Neil Young has announced that he will release his entire back catalogue on Blu-ray disc, beginning with a 10 disc set covering 1963 to 1972 which will be out this autumn. He says he aims to force people away from MP3s and into the arms of high-quality music. He said: "Putting on a headphone and listening to an MP3 is like hell. [I want to give people] quality whether they want it or not. You can degrade it as much as you want, we just don't want our name on it".
Young is, of course, assuming that people will embrace the Blu-ray audio format, despite the poor take up of DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD. Maybe he should give people the choice, like Trent Reznor, who is giving away the new Nine Inch Nails album for free in MP3, FLAC and master-quality 24/96 WAVE formats.