Upfront (UK promotions company)

~ Label

Annotation

Upfront Media Group (usually known on releases simply as "Upfront") is a UK promotions company formed in 1996, with headquarters based in London, and a direct distribution business, Upfront Direct, based in Warwick, Warwickshire.

One of their main fields of expertise is in helping artists and labels to issue promotional releases via free cover-mount CD's given away by national newspapers and other organisations/brands. They also do similar DVD and book products, as well as doing other promotional, marketing, sales, and distribution work for clients.

'Upfront Promotions Ltd.' often appears in the release smallprint.

Annotation last modified on 2011-02-21 08:44 UTC.

Releases

Release	Artist	Format	Tracks	Country/Date	Catalog#	Barcode
Essential Sounds, CD#1	Various Artists	CD	8	GB1998	GG 1	5011476102438
Essential Sounds, CD#2	Various Artists	CD	8	US1998		5011476102452
Essential Sounds, Volume 1	Various Artists	CD	8	US1998		5011476102438
Get Ready!	Various Artists	CD	15	GB1999-10		[none]
Breakfast Choice	Various Artists	Enhanced CD	12	GB1999	NESTLE01	[none]
The Best Album of the Next Century Ever 1	Various Artists	CD	8	GB1999		[none]
The Best Album of the Next Century Ever 2	Various Artists	CD	8	GB1999		[none]
Have Your Own House Party	Various Artists	Enhanced CD	17	GB2000-08	NEWWOMAN 01	[none]
Girls’ Night In	Various Artists	CD	15	GB2000-10		[none]
On the Road	Various Artists	Enhanced CD	9	GB2001-02-21		[none]
Empire Elite: The Best of the Best Modern Soundtracks	Various Artists	CD	14	GB2001-02	EMPIRECD 0201	[none]
Red Hot & Cool	Various Artists	CD	10	GB2001-03	RED /2001 01	[none]
Too Rockin' for One Hand	Various Artists	CD	18	GB2001-05	SKYMAG 05/01	[none]
Elle Collection: The Most Stylish Sounds of Summer	Various Artists	CD	12	GB2001-08	ELLEMAG 2001 01	[none]
J-17 Selecta	Various Artists	CD	15	GB2001-10	J17- CD01	[none]
One for the Road	Various Artists	CD	10	GB2001-10	NEW/WOMAN 1	[none]
Primal Screen	Various Artists	CD	15	GB2001	TOTALFILM 01
Empire 2002⁺ The Hottest Soundtracks… Now!	Various Artists	CD	12	GB2002-02	EMPIRE 2002 02	[none]
Elvis Costello	Elvis Costello	Enhanced CD	8	GB2002-09-22	TIMES-ELVIS 01	[none]
Catwalk Grooves: Music to Strut Your Stuff To	Various Artists	CD	12	GB2002-09	CATWALKGROOV 02	[none]
Hot Valentine	Various Artists	CD	11	GB2003-02	3-2-04/01, VALENTINES	[none]
Bang on Target, Volume 1	Various Artists	CD	16	GB2003-08	BANG5	[none]
Young Guns Bang on Target, Volume 2	Various Artists	CD	16	GB2003-11
Metro Life Summer Festival	Various Artists	CD	12	GB2003	upfrontfestCD01	[none]
Classic Opera	Various Artists	CD	8	GB2004-03-04	CLASSICOPERA	[none]
Glamour Hits	Various Artists	CD	13	GB2004-04	04034-5746	[none]
Cool Classics	Various Artists	CD	9	GB2004-05-27		[none]
Sultry Summer Sounds	Various Artists	CD	12	GB2004-09	RED/SEPT 04	[none]
Word of Mouth (September 2004)	Various Artists	CD	15	GB2004-09	WORD2	[none]
London Legends	Various Artists	CD	8	GB2004-12-02	ESCD010	[none]
Summer in the City	Various Artists	CD	11	GB2004		[none]
Trouble	Akon	2×CD	13 + 10	CA2005-01-01		602498874448
Glamour Gold	Various Artists	CD	12	GB2005-03	GLAMOUR 3	[none]
Scotland on Sunday Promo	Teenage Fanclub	CD	6	GB2005-05-01	[none]
Blondie	Blondie	CD	15	GB2005-10-07	BLONUP01	[none]
Official T in the Park CD 2005	Various Artists	CD	9	-2005
Prom Perfect	Various Artists	CD	8	GB2005
To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond, Part 2	Madness	CD	10	GB2006-11-26	639.909 MADNESS	[none]
To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond	Madness	2×CD	10 + 10	GB2006		[none]
Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	CD	12	GB2007-02-25	UPDP01	[none]
Tubular Bells	Mike Oldfield	CD	2	GB2007-04-22	UPT 001	[none]
UB40 (promo)	UB40	CD	15	GB2007-05-06	UPUB001	[none]
Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel	CD	14	GB2007-06-17	PGUP1	[none]
Planet Earth (Mail on Sunday promo)	Prince	CD	10	GB2007-07-15	PRINCEUP1	[none]
Planet Earth (Tour version)	Prince	CD	10	GB2007-08-01	PRINCEUP1	[none]
The Best of Echo & The Bunnymen	Echo & the Bunnymen	CD	15	GB2007-08-26	ECHOUP1	[none]
The Best Of	Petula Clark	CD	15	GB2007-08	PCUP1, PCUP2	[none]
The Best of The Stranglers	The Stranglers	CD	15	GB2007-09-02	STRUP1	[none]
Travis	Travis	CD	12	GB2007-09-30	TRAVUP01	[none]
Stop Making Sense	Talking Heads	DVD-Video	22	GB2007-10-07	TALKUP01	[none]
The Legend	Luciano Pavarotti	CD	20	GB2007-10-07	UPPAV001	[none]
Thin Lizzy	Thin Lizzy	CD	15	GB2007-10-21	UPTL01	[none]
Seal	Seal	CD	12	GB2007-10-28	SEALUP 1	[none]
Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	CD	15	GB2007-11-11	UPCASH1	[none]
Slade: Live	Slade	CD	10	GB2007-11-18	SLADEUP001	[none]
Culture Club Greatest Hits Volume Two Live	Culture Club	CD	15	GB2007	UPCC1B	[none]
UB40	UB40	CD	15	-2007	UPUB001	[none]
Oxygène (2007 re-recording)	Jean Michel Jarre	CD	6	GB2008-01-20	50999 5196932 5, UPJMJ001	5099951969325
Lenny Kravitz	Lenny Kravitz	CD	12	GB2008-02-03	UPLK001	[none]
The Four Seasons	Vivaldi; Nigel Kennedy	CD	12	GB2008-03-09	UPNK001	[none]
Stars	Simply Red	CD	10	GB2008-04-20	UPSTARS001	[none]
A Night in NYC	Moby	Enhanced CD	13	GB2008-05-04	UPMOBY001	[none]
Twentyfourseven	UB40	CD	10	GB2008-05-04	UPUB247001	[none]
Genesis	Genesis	CD	12	GB2008-06-01	UPGEN001	[none]
iSELECT	Bowie	CD	12	GB2008-06-29	UPDB001	[none]
Tenors Take Ten	Various Artists	CD	10	GB2008-09-28	UPTENOR001	[none]
Strange Days	The Doors	CD	10	GB2008-10-05	UPDOORS001	[none]
Closer	Joy Division	CD	9	GB2008-10-07	UPJOYD001	[none]
15 Greatest Hits	Tina	CD	15	GB2008-10-19	UPTNTNR001	[none]
Private Dancer	Tina Turner	CD	10	GB2008-10-19	UPTTPD001	[none]
Cliff: 50th Anniversary	Cliff Richard	CD	12	GB2008-11-02	UPCR50A001	[none]
Freedom	Akon	Digital Media	14	AF2008-12-02 AL2008-12-02 (show 200 more) ZW2008-12-02		602517945227
Christmas with the Choir	The ACM Gospel Choir	CD	12	GB2008-12-14	UPACMCH001	[none]
Easy Learning Spanish Audio Course	[language instruction]	6×CD	24 + 24 + 24 + 24 + 21 + 22	GB2008		[none]
John Lennon	John Lennon	CD	12	GB2009-01-18	UPJLENN001	[none]
Hottest Hits	Hot Chocolate featuring Errol Brown	CD	15	GB2009-01-25	UPHC001	[none]
We Play Endlessly	Sigur Rós	CD	9	GB2009-01-31		[none]
Pet Shop Boys Story: 25 Years of Hits	Pet Shop Boys	Enhanced CD	11	GB2009-03-08	UPPSB001	[none]
The Dreams We Have as Children	Noel Gallagher	CD	11	GB2009-03-15	UPOASIS001	[none]
Rock You	Queen	CD	14	GB2009-04-26	UPQUEEN001	[none]
12 of Their Greatest Ever Hits	Roxy Music	CD	12	GB2009-06-28	UPRXYMC001	[none]
30th Anniversary Tour Live	The Specials	CD	12	GB2009-07-12	UPSPCLS001	[none]
The Sound of Summer	The Beach Boys	CD	12	GB2009-08-02	UPBBMOS001	[none]
Songbook	Robbie Williams	CD	12	GB2009-10-11	UPRWMOS001	[none]
Bee Gees	Bee Gees	CD	12	GB2009-11-08	UPBGMOS001	[none]
Live 2009	Blur	CD	10	GB2009-11-22	UPBL200901	[none]
Live 2009	Blur	CD	10	IE2009-11-22	UPBL2009I1	[none]
Paul McCartney Live in Los Angeles	Paul McCartney	CD	12	GB2010-01-17	UPPMCMOS01	[none]
Love Songs	The Soldiers	CD	12	GB2010-01-31	UPSLDRS001	[none]
Never Been Gone	Carly Simon	CD	12	GB2010-03-28	UPCYSMN001	[none]
A Little Bit of Something for the Weekend	Phil Collins	CD	12	GB2010-05-02	UPPCMOS001	[none]
The Chemical Brothers (The Sunday Times Promotional release)	The Chemical Brothers	CD	10	GB2010-05-16	UPCHEMB001	[none]
Performance	Kylie Minogue	CD	12	GB2010-09-19	UPKLMNG001	[none]
Parallel Lines	Blondie	CD	14	GB2010-12-05	UPBLNDE001	[none]
Love Songs	Elvis	CD	15	GB2011-01-30	UPLVSNG001	[none]
Tom Jones	Tom Jones	CD	14	GB2011-02-13	UPTMJNS001	[none]
Spandau Ballet	Spandau Ballet	CD	12	GB2011-03-20	UPSPBLT001	[none]
10 Great Tracks From: Hot August Night/NYC	Neil Diamond	CD	10	GB2011-05-22	UPND001	[none]
Christmas With Cliff	Cliff Richard	CD	15	GB2011-11-19	UPCLFRD001	[none]
The Ultimate Christmas	Sinatra	CD	15	GB2012-11-24	UPFNKSA001	[none]