jhulud Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Not vinyl... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Radiohead boxed set, spanning the British band's first six studio albums plus a live record, will be available from Dec. 10 via the band's Web site. The seven-CD limited edition sets will comprise the band's Parlophone albums "Pablo Honey" (1993), "The Bends" (1995), "OK Computer" (1997), "Kid A" (2000), "Amnesiac" (2001), "Hail to the Thief" (2003) and the live album "I Might Be Wrong" (2001). Purchasers will also have access to stream special footage. On the same day, the alternative rock outfit will release for pre-order a limited edition USB stick, shaped in the band's iconic "bear" image. The 4GB memory stick will contain Radiohead's entire catalog in WAV files together with digital artwork. Both formats will be available only from Radioheadstore.com. A digital bundle of all seven albums will also be available from Dec. 10 as DRM-free MP3 files, together with digital artwork. "We are particularly excited about the USB stick," comments Parlophone's managing director Miles Leonard, "which gives fans an easy and portable way to carry the box set and provides another way of bridging the world between on-line and off-line content." U.K. charts compiler the Official U.K. Charts Company recently made tweaks to its criteria, allowing the USB format to quality for the album chart. Radiohead split with Parlophone in 2005 and recently struck a deal enabling indie label XL Recordings to handle the physical release of its new album, "In Rainbows." That deal is expected to cover territories outside North America, leaving the band free to sign a separate deal there, but no further details have yet been made available. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003667979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 This band is just full of good ideas. I already have 4 gigs of their stuff though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Concept is sort of cool I guess, but it's way over priced and I don't really want WAVs. If they wanted to do lossless, they should have done flac with like a bonus set of b-sides or something then maybe I'd buy it. The USB stick is pretty cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scriptedrain Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 They should do a vinyl box set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbet Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Sadly I don't even think Radiohead supports it. Their old label is releasing it to cash in the In Rainbows. Damn I need to order In Rainbows on vinyl ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 FLAC would be great, but most of their consumers do not have software to play the format right out of the box. Making it a .WAV makes it very easy. Not everyone is a super nerd, plus you can't tell the difference (don't argue the point, you can't). I'll probably buy that memory stick for the hell of it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 I'll probably buy that memory stick for the hell of it though. I may do that as well. I have way too many CD's anyways...don't need any more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 FLAC would be great, but most of their consumers do not have software to play the format right out of the box. Making it a .WAV makes it very easy. Not everyone is a super nerd, plus you can't tell the difference (don't argue the point, you can't). Of course you can't, FLAC and WAV are both lossless, FLAC is just compressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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