Love Is in the Mail at a Post Office Near You
The U.S. Postal Service Presents the Perfect Valentine’s Day Gift
WASHINGTON — Legendary artists. Timeless love songs. Romantic lyrics. The mood is set. The Postal Service delivers the perfect Valentine’s Day playlist with the Love Notes CD, debuting this week at #4 on the Billboard/Soundscan jazz charts.
“The Postal Service is very excited by the response this new CD has already received,” said Linda Kingsley, vice president, Channel Access. “People don’t usually think about going to the Post Office to buy Valentine’s Day gifts, but our customers can purchase the CD for a great price and ship it at an even better price from the same, convenient location.”
The Postal Service once again worked with Concord Music Group to bring timeless music to non-traditional retail locations. This is the fourth exclusive release between the Postal Service and Concord. The previously released CDs include: Letters to Santa in December 2009, Ella Fitzgerald’s Love Letters from Ella in February 2010, and Let It Snow in December 2010.
The Love Notes CD features images from the 2010 Love Stamp, Pansies in a Basket, and it comes prepackaged for easy shipping in a mailing box that is decorated with the same images. The Love Notes CD is available at select major metropolitan post offices and also can be purchased online at usps.com/shop for $12.99. Customers who purchase the CD and Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box postage together will save $2 off the CD price.
This exclusive 11-track CD includes enduring love songs by an eclectic mix of legendary artists:
1. Baby, Now That I’ve Found You – Alison Krauss
2. Dance Me to the End of Love – Madeleine Peyroux
3. My Foolish Heart – Tony Bennett and Bill Evans
4. Come Rain or Come Shine – Natalie Cole
5. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) – Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim
6. Body and Soul – Diana Krall
7. Till You Come to Me – Spencer Day
8. It’s Too Late – Carole King and James Taylor
9. Silly Love Songs – Paul McCartney and Wings
10. I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles
11. P.S. I Love You – Rosemary Clooney
Valentine’s Day greeting cards also are available at select Post Offices, and the stamps on greeting cards and letters will be postmarked with the image of a greeting card bearing a heart and a special Valentine’s Day message, Sending Love Through the Mail.
Postal Service Offers ‘Love Letters from Ella’
From USPS: On Jan. 25, 2010, the U.S. Postal Service released a special edition of Ella Fitzgerald’s classic album, Love Letters From Ella, for a limited time. This wonderful musical collection is being released to promote the use of mail during the Valentine’s season as well as Black History Month and will be available exclusively at a select group of 3,200 Post Offices across the United States.
Special Edition CD Features Classic Ella Fitzgerald Love Songs
WASHINGTON — Serenade that special someone in your life this Valentine’s Day with classic love songs featuring acclaimed music artist Ella Fitzgerald.
On sale for a limited time at select Post Offices nationwide, “Love Letters from Ella” is a collection of the jazz singer’s most cherished love songs, recorded with some of her favorite collaborators — including Count Basie and his orchestra, Joe Pass and André Previn.
This special edition, first released in 2007, also boasts a full reproduction of Fitzgerald’s commemorative postage stamp.
The 10-track CD, mixed in high-definition audio, includes Fitzgerald singing “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone” with the Count Basie Orchestra, a duet of Joe Pass and Fitzgerald on “The One I Love” and her performance of “Our Love is Here to Stay” with pianist, conductor and composer André Previn.
“Love Letters From Ella” also features the celebrated singer accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra on a rendition of “Cry Me a River.” The London Symphony Orchestra recorded the accompaniment, arranged by 24-time Grammy Award nominee Jorge Calandrelli, at Abbey Road studios in London.
The CD is available for $10.99 at a select group of 3,200 Post Offices across the nation and online at usps.com/shop.
For added convenience, “Love Letters from Ella” can be paired with a Valentine’s Day card and shipped in a Priority Mail Flat Rate Box or envelope to create the perfect gift for that special someone. The Priority Mail shipment will arrive in style in two to three delivery days, and shipping starts at just $4.90.
Complete Track Listing:
1. “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone”
2. “Cry Me a River”
3. “You Turned the Tables on Me”
4. “I’ve Got the World on a String”
5. “Witchcraft”
6. “My Old Flame”
7. “The One I Love”
8. “Take Love Easy”
9. “Our Love is Here to Stay”
10. “Some Other Spring”
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