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Ryan
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 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:26 pm Post subject: The Beatles releasing full catalog digitally... via USB |
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Apple Corps (that's the other Apple) and EMI Music announced Wednesday an upcoming release of the entire Beatles' catalog digitally, in 320 Kbps MP3 and 24-bit FLAC formats. The tracks won't be available in iTunes, or any other online store in fact (at least not legally).
You can only snag them if you buy one of 30,000 limited edition apple-shaped USB sticks. It's the same remastered Beatles tracks that were released on CD back in September, but the new USB stick offers these, uh, exciting features:
1. You only get the stereo option, not the original mono versions
2. You get to pay $280, while the The Beatles Stereo Box Set costs just $180.
Of course, the apple-shaped USB stick has numerous advantages over the CD set, like being apple-shaped, for example. Just as the box set did, the stick will include 14 mini-documentary films about the studio albums, replicas of the original album art, rare photos, and expanded liner notes.
The stick, scheduled for release on December 8th in North America, is available for pre-order at The Beatles' official Website.
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http://www.macworld.com/article/143646/beatles_usb.html
How dumb is this? For $100 less, you can get the physical CD's with the nice artwork, and make your own MP3 and lossless FLAC files.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Dumb...
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Cafe has already preordered 20. |
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Brian202
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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average beatles fan probably doesn't even know what a usb drive is.  |
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slingerland
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Brian202 wrote: | | average beatles fan probably doesn't even know what a usb drive is. |
+1 
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Brian202 wrote: | | Cafe has already preordered 20. |
Not this time.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Brian202 wrote: | | average beatles fan probably doesn't even know what a usb drive is. |
"This won't play in my 8-track player?"
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, USB? Where does the needle go?
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XM in Dallas
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They've overlooked the fact that you can delete the music from the USB drive and use it to store something useful, like pics from the last Paul McCartney concert you attended.
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Ryan
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| XM in Dallas wrote: | | They've overlooked the fact that you can delete the music from the USB drive and use it to store something useful, like pics from the last Paul McCartney concert you attended. |
I would hope for $280 that the flash drive would be internally locked to read-only.
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XM in Dallas
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| Ryan wrote: | | XM in Dallas wrote: | | They've overlooked the fact that you can delete the music from the USB drive and use it to store something useful, like pics from the last Paul McCartney concert you attended. |
I would hope for $280 that the flash drive would be internally locked to read-only. |
Jeez. Talk about a buzz kill. 
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