DVD Audio Council Announces 70+ New Releases In Time For The Holiday Season

14-Nov-03

Just in time for the holiday season, participants of the DVD Audio Council including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, BMG, J Records, Silverline Records, Arista Records, The Atlantic Group, Elektra Entertainment Group, Capitol, Warner Music Latina, Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, EMI Latina, Rhino, 5.1 Entertainment Group, RCA, Reprise, Geffen Records, Interscope, A&M, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Mercury, MCA Nashville, Motown Records, Universal Classics, Universal Records, Universal Music Enterprises, Universal Music Latino, Verve Music Group, Warner Bros. Records., Myutopia Recordings, AIX Records, DTS Entertainment, and EMI Recorded Music are set to release over 70 DVD Audio titles.The releases feature 5.1 multichannel surround sound as well as video and concert footage, artist interviews, on-screen displays of lyrics, liner notes, menus, photo galleries, and Web-enabled capabilities.Some of the key titles to be released include Luther Vandross: ""Dance With My Father"" (J Records), Rod Stewart: ""It Had To Be You...The Great American Songbook"" (J Records), Diana Krall: ""The Look Of Love"" & ""When I Look In Your Eyes"" (Universal Music Group), Santana: ""Supernatural"" & ""Shaman"" (Arista Records), Teddy Pendergrass: ""From The Front RowÖLive"" (Silverline Records), five Neil Young albums from Warner Brother Records, Peter Frampton: ""Frampton Comes Alive!"" (Universal Music Group), and Steely Dan: ""Gaucho"" (Universal Music Group).The DVD-Audio format is fast becoming the next dominant packaged music format and the future successor to compact disc. Exponential sales of DVD products, sustained consumer interest in all aspects of the DVD format including on-screen bonus features and rapidly increasing awareness of the benefits of surround sound and multi-channel music are driving interest in this value added, feature laden format. DVD-Audio provides the most significant audio enhancements to packaged music delivery.Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, BMG, J Records, Silverline Records, Arista Records, The Atlantic Group, Elektra Entertainment Group, Capitol, Warner Music Latina, Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, EMI Latina, Rhino, 5.1 Entertainment Group, RCA, Reprise, Geffen Records, Interscope, A&M, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Mercury, MCA Nashville, Motown Records, Universal Classics, Universal Records, Universal Music Enterprises, Universal Music Latino, Verve Music Group, Warner Bros. Records., Myutopia Recordings, AIX Records, DTS Entertainment, EMI Recorded Music, Meridian Audio, Dolby Laboratories and Panasonic (MEI) are all members of the DVD Audio Council. The DVD-Audio Council serves as a complete resource for all press, technical and marketing information related to the DVD-Audio format in the United States and Europe. The council's mission is to educate hardware and software retailers to the benefits and features of DVD-Audio while simultaneously promoting consumer awareness of this evolutionary format.