AD Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 According to Radiohead.com (redirected to inrainbows.com) the new Radiohead album will be released digitally on October 10. It is called 'In Rainbows.' and is available in a deluxe 'Discbox' (details below) or a digital download, which is pay what you can. What a great band!DISCBOXTHIS CONSISTS OF THE NEW ALBUM, IN RAINBOWS, ON CDAND ON 2 X 12 INCH HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL RECORDS.A SECOND, ENHANCED CD CONTAINS MORE NEW SONGS, ALONG WITH DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTWORK.THE DISCBOX ALSO INCLUDES ARTWORK AND LYRIC BOOKLETS.ALL ARE ENCASED IN A HARDBACK BOOK AND SLIPCASE.THE ALBUM DOWNLOAD AUTOMATICALLY COMES WITH THIS PACK.YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FILE DIGITALLY FROM THE 10TH OCTOBER 2007.DISCBOXES ARE BEING MADE TO ORDER AND ARE PRICED AT £40.00 INCLUDING POSTAGE.SHIPPING WILL BEGIN ON OR BEFORE 3RD DECEMBER 2007.Tracklist:15 STEPBODYSNATCHERSNUDEWEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGIALL I NEEDFAUST ARPRECKONERHOUSE OF CARDSJIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACEVIDEOTAPE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 fucking killer move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 ::faints:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 ugh... what... happened...What! Radiohead has TWO new albums coming out? CD 1 AND VINYL15 STEPBODYSNATCHERSNUDEWEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGIALL I NEEDFAUST ARPRECKONERHOUSE OF CARDSJIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACEVIDEOTAPECD 2 AND VINYLMK 1DOWN IS THE NEW UPGO SLOWLYMK 2LAST FLOWERSUP ON THE LADDERBANGERS AND MASH4 MINUTE WARNING ::faints again:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 I wish I still liked them, but they lost me after OK Computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 More detailsWhat would that Lefsetz guy say about this?(bold for emphasis)So, let's sort this whole mess out, shall we? You will eventually have three ways to pick up the seventh Radiohead LP, the Nigel Godrich-produced In Rainbows. It all depends how much you want to pay, which goodies you'd like, and how soon you want the tunes. Observe: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.What Radiohead's doing here is actually pretty cool. Rather than preface their new album's release with the usual three months of press ballyhoo, only to have it leak at some random time before it comes out, they've kept it completely under wraps, then essentially gone and leaked it themselves. What's more, they've turned this into a moral question of sorts, by giving us the freedom to pay actual money for what amounts to an album leak.Only a band in Radiohead's position could pull a trick like this. Well played, gentlemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 i wonder if this will be leaked before the 10th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 i wonder if this will be leaked before the 10th?I can't believe it's not on oink yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 I can't believe it's not on oink yet!well if there's no press and it will only be initially distributed through radiohead's website, how would it be on oink already?it might not even be eligible for oink, depending on the bitrate they release it at.but perhaps you were being facetious. it's hard to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 More detailsWhat would that Lefsetz guy say about this?He said:http://www.inrainbows.com/Store/index.htmlIs this real?I'm standing in Gelson's, shopping for dinner, and my BlackBerry starts to go wild. All with the above link. About a new Radiohead record.Then I get in front of a computer and I read that there's been a hoax. That the site purporting to count down to Radiohead's release is fake. But now everybody is saying the story at the ABOVE link is REAL! That the new Radiohead album comes out in ten days and you can pay whatever you want. It's even on the Record Of The Day site.Huh?I got a call from the AP just last week. Asking me what Radiohead would do. I said they'd use the English indie model. License the record to a major for a limited period of time for a ton of bread. You see majors OWN physical distribution. And that's where the lion's share of recorded music revenue still is, in CDs, at Best Buy/Wal-Mart and the other brick and mortars left. The majors can get the product in the store and you can get paid. They need the billing. You still can't do it alone, even though it's been thirty plus years since the Dead failed with "Wake Of The Flood". Hell, PEARL JAM made a deal with a major.But what if they're not? What if RADIOHEAD is giving the major labels the middle finger? What if they're saying WE'RE RICH ENOUGH! That the Net allows you to go straight to your audience. FUCK the middleman who says he's so necessary.R.E.M. went for the cash They could have gone indie. Turns out re-signing with Warner was a good move, for they never sold tonnage again, despite getting PAID for selling tonnage. Springsteen went for the check. As did Neil Young.But none of the foregoing acts are in their prime. They're riding off into the sunset. They don't have a hold on the younger generation. Boomers in Bimmers are the fans of these acts, none of whom can sell big numbers anyway. They're all on victory lap tours, raking in the dough for retirement. Radiohead doesn't have their dough...shouldn't they be going for the CHECK?Isn't that the majors' advantage, they've got the money, they can write the CHECK?Who leaves money on the table. Certainly not the agents. They don't want StubHub to steal a single dollar from their bottom line. Fuck image and credibility, THAT'S MY MONEY! I'm gonna make a deal with Cadillac. I'm gonna whore my product out on TV. Radio won't play my music, I can't get it on the Top Forty, MY HANDS ARE TIED!It's not like Radiohead's living in a different world. But they're playing by a different rule book. One that says the money flows from the music, that people have to believe in you, that you've got to treat them right.Shit, you can barely get a ticket to a Radiohead show. The venues aren't big and the demand is incredible. They're doing it all wrong, don't they see??Well, obviously they don't.This is big news. This says the major labels are fucked. Untrustworthy with a worthless business model. Radiohead doesn't seem to care if the music is free. Not that they believe it will be. Because believers will give you ALL THEIR MONEY!This is the industry's worst nightmare. Superstar band, THE superstar band, forging ahead by its own wits. Proving that others can too. And they will.This is what happens when you sell twenty dollar CDs with one good track and sue your customers for trading P2P. This is what happens when you believe you're ENTITLED to your business. This is what happens when music is a second-class citizen only interested in the bottom line.There's no testimonial to Jimmy Iovine on inrainbows.com. No thanks to Rick Rubin, never mind Lyor Cohen. Radiohead doesn't need those stinkin' badges. They're THINKING FOR THEMSELVES!What did that button say back in the sixties? "Question Authority"? That's what Radiohead is doing here. They're not holding back, saying their hands are tied, but are forging into the future.You can't make a TV show by yourself. Certainly not a movie. Not that anyone can see. But you can make a record all by your lonesome, it doesn't cost that much. And you can say exactly what you want, you don't need to clean it up for Wal-Mart. And, you can distribute it yourself online. That's what Radiohead is doing.Will they make a deal with a major for physical distribution? Will they do it themselves? Or will they leave ALL that money on the table? Shit, that would blow MY mind.http://www.recordoftheday.com/cgi-bin/rotd-mb/rotd_config.pl?read=123608(You can pay as little as 1p for the download album, but a 45p credit card charge will be added.)--Visit the archive: http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/--If you would like to subscribe to the LefsetzLetter,http://www.lefsetz.com/lists/?p=subscribe&id=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 but perhaps you were being facetious. it's hard to tell.Not at all. I said that because "everything" is on oink. I figure this release is just as ripe for a legit leak as any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 9 days to go, we'll see what happens.thanks for posting the article MarcO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 I give it 2 more days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFH Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 WAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 I wonder how much I will pay for it....guess I'll wait until I hear it. It will probably be difficult to not throw my entire savings at them. damn....what to do, what to do.AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 hmmmmm.....I know how much i will spend on this...$0.I won't even waste bandwidth to download... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 It's because of the black girl, isnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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