📀 Promotional CD 🇺🇸 United States 📻 Radio Programming Service
📅 September 02, 2005 🎵 18 Tracks 🏢 Radio Ventures
Source: Original promotional insert from the José Araujo Collection.
Series: Vanguard
Issue: 05/35
Release Date: September 2, 2005
Total Tracks: 18
About This Release
Vanguard 05/35 offers an excellent snapshot of the U.S. radio landscape in early September 2005. Like many Radio Ventures promotional releases, this compilation brings together a wide variety of formats on a single disc, providing radio programmers with new music from major and independent labels.
The playlist reflects the diversity of American radio at the time, featuring Top 40, Hot AC, Adult Contemporary, Adult Album Alternative (AAA), Alternative Rock, Active Rock, Urban/R&B, and Contemporary Christian artists.
Among the most recognizable names are Frankie J, Jesse McCartney, Robert Plant, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Tina Turner, Herbie Hancock featuring John Mayer, The Wallflowers, and The Decemberists, alongside emerging artists who were receiving radio promotion during the period.
The disc contains 18 tracks, with 11 songs ending cold and 7 ending with a fade, making it a practical promotional tool for music directors and on-air personalities. Several tracks also feature long instrumental intros, allowing additional flexibility for radio presentation and live announcing.
Highlights
- 18 promotional tracks
- Release Date: September 2, 2005
- Represents multiple U.S. radio formats on a single disc.
- Includes established artists as well as new and developing acts.
- Features a balanced mix of pop, rock, AAA, urban, and Christian music.
- A valuable historical snapshot of music being promoted to American radio stations during the first week of September 2005.
Collector’s Note
One of the most historically significant tracks on this release is “Reaching Out / Tie Your Mother Down” by Queen + Paul Rodgers. Released during the band’s first major tour with Paul Rodgers as lead vocalist, the recording marked Queen‘s return to international stages more than a decade after Freddie Mercury‘s passing. This collaboration introduced a new chapter in the band’s history while honoring one of rock’s most enduring legacies.
Track Listing
| # | Artist | Title | Version | Intro | Ending | Time |
| 1 | Frankie J | More Than Words | — | 4 | Cold | 04:01 |
| 2 | Robert Plant | Tin Pan Valley | — | 21 | Cold | 03:46 |
| 3 | Jesse McCartney | Because You Live | — | 9 | Cold | 03:21 |
| 4 | Queen + Paul Rodgers | Fat Bottomed Girls | Live | 36 | Cold | 05:45 |
| 5 | Steven Curtis Chapman | Remembering You | Radio Edit | 8 | Cold | 03:25 |
| 6 | The Wallflowers | God Says Nothing Back | — | 14 | Fade | 04:46 |
| 7 | Herbie Hancock feat. John Mayer | Stitched Up | — | 0 | Fade | 05:21 |
| 8 | Story Of The Year | We Don’t Care Anymore | — | 0 | Cold | 03:31 |
| 9 | Tina Turner | Complicated Disaster | — | 10 | Fade | 03:41 |
| 10 | Coheed And Cambria | The Suffering | Radio Version | 12 | Cold | 04:12 |
| 11 | Barefoot | Rain | — | 8 | Fade | 03:38 |
| 12 | Ray LaMontagne | Shelter | — | 34 | Cold | 04:33 |
| 13 | K-OS | Man I Used To Be | Radio Edit | 6 | Fade | 03:13 |
| 14 | The Casanovas | Livin’ In The City | — | 28 | Cold | 04:16 |
| 15 | Mario feat. Juvenile | Boom | Remix | 0 | Cold | 04:18 |
| 16 | Sevendust | Ugly | — | 25 | Cold | 04:21 |
| 17 | Brooke Valentine feat. Fabolous & Yo-Yo | Boogie Oogie Oogie | Clean Edit | 2 | Fade | 02:49 |
| 18 | The Decemberists | 16 Military Wives | — | 6 | Cold | 04:54 |
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