at the risk of turning this blog into a "Radiohead" blog...it seems that
questions are being raised about the band's motives...In an interview with U.K. trade publication Music Week, Hufford and Bryce spoke at length about the downloadable version of Rainbows and how it plays into the larger plan of releasing a physical copy of the album in stores next year.
"In November we have to start with the mass-market plans and get them under way," Hufford told the magazine.
"If we didn't believe that when people hear the music they will want to buy the CD, then we wouldn't do what we are doing," Edge said.
it's all too technical for me, because my ears aren't what they used to be, but apparently the confirmation email for the order announced that the download would be offered at 160 kbps, when their entire back catalog was available at 320 kbps...
"Radiohead has such delicate music that requires detail and depth of sound. ... I for one CAN tell the difference between 160 and 192," responded one commenter. "[With] 160 you can't hear the finer details that make Radiohead so great. I have lost a bit of respect for Radiohead for this. I would never make people pay for 160. They may as well just stream stuff off MySpace."
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Yeah, that's kinda bullshit. I could see it if they were giving away the 160 version for free, but making people pay for the low-fi version is pretty bogus.
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