Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Pifer Daniel Alan
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Orchard Enterprises, Inc. [ORCD]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP Operations & Technology
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O THE ORCHARD ENTERPRISES, INC., 23 EAST 4TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/13/2009
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10003
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock (1) 08/13/2009   F   365 D $ 1.9 15,873 D  
Restricted Stock (2)               4,862 D  
Restricted Stock (3)               9,723 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Pifer Daniel Alan
C/O THE ORCHARD ENTERPRISES, INC.
23 EAST 4TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10003
      EVP Operations & Technology  

Signatures

 /s/Daniel A. Pifer   08/17/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On August 13, 2009, 972 shares of Common Stock vested in accordance with the Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated November 13, 2007. The reporting person elected to pay a tax liabiity arising upon vesting of the restricted stock by having the Company withhold shares that would otherwise been issued to him based on a value of $1.90 per share, the closing price of the Common Stock on the vesting date.
(2) An award of 11,666 shares of restricted stock of the Company was granted to the reporting person on November 13, 2007 and was previously reported in Table II of the reporting person's Form 3 filed with the SEC on December 5, 2007. These shares of restricted stock vest as follows: (i) 1/3 vest on November 13, 2008, with quarterly vesting thereafter for a period of 24 months subject to acceleration or termination in certain circumstances. Accordingly, (i) 3, 888 shares of restricted stock vested on November 13, 2008 and (ii) 972 shares vested on each of February 13, 2009, May 13, 2009 and August 13, 2009 and subject to the shares netted on August 13, 2009 are included in the reporting person's ownership of Common Stock in Table I.
(3) An award of 16,667 shares of restricted stock of the Company was granted to the reporting person on February 28, 2008 and was previously reported in Table II of the reporting person's Form 4 filed with the SEC on February 29, 2008. These shares of restricted stock vest as follows: (i) 1/3 vest on February 28, 2009, with quarterly vesting thereafter for a period of 24 months subject to acceleration or termination in certain circumstances. Accordingly, (i) 5,555 shares of restricted stock vested on February 28, 2009 and (ii) 1,389 shares vested on May 28, 2009 are included in the reporting person's ownership of Common Stock in Table I.

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