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John Lennon's Legend coming soon in 5.1

Note: now available for pre-order from Elusive Disc... A special Limited Edition of Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon contains a CD + DVD in a limited run of only 30,000 units to be available to the US.

The CD tracklist speaks for itself featuring 20 timeless songs from John Lennon's solo career.

The DVD contains original videos (restored for DVD issue) plus productions newly created for the 2003 DVD release, with all music remixed from the original masters in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound. The disc also includes six special features.

Highlights include the 2003 videos "Working Class Hero" (shot at John's childhood home with newsreel Beatles footage and coverage from the worldwide vigils held after his death) and "Just Like Starting Over" directed by Joe Pytka.

Special features include alternative versions of Working Class Hero and Imagine, previously unreleased John & Yoko footage from the 2003 DVD release, animated John Lennon line drawings and an instrumental version of "Imagine" with picture gallery.

Features:
• DVD: DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo

Selections:
CD
1. Imagine
2. Instant Karma!
3. Mother (Single Edit)
4. Jealous Guy
5. Power to the People
6. Cold Turkey
7. Love
8. Mind Games
9. Whatever Gets You Thru the Night
10. #9 Dream
11. Stand By Me
12. (Just Like) Starting Over
13. Woman
14. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
15. Watching the Wheels
16. Nobody Told Me
17. Borrowed Time
18. Working Class Hero
19. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
20. Give Peace a Chance

DVD
Audio Tracks: DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Tracks same as CD
1. Working Class Hero (Anthology Version) a video made for the Anthology Project
2. Slippin' & Slidin' - live performance from 1975
3. Imagine (Live) - recorded on April 18, 1975 - Lennon's last performance
4. Hair Peace - spoken word
5. Everybody Had a Hard Year - excerpt from John & Yoko's Film #6
6. Animations
7. Gallery

David Bowie Young Americans DTS

Editor's note: This DTS disc was rumored last year...its finally out in the UK only...

The zenith of David Bowie's flat-pack soul period, 1975's 'Young Americans' is an incredible and frequently overlooked record. No other Bowie album had spelled out its market so cleanly and crisply in its title. This was an album to be bought at a time when young Americans, after years of mobilising, now had a little disposable income and were ready to party. It was all, supposedly, about "emotional drive." But the album came to represent so much more than that. It is an indirect product of many factors; soul music; politics, both personal and public; sex, drugs and dancing; of downtown New York and uptown Philadelphia.

This special edition CD/DVD includes the original album with 3 bonus tracks one of which is previously unreleased, a brand new 5.1 mix by legendary producer Tony Visconti and 2 performances from The Dick Cavett TV show along with footage of Bowie being interviewed by Dick.

DTS Announces Promotion for Surround Music Titles

Agoura Hills, CA (June 29, 2006)--DTS, Inc. announced that it is reducing prices of all of its catalog of surround music titles, which are produced and distributed under the DTS Entertainment label. Beginning July 2006, DTS is offering all retailers significant product discounts to support the increase in proliferation of surround sound equipment in the home and car.

Based upon the success of a trial discount promotion this spring, the price reductions of up to 60 percent off of current retail prices will be ongoing.

In addition to the price reductions, DTS will support the new pricing with a targeted ad and marketing campaign to introduce the catalog to new listeners, and to encourage current consumers of surround music to take advantage of the discounts.

"With the increase in sales of home theater in-a-box systems, OEM-installed automotive surround sound systems, and PCs with multi-channel audio capabilities, DTS sees that surround music has become mainstream," said Molly Kronberg, vice president, worldwide strategic business development, content at DTS. "We believe that music lovers who appreciate the quality audio experience they get with DTS surround music titles will be very excited by this offer."

There are currently more than 100 DTS-encoded surround music titles available through DTS Entertainment, including Sting's Brand New Day, Sheryl Crow's Globe Sessions and The Eagles' Hell Freezes Over. DTS Entertainment titles are also available at many e-tailers and retailers that sell DVDs. DTS releases are compatible with all standard DVD players.

DTS, Inc.
www.dts.com

 

DTS Demonstrates DTS-HD Master Audio For First Time At CES 2006

Agoura Hills, CA (January 3, 2006)--At the 2006 CES (Consumer Electronics Show), DTS, Inc. will premiere DTS-HD Master Audio, the company's high definition surround sound solution for next generation high definition media. According to DTS, this marks the first public demonstration of high definition video content shown in conjunction with 7.1 discrete channels of surround sound that is bit-for-bit identical to the master soundtrack.

Previously announced as DTS-HD, DTS-HD Master Audio has been selected as an option in the standards for the upcoming Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD media formats. The company will be holding demonstrations of DTS-HD Master Audio throughout CES, January 5-8, 2006 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall Room #N242.

Presented in 1080p super high definition video, this dramatic demonstration will include clips of major Hollywood feature films, concert videos and music videos seen and heard for the first time in both high definition video and audio. The program soundtrack was produced by Illustrious UK, which combines the talents of Martyn Ware (The Human League, Heaven 17) and Vince Clarke (Erasure, Yaz), who have become two of the most in-demand surround sound producers in the UK today.

Queen take 2

Editor's note: This DTS came out some 3 years ago. Now it's being re-re-released with a remastered cd. I won't buy it again...but maybe someone will buy it for the first time. Better yet....put out "Jazz" in multi-fun. Oh well what the hell, Christmas is coming right? Give it to someone......

Queen's 1975 album "A Night at the Opera" will arrive in a 30th anniversary collector's edition Nov. 22 via Hollywood Records. The original CD, best known for "Bohemian Rhapsody," features remastered audio. An accompanying DVD features a DTS 5.1 Surround Sound mix plus track-by-track commentary from Queen's original four members, including archival interviews with the late Freddie Mercury.

Beyond restored versions of the clips for "Rhapsody" and "You're My Best Friend," videos have been created for the other album tracks out of vintage live performance clips and rare photographs.

Queen's reunion tour with Paul Rodgers continues Saturday (Oct. 22) in Los Angeles and will be followed by six Japanese shows later this month and into November.

-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Real World Records Offers Free Download of a DTS Surround Music Track for the First Time

First Record Label to Utilize a DTS 5.1-Channel Track Download for Online Promotion

TWYFORD, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2005--DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) (NASDAQ:DTSI - News) announces that Real World Records is promoting its new title Moksha by offering a free download of a unique DTS surround music version of the first track of the album. This is the first time that Real World Records has offered a promotional download of a DTS 5.1-channel track, which can be found at http://realworldrecords.com/amjad/.

Fans of the Indian classical music genre raga can easily obtain the seven-minute track from the Real World site by burning the downloaded DTS file onto a CD-R. The CD-R can then be played back in a standard surround sound system with DTS, allowing fans to enjoy the track, by Amjad Ali Khan, for free. The track, "Sandhya," offers an atmospheric surround sound mix by engineer Ben Findlay, who also mixed the live sound on Peter Gabriel's recent tour. Real World describes the composition as having "the age-old flavour of early evening ragas. It's like a twilight moment moving from light into dark, plus an obvious feeling of loneliness."

DTS Reports First Quarter 2005 Financial Results

Editor's note: Profits are way up at DTS....but their DVD division is soft...doh.

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2005--DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) (Nasdaq:DTSI - News) today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005.

For the first quarter of 2005, DTS reported revenue of $22.1 million, up 41% over $15.6 million in revenue reported in the first quarter of 2004. DTS reported net income for the first quarter of 2005 of $3.6 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, which compares to net income of $3.4 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, reported in the first quarter of 2004. Included in first quarter 2005 results was a one-time charge of $2.3 million, or $0.08 per share net of tax, for in-process research and development and $328,000, or $0.01 per share net of tax, for the ongoing amortization of purchased intangibles related to the January 3, 2005 purchase of Lowry Digital Images, Inc.

T.Rex Brought to the Big Screen in 96-24 DTS Sound

Editor's Note: Here's some exciting news for fans of T-Rex and videophiles. The new encoder from DTS was recently utilized to bring an old concert performance from T-Rex to life. For those of you keeping count...this high performance dvd-video has comparable frequency response and bitrates to DVD-Audio. Peter Gabriel's recent collection of videos, "Play", was also presented in this hyper-DTS configuration. It clearly outshone all of Gabriel's SACD reissues...

TWYFORD, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2005--In celebration of the launch of the T.Rex "Born to Boogie" DVD, Sanctuary Records held a premiere at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema in London, on 26 April, featuring DTS 96/24 high resolution audio playback. The eagerly awaited, special two-disc release consists of Ringo Starr's legendary 1972 film "Born to Boogie," the only two full concerts ever recorded with T.Rex, and a wealth of extra material. The screening of this epic concert's rare and sometimes unseen footage in DTS 96/24, which offers an unprecedented level of audio quality for multi-channel sound on DVD-Video, was delivered via the XD10 Cinema Media Player, DTS' latest cinema technology for high definition audio and video playback.

"DTS' unique combination of high quality surround technologies developed for home entertainment, in this case DTS 96/24, and robust cinema technology, with the DTS XD10 Cinema Media Player, makes DTS a market leader in bringing alternative content to cinemas," explained David Pope, Director of Business Development, CSS and Pre-Show at DTS.

Peter Gabriel relaunches his video collection with new multi-channel mixes OR How I learned to stop worrying about the audio and learned to love DVD-Video...

A couple of years back, Peter Gabriel released his solo works on SACD. They were all (disappointingly) encoded in single layer stereo with the exception of 2002's "Up" which was a multichannel hybrid. News came out this week of Gabriel's recollaboration with Producer Daniel Lanois to remaster all of his videos with a new generation DTS encoder. The result should sound spectacular...all 23 videos will be encoded in 96khz/24bit multi-channel audio. I generally shy away from dvd-video because they sound inferior to the most pedestrian of audio cds. In this case, Gabriel's "Play" should be an audio breakthrough and will draw significant interest from all the audiophiles out there.. read the official DTS press release here...