Image Entertainment Announces June 13 DVD And VHS Release Of ""Steely Dan's: 2 Against Nature Live""

North American Concert Tour Fuels Interest In Home Video Release

9-Jun-00

Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ NM: DISK), a leading licensee and distributor of DVD programming in North America, announced the June 13 home video release of Steely Dan's ""2 Against Nature Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party In Hi-Fi Stereo."" The program, taped at New York's Sony Studios in January, includes such Steely Dan signature-tunes as ""Green Earrings,"" ""Bad Sneakers,"" ""FM,"" ""Black Friday,"" ""Babylon Sister,"" ""Kid Charlemagne"" and ""Peg."" From the new album, the band performs the hit single, ""Cousin Dupree"" as well as ""Janie Runaway,"" ""Gaslighting Abbie,"" ""Jack of Speed"" and others. Steely Dan's ""2 Against Nature"" album was released on February 29 and debuted in the ""Top 10"" on the Billboard Charts. The band, comprised of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, has not released a studio album since 1980's best-selling ""Gaucho."" The DVD of the concert will feature DolbyÆ Digital 5.1 and DTSÆ Digital Surroundô multichannel audio tracks on the same disc. In addition, the program will feature exclusive interview footage of the band. The band's 34-date North American concert tour has fans lining up to support the critically acclaimed ""2 Against Nature."" Image is coordinating VHS and DVD product promotions with radio stations in various cities in which the band is performing. A street date promotion with KACD 103.1 FM, in Los Angeles, California awards one lucky listener of the classic rock station with a row of tickets to the June 13 Universal Amphitheater concert, an RCA DVD-Video player and copies of ""2 Against Nature Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party In Hi-Fi Stereo."" Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading aggregator of content for DVD. The company also has exclusive videocassette, broadcast, streaming video and downloading rights for certain properties. With nearly 1,200 Image-exclusive DVD titles in release, the company maintains its distribution facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is one of the largest distributors of DVD programming in North America. Additionally, Image has distribution agreements in Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands for select programming in the DVD and videotape formats. Additionally, the company owns and operates an e-commerce subsidiary, DVDPlanet.com.