Hachette Filipacchi Magazines (HFM) announced last week that two of its titles, <I>Stereo Review</I> and <I>Video</I> magazines, would be merged to form a new magazine titled <I>Stereo Review's Sound & Vision</I>. According to the statement, the new title will be launched in February 1999, with the premiere issue to coincide with next year's Consumer Electronics Show.

Following the highly successful release of three Beatles outtakes sets a few years back, <A HREF="http://www.capitolrecords.com/">Capitol Records</A> announced last week that another set of unreleased recordings, this time from former Beatle John Lennon, will hit stores November 3. The four-disc set will include over 100 home recordings, studio outtakes, and other works never released in public. Titled <I>The John Lennon Anthology</I>, the set was put together with help from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and their son Sean Lennon. Also included will be 60 pages of notes, including art, writings, and photos.

How much power do you really need? How much power can you actually use? What's necessary, and what's icing on the cake? And does <I>anyone</I> really need 1000Wpc?

How much power do you really need? How much power can you actually use? What's necessary, and what's icing on the cake? And does <I>anyone</I> really need 1000Wpc?

How much power do you really need? How much power can you actually use? What's necessary, and what's icing on the cake? And does <I>anyone</I> really need 1000Wpc?

How much power do you really need? How much power can you actually use? What's necessary, and what's icing on the cake? And does <I>anyone</I> really need 1000Wpc?

How much power do you really need? How much power can you actually use? What's necessary, and what's icing on the cake? And does <I>anyone</I> really need 1000Wpc?

How much power do you really need? How much power can you actually use? What's necessary, and what's icing on the cake? And does <I>anyone</I> really need 1000Wpc?

In anticipation of the upcoming 1.0 DVD-Audio specification (see <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/10236/">previous article</A>), <A HREF="http://www.sonic.com/">Sonic Solutions</A> and <A HREF="http://www.warnerbros.com/frame_moz3_day.html">Warner Music Group</A> wasted no time in announcing their intent to collaborate in creating new multichannel high-density recordings to showcase the new format. Warner was one of the first major labels to deliver music via CD, and Warner's video division has never been shy in their support of Open-DVD for video. So it comes as no surprise that they're one of the first major music houses out of the gate for the audio version of DVD.