Rather then continue forwarding emails to some, I figure this is a safe place to discuss this.
For those that don't know about this, for over a year now I've been in talks with Tom Sarig, Lou Reed's manager about reissuing the quad mix of Metal Machine Music as a dvd-a. I emailed Lou's page suggesting this in response to his comments about wishing more of us could hear the quad mix in the liner notes of the cd/dvd package that came out of that live performance of Metal Machine Music, and Lou was very interested in this idea, would love to do it, and also heard and loved Cai's dts conversion from the quad vinyl.
For a while now Tom has been in talks with Sony about licensing this.
I emailed him today for an update since I hadn't heard anything in a while. The status is that Sony will only license the album for CD or vinyl reissue, but will not allow digital licensing for this project. And that seems to be where it stands right now. Thank you Sony for once again alienating your customer base.
I responded to Tom suggesting he ask if they would license for SACD, bluray, or dvd without dvd-a. I'll report back when I get a response.
So, that's the latest on this. A shame that Sony insists on trying to put an end to a project that everyone would benefit from. I really don't get these assholes.
For those that don't know about this, for over a year now I've been in talks with Tom Sarig, Lou Reed's manager about reissuing the quad mix of Metal Machine Music as a dvd-a. I emailed Lou's page suggesting this in response to his comments about wishing more of us could hear the quad mix in the liner notes of the cd/dvd package that came out of that live performance of Metal Machine Music, and Lou was very interested in this idea, would love to do it, and also heard and loved Cai's dts conversion from the quad vinyl.
For a while now Tom has been in talks with Sony about licensing this.
I emailed him today for an update since I hadn't heard anything in a while. The status is that Sony will only license the album for CD or vinyl reissue, but will not allow digital licensing for this project. And that seems to be where it stands right now. Thank you Sony for once again alienating your customer base.
I responded to Tom suggesting he ask if they would license for SACD, bluray, or dvd without dvd-a. I'll report back when I get a response.
So, that's the latest on this. A shame that Sony insists on trying to put an end to a project that everyone would benefit from. I really don't get these assholes.