Esp1
2004-02-04 08:13:30 UTC
http://www.audiorevolution.com/news/0204/03.flipdisc.html
"AudioRevolution.com has learned that Sony Music is testing DVD-Audio/CD
flip discs in Seattle and Boston during the month of February. A manager at
a major music retailer tells AudioRevolution.com that the test marketing
project which stated today includes a major push from all of the major
labels although he had not yet received titles from Universal Music Groups
and EMI. They are expected in a day or so.
The shocker is the involvement of Sony Music who's parent company has fought
a ugly format war between their powerful SACD format and DVD-Audio. As
recently as last week sources inside Sony Music told AudioRevolution.com
that Sony Music supports SACD and had no comment on DVD-Audio but did
express enthusiasm for music on DVD-Video.
While a unified front for one for high resolution audio format is what audio
enthusiasts and early adopters have been begging for, there is still no
guarantee that Sony Music will bail on SACD. The big question is, will
people buy CD/DVD-Audio flip discs during the test market and will they
actually function without vast returns. One of the big concerns about the
dual disc is the thickness of the discs. Reportedly, those problems have
been solved but only a limited release to consumers will tell the real
reliability story. If everything goes well, expect to see all of the labels
to make a big push to get these discs away from the "audiophile" section in
the back of the store and moved into the mainstream bins and into displays
at the front of the store."
CD/DVD-Audio Flip Disc Titles Being Test Marketed, February 2004:
Dist Sel # Label Artist Title UPC# P.O. # Order Qty
WEA 48650 WB Barenaked Ladies Everything To Everyone 0-9362-48650-2-5
Jan 20 04 30
WEA 278016 RHI Fagen, Donald The Nightfly 0-8122-78016-2-5 Jan 20 04
30
WEA 48637 WB Linkin Park Reanimation 0-9362-48637-2-4 Jan 20 04 30
WEA 62934 EE Elliot, Missy This Is Not A Test 0-7559-62934-2-6 Jan 20
04 30
WEA 83704 ATL P.O.D. Payable On Death 0-7567-83704-2-7 Jan 20 04 30
EA 78105 RHI R.E.M. Automatic For the People 0-8122-78105-2-8 Jan 20
04 30
WSMD 90829 Dave Brubeck Time Out 82796-90829-2-8 15- Jan 20
SMD 90830 Audioslave Audioslave 82796-90830-2-4 15- Jan 20
SMD 90831 Good Charlotte The Young and. . . 82796-90831-2-3 15- Jan
20
SMD 90789 Barbra Streisand The Movie Album 82796-90789-2-1 15- Jan
20
SMD 90828 AC/DC Back in Black 82796-90828-2-9 15- Jan 20
MD 90743 David Bowie Reality 82796-90743-2-9 15- Jan 20
SUMG 6- B0001753-82 A&M Sheryl Crow The Globe Sessions 02498-61433-4
Jan 20 04 5
UMG B0001746-82 Republic 3 Doors Down Away From The Sun
6-02498-61414-3 Jan 20 04 5
UMG B0001750-82 Island Andrew W.K. The Wolf 6-02498-61423-5 Jan 20 04
5
BMG
EMI
"AudioRevolution.com has learned that Sony Music is testing DVD-Audio/CD
flip discs in Seattle and Boston during the month of February. A manager at
a major music retailer tells AudioRevolution.com that the test marketing
project which stated today includes a major push from all of the major
labels although he had not yet received titles from Universal Music Groups
and EMI. They are expected in a day or so.
The shocker is the involvement of Sony Music who's parent company has fought
a ugly format war between their powerful SACD format and DVD-Audio. As
recently as last week sources inside Sony Music told AudioRevolution.com
that Sony Music supports SACD and had no comment on DVD-Audio but did
express enthusiasm for music on DVD-Video.
While a unified front for one for high resolution audio format is what audio
enthusiasts and early adopters have been begging for, there is still no
guarantee that Sony Music will bail on SACD. The big question is, will
people buy CD/DVD-Audio flip discs during the test market and will they
actually function without vast returns. One of the big concerns about the
dual disc is the thickness of the discs. Reportedly, those problems have
been solved but only a limited release to consumers will tell the real
reliability story. If everything goes well, expect to see all of the labels
to make a big push to get these discs away from the "audiophile" section in
the back of the store and moved into the mainstream bins and into displays
at the front of the store."
CD/DVD-Audio Flip Disc Titles Being Test Marketed, February 2004:
Dist Sel # Label Artist Title UPC# P.O. # Order Qty
WEA 48650 WB Barenaked Ladies Everything To Everyone 0-9362-48650-2-5
Jan 20 04 30
WEA 278016 RHI Fagen, Donald The Nightfly 0-8122-78016-2-5 Jan 20 04
30
WEA 48637 WB Linkin Park Reanimation 0-9362-48637-2-4 Jan 20 04 30
WEA 62934 EE Elliot, Missy This Is Not A Test 0-7559-62934-2-6 Jan 20
04 30
WEA 83704 ATL P.O.D. Payable On Death 0-7567-83704-2-7 Jan 20 04 30
EA 78105 RHI R.E.M. Automatic For the People 0-8122-78105-2-8 Jan 20
04 30
WSMD 90829 Dave Brubeck Time Out 82796-90829-2-8 15- Jan 20
SMD 90830 Audioslave Audioslave 82796-90830-2-4 15- Jan 20
SMD 90831 Good Charlotte The Young and. . . 82796-90831-2-3 15- Jan
20
SMD 90789 Barbra Streisand The Movie Album 82796-90789-2-1 15- Jan
20
SMD 90828 AC/DC Back in Black 82796-90828-2-9 15- Jan 20
MD 90743 David Bowie Reality 82796-90743-2-9 15- Jan 20
SUMG 6- B0001753-82 A&M Sheryl Crow The Globe Sessions 02498-61433-4
Jan 20 04 5
UMG B0001746-82 Republic 3 Doors Down Away From The Sun
6-02498-61414-3 Jan 20 04 5
UMG B0001750-82 Island Andrew W.K. The Wolf 6-02498-61423-5 Jan 20 04
5
BMG
EMI