New Radiohead Album: Pre-Order Sale!

pepezabala · Post by **pepezabala** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:23 am

(enthusiactic mode on)

Music industrie is so 20th century now. Any big artist NOT doing what Radiohead are just doing is just stupid. (Or caught in a contract ...)

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philipc · Post by **philipc** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:23 am

pepezabala wrote:(enthusiactic mode on)

Music industrie is so 20th century now. Any big artist NOT doing what Radiohead are just doing is just stupid. (Or caught in a contract ...)

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Absolutely. Unfortunately not many artists have the creativity or the financial freedom to do this sort of thing.

greta · Post by **greta** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:34 am

Am i the only one whose confirmation email came with white text on a white background?

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:50 am

Funny idea to let the customer decide how much to pay..... Will those who pay more get more, perhaps?

substance_g · Post by **substance_g** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:17 pm

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... ck_preview

brightonalex · Post by **brightonalex** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:44 pm

FORMAT wrote:Funny idea to let the customer decide how much to pay..... Will those who pay more get more, perhaps?

I'm sure they've decided that as everyone will download it for nothing from limewire, they may as well get what they can for it.

its either that or give the album away with a newspaper!

rasputin · Post by **rasputin** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:18 pm

I don't understand it very well. The concept seems rather modern but it all depends on them having a fan base. No one would care if I released my record under the same terms.

But the thing that causes me hesitation is the need to pay up front for a product that may not be worth anything. I think a much better model would be this:

You pay, say, UKP5 or 10 up front, download the album, and within 30 days if you don't like it or think it's just OK, you can request for a refund of up to 90% of the cost.

Right now the model is: you're asked to put a value on something that you have no information about.

Yeah, if you've heard the stuff live or via bootlegs, perhaps you have an idea.

r.

MartinOM28V · Post by **MartinOM28V** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:30 pm

I preordered the download for 5 pounds. If you want to hear a quick sample of the songs, go to radiohead.com and see the news entry with the quicktime file of snippets from cutting room floor. Sounds gorgeous.

And for what it's worth I love Amnesiac and Kid A. Amnesiac has grown on me more and more and is my favorite RH album so far.

Jonny Pancake · Post by **Jonny Pancake** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:47 pm

prelistening of all tracks from the new album as video files:

http://www.elfen.ch/blog/?p=1003

maomao · Post by **maomao** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:21 pm

substance_g wrote:
Well, no surprises there then

No surprises there THERE

glu · Post by **glu** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:47 pm

The age of albums will eventually end. It is such an institutionalized approach to art. I don't know about you lot, but I'm more interested in where things are going than concerned for where they are now. Radiohead is just trying to find a way to make a buck in a changing world. While the album format will always exist, it won't always remain the prevailing format.

kramerica · Post by **kramerica** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:11 pm

MartinOM28V wrote:I preordered the download for 5 pounds. If you want to hear a quick sample of the songs, go to radiohead.com and see the news entry with the quicktime file of snippets from cutting room floor. Sounds gorgeous.

And for what it's worth I love Amnesiac and Kid A. Amnesiac has grown on me more and more and is my favorite RH album so far.

I don't see the "news entry". Can you give me a direct link and better directions?

jah4life · Post by **jah4life** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:44 pm

kramerica wrote:
MartinOM28V wrote:I preordered the download for 5 pounds. If you want to hear a quick sample of the songs, go to radiohead.com and see the news entry with the quicktime file of snippets from cutting room floor. Sounds gorgeous.

And for what it's worth I love Amnesiac and Kid A. Amnesiac has grown on me more and more and is my favorite RH album so far.
I don't see the "news entry". Can you give me a direct link and better directions?

Go to www.radiohead.com/deadairspace and go to the entry (sometime in July I believe) titled "a bit of tape from the studio" and you'll hear some little snippets from the album.

kramerica · Post by **kramerica** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:02 pm

jah4life wrote:
kramerica wrote:
MartinOM28V wrote:I preordered the download for 5 pounds. If you want to hear a quick sample of the songs, go to radiohead.com and see the news entry with the quicktime file of snippets from cutting room floor. Sounds gorgeous.

And for what it's worth I love Amnesiac and Kid A. Amnesiac has grown on me more and more and is my favorite RH album so far.
I don't see the "news entry". Can you give me a direct link and better directions?
Go to www.radiohead.com/deadairspace and go to the entry (sometime in July I believe) titled "a bit of tape from the studio" and you'll hear some little snippets from the album.

CHEERS!

MartinOM28V · Post by **MartinOM28V** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:30 am

It's at www.radiohead.com/deadairspace, in the archives from 15 June, titled "A Bit of Tape From The Studio." Every song seems to be there in order.

New Radiohead Album: Pre-Order Sale!

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