Gibson Guitar partners with HDtracks to offer free, downloadable, high-definition music

Gibson Presents: Hot Tones in High-Definition, is a diverse collection of music performed by the world’s best guitarists and will be available as a FREE download at Gibson.com for a limited time.

Gibson Presents: Hot Tones in High-Definition features exclusive tracks from legendary performers Johnny A, Michael Burks, Billy Burnette, Chris Cain, Nick Colionne, Tinsley Ellis, Eric Johnson, Peter Karp, Big Bill Morganfield, Kenny Neal, Arlen Roth with Sonny Landreth, Neal Schon and Johnny Winter plus a never-before-heard instrumental track featuring father and son team Abraham Laboriel Sr. and Jr performing with Slash. Guests at Gibson.com can read about the brilliant musical performances and download the entire album in HIGH DEFINITION for free beginning Monday, October 6, 2008 and for 60 days thereafter through HDtracks.com. On December 6, 2008, the first of a kind album will no longer be available with no plans to redistribute it in any format.
The high-definition format of Gibson Presents: Hot Tones in High-Definition guarantees a listening experience never available before for consumers. The resolution of the audio does matter! They will also have the option of choosing the format in which to download it. Fans who download the album are automatically entered to win an exclusive Gibson Robot Les Paul guitar and other prizes from Creative Labs.

The free distribution of a high-definition guitar album is possible now because of the massive access of today's Internet users to high-speed DSL and cable services. Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO, Henry Juszkiewicz and David Chesky, co-founder of audiophile label Chesky Records are two technologists who, over a recent lunch in New York, combined their ideas and efforts to create the inaugural offering from Gibson.com and HDtracks.com.

“Gibson is committed to providing its customers with the most innovative and exciting musical experiences in the world,” said Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar. “Gibson Presents: Hot Tones in High Definition will afford our customers the opportunity to download something in the highest of quality and is the first offering of its kind from any music company. This will be one of many such opportunities as we continue to partner with HDtracks on this pioneering effort.”

"I've never been a fan of MP3s and I wanted to have a website that delivered the same quality music as you'd get in a record store. When Henry and I met we discussed nine million things. He thinks outside the box, and we decided that giving the public an opportunity to download something truly different and in such high quality was not only an offer of convenience but the genesis of Gibson Guitar's next step into technology," said David Chesky, co-founder of HDtracks, the partner on this project with Gibson.

HDtracks features DRM free downloads in CD-quality AIFF and FLAC -- as well as 320 kbps MP3 . The universal compatibility means your songs can be played on computers, home music servers, iPods and MP3 players, etc. Choose from thousands of titles across a multitude of musical genres and enjoy in-depth information about the artists and albums. When you purchase a complete album from HDtracks you will receive a pdf file containing the cover art and liner notes. Our Download Manager works on both PCs and Macs. It launches automatically so you can start downloading your music without a cumbersome installation process. For more information go to www.hdtracks.com

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