Radiohead offers a sensible solution
For all those Radiohead fans who want a copy of their newest album In Rainbows in disc form, but who don’t want to pay the equivalent of $80 to purchase the box set, there is no need to fret.
A traditional CD release of the band’s seventh LP will be released in early 2008. It will be priced similarly to passed Radiohead releases.
So now you have three purchasing options, which Pitchfork summed up nicely:
1. As a DRM-free mp3 download, beginning October 10 (and available for preorder now), via www.inrainbows.com (interestingly enough, last week’s RickRoll, www.radioheadlp7.com, now directs here as well). This version contains the 10 tracks that comprise In Rainbows, and you can pay whatever the hell you want for it. This is basically the band leaking the album and asking you for a donation to access it.
2. As part of a deluxe “discbox”, available for preorder now and shipping in December. In addition to the 10-track In Rainbows on CD, you also get the release on LP and as a digital download, plus an enhanced bonus CD packed with eight more tracks, photos, and artwork (and an LP of the bonus tracks), plus art and lyrics booklets and some nifty looking packaging. This thing costs £40.00/$81.00.
3. As a traditional CD, available in early 2008. This will presumably cost as much as traditional CDs tend to cost.
If there is such a thing as heaven, this must be it. (Paging Dr. Sarcasm)
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