Silverline Records Signs Licensing Deal With Cooking Vinyl For DVD-Audio Releases

27-Jan-04

Silverline and Cooking Vinyl Records have entered into a long-term licensing deal for the worldwide distribution of Cooking Vinylís catalog, it was announced today by John Trickett, Chairman of 5.1 Entertainment Group and Martin Goldschmidt, President of Cooking Vinyl. Under the terms of the agreement, Silverline Records will release an initial 20 DVD-Audio albums worldwide during the second and third quarters of 2004 from artists such as Billy Bragg, Richard Thompson, Cowboy Junkies, and Bruce Cockburn among others. Silverline Records and Cooking Vinyl will work closely with the artists, who will be involved in every step during the creation process of the DVD-Audio albums and will have approval of the 5.1 surround mixes. ìSilverline is proud to form this partnership with Cooking Vinyl. The quality and diversity of their repertoire will be an exciting addition to both the growing Silverline catalog and to the DVD-Audio format,î said Jeff Dean, President of Silverline. DVD-Audio hardware penetration has reached 14-million-plus players sold by manufacturers all over the world, while title availability has increased dramatically, and now approaches 700 albums. To date, there are over 160 DVD-Audio player models available from 35 manufacturers. DVD-Audio disks also play on the over 200 million DVD Video players in the market as well as Xbox and PS2 game consoles and all DVD ROM drives.ìWe are very excited to start working in this growing format of music with the right partners,î said Goldschmidt.Silverline Records has maintained a leadership role in the development, production and marketing of DVD-Audio with more than 230 DVD-Audio titles released to date.Silverline Records, the home of DVD Audio, is a division of the 5.1 Entertainment Group, a vertically integrated music company which owns the immergent, Silverline and Myutopia record labels, 5.1 Production Services and 5.1 Music Publishing. The company is a recognized leader in the audio/visual production, release and marketing of music in the DVD format. In addition to having released the largest catalog of DVD music worldwide, 5.1 Entertainment Group has mixed and produced projects for Fleetwood Mac, Sting, Norah Jones, Outkast, Eminem, Herbie Hancock, Dishwalla, Alice Cooper, Everclear, Hanson, Robbie Williams, Queen, Yanni and Aaron Neville to name a few.

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