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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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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 E. 4TH ST., 3RD FL. 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/28/2009 (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) 08/28/2009   F   577 D $ 1.6 16,685 D   Restricted Common Stock (2)               4,862 D   Restricted Common Stock (3)               8,334 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 E. 4TH ST., 3RD FL. NEW YORK, NY 10003			EVP Operations & Technology

Signatures

/s/ Daniel A. Pifer		09/01/2009
**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 28, 2009, 1,389 shares of Common Stock vested in accordance with the Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated February 28, 2008. The reporting person elected to pay a tax liability arising upon vesting of the restricted stock by having the Company withhold shares that would otherwise have been issued to him based on a value of $1.60 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 vested 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 365 shares netted on August 13, 2009 to pay a tax liability arising upon the vesting of such restricted stock, which was previously reported, 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 vested 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 each of May 28, 2009 and August 28, 2009 and, subject to the 577 shares netted on August 28, 2009, which are reported herein, are included in the reporting person's ownership of Common Stock in Table I.

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