Catalog development, package design and catalog exploitation are hallmarks of Red Jacket. Your catalog is your most valuable asset and investment. Our expert team has created hundreds of unique packages that have more than satisfied our clients and consumers. Please check out these samples of some of our best-selling packages, series, and individual titles.
 The Chicago Principal "Dear Mr. Szurly — Just a note to say thank you for the CD. Please know your thoughtfulness is appreciated. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has upheld the highest traditions of music and brought international acclaim to our city. I was delighted to receive this recording and commend you on your efforts to celebrate the excellence of the world-renowned ensemble." —Richard M. Daly, Mayor, City of Chicago "This remarkable collection makes an intelligent and affectionate tribute to as fine a collection of principal wind and brass players as ever have graced a modern symphony orchestra. [Joseph S. Szurly] deserves all credit for assembling this extremely intelligent and musically distinguished release." —Classics Today "A handsome two-disc set, including generous program notes, photos, and short biographies of the soloists featured... this package will strongly appeal to wind and brass fanciers, even those who are not resident in Chicago." —All Music Guide "The Chicago Principal CD arrived today and will be cheerfully added to the WGUC rotation!" —WGUC Broadcasting "Digipak packaging and a booklet that gives the soloists their due add to the attractiveness of this release. I feel this set is destined to be collectible, so don't hesitate if you have any interest in the musicians, the music, or the worthwhile concept." —The Classical Net  Steinway Legends Series "Joe Szurly's impressive background in the recording industry made him the ideal candidate, and our clear choice, to head up this ambitious series, which included twenty CDs. In addition to the content, much of which was released for the first time on CD, the discs were packaged in a remarkable box that replicated the Steinway Model D concert grand. Apart from his vast knowledge of the repertoire and his skills at organizing the program of the CDs, which was key, Joe displayed throughout the process a keen sensitivity to the special concerns of Steinway & Sons. Our company had rarely embarked on collaborative projects of the magnitude of Steinway Legends, and my colleagues and I felt secure in knowing that our 150 year history and established trade mark were well protected under Joes' stewardship of the project." —Peter Goodrich – Vice President, Worldwide Concert and Artist Activities, Steinway & Sons "The ten CD releases in the "Steinway Legends" series are an impressive accomplishment. These compilations provide an excellent overview of the artistry of ten of the most eminent 20th-century pianists, and they cover a comprehensive portion of the piano repertoire in the process. The production values are consistently high, and the annotations and packaging are handsomely carried out. As a totality, I feel the series holds great appeal both to pianophiles and to the general music-loving public." —Donald Manildi – Curator, International Piano Archives at Maryland (IPAM) "The most imaginatively packages boxed set of the year!" —St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Steinway Legends: Grand Edition is a must-have for pianophiles." —Barnes & Noble Booksellers "Sure to be the most unique gift-giving item of the season!" —Musical Heritage Society "2006 Best seller of the year list - the Steinway Legends Grand Edition!" —Arkivmusic.com "Multi Packing Solutions honors the Steinway Legacy." —Package Design Magazine [Nov/Dec 2006] Titles in this best-selling branded artist series:
 For Your Life Music Series "Lifestyle albums, the name for recordings designed to evoke a specific mood rather than artistic contemplation, have become industry pillars as listeners are turning ever more often to classical music as they would a hot bath or a bottle of wine." —Lifestyle Magazine "For Your Life features over an hour's worth of searching yet soothing pieces, worthwhile for classical fans in that it doesn't just haul out the tried-and-true, best-known relaxing classical pieces. The collection is a perfect soundtrack for any time of day or night." —All Music Guide "With For Book Lovers, Decca's popular Lifetstyles series extends its embrace to bookworms, offering a program of familiar classics designed to provide a relaxing background to a good read." —Barnes & Noble Booksellers
 Philip Jones Brass Ensemble "I am thrilled to hear that you are continuing to issue the PJBE repertoire." —Ursula Jones (Mrs. Philip Jones) "This is the kind of collection that makes Greatest Hits seem like a great idea; and if you love the rich sound and energy of brass instruments, you will return to this album [Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Greatest Hits] time and time again." —Musical Heritage Society "PJBE compilations are now available in the shops. All are double CD sets, cost £14.99 and are highly recommended! They are: The Lighter Side, Greatest Hits, The 20th Century Album and Music from the Royal Court." —The Mouthpiece.com "Welcome back PJBE — I am thankful for this substantial 2 cd set." —Filmbug.com "Un grand merci aux créateurs de ce projet [Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Greatest Hits]." —Instrumentàventencuivre.com "This set [20th Century Album] is a feast of music for brass that I find one of the most enjoyable I have ever heard." —Audiophile Audition "Thanks Joe! You've just done a great thing for brass players everywhere." —Tower Records San Francisco "PJBE Greatest Hits — If YOUR record store doesn't have it, raise hell." —Tower Records New York City "A great couple of CD's!!!!!!!!!! [Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Greatest Hits; The 20th Century Album] I just got mine in the mail today." —TubeNet.com "I just got the CD [Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Greatest Hits] in New Orleans at Tower Records. $15.99 This is a wonderful collection every tuba player should. . . must have. Don't miss this deal." —ITEA.com Titles in this best-selling artist series:
 Wedding Albums "When I was looking for a Pavarotti CD, I was looking for something romantic with some famous music. I decided to try to find something with Pavarotti and O Sole Mio, and Pavarotti's Wedding Favorites turned out to be a great choice." —Epinions.com Titles in this best-selling genre
 HGTV Home. Ideas. Life Music Series Take a fresh approach to the way you live with this unprecedented branded music series that speaks directly to the proactive home entertainment consumer. HGTV — America's leading destination for home and garden information — is one of the world's most recognizable brands and symbol of quality and integrity. Fully endorsed by HGTV, each CD is the perfect complement for creating the right atmosphere when entertaining, working on a project or just relaxing at home. Major branding campaign supported by HGTV
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 Holiday Albums "Christmas in the Morning: A Celebration in Brass collects renditions of holiday favorites by brass ensembles like Canadian Brass, the Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, and the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, it's an elegant yet festive collection of Christmas music." —All Music Guide "This is an amazing cd [Christmas in the Morning]. You will love it. I've had it for quite a few years now and it is truely amazing. The music is relaxing and just pure as can be." —Amazon "In some ways, the retro feeling of The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album is more refreshing — and yes, relaxing — than the new age-tinged holiday albums that may very likely sound nostalgic a few decades down the road." —All Music Guide Titles in this best-selling genre
 Italian Favorites "Our Italian family owns just about every Italian CD under the sun. It's funny, this CD title says "You've tried all the rest, now try the best." That's us! Seriously, this really is one of the BEST CDs we ever bought because it features such a wide variety of Italian songs. It has just the right mix of classical, retro and fun Italian music. And the price is right. We highly recommend this CD for great listening pleasure. We played it during a big Italian engagement dinner and our guests loved it. Bellissimo!" —Amazon "Viva Italia is a pleasant collection of Italian mood music that manages to be more authentic than many other likeminded compilations." —All Music Guide Titles in this best-selling genre
 The Millennium Collection — 20th Century Masters "Compilation producer Joseph S. Szurly, who has taken on the difficult job of assembling the classically oriented entries simultaneously moves from classical to pop and from unconventional to conventional in his selections and sequencing for the album devoted to the Canadian Brass. The result is a good hour-plus summary of what Canadian Brass is all about at a modest price." —All Music Guide "This is a fine, economical introduction to the singer, featuring string-heavy French ballads, country-tinged pop and American pop and rock with [Nana] Mouskouri's high, clear soprano ringing throughout." —Arkivsong.com "Compilation producer Joseph S. Szurly's reduction of opera singer Kathleen Battle's recording career to 16 tracks in 66 minutes is about as good as could be expected, Szurly's choices and sequencing are foolproof: this is an excellent précis for the casual opera attendee who wants to get a sense of what Battle can do." —All Music Guide "Secret Garden [20th century Masters/Hip-O] is one of those rare cd's that gets better each time you play it, beautiful and soothing." —CD Universe "The Best of Secret Garden collects the group's highlights, ranging from their impressive 1996 debut through 2001's Dreamcatcher." —All Music Guide "It might be said that compilation producer Joseph S. Szurly, charged with assembling a one-disc summary of the recordings of conductor Sir Georg Solti for Universal Music's Twentieth Century Master/The Millennium Collection series, has gone exclusively for old warhorses in his selections. But it might equally be said that such an approach is appropriate for Solti, a venerable figure who spent 48 years (1947-1995) recording for Universal's Decca label, including over 250 albums that featured more than 40 operas (according to Szurly's liner notes). There are some excellent performances of standard symphony repertoire here at a reasonable price." —All Music Guide "An enjoyable CD for it provides a fine survey of the great themes of John Williams." —American Music Preservation.com Titles in this best selling artist CD series
 Broadway "Decca's catalog is a music theater treasure trove. Joseph Szurly [has] dipped into that musical pot of gold to assemble a series of tunes from Broadway's biggest hits - one per musical - from 1935-2005, organized by nine, ten and twelve year periods [on Broadway-Americas Music boxed set]." —Broadway Stars.com "There is plenty of Gershwin out there, but this 2006 collection [George Gershwin – Composers on Broadway] isn't a bad place to start." —Newbury Comics "As part of Decca Broadway's Composers on Broadway series, ten of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classics are spotlighted [and] make this set of Rodgers & Hammerstein standards an excellent primer for the curious listener." —All Music Guide Titles in this best-selling genre
 "Masters Of" CD Series "I purchased this recording as a reference recording for my trumpet studio. It contains a sample of almost all the great symphonic trumpeters of the last 50 years. A "must have" doesn't even begin to justify how great this set is. This is one purchase that any trumpet lover will never regret." —Amazon "True to its title this 2CD set is a collection of performances by a number of the 20th century's great trumpet artists. Features many great players including- Maurice André, Adolph Herseth, Armando Ghitalla, Phil Smith, Don Smithers, Pierre Thibaud, John Wilbraham and Raphael Mendez." —Trumpet Music.com Titles in this best-selling CD series
 Boxed Sets "[Essential Beethoven]...a star studded set unparalleled for performance standards in a single package." —Arkivmusic.com Titles in this best selling genre
 Sports & Recreation "Celebrating some of the world's great soccer powers, Goal: World Soccer Anthems contains multiple songs from the countries [represented]..... everything included has that majestic, celebratory feel about it that makes people stand up and take off their hats." —All Music Guide Titles in this best-selling genre
 Universal Classics CD Series "Leave the driving to us,' says [Joseph] Szurly, encapsulating the new philosophy behind re-releasing catalogs. "There is so much music there that people are a little scared of it." His Universal Classics imprint (a new budget line of the Universal Classics Group) seeks to lead the interested but inexperienced classical consumer through the terra incognita with discs of Bach, Beethoven, Dvorak, Gershwin, Mahler, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and more. Szurly expects the line to grow — targeting tyros and collectors alike. 'It is a guide and entree into the world of classical music, [but also] made for the collector to build a library.' Listeners who want to know more are free to delve so deep that they become audiophiles. But for most, getting a good head start at discovering the joys of art music without spending a fortune is enough of a goal — one that may be best achieved by letting these sorts of series spin their webs around you. It may make a true believer out of you." —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (7/18/04)
 Patriotic Albums "This [Threads of Glory] six-LP set, reissued as four CDs in a slipcase in 2003, was conceived and released as part of the festivities surrounding the American bicentennial of 1976. The CD remastering is very successful, yielding a crisp sound and overall very nice packaging." —Musical Heritage Society Titles in this best selling genre
 Children's Albums "If you are searching for a true classical music CD for your little one, this CD [For Your Baby] is a pleasure. From the sweet, tinkling Aquarium to Mozart's playful Baby Steps, you and your child will experience classical music as it was meant to be, with all its rushes and subtleties." —Amazon Titles in this best selling series
 Perspectives "Baumann's CD is one of the best set of horn recordings that I've ever heard. I personally have not been able to find recordings of these compositions. I highly recommend this to any dedicated Horn player." —Itunes Titles in this best selling series
 Ultimates "Calling this record The Ultimate Baroque Album, I have to commend the producer, Joe Szurly, for making such excellent choices. Every track on this album can be recommended. Even if you have recordings of these selections, this is the place to hear them all in one place." —Musical Heritage Society Titles in this best selling series
 Creative Concepts & Artist Compilations "Everything on this impressive and representative collection [Marilyn Horne - Just For the Record: The Golden Voice] was released on the London/Decca label. At first I was concerned by the seemingly indiscriminate mixing of French and Italian repertoire on the first disc, but the recording producer knew what he was doing, because the sequencing makes more sense to the ear than it does to the eye." —Classical Net
 Essentials "What makes the set [Essential Leonard Bernstein] compulsory [are] two brief celebratory works [that] express in microcosm practically everything we value about Bernstein's music." —The New York Times Selected by New York Times music critic Steve Smith as his "critics choice CD" in 2008 on the 90th Birthday Anniversary of Leonard Bernstein.
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