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http://pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-11/04.shtml The old world has officially collided with the new, the iPod nano-toting city mouse has mated with Victrola-friendly country mouse, and Merge Records has devised a scheme to keep styluses fashionable well into the 21st century. The label has released the Clientele's Best New Music'd Strange Geometry in a format palatable to both vinyl aficionados and micro-music tech junkies. Jeepers! How can this be? Easy. It all comes down to a little marvel of human achievement known as the piece of paper. Slow down, breathe, and appreciate: all LP copies of Strange Geometry include said piece of paper, which entitles the purchaser to a one-time download of the entire album in digital format, straight from Merge's state-of-the-art website. The label plans to do the same thing to the LP version of the forthcoming Robert Pollard solo record, From a Compound Eye, with both versions scheduled to come out on January 24. If the promotion succeeds, the label will continue with future releases. Talk about catering to one's clientele, ha. |
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i don't know any of these people or albums. am i missing out? |
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About bloody time. I've been doing this for years (buying vinyl, then DLing the MP3 of it afterwards for portability/use in work etc.) I'm glad a record label has seen sense and now allows users to do this legitmately, rather than having to "pirate" the release, or go through the rigmarole (and often low sound quality) involved in recording from your turntable to a PC then Mp3ing the resulting .wav. "From a Compound Eye" is an interesting title, what's the link (if any) to BoC's "Tears from The Compound Eye"? |
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That was so badly written that, I'm not kidding, it took me 11 re-reads to work out what the hell it was on about. |
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hahaha |
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have they been reading this forum? |
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i dont give shit one about those groups, or how badly you think its written the idea that some record label FINALLY got hip to what some of us do is great like "ceri" said - now i dont have to pirate the digital version of the analog releases i buy - its PERFECT for someone like me...insanely perfect !!! |
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only big wig record labels will be able to afford this. |
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haha, yeah, cause hosting mp3's is so damn expensive |
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Im Porsche 928 über Die Autobahn |
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its a great idea, loads of people here will appreciate it if it catches on |
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So let me get this straight, you want to buy analog releases with dust clicks and rolled off treble, then you want to download MP3s with higher sound quality...? The entire Merge catalog is available at Emusic in glorious Lame VBR mp3s for less than 25 cents a track. WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE |
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especially the part about higher sound quality mp3s, yes. |
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no - what i want is to buy vinyl then have a portable version - its hard to listen to vinyl when im riding to and from work, grocery shopping, walking (anywhere), not too easy you dig? giving me a portable version i could play for other people and spread the love with in an easier fashion is what i want - ive had to resort to pirating and recording / encoding myself people like myself would pirate less if at all if more people did this im starting a record label and plan to only release vinyl and give mp3's away for free - but to everyone not just people who buy the releases - its the way of the future |
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I wish someone would get it. Like a bullet in yo fuckin head |
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how hard is it to record the lp onto your computer yourself? I don't mind labels doing the rips for me, but honestly, I couldn't bother with anything less than flac, so I guess I will have to do it myself until that happens |
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