[Nightfly]

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"Radiohead's camp is in talks with [Apple's] iTunes Music Store for the release of 'In Rainbows,'" Lars Brandle reports for Billboard.

Radiohead "remains a notable omission from the world's leading download store because of the band's assertion that its albums remain complete," Brandle reports. "On the other hand, iTunes' successful model allows customers to unbundle albums, or pick and chose individual tracks."

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MacDailyNews - Radiohead ends ‘In Rainbows’ experiment, enters into talks with Apple iTunes Store

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by Nightfly

Quote:
"Radiohead's camp is in talks with [Apple's] iTunes Music Store for the release of 'In Rainbows,'" Lars Brandle reports for Billboard.

Radiohead "remains a notable omission from the world's leading download store because of the band's assertion that its albums remain complete," Brandle reports. "On the other hand, iTunes' successful model allows customers to unbundle albums, or pick and chose individual tracks."

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MacDailyNews - Radiohead ends ‘In Rainbows’ experiment, enters into talks with Apple iTunes Store

Can't believe I was duped by these guys and their "social experiment".
When all along Radiohead was just another band, looking for another big pay day.Very disappointing..
They have certainly lost my support for any such future nonsense they
have planned...
Looks like itunes might not even want them..
that's pretty bad...

[strongbad]

Didn't Radiohead say from the start that they would release In Rainbows as a "pay what it's worth" download first, then later offer the CD?

I was so hoping that their experiment would prove financially successful, and that other bands would follow suit--eliminating the label middleman and his fat fees; but Radiohead has been very tight-lipped about the money.

I downloaded In Rainbows and paid for it. But how much should I pay? There was no way to preview the songs, and no way to see what quality (bitrate) they were offering. Radiohead's website obviously wasn't set up to distribute music.

In the end, In Rainbows was much better than I thought it would be. It's my favorite album of the year by far. I'm a little disappointed with the 160kb/sec bitrate though. I prefer the Win98 files I download at allofmp3, and would have paid Radiohead more than I did to get that quality.

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by strongbad

Didn't Radiohead say from the start that they would release In Rainbows as a "pay what it's worth" download first, then later offer the CD?

I was so hoping that their experiment would prove financially successful, and that other bands would follow suit--eliminating the label middleman and his fat fees; but Radiohead has been very tight-lipped about the money.

I downloaded In Rainbows and paid for it. But how much should I pay? There was no way to preview the songs, and no way to see what quality (bitrate) they were offering. Radiohead's website obviously wasn't set up to distribute music.

In the end, In Rainbows was much better than I thought it would be. It's my favorite album of the year by far. I'm a little disappointed with the 160kb/sec bitrate though. I prefer the Win98 files I download at allofmp3, and would have paid Radiohead more than I did to get that quality.

I am aware of the both the "pay what it's worth" and then go to CD..

But then go to Itunes as well with it and sell their album with DRM...
They were giving us the illusion
that they wanted to go in another direction with this release..which I
agree is a great album. BUT they should just admit it's all about the money
and not bringing alternative buying options to the masses as they presented
it at the beginning, only to end up selling their wares with Itunes.
I bought into the hype and got my 160kps only to have to repurchase it again.As the saying goes there's no free lunch.