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David Challenges Goliath - Texas Independent Record Label Threatens Wal-Mart With a 100 Million Dollar Lawsuit

(PRWEB) March 6, 2005 March 4, 2005, In a statement released today Kirk Phillips, chief executive of Houston based record label GoreallaEntertainment.com, is publicly putting Wal-Mart on notice: ?Carry our product, in the original unedited format or face serious legal action.? Wal-Mart, the world?s largest retailer and record store have a standing policy since 1996 of not stocking CDs, which carry parental advisory labels. Phillips cries foul whenever the policy is mentioned. ?It is time to level the playing field,? says Phillips ?Wal-Mart has been making money ?Just below the public consciousness? off the sale of risqué, salacious, or otherwise objectionable entertainment items for years.? ?While at the same, Wal-Mart?s ridiculously unfair policy aimed at keeping so-called indecent products of the shelves has been in effect and that very policy is financially oppressing independent record labels,? asserts Phillips. Wal-Mart is accused of trying to keep the indepen...

A Family Gig for 1st-Time Grammy?-Nominee David ?The Jimmy Buffet for Kids? Sharpe, His Papahugs Band with a Best Children's Album Nod at the 54th Grammy Awards Feb. 12th

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) January 17, 2012 At any point during a typical day, David Sharpe can be called any number of things: Singer/songwriter. Doctor. Family Guy. The Jimmy Buffet for Kids. Then there is the label that represents everything Sharpe is and it comes from one of his most popular hits ?There?s Nothing Better than a PapaHug.? Now PapaHugs adds a new label that brings with it the highest musical street cred for this very dedicated and inspired musician: GRAMMY? Nominee! David Sharpe & the PapaHugs Band are nominated for Best Children?s Album for ?Are We There Yet?? for the upcoming 54th Annual GRAMMY? Awards on February 12, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Sharpe and his band will be performing at the San Jose Children?s Discovery Museum on Saturday, January 21, at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. and admission to the museum will give you access to the concert.) ?Music and playing guitar were a part of my upbringing,? said Sharpe. ?I would sing songs to my children and my nephews when th...