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'''The Bicycle Music Company''' is a record company which currently owns [[Evanescence]]'s back catalogue from 2003's ''[[Fallen]]'' to 2011's ''[[Evanescence (album)|Evanescence]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christman|first=Ed|title=Bicycle Music Acquires Wind-Up Records' Back Catalog, Cuts Deal with Concord Music Group (Exclusive)|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/5777964/bicycle-music-acquires-wind-up-records-back-catalog-cuts|accessdate=August 12, 2014|newspaper=[[Billboard]]|date=October 31, 2013}}</ref> This is the result of [[Wind-up Records]] selling many of their company's back catalogue. Amy explained in a 2014 interview with ''Rolling Stone'':
'''The Bicycle Music Company''' was a record company which owned [[Evanescence]]'s back catalogue from 2003's ''[[Fallen]]'' to 2011's ''[[Evanescence (album)|Evanescence]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christman|first=Ed|title=Bicycle Music Acquires Wind-Up Records' Back Catalog, Cuts Deal with Concord Music Group (Exclusive)|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/5777964/bicycle-music-acquires-wind-up-records-back-catalog-cuts|accessdate=August 12, 2014|newspaper=[[Billboard]]|date=October 31, 2013}}</ref> This is the result of [[Wind-up Records]] selling many of their company's back catalogue. Amy explained in a 2014 interview with ''Rolling Stone'':


{{quote|''Everything's still the same for me; it's not like I no longer get paid any money when someone buys Fallen, but they sold it to somebody else. My back catalog is owned by this company Bicycle-Concord, and they're great, so there's nothing different there.''<ref>{{cite news|last=Montgomery|first=James|title=Get Free: Amy Lee on Artistic Independence, the Future of Evanescence|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/amy-lee-evanescence-qa-artistic-independence-20140811#ixzz3ABlLVWEc|accessdate=August 12, 2014|newspaper=Rolling Stone|date=August 11, 2014}}</ref>}}
{{quote|''Everything's still the same for me; it's not like I no longer get paid any money when someone buys Fallen, but they sold it to somebody else. My back catalog is owned by this company Bicycle-Concord, and they're great, so there's nothing different there.''<ref>{{cite news|last=Montgomery|first=James|title=Get Free: Amy Lee on Artistic Independence, the Future of Evanescence|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/amy-lee-evanescence-qa-artistic-independence-20140811#ixzz3ABlLVWEc|accessdate=August 12, 2014|newspaper=Rolling Stone|date=August 11, 2014}}</ref>}}
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In 2015, the Bicycle Music Company was merged with Concord Music Group to form the fully-integrated global music company called Concord Bicycle Music.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christman|first=Ed|title=Concord and Bicycle Merge to Form Concord Bicycle Music, Acquires Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6517187/concord-music-group-bicycle-music-merge-concord-bicycle-music-vanguard-sugar-hill|newspaper=Billboard|date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> In 2017, Bicycle released Evanescence's ''[[The Ultimate Collection]]'', a 6-LP box set containing the band's three studio albums plus ''[[Origin]]'' and a B-side compilation album ''[[Lost Whispers (album)|Lost Whispers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Evanescence to Release 'The Ultimate Collection' Vinyl Box Set|url=https://loudwire.com/evanescence-the-ultimate-collection-vinyl-box-set-december/|date=October 11, 2016|work=Loudwire}}</ref>
In 2015, the Bicycle Music Company was merged with Concord Music Group to form the fully-integrated global music company called Concord Bicycle Music.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christman|first=Ed|title=Concord and Bicycle Merge to Form Concord Bicycle Music, Acquires Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6517187/concord-music-group-bicycle-music-merge-concord-bicycle-music-vanguard-sugar-hill|newspaper=Billboard|date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> In 2017, Bicycle released Evanescence's ''[[The Ultimate Collection]]'', a 6-LP box set containing the band's three studio albums plus ''[[Origin]]'' and a B-side compilation album ''[[Lost Whispers (album)|Lost Whispers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Evanescence to Release 'The Ultimate Collection' Vinyl Box Set|url=https://loudwire.com/evanescence-the-ultimate-collection-vinyl-box-set-december/|date=October 11, 2016|work=Loudwire}}</ref>


In 2018, ''Lost Whispers'' was reissued on vinyl as a stand-alone release under Bicycle's reissue label, Craft Recordings.<ref>{{cite web|title=EVANESCENCE To Reissue 'Lost Whispers' On Vinyl For 'Record Store Day'|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-to-reissue-lost-whispers-on-vinyl-for-record-store-day/|date=March 20, 2018|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref>
In 2018, ''Lost Whispers'' was reissued on vinyl as a stand-alone release under Bicycle's reissue label, [[Craft Recordings]].<ref>{{cite web|title=EVANESCENCE To Reissue 'Lost Whispers' On Vinyl For 'Record Store Day'|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-to-reissue-lost-whispers-on-vinyl-for-record-store-day/|date=March 20, 2018|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref> All Evanescence's back catalogue is reissued by this label.


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The Bicycle Music Company was a record company which owned Evanescence's back catalogue from 2003's Fallen to 2011's Evanescence.[1] This is the result of Wind-up Records selling many of their company's back catalogue. Amy explained in a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone:

Vin1.jpg Everything's still the same for me; it's not like I no longer get paid any money when someone buys Fallen, but they sold it to somebody else. My back catalog is owned by this company Bicycle-Concord, and they're great, so there's nothing different there.[2] Vin2.jpg


In 2015, the Bicycle Music Company was merged with Concord Music Group to form the fully-integrated global music company called Concord Bicycle Music.[3] In 2017, Bicycle released Evanescence's The Ultimate Collection, a 6-LP box set containing the band's three studio albums plus Origin and a B-side compilation album Lost Whispers.[4]

In 2018, Lost Whispers was reissued on vinyl as a stand-alone release under Bicycle's reissue label, Craft Recordings.[5] All Evanescence's back catalogue is reissued by this label.

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