The Itunes rumor...

[leo5150]

itunes is getting ready.

[Mr.Intensity]

itunes is getting ready.

Well, my credit card is ready whenever they get new guns material.

[Mr.Bootlegs]

some bands like zeppelin and ac/dc dont alow them to sell their stuff

Ahhhhhhh AC/DC.........

[elmir]

itunes is getting ready.

what do you mean by that?

[Mateoson]

getting ready for what douche?

i wish there was a filter to turn off newbie posts! 

[Communist China]

Where did this rumour start?

I was wondering that same thing. The guy says its rumoured, but I never heard that. I think its just his speculation. Unless its a rumour over at Sp1at or blabbermouth or something.

Ha ha, Blabbermouth. They're ALWAYS right.
To me, I think this is just some random guy's idea that is spreading through the forums. But it does seem plausible, doesn't it?

[littlewing]

I reckon the whole album will be launched on iTunes.

...the only way they can make the deadline is to launch it on iTunes, thus avoiding the printing and duplication delays, and then make it available in shops a couple of weeks later when that is ready...

I don't think it would happen. While Apple has cornered the market for selling digital music the label would be limiting the consumer base for the first few weeks of the album. They'd also make less as labels see less money from an album being sold via iTunes vs. a CD. From the point of view of a record label it makes more sense to get the album out in stores first, not to debut on iTunes.

[Chief]

i agree. for max. sales the ALBUM must be out in all arenas, especially the album format and preferably Itunes also and anything else they can think of. i hope they have some kind of bonus dvd along with it!

[Thorazine Shuffle]

I reckon the whole album will be launched on iTunes.

...the only way they can make the deadline is to launch it on iTunes, thus avoiding the printing and duplication delays, and then make it available in shops a couple of weeks later when that is ready...

I don't think it would happen. While Apple has cornered the market for selling digital music the label would be limiting the consumer base for the first few weeks of the album. They'd also make less as labels see less money from an album being sold via iTunes vs. a CD. From the point of view of a record label it makes more sense to get the album out in stores first, not to debut on iTunes.

Yes, but Bands make more money through legal downloads such as I tunes than just regular album sales.  Hence the reason big bands like U2 and The Stones do the whole I tunes thing.

[killingvector]

I would still prefer to have a physical cd in my hand with artwork and a finished casing or digipak rather than an mp3 on my desktop. For that reason, I will always like the standard single as opposed to the itune single.

[kaddisonmoore]

some bands like zeppelin and ac/dc dont alow them to sell their stuff

Ahhhhhhh AC/DC.........

what do you mean by that?

[littlewing]

Yes, but Bands make more money through legal downloads such as I tunes than just regular album sales.  Hence the reason big bands like U2 and The Stones do the whole I tunes thing.

That doesn't change the fact that the label is behind distribution.

Now a single could very well debut on iTunes. Many bands have done that. But an entire album like this where the label has been hemmoraging money for years? They want to sell as many albums as possible.

[shaun]

I would still prefer to have a physical cd in my hand with artwork and a finished casing or digipak rather than an mp3 on my desktop. For that reason, I will always like the standard single as opposed to the itune single.

The same here. Besides, i normally back up my CD's for the car and the CD's for the car tend to get wrecked. As well as back up copies for the car tend to rip my CD's into mp3 on the PC so i can simply select 1 of many tracks, as i'm too lazy to insert CD's into CD players in the house.