UMR/Island Records follow the opening of Sam Taylor-Johnson’s film BACK TO BLACK, based on the life of Amy Winehouse, one of the greatest artists of our time, with the release on 17 May of the compilation, “Back To Black: Songs from the Original Motion Picture”.
The standard twelve song set features three original recordings from Amy’s highly influential debut, “Frank”, three songs from Amy’s multi award-winning masterpiece “Back To Black”...
“Jools loved Amy straight away – her honesty as a vocalist, songwriter and Londoner…Britain has produced a lot of brilliant female singer-songwriters and vocalists in the last decade or so, many from Beth Gibbons to Adele, rooted in older black American forms, soul and jazz and blues. But there was only ever one Amy Winehouse. She was frank and fresh and haunted. And we miss her.” - Mark Cooper BBC...
This fall will see the release of a pair of new Amy Winehouse box sets. The first, 12×7: The Singles Collection, is due out November 20th, while a 5xCD set called The Collection will follow on November 27th.
12x7: The Singles Collection
A 7” singles box set comprising all of Amy Winehouse’s memorable singles from the Frank, Back To Black and Lioness: Hidden Treasures albums, will be released on...
“A powerful reminder of an incredible talent” Glamour
Island Records will release “Amy”, the Original Soundtrack, on October 30th. The album features music from the universally acclaimed film, directed by BAFTA winning director Asif Kapadia, and now officially the highest grossing British documentary of all time at the UK box office. Indeed “Amy”, in the few months since its release, is a true global box office phenomenon and, officially the...
