📀 Promotional CD 🇺🇸 United States 📻 Radio Programming Service
📅 June 22, 2007 🎵 20 Tracks 🏢 Radio Ventures

Release Information

Series: Vanguard
Issue: 07/24
Release Date: June 22, 2007
Total Tracks: 20

About This Release

Released on June 22, 2007, Vanguard 07/24 documents another diverse week in American radio programming during the summer of 2007. Compiled by Radio Ventures, the Vanguard series continued to provide radio programmers with broadcast-ready promotional recordings spanning multiple formats, enabling stations to evaluate new releases from both major-label artists and emerging independent performers.

The compilation reflects the broad range of music receiving airplay at the time. Mainstream pop and R&B are represented by Ciara, Hilary Duff, Keyshia Cole, Marques Houston, Plies, and Twista, while modern rock and alternative audiences are served by Yellowcard, Incubus, Rise Against, The Shins, The National, and The Decemberists. Adult alternative and singer-songwriter releases from Chris Rice, Sea Wolf, Jeremy Fisher, and Melissa Jiménez further demonstrate the format diversity that characterized Vanguard compilations during this period.

Historically, this release illustrates the increasingly fragmented American radio landscape of the late 2000s. Contemporary hit radio, urban, alternative rock, AAA, and adult contemporary formats were each developing distinct playlists, making multi-format promotional services such as Vanguard an important resource for music directors seeking to monitor new releases across the industry.

Collector’s Note

The National – “Mistaken For Strangers” appears on this release shortly after the publication of the band’s breakthrough album Boxer. Although not a major commercial hit at the time, the album proved to be a turning point in the group’s career and is now widely regarded as one of the most influential indie rock releases of the 2000s, helping establish The National as one of the decade’s defining alternative bands.

Complete Track Listing

#	Artist	Title	Version	Time
1	Ciara feat. 50 Cent	Can’t Leave ’em Alone		04:03
2	Yellowcard	Light Up The Sky		03:39
3	Hilary Duff	Stranger	Single Edit	03:22
4	Keyshia Cole feat. Missy Elliott and Lil’ Kim	Let It Go	Radio Edit	03:58
5	Incubus	Oil And Water		03:50
6	Melissa Jiménez	Untouchable		03:23
7	The Shins	Australia		03:54
8	Jeremy Fisher	Cigarette		03:04
9	Rise Against	The Good Left Undone		03:01
10	Pharoahe Monch	Body Baby		03:04
11	Van Morrison feat. Tom Jones	Cry For Home		04:06
12	Ali & Gipp feat. LeToya Luckett	Almost Made Ya		04:10
13	The Decemberists	The Perfect Crime No. 2	Radio Edit	04:09
14	Marques Houston	Wonderful		03:42
15	Sea Wolf	You’re A Wolf		03:35
16	Twista feat. Pharrell	Give It Up	Radio Version	03:31
17	The National	Mistaken For Strangers		03:31
18	Chris Rice	Lemonade		03:05
19	Mozella	Amnesia		03:27
20	Plies feat. T-Pain	Shawty	Clean	04:05