AC/DC finally cave - back catalogue now on iTunes (1 Viewer)

[pete]

The band had been one of the last remaining major holdouts, outlasting the Beatles, Bob Seger, Kid Rock, Metallica, The Smiths and more.

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AC/DC had previously told the Telegraph that it was holding out because the band didn’t “make singles, [they] make albums.” According to guitarist Angus Young at the time: “If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album – and we don’t think that represents us musically.”

Garth Brooks and Tool remain a couple of noteworthy holdouts, but overall, Apple is clearly winning the war on this front, bringing on most artists who continued to hold out within the last couple of years. That’s likely due to the changing nature of the music industry, where services like Spotify, Pandora and Rdio are gaining in popularity. Apple may have been the bad guy to artists in a world where it was selling songs on a per-track basis, letting customers get away with not buying entire albums, but now with streaming music services artists see only a tiny fraction of a cent per play.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/19/lo...finally-shoots-to-thrill-on-the-itunes-store/

 

[BonsaiSuperstar]

two of my favourite 'bands'!

Keeping it real guys:

Garth Brooks and Tool remain a couple of noteworthy holdouts

 

[Theseus Mock]

AC/DC had previously told the Telegraph that it was holding out because the band didn’t “make singles, [they] make albums.” According to guitarist Angus Young at the time: “If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album – and we don’t think that represents us musically.”

Surely iTunes could have flicked a switch that only allowed full-album downloads.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

According to guitarist Angus Young at the time: “If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album – and we don’t think that represents us musically.”


Good one Angus. Yes AC/DC have hidden depths. !ninjaaaa

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Surely iTunes could have flicked a switch that only allowed full-album downloads.

I think this was the same reason Zeppelin gave for holding out. And to their credit, they never really released a single.

They caved. They all cave. It's the money.

 

[ann post]

Iron man is my favourite ACDC song. I'm going to download that one.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

AC/DC released plenty singles.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

AC/DC released plenty singles.

Yes. Which is why their claim to artistic purity doesn't truly wash with me.

A bit more like they would prefer people that only want the singles to have to buy the album.