LP7 announcement, this time straight from the bear’s blog…
Mon, 01 OctoberIn Rainbows
Hello everyone.Well, the new album is finished, and it’s coming out in 10 days;
We’ve called it In Rainbows.
Love from us all.
Jonny
Wait, it gets much better…
According to inrainbows.com, the album will be available as digital download or deluxe discbox. Both editions are available for pre-order now. Re: the discbox:
THIS CONSISTS OF THE NEW ALBUM, IN RAINBOWS, ON CD
AND 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.
The package is pretty (not unlike a rainbow):
Yep, discboxes = cool merch and bonus tracks. So what’s the transaction fee for the download-only? It’s up to you. NO REALLY, IT’S UP TO YOU.
CD 1 AND VINYL TRACKLIST
15 STEP
BODYSNATCHERS
NUDE
WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI
ALL I NEED
FAUST ARP
RECKONER
HOUSE OF CARDS
JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE
VIDEOTAPE
CD 2 AND VINYL TRACKLIST
MK 1
DOWN IS THE NEW UP
GO SLOWLY
MK 2
LAST FLOWERS
UP ON THE LADDER
BANGERS AND MASH
4 MINUTE WARNING
WASTE, we’re very impressed. Unless it’s a hoax. In which case, yeah we knew it all along.
Incidentally, inrainbows.com was registered June 15th. Administrative contact? Sandbag Ltd (W.A.S.T.E.’s sister company). Technical contact? Phil Allsopp (Radiohead.com programmer).
No label? Ten day marketing? Optional pricing? Scatter your brain on that, Rick Rubin.
So, who’s going for the deluxe?
UPDATE: For those nervous to take the e-com jump, we just got a valid e-mail confirmation from W.A.S.T.E.:
This transaction will appear on your credit card bill as WASTE PRODUCTS LTD. or a shortened version of this.
Discbox customers. You goods will be shipped on or before 3rd December 2007 by post. Information regarding the download (included with the Discbox) as per below.
Download customers. You will receive a further e-mail shortly before the 10th October detailing your username and activation code. The e-mail will also provide the link to the download area.
We value your custom.
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I wanted to mention that JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE is (also known as Open Pick). If anyone appreciates this piece of info please let me know with a post here. – ulteriordf
This is ulteriordf. I have something that is on the rollingstone.com website. It reads – UPDATE: A press release now indicates ?Radiohead are currently planning a traditional CD release of In Rainbows for early 2008.” – If anyone appreciates this piece of info, please let me know with a post here. – This is the link to the article: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/30/new-radiohead-album-coming-out-october-10th/#more-4010
This is ulteriordf. I have something that is on the rollingstone.com website. It reads – UPDATE: A press release now indicates ?Radiohead are currently planning a traditional CD release of In Rainbows for early 2008.” – If anyone appreciates this piece of info, please let me know with a post here. – This is the link to the article: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/30/new-radiohead-album-coming-out-october-10th/#more-4010
Not to take the wind out of Radiohead’s sails (you know, the ones they use to sail to the moon) but Harvey Danger released their third album “Little By Little” free on their official website in September of ’05. You could donate money if you so desired but the album itself was free. Radiohead’s decision is very forward thinking but it’s not the first time it’s been done (of course, Harvey Danger are nowhere near as critically or commercially successful as Radiohead so there was no guarantee anyone was going to buy their record to begin with).
People are forgetting all of the things that radiohead have done to hype this up
- released a ‘code’ on their site daily, to get the die-hard fans checking it every few hours.
- Released that the CD won’t be avaliable until 2008 (with specuation, thanks to the codes that it wouldn’t come out until march)
-Change their site randomly and release the site
-Have this news out pretty much everywhere SOLELY through word of mouth, by the next day.
THEN add in the fact that one of today’s biggest supergroups is releasing their album without a record deal, and letting you name your price for it… All of that and more make this kinda crazy.
This is really just Radiohead making money off an album leak. Since they have no label, there aren’t any “suits” to stop them from leaking the album now and making money off of it. Many of the people who download the album will pick up the CD when it hits stores next year anyways. To me, the only really crazy aspect of this whole thing is the secrecy and immediate availability of the music. Beyond that, it’s just a MAJOR band without a label who can afford to release the music early.
I entered 0.00 and they actually sent me a confirmation email…
Order Number ###########
Order Date Mon 1st Oct 2007
Your Name Matt ##########
Your Address ################
#########
MD
USA
Description Qty Each Total
Download
1
£ 0.00
£ 0.00
Total Goods Price £ 0.00
Order Total £ 0.00
This transaction will appear on your credit card bill as WASTE PRODUCTS LTD. or a shortened version of this.
Discbox customers.
You goods will be shipped on or before 3rd December 2007 by post.
Information regarding the download (included with the Discbox) as per below.
Download customers.
You will receive a further e-mail shortly before the 10th October detailing your username and activation code. The e-mail will also provide the link to the download area.
We value your custom.
The $0.00 option is more for the sake of press copies. I’m sure the band was hoping the fans would make an attempt to pay for the music.
DwD
nothing shocking or innovative about this ‘idea’.
there have been bands doing this for years. letting you pay a sliding scale, or whatever you can afford type thing.
i’m not a radiohead fan, and i’m glad they are doing this, but it isn’t awesome by any means. remember prince? xtc? they’ve been doing what they’ve wanted for years,even striking against their own labels.
radiohead are well within their rights to say ‘fuck the industry’, but this same industry afforded them that luxury when they were and still are a garbage alterna-rock band.
these guys are fucking dipshits.
hey.
shut up.
I’m taking radiohead at their word, and while some fans may wish I’d pay more than $0.00 for the new radiohead, I’m sure the band doesn’t care. They got me on their mailing list, and will get me to listen to an album I’d ignore otherwise. Who knows? I may see the error in my ways, and go out and buy some of their back catalog come Oct 11.
Giving away an album as a loss leader is one thing, getting people to pay to be part of the band’s database is brilliant. Glad to be a part of it.
-J.
Hey, I think there’s a mistake in this article. According to the description on inrainbows.com, there’s no vinyl copy of the bonus tracks in the discbox. I was quite disappointed when I realised this.
What the fuck is $80 for such extensive material from the greatest band ever? I gladly paid the 40 pounds and also paid an additional 10 pounds for the early download (even though it may be included in the disc box set)! If you are willing to pay $20 for one CD to line the pockets of a record executive, why would you not be wiling to pay $80 for 2 CD’s, 2 albums, a book, and shipping charges, for the best band in the world?? As for those who want to pay nothing, nadda, zilch, zero . . .its your choice, but maybe you should consider learning to develop some class and some respect for true artists like Radiohead.
Billboard confirms that Radiohead’s spokesperson has denied that the band’s new album, “In Rainbows,” will get a standard physical release Dec. 3 through EMI, after market-leading U.K. retailer HMV started taking pre-orders for the CD via its online store.
Hmv.co.uk lists “In Rainbows” for pre-order sale at £11.99 ($24.45) and gives a release date of Dec. 3. The label is listed as Parlophone, the EMI imprint on which Radiohead released all its previous albums. The band fulfilled its EMI contract in 2005.
Radiohead’s spokesperson says the band has NOT re-signed to Parlophone, EMI or any other label for “In Rainbows,” adding, “They have not signed a deal and it will not be released then. They are talking to labels at the moment.”
An HMV spokesperson said the premature release date and label detail was attributable to an “over-enthusiastic member of staff”.
I can’t wait for the album to come out.
We’re throwing a PARTY, to celebrate. If you’re in NYC come down to the ANNEX, 157 ORCHARD st.
Click below for the site and more info
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I remember hearing someone say,”It’s pretty cool that Radiohead will be one of the few major bands of the modern age to release their album without it leaking first.”
Sad but true.
i paid only 1 pound, 0 pence, now i feel kinda bad…. but i cant very well go back and change it now can i ?
sorry rH, i cant believe i ripped off my own favorite band in the universe :-/
its 12:30…where is my rainbow
The download of Radiohead?s new album ?In Rainbows? will be available tomorrow morning (UK time). It?s been rumoured that the 10 tracks are available around 10am. The download of ?In Rainbows? is DRM-free, which means the tracks are not copy protected.”
from ateaseweb.com
so here on the East Coast we’ll technically be getting it 4 hours before London does?
i dunno, but i cannot fucking wait!
yyyyyyou’re all i neeed
Listening to it now. It’s good. REAL good.
hooray it’s here!
Download Song for Song here:
http://jamin78.blogspot.com/2007/10/radiohead-in-rainbows-2007_10.html
What do you know… it actually didn’t suck!
Well worth throwing them a few $ just to thank them for kicking the music industry.
Shame it’s just 160Kb CBR MP3, VBR would have been nice.
Oh well, as soon as the hardcopy’s been released there’ll be a billion high quality rips online…
i paid nothing for it. so what if radiohead don’t make any money from the album sales. they can all get dayjobs like 99% of the other musicians out there. boo hoo tom york has to work. prolly improve his songs.
PURE GENIUS!!!
I wouldnt have expected anything less from them.. From the marketing to the “pay what you want” set up…Great Album, I cant wait for the disc box to ship.
True fans of the band know that price or cost when it comes to them.
fuck the vampires at the record labels! this is awesome!
I payed £3.50. I don’t think that’s unfair for a digital download with reduced quality (they’re 160 kbit/s not 192). If anything it’s a bit more then I would like to pay for digital downloads in the future, just because I really like the initiative. Every band should do this.
£3.50 is £3.50 more then I’ve given most bands for their music recently.
The free thing is good because it is definitely better than selling albums today and being behind in sales. Now we can have websites debut albums and pay the costs of the recording process and in return get a million hits in a day. It really could be great. Plus, there is no decrease in quality. The album is great. There?s a great review in http://www.imposemagazine.com on the whole thing. It is good for the record industry and the band and esp. the fans.