11 October 2007, 05:12
Radiohead release their new album online for free and with no labels involved
Radiohead released their new album In rainbows on-line for free with no labels involved.
The album is available for download from their site Radiohead.com. When you are supposed to make a payment for the download this line comes up "it’s up to you". Each fan can pay anything, even 0. However, buying the actual CD will cost you 40 pounds.
No labels are involved in the release."Radiohead's contract with EMI/Capitol expired after its last record, Hail to the Thief, was released in 2003; shortly before the band started writing new songs, singer Thom Yorke told TIME, "I like the people at our record company, but the time is at hand when you have to ask why anyone needs one. And, yes, it probably would give us some perverse pleasure to say 'F___ you' to this decaying business model."(The Time)
As CD sales decline artists earn much more from concerts. Madonna made $200m from her world tour, Prince decided to promote his tour by giving away his new CD for free in a Sunday newspaper. In label deals artists often get less 30% from the sales revenues… and labels are just managers.
Read more:
Radiohead Says: Pay What You Want, The Time
Radiohead to give away new album, Telegraph.co.uk
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Comments 123
1. by justin gm, 13 October 2007, 18:30
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2. by echo, 18 October 2007, 01:46
i'm getting pretty sick of these articles misquoting the prices on the radiohead album.
the mp3 release is not "FREE" but "pay what you want". some people are paying nothing, some are paying $9 or so, others somewhere in between. those who pay nothing are hurting this type of business model.
the "actual CD" does not cost you 40 pounds (almost 80 USD). that price is for a boxset which will include the full CD, the same music on 2 records, a bonus CD of unreleased material, and all the artful packaging the band and artist stanley donwood are known for ('amnesiac' won a grammy for best package). not to mention, the sound quality on the physical releases will be far superior to the 160kbps mp3 files.
there is talk of a "regular CD edition" to be released by a record label, maybe or maybe not their former label EMI, in the new year. this way it could reach people not already clued into radiohead or interested in the low-end downloads or the high-end deluxe package.
3. by sakura, 19 October 2007, 18:25
"a boxset which will include the full CD, the same music on 2 records"
You forgot to clarify those two extra records are actually vinyl records, which quality far surpasses the CD
4. by (Anonymous), 22 October 2007, 03:34
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Vinyl quality is actually far poorer than digital, it just has "richer" sound.
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16. by (Anonymous), 3 November 2007, 04:32
if you make good music. who cares if its downloaded for free, cheap, or the full price. if an artist is making good, soulful music, listeners will pay to see them in concert, like madonna, who made 200 mil.
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17. by SuperDonic, 5 November 2007, 10:58
Actually you pay something, who cares who pays what. Radiohead knows what they are doing. Either you pay something or nothing, even if you pay nothing there is still a fee for the creditcard, so there is no free music here for Radiohead as much as you would like. Thank Radiohead for thinking of their fans and not the profits of their label.
18. by Kris, 18 November 2007, 11:13
I just want to legally pay for DRM free music. I have no problem paying people for their work. I dont do my job for free and I do not expect any one else to. I would just like it to be a little less restrictive to purchase. I think what radiohead is doing is great even though I dont like their music, my wife does and I will be happy to pay.
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22. by papupa, 30 December 2007, 22:47
no so bad album, but when I for the first time have heard OK, Computer, I cried, and now I am almost indifferent
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