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Metallica music now on iTunes Music Store
Long-time digital music holdouts Metallica are now selling their entire back catalog on the iTunes Music Store. Apple is currently offering 10 albums, from the band’s debut “Kill ‘Em All” to 2004’s “Some Kind of Monster” EP. Previously unreleased live tracks have also been added to each of the first four albums as iTunes bonuses.
“Over the last year or so, we have seen an ever-growing number of Metallica fans using online sites like iTunes to get their music,” the band says on their official website. “So, in continuing with the tradition of offering our albums for sale online (which we’ve been doing for a few years through various sites), as well as making our live concerts available for download in their entirety (through the livemetallica.com site), we are now offering fans the opportunity to obtain our songs individually.”
Metallica was involved in a high-profile legal battle with the original Napster and several universities over its music being shared using the Napster network. In addition, the band was not on board for the launch of the iTunes Music Store in 2003, refusing to sell their songs individually. A spokesman for Metallica’s management company said at the time that the band “would rather not contribute to the demise of the album format.”
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Fantastic news!!! Unless you live in the UK….... Looks like they haven’t agreed that yet. No Metallica, no TV shows…...........
Posted by mal on July 26, 2006 at 1:24 PM (PDT)
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I love old Metallica, but I won’t be buying any on iTunes.
Not at a 128 bit rate, anyways.
I stopped all iTunes purchases when I realized how completely crappy they sounded.
You’re much better off buying the CD and importing it.
Posted by deguello on July 27, 2006 at 5:54 PM (PDT)
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No Metallica on iTMS for EU and others-as Mercury is the label there, not Atlantic.
Posted by A.A. on July 28, 2006 at 7:56 PM (PDT)
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