George Michael’s music is being enhanced, with virtually all of his albums being released as spatial audio editions on streaming services in July.
The move, coinciding with the documentary Freedom Uncut, sees all of George’s LPs except MTV Unplugged get new “surround sound” versions. David Austin, George’s lifelong friend and manager of the singer’s estate since his death in 2016, emphasised the mixes are true to the original records. They have been overseen with the engineers and co-producers of each album, including Jon Douglas, James Jackman, Chris Porter and Niall Flynn.