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Microsoft® Music Central(TM) 96
Updates Are Now Available!


The Music Central Connection is the next step in Music Central�s expansion from an annually updated encyclopedic reference to an up-to-the-minute online music magazine. Be patient--there's some cool stuff on the way (like by Christmas, honest) including:
Blue DotKeep Up With The latest Releases
Exclusive reviews of new albums featuring Music Central�s staff of critics: Jimmy Guterman, Sam Sutherland, Ken Barnes, Edna Gundersen, Colin Escott, Mark Rowland, Tom Moon, Fred Goodman, and Michael McCall.
Blue DotTrack The Charts
Exclusive weekly sales charts from SoundScan of the top 100 albums and top 100 singles for each of the top 25 metropolitan areas in the U.S.
Blue DotMusic News
Feature stories by Music Central Connection correspondents.
Blue DotThe Newsstand
News, reviews and concert & club listings from some of the top weeklies in North America.
Blue DotMusic Central Connection�s Media Guide
Each week we�ll provide you with annotated links to the best music events on the Web--plus listings of all specials on the tube and radio.
Blue DotPost Your Brains Out
Places for you to post your .02 on new releases, concerts, the meaning of life, or your favorite laundry detergent.
Blue DotTour Itineraries
The latest concert info from Pollstar, The Concert Hotwire(TM)
Blue DotWhat's Cool?
Links to the Web's best music sites.
...and our technologically groundbreaking, mindbreaking Music Central 96 Updates. You can download monthly updates from The Music Central Connection to your computer so when you run the Music Central 96 CD the next time, it will be enhanced with shiny new content. If you don't have the Music Central CD-ROM, wait no longer, go get a copy. It's an interactive, one stop Music Source with information on over 60,000 albums, including more than 5,000 reviews. Music Central also has solid biographies, along with pictures, song clips, and videos of artists and bands that cover the spectrum from ABBA to Zappa. Because everything in Music Central is hyperlinked, it lets you explore music in a way that hasn't been available until now.

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