The Smithereens to Release "B-Sides The Beatles" on September 2, 2008

NEW YORK, NY, Jul 23 (MARKET WIRE) --
KOCH Records is happy to announce the release of "B-Sides The Beatles,"
The Smithereens' highly anticipated follow up to their critically
acclaimed 2007 release, "Meet The Smithereens." The album will be
released on September 2, 2008.

It's no secret that The Smithereens grew up listening to The Beatles.
Their album "Meet The Smithereens" paid homage to the group's landmark
Capitol debut album by lovingly re-recording "Meet The Beatles" in its
entirety. This time The Smithereens dug through their treasure of early
Beatles singles and selected a dozen of Beatles B-sides.

The last two years have been an incredibly prolific time for The
Smithereens.

"B-Sides The Beatles" is, amazingly, after a ten-year absence from the
recording studio, the SEVENTH full-length Smithereens CD released within
the past two years. The band also released their first best-selling
Beatles Tribute smash hit "Meet The Smithereens!," "The Smithereens Live
In Concert," "Christmas With The Smithereens," and "7th Inning Stretch"
(the Soundtrack Recording from Smithereens' singer Pat DiNizio's ESPN-TV
Baseball/Rock and Roll Special "7th Inning Stretch"), all on KOCH. In
addition, frontman Pat DiNizio released two recent solo CDs, the pop
standards collection "This is Pat DiNizio" and the rocking "Pat DiNizio,"
both released in late 2007.

When asked about "B-Sides The Beatles," Smithereens Co-Producer Kurt Reil
said, "The project started while we were making demos in preparation for
the next new original Smithereens album. As the band warmed up on obscure
Beatles B-sides they used to play in clubs, we soon realized there was
some unfinished Beatles business for The Smithereens, especially in light
of the success of 'Meet The Smithereens,' and the idea for a follow up
was born."

The Smithereens have enlisted legendary illustrator Jack Davis, one of the
most beloved and talented artists to be associated with Mad magazine, to
create the cover of this album. His work for Mad dated back to its
inception as an EC comic in the '50s. Davis' work has also been featured
in TV Guide, Creem, Playboy, Time, Ebony, myriad book covers, movie
posters, advertising campaigns, greeting cards, bubble-gum trading cards
and on scores of record albums. Now The Smithereens join a distinguished
fraternity of artists that includes the likes of Homer & Jethro, Spike
Jones, Johnny Cash and The Cowsills, all of whom can boast long-players
adorned by the art of Jack Davis.

The album includes some very special surprises for dedicated Beatles
fanatics. For "B-Sides The Beatles," Andy White, who in 1962 played drums
on The Beatles' original version of "P.S. I Love You," reprises his role
as surrogate stickman for The Smithereens in 2008. The September 11, 1962
session that produced "Love Me Do" and its B-side "P.S. I Love You"
featured session drummer White, with the newly recruited Ringo Starr
relegated to tambourine and maracas duties. Upon release in America, the
A-side shot to #1, and the B-side made the top-10 as well.

"B-Sides The Beatles" also includes fantastic in-depth liner notes by
Beatles author/historian Bruce Spizer, as well as "Beatle" Tommy Frangione
(Joe Johnson's Beatle Brunch), and the Smithereens' own Dennis Diken.

At the time Beatlemania exploded, the dominant format was the 45 RPM
single -- an unbreakable vinyl disc that spun on a turntable at 45
revolutions per minute. One paid anywhere from 69 cents to a buck for
these records, and although they were called singles, each disc contained
two songs, one on each side.

The Smithereens' respectful treatment of these B-sides from 1964 and early
1965 re-enforces what we knew all along -- The Beatles B-sides were better
than most of the A-sides released by other artists.

The Smithereens drive home this point by keeping the arrangement the same
while remaining true to their New Jersey bar band roots. You know you are
listening to great Beatles songs, but at the same time, you know it's The
Smithereens who are performing them.

THE SMITHEREENS "B-SIDES THE BEATLES":
1. Thank You Girl 7. P.S. I Love You
2. There's A Place 8. Happy Just To Dance With You
3. I'll Get You 9. If I Fell
4. You Can't Do That 10. Slow Down
5. Ask Me Why 11. I Don't Want to Spoil The Party
6. Cry For a Shadow 12. Some Other Guy

www.officialsmithereens.com

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www.patdinizio.com

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About
KOCH Entertainment

KOCH Entertainment, founded in 1987 and now in its twenty-second year, is
the leading and fastest-growing independent music company in the U.S.
KOCH's operations encompass record and video labels, music publishing as
well as distribution companies in the U.S. and Canada. KOCH Entertainment
is the market leader among independent labels and distributors in both the
U.S. and Canada. Its record label KOCH Records is the # 1 independent
label in the U.S. and had the largest number of Billboard charting albums
among independents for seven years in a row (2001 - 2007). KOCH
Entertainment is a subsidiary of Entertainment One Ltd. which is listed on
the London Stock Exchange's AIM market (ticker symbol "ETO.L").

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