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post #31 of 43
10/10/07 at 9:39am

Re: Radiohead- Choose your own price.

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Originally Posted by Brian Perry
Having said that, I think the reason it won't be a good test is that the download is not an uncompressed wav file.

Which is probably because they were expecting a lot of category 1 orders.

So what do people think of the music so far?
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post #32 of 43
10/10/07 at 2:10pm

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comment removed due to bitching and moaning about 'bitching and moaning'
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post #33 of 43
10/10/07 at 5:13pm

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Having said that, I think the reason it won't be a good test is that the download is not an uncompressed wav file.

Bingo. Personally, I can wait for the CD.
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post #34 of 43
10/10/07 at 5:34pm

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wow, you guys complain about free.......
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post #35 of 43
10/10/07 at 5:45pm

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wow, you guys complain about free.......

I think it's a valid complaint when people are willing to pay for something better.
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post #36 of 43
10/11/07 at 4:50am

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Originally Posted by todd stone
wow, you guys complain about free.......

the bitch and moan audio squad will complain about anything and everything. For those of us with less than golden ears and no desire to be pompous windbags who like to type a lot, the format and the price are as great as the album. I downloaded my early yesterday morning listened to the whole thing once burned it to disk took it along with me in truck for the day listened to it twice, put it in my ipod when i got home listened to it again and finally went back and paid for it. I gave $10, which is a hell of a lot more than they would make on a retail cd that neither I nor most people will ever be able to tell the difference between.

Someone in another forum said they saw a quote from Peter Buck of REM that he planned to download it and that he and Michael had toyed with this idea before. It would be great to see more bands do this. Of course Radiohead isn't the first, I know several small indie bands who have been doing downloads for donations for years, though Radiohead is doing a fr more polished job of it and will have a lot better tracking data.
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post #37 of 43
10/11/07 at 12:19pm

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Someone in another forum said they saw a quote from Peter Buck of REM that he planned to download it and that he and Michael had toyed with this idea before.

Well, it wasn't a full-blown studio album but 5 years ago they did release their "r.e.m.IX" album for free on their website.
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post #38 of 43
10/12/07 at 8:55am

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Never having been a fan of Radiohead (actually, I have been on record as saying I HATED Radiohead), I was more than willing to preview the new record as a MP3 160K download as a means to see if my opinion would change. I paid exactly 0.00 pounds for it.

I am now on track 9 of 10, and I actually like it. In fact, I went back to the site to see what the real CD or LP would cost. OK, $80 for a super deluxe box? No, I don't like it THAT much!

But it is an interesting approach. Obviously they realize that 10 seconds after a real CD were released, it would be in the wild, and people would be illegally downloading. Why not just accept the fact, and legitimize it. Maybe they will end up selling a few more CD's to people like me that would have never done an illegal download or made a purchase based on a 30 second sample.

BTW, at least on PC speakers, it sounds pretty good. I will also burn a CD, which I am sure will sound pretty darn BAD as even 320K rips sound flawed when burned as wav's. If/when a sensibly priced CD or LP is available, I see myself buying this.....the music is that good.

Lastly, why anyone would not download an essentially free record is hard for me to understand, but to each his own. I think its a brilliant marketing strategy.

Brian
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post #39 of 43
10/15/07 at 4:40pm

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I like the idea and apparently more artists are jumping on the bandwagon. I look at like this, for 4 Euros I purchased a 160 kbps preview of the upcoming cd. I am a fan and love the record. A nice departure from the last few slightly conceptual outings. No drawn out or reccurring themes. No, just 10 very solid, often beautiful songs.
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post #40 of 43
10/16/07 at 5:17pm

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I *was* going to wait for the CD. But I got prompted to download this and listen to it. (I paid zero, because I will buy the proper CD when it comes out.)

It's very good. (On my 3rd listen today.) Even at 160 kbs, in terms how how Radiohead typically produces their stuff, it sounds quite good. (I like RH, don't get me wrong, but their production is intimate with the music, which to me has a very "processed" feel. )

So hey, what's not to like? I get a free preview 2 months or so before the actual CD comes out!
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post #41 of 43
10/16/07 at 8:52pm

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Good to see some people enjoying the music in here. I'm happy the uncompressed audio is coming (paid for the box), but I can't imagine 160 kbps audio making me "boycott" (essentially) free music from a great band.

I've been listening the album all week through headphones. Great stuff, moody, rich. It was not an unexpected move. Honestly, only audiophiles, media outlets and the music industry decided to be "shocked" and/or "outraged".
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post #42 of 43
11/10/07 at 3:56pm

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A band could record, mix, and engineer their own album. Its been done for decades. The same band could also have their work pressed on vinyl/cd (Heres a big check, I need 100,000 copies).

My question is: How do you get a non-label album sold in stores? Does radiohead just call Wal*Mart directly and ask them to stock it?
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post #43 of 43
11/12/07 at 5:35pm

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Heck, you don't even need a store these days. Downloads either from your own web site, or iTunes. And then there's Amazon and eBay. Just need to get the word out, and watch the momentum grow. Well, for a band that has a sizeable fanbase to begin with.
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