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 | By Bobby Tanzilo   Managing Editor E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Bobby Tanzilo |
| Published Jan. 7, 2008 at 9:41 a.m. |
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If you were one of those folks wondering who would plunk down $15 for Radiohead's "In Rainbows" when, in effect, the music could be acquired legally for nothing, look no further.
I did it. I bought the record, for a number of reasons.
First off, I saw it in the store, I had a gift card burning a hole in my pocket (as they always seem to do) and since I had acquired the album box last week, not having a hard copy of "In Rainbows" seemed, well, like an omission.
Second, I've always been a record geek and I like a CD I can hold in my hands. I like to look at the artwork, read the credits. So, despite the fact that I'm at least a vaguely technologically up to date person, a burned copy of a CD feels like a Xeroxed copy of a book. Sure, the words are there, but something's still missing.
And part two of "second," I have a huge pile of CDRs, CDs of backed-up computer stuff, discs of photos, etc. that is impossible to deal with. I've found no good way to organize them and the result is that if I have a burned copy of anything, it's almost guaranteed to get fewer spins because I likely will only rarely stumble across it (and then it won't have a list of the songs, etc.).
Anyway, why should anyone have to justify paying a fair price for a good record? I paid $11.99 for what many will agree is one of the best records to emerge in 2007. And on top of that, Radiohead decided to try something new with "In Rainbows" in terms of selling digital downloads, helping to keep the discussion of this new technology going strong.
Since the band basically released the record itself, it probably gets a lot more of that $11.99 than it would have in the past and that's great. They deserve it. I hope it's enough for one of them to get a pint at that bar in Oxford they love so much.
Cheers, boys, keep up the good work.
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Posted by college_dave on Jan. 9, 2008 at 1:21 p.m. (report)
I bought it - gift card - wanted the real version not knowing I had to try to figure out assembling the damn thing myself. Maybe I should have just downloaded it. Or, had someone else do it for me. Or, I can assemble the CD package myself I actually bought with someone else's money. Wait ---> Actually have someone assemble my case and also have them download a copy to put into it. But what about the copy I bought w/ the gift card though?
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Posted by a_noid on Jan. 9, 2008 at 12:09 p.m. (report)
Wasn't one point of their priceless system to give the consumer the ability to choose what their music was worth? I determined that $13 per cd and $75 per concert ticket was too much. The free market at work.
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Posted by Music Luvva on Jan. 8, 2008 at 3:07 p.m. (report)
Wha??? They owe you a free record because you bought the others? Do you owe your boss a free year of work because he paid you for the others? That's absurd.
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Posted by a_noid on Jan. 8, 2008 at 11:33 a.m. (report)
Now that I know it is only 8 bucks at Best Buy I am going to pick up a copy also. I love the album, but took it for free from their website. I don't feel bad about not paying for it the first time. I paid for all of their other albums and purchased concert tickets. The band members and all of their kids won't worry about money for the rest of their lives thanks to guys like me. In my view they owe me a free album after I have supported them for more than a decade. Putting the hardcopy on the shelf to complete the album collection is worth $8 to me.
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Posted by Music Luvva on Jan. 8, 2008 at 11:04 a.m. (report)
I have bought a few things on itunes but trying to print out the artwork is a joke. Even with a color printer it looks like crap and it's hard to get them sized correctly.
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