company in 1959, Leonard Chess matched her big voice with standards, love triangle songs and sweeping string arrangements, but never forgot her hard-charging blues. From James, there is her showstopping “At Last,” “I’d Rather Go Blind,” “All I Could Do Is Cry” and “Trust In Me.”

Muddy Waters was the first star Leonard Chess signed to the label and remained with the company even after the older Chess brother passed away. He contributes three tracks: “(I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man,” one of rock’s seminal recordings, plus “40 Days And 40 Nights” and “I Can’t Be Satisfied.” Also with three recordings is Little Walter: “Juke” (the first and only #1 R&B harmonica instrumental), “My Babe” and “Last Night.”

Bo Diddley makes an appearance with “I’m A Man” (the B-side of his 1955 self-titled smash) and Howlin’ Wolf with the Delta-drenched “Smokestack Lightnin’.” The latter song, “At Last,” “Maybellene” and “(I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man” have been enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for the most significant recordings in music history. The Best Of Chess Records - The Original Versions Of Songs In The Film “Cadillac Records” captures many of the best indeed.

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Come back home to the refinery
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Went down to see my V.A. man
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