EMI Announces Super Audio CD Releases

4-Sep-01

Following successful projects in Germany, the U.K. and Belgium, EMI is to release a number of its major artists on Super Audio CD over the coming months.Initial plans are for EMI to release around 17 titles on Super Audio CD. Also, the record company is establishing a Super Audio CD production center at its Abbey Road Recording Studios in London.Artists currently in discussion for the first batch of releases include Geri Halliwell, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Beverley Knight, Coldplay, Joe Cocker, David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, Tina Turner and Paul McCartney.EMI's Abbey Road Studios installed its first DSD workstation in July this year, a Sonoma multichannel recorder, editing and mastering system, developed by Sony. This installation is part of the studio's continual drive for audio excellence at the cutting edge of sound recording.