Radiohead sign to XL

will be so dissapointed.

but get a new picture!

almost entirely fucked up

that think only of art...

XL and radiohead seems like a pretty good fit to me

all this bollocks about challenging the record industry came from the media not the band itself, what the download release did was pre-empt enivitable leaks.. instead of the album filtering out slowly eveyone got to hear it at the same time, a jesture i find pretty admirable..

off their loyal fans? By giving you the chance to download it for free? The label choice was hardly suprising now was it? It's good news, i agree with will126849.

I just do not believe they ripped people off if they offered them the thing for free, the quality of the mp3s is debatable but they are of decent enough quality to appreciate the brilliance of the album. Also, who knows yet if the discbox will be worth £40? It seems, from all accounts, like it will be, and to buy it without being a vinylist must be done with the awareness that you are about to pay for more than you can actually listen to, plus the knowledge that they were going to release it on CD sooner or later was never a secret.

but as they had no record deal at the point of the self release, well it wasn't public knowledge, i guess they were unable to give a truely accurate idea of the release date for the CD.

that people bought the box-set as an alternative to the cd. It was reported that the cd would be out soon so people (like myself) just waited for an announcement on the cd.

they could have easily make a big statement stating exactly what was their point. Good publicity act !

Fact is : they'll get money from people by 3 ways : download - simple CD - boxset ( which I continue to say is at a stupidly high price ) and some people I'm sure will give money 3 times.

I don't have a problem with bands making money.

BUT if you're talking about sounding sanctimonious, I so hope that now Mr Yorke will shut up...

your first point was that they'v played the media off precisley by saying nothing and then you say that you hope thom yorke will shut up.

Truth is thom yorke hasn't really said anything about the downloading/ record company issue.. (at least not to my knowledge)

the boxset isn't a high price, for 2 CDs and two LPs and two books in a lovely box it's pretty good.

And people aren't being forced to buy it.

AND it said on the "in rainbows" site that "FOR NOW" it was only available there. Within days there were stories of a CD release.

I honestly don't think that they meant the download thing as a publicity stunt, the media just latched onto it as something really important, when all it is is a band letting people pay what they like for mp3s.

And if people ordered the discbox and now don't want it because the normal CD is coming out, you can always cancel your order...

Now everyone stop moaning and saying they've been "ripped off" and stuff, and get back to work.

seems to be getting overshadowed by all this releasing methods etc

So many people on here get a semi at an excuse to hate Radiohead.

I've got the download - and I love it. I do prefer having CDs wherever possible, but then again, I've "borrowed" a lot of albums from friends on mp3 format, and I haven't gone out an bought a single one of them.

Shit. R1@@ on my @$$.

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People who paid for the MP3s and people who bought the box set. Do you feel hard done-by? Would you have paid if you'd known there would be a standard CD released?

I bought the box set and I'm still glad I did, only because I'm a fan and want the 2nd CD. But if they go and release that 2nd CD separately as well, I'm going to be pretty annoyed. I definitely wouldn't have bothered with the box.

about the quality of my posts then...

...I've been waiting and waiting for the new radiohead release. Then suddenly it's released as low-quality mp3s and after all the wait I still haven't listened to all of it - mp3s just don't have any value and are advertising tools at best - if I'm paying for an album then I want something tangible, on a physical format that I can hold, look at and keep somewhere, so bring on the cd which I'll buy on the day it comes out. The discbox is a complete rip-off though - I don't want or need the extra vinyl, I just want an extras cd and with that price tag, don't Radiohead just know it! Fair play for shafting the prospective major labels but at what price the hard-core fans?

No one's forcing you to buy the discbox. If you think it's not worth your money, or it's just too fucking expensive, then you might as well just wait for someone to upload the extra tracks in some file-sharing community. (Oh, it's going to happen, trust me.)

Moral of the story: Good things in life don't come cheap. D: