Records for the release of the upcoming Neil Young Archive series on Blu-ray Disc, powered by Java(TM) technology, a collaboration with Neil Young and Reprise/Warner Bros. was announced by Sun Microsystems, Inc. During the JavaOne conference opening keynote, to announce this revolutionary new project and demonstrate some of the interactive features of his upcoming Blu-ray Disc box set, Young will join Sun CEO and president Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green, executive vice president for Software, on stage.
By highlighting the role Java technology plays in delivering dynamic content, sophisticated services and application mashups across consumer devices, Neil Young’s exciting project ties to this year's Conference theme of “Java + You”. From desktop browsers and computers (800,000) and mobile phones (more than 2 billion) to TVs, Blu-ray Disc players and other connected consumer devices, Java technology is, today, the most widely adopted runtime in the world and is now powering compelling content and rich end-user experiences across all the “screens of your life” on billions of devices.
Including a chronology of songs released and unreleased, the Neil Young Archive will be, after more than 15 years in the making, a complete biogrphy of the artist's career in a timeline format. Giving a chronological insight into the creative process and an opportunity to bear witness to the evolution of Neil Young's musical soul over the course of his life and work, for the first time viewers, through Blu-ray and Java technology, will be able to navigate through Young's personal archives, memorabilia, videos, movies, photographs, music, letters, handwritten manuscripts and more while the high resolution 192/24 audio is playing.
Capturing the quality of the original analog master recordings in the best digital format available today, the Blu-ray format delivers both unsurpassed 192/24 audio quality and high definition video. Covering Young's career from 1963-1972, the first Neil Young Archive release will be a 10 Blu-ray Disc set available this fall from Reprise/Warner Bros. Records.
java.com will be featuring the work with Neil Young and the archive project in a special Java + Neil Young segment. Links to Young's appearance at JavaOne will be included in Java + Neil Young, as well as links to more information about the upcoming Blu-ray Disc package.
