I don't know how strong their initiative is, but they've alotted a little bit of floor space for vinyl. "We have some new accounts that are experimenting with vinyl, like Best Buy. The vinyl business, according to Olson, is growing. ORG has the North American rights to the vinyl releases, and sell them through a variety of one-stops and online retailers. "Bleach," Nirvana's first album, is currently being manufactured for vinyl release by Sub Pop. We had worked with them on Beck's "Odelay Deluxe" project and they thought we were the right company to do something this special." "Ultimately Michael Meisel and John Silva approved it. "We spoke to Mike Davis at UME who we do a lot of business with and he thought it was a great idea," he said. Olson, who started ORG in 2006 with his own money as a "groovy little vinyl imprint," had to pitch Universal to give him the rights to the storied Nirvana catalog. They might have done a limited promotional thing but I doubt it." "To our knowledge this is the first time "Unplugged" has ever come out on vinyl. "Bernie Grubman remastered the recordings specifically for us," Olson said. All three records will be released in 2009, with "Nevermind" coming first, says Monti Olson, a senior VP of Universal Music Publishing Group/Interscope Records and founder of ORG, who will announce the deal at South By Southwest tomorrow (March 21). The bulk of Nirvana's catalog is set for a high-fidelity do-over this year as the Original Recordings Group (ORG) prepares to release "Nevermind," "In Utero," and "MTV Unplugged" on 180-gram, audiophile quality vinyl for the first time ever. Nirvana Catalog To Be Re-Released On Vinyl
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