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 *
Straka Joel
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Orchard Enterprises, Inc. [ORCD]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O THE ORCHARD ENTERPRISES, INC., 23 E. 4TH ST., 3RD FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/29/2010
(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 07/29/2010   J   29,051 D (1) 0 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
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 5.21 07/29/2010   J     28,790 07/29/2010 07/29/2010 Common Stock 28,790 (2) 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Straka Joel
C/O THE ORCHARD ENTERPRISES, INC.
23 E. 4TH ST., 3RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10003
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Alexis Shapiro for Joel Straka   08/02/2010
**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) The shares were disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 15, 2010, as amended (the "Merger Agreement"), among The Orchard Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company"), Dimensional Associates, LLC ("Dimensional") and Orchard Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub"), whereby in connection with the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, each share of the Company's common stock (other than shares held by Dimensional and its associates and dissenting shares) was canceled and converted into the right to receive from Dimensional (i) $2.05 per share in cash and (ii) a contingent right to receive additional cash consideration, under certain circumstances if Dimensional or the Company or any of their affiliates enters into a commitment to sell at least 80% of the Company's voting securities or assets within six months of the consummation of the Merger (collectively, the "Merger Consideration").
(2) The options were disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement, whereby in connection with the Merger, each option to purchase the Company's common stock was canceled and converted into the right to receive from the Company the difference, if positive, between the Merger Consideration and the exercise price of the option.

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