Radiohead Flash
Here’s another band getting in on the USB album marketing wagon.
But at least this one is:
- From a worthwhile band
- From a talented band
- A good design
This will be out next month as a limited edition (Dec 10th)
The 4Gb USB stick, which is shaped like the Radiohead bear will contain all seven Parlophone albums and artwork (including one live album) available as CD quality WAV audio files.
Available exclusively through radioheadstore.com but, unfortunately, unlike the last album where you could buy it for what you felt like, this has a fixed price of £79.99 – still worth it in my opinion.
USB Package includes:
Pablo Honey (1993)
The Bends (1995)
OK Computer (1997)
Kid A (2000)
Amnesiac (2001)
I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001)
Hail To The Thief (2003)
Click here for tracklistings >>
More Radiohead News:
Data regarding the great Radiohead “pay your own price” experiment for In Rainbows is starting to trickle in, and according to a recent study by internet research firm comScore, only about 38% of those who downloaded the album actually paid. Of those that did pay, Americans averaged $8.05 while fans from other countries averaged only $6 with 17% paying only a penny to $4. Seems low, but it is important to keep in mind that Radiohead could have been earning only a few bucks from every CD sale under the old record label system.
Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor applauded Radiohead for their courage in going forward with the new business model, but he believes that that the low numbers could be partially due to problems with their execution. Problems he hopes to overcome by offering customers the option of paying nothing or $5 for Saul Williams’ new album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust, which he produced. If customers want the free version, they will have to settle for a 192kbps MP3 bitrate which might lure audiophiles to pony up some cash for the 320kbps MP3 or FLAC lossless version. So will a new approach help or are music fans just hopelessly cheap? Only time will tell. [Crave]