This is why the music industry is collapsing: While they fail to secure the electronic distribution rights of older music, they try to make up for phantom lost profits by bundling hit songs with duds into "album purchase only" packages. It is no wonder people steal songs. The MBAs who run these music companies are missing the point of electronic music, I think. Nobody is interested in "albums" anymore (I don't think anybody has been since the artistry of the LP was replaced by the plasticky awkwardness of CD packaging.)
The back catalogs of the following artists are not available on iTunes, as revealed by my recent futile searches:
Def Leppard
Bob Seger
AC/DC
I'm sure there's more to come. When an industry fails to cater to the (admittedly pretty bad) tastes of someone like me, someone who is willing to pay for individual songs from the classic rock era, it writes its own death certificate.
Don't even get me started on the new iTunes-Starbucks partnership.
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Dude i just "bought" the remastered Highway to Hell and High Voltage. Both are better than I remember. you can use Back in Black for a COASTER!
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