As previously reported, “Essentials & Rarities” will be for sale  (actually only under reservation) as digital download from some Music Stores in Internet… but this will include only the “Rarities” volume..

Some French Stores will also offer the “Studio Master” version of the album. According our info coming from DISQUES DEYFUS, those Studio Masters consists in 24bit Wav files which gives us the complete feel of the original CD. It should also be noted that the tracks included in ”Essentials &Rarities” comes directly from the original Master tapes and were mastered by PATRICK PELAMOURGUES in HD.

But “Rarities” will not be the only the first album released in Studio Master quality… “Equinoxe” and “Oxygene” versions are also expected very soon in this format.

Qobuz.com is the only french website at the moment with a Studio Master option of “Rarities”, but other french websites are going to join this elected club in the next weeks.

FAIRLIGHT JARRE would like to thank BENJAMIN GUYOT, from DISQUES DREYFUS, for his kindness and support

Thanks to Danielle Feuillerat and Benjamin Guyot, from Disques Dreyfus, we have the first images of the artwork of the new compilation album “Essentials & Rarities“.

In the FDM web, you can hear some excerpts from both albums. Patrick Pelamourgues was the technician who mastered the two CDs in high definition (96 Khz, 24 bits).

Jean Michel Jarre has presented the compilation to a group of representatives of music distribuitors in his private studio in Bougival. There are some promotional copies given to the press and to TV and radio stations in order to market the album in the media.

You can download the EPK in english: http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/press-parts-essentials-rarities/epk-hd-en.zip

And in french:

http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/press-parts-essentials-rarities/epk-hd-fr.zip