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Last Call To Be Part Of The Tori Amos Tribute!
Be a part of a Tori Amos tribute - and enter to win a framed signed piano key!
Get in on the Tori Amos Tribute while you still can! Your face, and the faces of thousands of Tori’s fans will be pieced together to form a giant photo mosaic picture of Tori, and displayed on a big outdoor billboard in 2007. It’s a simple as taking a picture of yourself with any Tori album and uploading it, and then you become a part of the tribute! Also enter to win a framed piano key, signed by Tori herself. Deadline for entry is Friday, February 9, so submit your photo now by going here.
Don’t forget, all 86 songs from the entire A Piano: The Collection are available for purchase on all digital service providers, including ITunes! If you don’t have ITunes, go here.
For more information on the A Piano: The Collection boxed set, click here.
Check out Tori’s official MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/toriamos
P.S. We know we’ve been very tight lipped about the new Tori record scheduled for release this spring. We’ve had lots of emails from people looking for more information, but we can tell you it will be worth the wait. Next time you hear from us we promise some new details.
Be a Part of a Tori Tribute--Plus Enter to Win a Framed, Signed Piano Key!
"Be a part of” means exactly that. Your face, and the faces of thousands of Tori’s fans will be pieced together to form a giant photo mosaic picture of Tori, and displayed on a big outdoor billboard in 2007. It’s a simple as taking a picture of yourself with any Tori album and uploading it, and then you become a part of the tribute! Also enter to win a framed piano key, signed by Tori herself.
Just click here to upload your photo and enter the contest.
Good luck!
A Piano Now Available Digitally!
Hooray! ALL 86 songs from the entire A Piano: The Collection are available for purchase TODAY on all digital service providers, including ITunes! If you don’t have ITunes, go here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Win A Piano: The Collection!
That’s right, Tori and company have partnered with Stereogum.com to spread a little holiday cheer! They are giving away the fabulous A Piano: The Collection boxed set! All you have to do is click here and enter to win by posting a comment about your favorite Tori Amos song. On Monday, December 18 at 6p EST one winner will be picked at random from all entries.
Now get to clicking and posting and good luck!
P.S. You know you wanna shop at The Tori Store right now… there’s still time to get your orders before Christmas!
Want to Download A Piano?
On TUESDAY December 5, “Walk To Dublin” from A Piano: The Collection will be available for download exclusively through Yahoo! You’ll need to be a subscriber to Yahoo! Unlimited to have access. If you aren’t a subscriber yet, go here.
Also on TUESDAY December 5, “Take Me With You” from A Piano: The Collection will be available exclusively through MTV Urge. If you don’t have Urge installed on your computer, go here to get it.
Then, coming up on December 19, all 86 songs from the entire A Piano: The Collection will be available for purchase on all digital service providers, including ITunes! If you don’t have ITunes, go here.
For more information on the A Piano: The Collection boxed set, click here.
Happy Holidays!
(And go do some shopping at The Tori Store!)
Tori on BBC Radio 3--Sunday, November 12th
Click here to catch Michael Berkeley’s hour long interview with Tori this Sunday, November 12th, at 12PM BST (7:00 AM EDT/4:00 AM PDT) on BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions.
Tori Mixes it Up Friday, October 27th, on BBC 6 Music
Tune in to BBC Music’s 6 Mix on Friday, October 27, 2006 at 10PM BST (5:00 PM EDT/2:00 PM PDT) to listen as “… Tori chooses records by artists she thinks have stood the test of time. Important artists that no one can deny will always be there including the Cocteau Twins and Led Zepplin. She also includes an exclusive remix of one of her own tracks never been played before.” Click here to get more details about this exciting event and to tune in online on Friday. If you can’t tune in online click here to explore other listening options.
The Recovering Christian Shirt is Back!
In celebration of A Piano: The Collection and the 10 year anniversary of Boys for Pele, the Tori Store has decided to reissue this Tori favorite originally printed back in 1996. They’ve resurrected it, added some small touches and it’s now available to purchase online in the “A Piano” section of The Tori Store.
Click here to order a t-shirt today and begin your own recovery!
Yes Virginia, There IS An All-Tori Radio Station!
Click here to check out AOL Music’s new all-Tori radio station. Although it went live today, they’re still taking suggestions as to what Tori tunes you want to hear. So go take a listen and if they’ve forgotten your favorite, let them know!
A Piano: The Collection--Buy it at The Tori Store NOW!
The career spanning 5 disc box set is now available at The Tori Store. Click here to order now!
A Piano: The Collection Added to the Music Gallery
Click here to go to the music galleries section where we’ve just added A Piano: The Collection. Check out photos used for A Piano: The Collection and the lyrics to the entire collection.
Only One More Day!
With only more more day until A Piano hits stores, there’s Tori, Tori everywhere!
Click here to check out AOL’s Music News Blog announcing the October 5th launch of a Tori radio station! Stop by and let them know what Tori songs you want to hear. You can also listen to a streaming version of 12 songs from A Piano, including “Take Me With You” and “Not David Bowie”.
Beginning this Tuesday, September 26 thru Tuesday October 3, go to WindowsMedia to hear a sampler listening party from A Piano: The Collection, plus view video of Tori discussing “Walk To Dublin.” Also, check out MSN Music, mp3.com and ARTISTdirect for sampler listening parties of A Piano: The Collection.
Last, but certainly not least, go to PopMatters.com and enter to win the 5 disc box set. Deadline for entries is October 13, 2006.
Update: International Release Dates
Sweden - September 27, 2006
Germany, Italy, Netherlands - September 29, 2006
Australia - October 7, 2006
France - October 16, 2006
Sneak Preview! Hear “Zero Point” NOW!
This is it! Only one more day until A Piano: The Collection is released. As promised, here is the debut of one of Tori’s previously unreleased tracks.
Click below to hear “Zero Point” now!
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It happened…
Thursday, September 14
Click here to hear Tori’s interview on the Ralph MacLean show on BBC RADIO NORTHERN IRELAND.
Sunday, September 17
Click here to hear Tori’s interview on BBC Radio 2 with Simon Mayo filling in for Johnnie Walker. Tori’s segment starts about 1hr 10 mins into the show.
Sunday, September 17
Click here to hear Tori’s segment on BBC 6 Music - The Music Week. Tori’s segment starts about 50 mins into the show.
It will happen…
Starting September 25
Click here for BBC RADIO 2’s ‘KEN BRUCE SHOW - THE TRACKS OF MY YEARS’. Tori’s segment will air every weekday morning beginning Monday, September 25.
Sunday, November 12
BBC RADIO 3 ‘PRIVATE PASSIONS’ Click here to go to the BBC Radio 3 website.
TBC
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Tori interview with David Spencer, probably airing on or around September 25. Click here to go to the Entertainment News website.
BBC 6 MUSIC ‘6 MIX’ air date TBC. Click here to go to the BBC 6 Music website.
New Tracks on Tori’s MySpace Page
Click here to listen to “Precious Things (Alternate Mix)” and “Crucify (Unedited Single Version)” on Tori’s MySpace page.
A Piano E Card
Share the Tori e-card with your friends!
A Piano Tracks on Tori’s MySpace Page
Keep your eye on Tori’s MySpace page--tracks from A Piano will be featured on there as well!
Results from the Ringtone Voting!
The polls to vote on your favorite Tori song to be made into a ringtone are now closed. Thanks to everyone who participated! See the number of votes for each song below. Keep checking back with http://www.everythingtori.com for an announcement letting you know when the winning ringtone will be available to download.
528 Precious Things
505 Cornflake Girl
492 Mr Zebra
252 Bliss
236 Pretty Good Year
157 Silent All These Years
152 Hey Jupiter
139 God
122 Crucify
112 Winter
111 Playboy Mommy
95 Past The Mission
88 1000 Oceans
29 China
Total amount of votes: 3018
Text TORI to 74466 * for these Tori ringtones:
* God
* Jackie’s Strength
* Professional Widow
* Spark
*Requires compatible handset and service through participating carriers. Standard text messaging rates apply. See your contract for details. Available content subject to change at any time.
Check out Tori’s Interview with Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen
"She speaks in delicious metaphors. She’s funny, self-aware and she doesn’t hold back her opinions. But has singer-songwriter Tori Amos really been around long enough for a career-retrospective box set?” Click here to find out the answer to this question and more, all covered during Tori’s interview with Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen.
TORI LIFTS THE LID ON “A PIANO”
June 20, 2006
The Collection Reveals Amos’ Classics, Rarities, B-Sides and
Never-Before-Released Tracks for a Five-Disc, Career-Spanning Box Set
Available From Rhino Records September 26
At the time of her debut in 1992, Tori Amos’ captivating storytelling and quirky yet sublime mix of piano, pop, rock and classical music were as conspicuous as her flaming-red ringlets among the dark-haired pop divas who ruled the charts. Since then, Amos’ uncompromising studio albums and cathartic concerts have earned her recognition as one of the most influential artists of the past two decades while inspiring a legion of devoted fans. Rhino Records brings together Amos’ classics, rarities, remixes and previously unreleased music for A PIANO: THE COLLECTION. Presented in deluxe packaging that resembles a piano’s keyboard, this five-disc box set is available September 26 at regular retail outlets and at http://www.rhino.com for a suggested price of $74.98.
Produced by Amos, the career-spanning collection highlights selections from her studio albums as well as b-sides and songs that debuted on Tales of a Librarian, a recent ‘Best of’ compilation. Featuring seven never-before-heard compositions, the box set contains a total of 86 tracks that combine well-known studio versions with rare alternative mixes, including several songs Amos remixed for this project. A PIANO: THE COLLECTION also offers a revealing and extensive track-by-track commentary penned by Amos, who discusses the inspiration behind the songs and albums and explains why they were chosen for this box set.
The compilation’s first disc includes an extended version of Amos’ 1992 debut, Little Earthquakes. The classic album has been augmented not only with a different song sequence and alternate mixes but it also features it’s four original b-sides “Upside Down,” “Take To The Sky (Russia),” “Sweet Dreams” and an alternate mix of “Flying Dutchman,” as well as the previously unreleased, unedited single version of “Crucify.”
Spotlighting music recorded between 1994 and 1996, the second disc includes songs from Under the Pink and Boys for Pele. The 18 tracks blend original and remixed versions of albums cuts with the b-side “Honey” and “Professional Widow” performed live. Also included is “Take Me With You,” an unreleased song intended for Little Earthquakes. “At the time I just couldn’t finish it,” writes Amos in the liner notes. “When we found it, there were no lyrics to speak of, just music. So you’ll have something partly recorded in 1990 but with a vocal recorded in 2006…”
The third disc also includes songs associated with Boys for Pele plus 1999’s To Venus and Back and Tales of a Librarian: A Tori Amos Collection. The 15 songs feature original and remixed versions of album tracks as well as “Hey Jupiter” (Dakota Version) and “Professional Widow” (Armand’s Star Trunk Funkin’ Mix). Also featured is “Walk To Dublin (Sucker Reprise),” an unreleased track from the Pele sessions.
From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998), Scarlet’s Walk (2002) and The Beekeeper (2005) are the focus of the fourth disc, which contains 15 songs including original and remixed versions of album tracks. Also featured is the unheard intro for “Marys Of The Sea” from The Beekeeper as well as four previously unreleased songs “Not David Bowie,” “Zero Point,” “Ode To My Clothes” and “Dolphin Song.” In the liner notes, Amos writes: “Some songs seem to have a timeline for when they want to be finished and put out to the world. At the time when we were working on ‘Dolphin Song,’ I had all kinds of ideas for her development after the basic tracking had been done. Instead she got set aside for a while. But once we started to go through the tape library we put ‘Dolphin’ up on the faders again, and I realized we didn’t need to record anything else; it was finished.”
The final disc features 22 tracks spotlighting Amos’ impressive list of renowned b-sides and includes the exclusive digital release “Merman” from 1999. For what could be the most intriguing addition to the collection, Amos invites listeners into her artistic process with a medley of demos for the songs, “Fire-Eater’s Wife/Beauty Queen,” “Playboy Mommy” and “A Sorta Fairytale.” Amos explains in the liner notes: “I’m usually pretty reticent to expose the musical development process...The demo medley was a choice I made so that other songwriters can feel an affinity with the idea that songwriters have to push themselves and not just accept the first incarnation that you are presented with. Each of these three songs are presented here in their completed form somewhere within the box set so you can see conception to development.”
A PIANO: THE COLLECTION
Track Listing
Disc A
- “Leather” (Alternate Mix)
- “Precious Things” (Alternate Mix)
- “Silent All These Years”
- “Upside Down”
- “Crucify” (Unedited Single Version)*
- “Happy Phantom”
- “Me And A Gun”
- “Flying Dutchman” (Alternate Mix)
- “Girl”
- “Winter”
- “Take To The Sky (Russia)”
- “Tear In Your Hand”
- “China”
- “Sweet Dreams”
- “Mother” (Alternate Mix)
- “Little Earthquakes”
Disc B
- “Cornflake Girl”
- “Honey”
- “Take Me With You” *
- “Baker Baker” (Alternate Mix)
- “The Waitress” (Alternate Mix)
- “Pretty Good Year”
- “God”
- “Cloud On My Tongue”
- “Past The Mission” (Alternate Mix)
- “Bells For Her”
- “Yes, Anastasia” (Alternate Mix)
- “Blood Roses”
- “Mr. Zebra”
- “Caught A Lite Sneeze” (Alternate Mix)
- “Professional Widow” (Merry Widow Version - Live)
- “Beauty Queen/Horses”
- “Father Lucifer”
- “Marianne”
Disc C
- “Walk To Dublin” (Sucker Reprise)*
- “Hey Jupiter” (Dakota Version)
- “Professional Widow” (Armand’s Star Trunk Funkin’ Mix)
- “Putting The Damage On”
- “Bliss” (Remixed Version)
- “Suede”
- “Glory Of The 80’s”
- “1000 Oceans”
- “Concertina” (Single Remix Version)
- “Lust”
- “Datura”
- “Sugar” (Live from sound check)
- “The Waitress” (Live)
- “Snow Cherries From France”
- “Doughnut Song” (Remixed Version)
Disc D
- “A Sorta Fairytale”
- “Not David Bowie” *
- “Amber Waves”
- “Iieee” (Remixed Version)
- “Playboy Mommy” (Remixed Version)
- “The Beekeeper”
- “Jackie’s Strength”(Remixed Version)
- “Zero Point”*
- “Sweet The Sting”
- “Ode To My Clothes” *
- “Spark”
- “Intro Jam”* and “Marys Of The Sea”
- “Cruel” (Remixed Version)
- “Dolphin Song”*
- “Gold Dust”
Disc E
- “The Pool”
- “Never Seen Blue”
- “Daisy Dead Petals”
- “Beulah Land”
- “Sugar”
- “Cooling”
- “Bachelorette”
- “Black Swan”
- “Mary” (Tales Version)
- “Peeping Tommi” *
- “Toodles Mr. Jim”
Demo Medley: - “Fire-Eater’s Wife/Beauty Queen” (Demo)*
- “Playboy Mommy” (Demo)*
- “A Sorta Fairytale” (Demo)*
- “This Old Man”
- “Purple People”
- “Here. In My Head”
- “Hungarian Wedding Song”
- “Merman”
- “Sister Janet”
- “Home On The Range” (Cherokee Edition)
- “Frog On My Toe”
*Previously Unreleased
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