August 15, 2007...10:13 pm
£100 ThurstonRevival Debut Track
As popular music and the music industry flail about trying to find a new business model for the future in the era of digital downloads and the increasing tendency to devalue or give some music away as Prince did in The Mail on Sunday recently it was probably inevitable that as the still waters of the established way of doing things was stirred that all kind of ideas would be tried.
The Vancouver sourced band ThurstonRevival will be releasing only 100 copies of their debut track ‘Somewhere there’s an angel’ in a specially wrapped and signed package. They won’t exactly be giving it away as each one of the 100 packaged items will cost £100. Their record label has said. “When albums are being given away and with an endless downward pressure on album prices, this release is a chance to step back, catch a breath, and fight back.
“We’re not pretending £100 isn’t a lot of money and we only expect the idea to appeal to a special few.”
The song can be heard for free on the band’s MySpace page.
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