Radiohead Moans Its Way Onto USB November 8, 2007
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Radiohead stuck two fingers up to the record industry recently with its 'pay-what-you-like' album launch, and now EMI wants a slice of digital Radiohead by releasing a special USB stick containing all of the band’s back catalogue.
I know there have been others launching albums on USB, but this one will be crammed with tunes recorded at a top notch 320Kbps. The albums on the stick are, as follows: Pablo Honey (1993), The Bends (1995), OK Computer (1997), Kid A (2000), Amnesiac (2001), I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001) and Hail To The Thief (2003). The blurb goes:
Strictly limited edition 4Gb USB stick, shaped in Radiohead's iconic "bear" image and housed in a bespoke deluxe box. Contains all seven Parlophone albums (including one live album) available as CD quality WAV audio files. Also contains digital artwork for each album.
Don’t expect to be allowed to name your own price on this one though. £80 to the faithful.-Martin Lynch
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The download only version is no-DRM 320Kbps. But the USB stick mentioned here has the files in WAV format (CD quality), so even better.
While it's a nice idea, the fact is any die-hard Radiohead fan is going to already possess CDs of all their albums anyway. It's just reselling the same item with nothing new. A blank USB "bear" stick though, to put the songs they've already ripped or (legally) downloaded, that would work as a much better way of adapting to the new music market.