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CustomDisc.com and Spree.com Announce Alliance.


STAMFORD, Conn./THORNTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 1999--

Companies Join Forces to Launch Co-branded Area on Spree.com

Where Visitors Can Create Custom Music CDs

CustomDisc.com, the leader in offering the ability to create custom discs on the Web, and leading Internet retailer Spree.com today announced an exclusive agreement to launch an area within the Spree.com site where visitors can create CustomDiscs.

Beginning today, the Music section on Spree.com will be linked to a co-branded site that includes more than 185,000 songs, including 3,500 Billboard Top 100 hits. The Spree.com CustomDisc site features more than 12,000 artists covering dozens of genres including Alternative, Blues, Classical, Children's, Country, Dance, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Soundtracks, and World music. Furthermore, CustomDisc.com and Spree.com music experts will develop a regular series of exclusive compilations tailored for Spree.com customers. Spree.com and CustomDisc launched their service with a variety of Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Day

Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St.
 music content.

"We're committed to offering our customers the widest array of product choices and believe customized CDs are the perfect complement to the hundreds of thousands of pre-recorded titles we already offer," said David Kirschner, Music Product Line Manager at Spree.com. "We believe a significant number of our customers will jump at the chance to purchase a unique, personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 music product."

"Spree.com is one of the most successful e-commerce sites on the Internet and represents a significant opportunity to expose millions of people to the fun and excitement of creating a CustomDiscs for themselves, a friend or a loved one," said David Gould, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Custom Revolutions, Inc., the company behind CustomDisc.com.

Consumers who visit Spree.com's CustomDisc store can search by artists and songs from multiple music genres This list is split into four separate pages:
Music can be divided into genres in many different ways. These classifications are often arbitrary and controversial, and closely related styles often overlap.
. Each CustomDisc holds up to 70 minutes of music and can be further personalized with a title and cover art of their choosing. A ten-track CustomDisc costs roughly $15.99 plus shipping.

Instead of digital download The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance.  and other compression techniques that result in inferior sound quality, CustomDisc.com uses an exact, one-to-one digital transfer of the original master recording to produce the same Red Book Audio compact disc consumers find in stores. The company also has established the only completely automated and scalable custom compact disc manufacturing Compact disc manufacturing is the process by which commercial compact discs (CDs) are replicated in mass quantities using a master version created from a source recording. This may be either in audio form (CD-Audio) or data form (CD-ROM).  operation in the world to ensure that each CustomDisc is manufactured and shipped within 24 hours of the order being placed.

About Spree.com

Headquartered in an historic grist mill in the Philadelphia countryside, Spree.com, "Where It Pays To Shop," is a recognized world leader in e-commerce. Spree.com's Music, Book, Video, and Flower Superstores are augmented by their Specialty Shops, which include Gifts, Electronics, Coffee and Tea, Beanie Babies and thousands of other quality products. Spree.com is also the official online partner of the PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". .

In addition to Spree.com's wealth of products, they also offer a wide array of services for the over 250,000 Spree Independent Partners (SIPs). Spree.com's SIPs each enjoy their own free website (with unlimited space) and the most generous and all-encompassing compensation plan on the Internet. Spree.com's SIPs can log on to the SIP Resource Center and see at a glance their commissions for the month. Spree's much-envied compensation program distinguishes them as not just another "e-tailer" but as a powerful Marketing company and portal site Noun 1. portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. .

About CustomDisc.com

Based in Stamford, Connecticut Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 119,261, making it the fourth largest city in the state. , and founded in 1996, Custom Revolutions Inc. is a privately held company privately held company

A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly.
 specializing in the creation of custom digital products for consumers and businesses. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation.  is CustomDisc, a turnkey marketing, manufacturing and distribution service that employs the Internet to let consumers compile and purchase unique audio compact discs from music selections that record labels license to the company. More information on Custom Revolutions Inc. can be found on its Web site located at http://www.customdisc.com.
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