Best Buy Expands Free Holiday Music Offer For Limited Edition `Sweet Tracks' CDs.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/Retail Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2003 Exclusive CD featuring Coldplay Coldplay are an English rock band. Formed in 1996 in London, the group comprises vocalist/pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion. , Seal, Jewel, Chris Botti Christopher Botti or Chris Botti (born October 12, 1962) is a trumpeter and composer; born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Corvallis, and spent two years of his childhood growing up in Italy. , and Sting Will Be Given Away as a Gift with Purchase While Supplies Last On December December: see month. 14, shoppers who buy movies, music or video games See video game console. at any Best Buy store could end up with a special gift. While supplies last, Best Buy will give away copies of its exclusive "Sweet Tracks" CD, featuring original recordings from Coldplay, Seal, Jewel, Chris Botti, and Sting, to customers who buy at least $35 worth of CDs, DVDs or video games. "Sweet Tracks" is Best Buy's first annual holiday CD. It was initially made available on November 29 exclusively to members of Best Buy's loyalty program, Reward Zone. Reward Zone members received the CD free of charge, with no purchase necessary. Now Best Buy is offering a limited number of Sweet Tracks CDs as a gift with purchase. "We're extremely proud to be able to offer this exclusive CD of music recorded specifically for Best Buy as a special gift to our shoppers," said Gary Arnold, senior vice president of entertainment for Best Buy. "The response to the first giveaway to Reward Zone members was extremely positive, so we decided to open the offer up to all our customers as our way of saying, 'thanks.'" The exclusive collection of original recorded songs was manufactured by Redline red·line v. red·lined, red·lin·ing, red·lines v.intr. 1. To refuse home mortgages or home insurance to areas or neighborhoods deemed poor financial risks. 2. Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of Best Buy, Co., Inc. It features songs that capture the essence of the holiday season from each artist's personal point of view, including Coldplay singing "2000 Miles," Seal's version of "Make Someone Happy," Jewel's take on "Blue Christmas," Chris Botti performing "O Come All Ye Faithful" and Sting's powerful version of "Bethlehem Down Bethlehem Down is a choral anthem or carol composed in 1927 by Anglo-Welsh composer Peter Warlock (1894–1930) (the pseudonym of Philip Arnold Heseltine) and set to a poem written by journalist and poet Bruce Blunt (1899–1957). ." About Best Buy Stores Best Buy Stores, owned and operated by Minneapolis-based Best Buy is the nation's leading specialty retailer of technology and entertainment products and services. Best Buy was founded in St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn. in 1966. Best Buy Stores reach an estimated 300 million consumers per year through 600 retail stores in 48 states and online at BestBuy.com. For more information about Best Buy, visit the virtual pressroom at http://communications.bestbuy.com/pressroom/. |
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