Buying music is fun and exciting
11 June, 2007
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I’ve just bought my first ever digital-only album. It was “We are the Pipettes” by, erm, The Pipettes.
I actually bought it via last.fm, after listening to their tracks through the embedded last.fm player, who redirect through to 7digital, who, once I’d registered and paid my £7.99, offered to let me download each track in either WMA, AAC or mp3 (Amazon are charging either £4.47 or £11.99 for the physical disk, depending on who you believe).
In order to download the entire album in one go I had to install some software on my local PC (currently Windows-only), but it was a breeze to install and let me download my mp3s in a matter of mere moments. There doesn’t even appear to be any DRM in the files and I’ve been playing them happily on my Ubuntu machine. This is how things are supposed to be.
The album’s great by the way.
Comments
Mike
11 June, 2007 at 20:45
Glad you picked a winner for your fist digital album. I was trying to remember, but I think I discovered the Pipettes through Last.fm, too. Could’ve heard them through eMusic before then, but I think Last was first.
Saw them live last night, great show to see if you get a chance.