Unclear On The Concept

June 3, 2010 2 Comments

The new album Shadows by Teenage Fanclub is supposed to be released on iTunes on June 8. You can Pre-order it there. This raises the question: why would one need to?

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2 Responses to Unclear On The Concept

  1. Andrea Harris says:
    June 4, 2010 at 9:00 pm

    I remember when I was really into records (as in vinyl LPs) there was this thing about getting the new album from a band I liked not just the moment it was officially released, but before if possible. Since I knew a guy who owned a record store this wasn’t too difficult; in fact, he knew my favorite bands and would often put one of the newly-shipped albums to one side for me so I could get my hands on it before he was officially allowed to put them on his shelves. It was a big thrill, as I recall.

    But the years passed, my tastes changed, maybe I finally grew up. And now I can’t remember exactly why it was such a big deal to get something first that would be on sale and available for some time. It’s not like they were ever a limited release — like concert tickets, for instance. The thrill is gone — and I don’t know why it was ever there in the first place.

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    • Sonic Charmer says:
      June 5, 2010 at 3:11 am

      These things are more important when you’re young, I suppose.

      But not entirely. After all I’m still kinda jealous that you had an in with the record store & could get new releases early!

      Anyway, my post was about something different. This is an album being ‘released’ for download on a certain date. What I assume that means is that you can’t possibly download it before that date, but on/after that date, you can.

      So in that context what does “pre-ordering” it even mean? It’s not like pre-ordering it will get me the album any faster than not pre-ordering it…. The entire idea just seems to be a holdover concept from physical album sales (for which pre-ordering makes sense because (a) you’ll get it shipped to you asap and/or (b) they might run out of copies and pre-ordering helps ensure you’ll get one). This is not a physical album though. So I don’t get it!

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