Music from iconic artists Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz, La Lupe and more will be released digitally for the first time.
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today Zune, Microsoft
Corp.'s end-to-end music and entertainment service, announced jointly with
Fania Records the availability of a custom collection of Fania albums
consisting of never-before-digitally-released productions. For the first time,
the Fania collection will be digitally remastered and available exclusively on
Zune Marketplace. The collection will include legendary artists such as the
Fania All-Stars, Hector Lavoe, La Lupe, Celia Cruz, Ricardo Ray and Bobby
Cruz, Cheo Feliciano, Mongo Santamaria, Bobby Valentin, and many more.
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During the 1960s and 1970s Fania Records produced the best in salsa and
Latin jazz and has been credited with starting the New York salsa movement.
Fania and its roster of stars have introduced Latin music to the world, and
Zune will now make this music available digitally for a new generation to
discover.
'It's exciting to partner with Zune to offer our collection digitally and
for new content from such classic artists. Our hope is to have a new
generation of music lovers discover these masters of music from such a
significant musical era,' said Leda Ceccarelli, director of New Media, Fania
Records.
The Zune Marketplace Latin content producer worked with the label's
digital distributor, the Orchard, to select the content released through the
custom-built Zune boutique page.