It came in at 2:32 a.m. our time (I had predicted 2 a.m.) and was a zip file....I paid five pounds for it ($11 US? something like that?) and my husband was mad, but I put our precious cash into this venture for a statement more than anything. Some linkage showing how much people paid and how much they like (or don't, occasionally) In Rainbows:
stereogum: Premature Evaluation: Radiohead - In Rainbows
NY Times "The Lede" blog with hundreds of comments.
Video of the album-making process.
From PItchfork:
"In related Radiohead revelations, Billboard.com is reporting that the quintet has entered a unique licensing deal for the edition of In Rainbows released today, in which all rights belong to the band for this downloadable version of the LP. "[Radiohead], in cooperation with us, have created their own model of direct licensing for online," a spokesperson for UK collection association MCPS-PRS Alliance told Billboard.com.
Rights and royalty arrangements for the physical version of the album have not yet come to light, although Radiohead's publisher Warner/Chappell has stated that "all necessary licenses will be in place to allow proper payment of publishing royalties on both physical and digital sales of In Rainbows." All righty then."
Ok - this is crazy - I have to get to work. I'm going to have my headphones on all day, though - could be tricky during orchestra rehearsal tonight! (I'm playing CHIMES!)
3 comments:
i paid 2 quid. the site was difficult to navigate. then i went and got rocket to russia extended version on itunes for 9 greenbacks.
Ah, Rocket to Russia. I won't even tell you how old I was when I got that LP. And I mean, LP. Not CD. Not even cassette.
haha, good taste. im also on jens lekman, roy orbison, jane russell, sinatra-basie and the die fledermaus overture.
im a victim of the wes anderson aesthetic: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200709/quirk
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