[atlantaprog] Apple iTunes and the cost of music

By the way, the very night of the Rick Wakeman show, when I got home I 
went to the Apple iTunes Music Store and purchased and downloaded "The 
Six Wives of Henry VIII" and "Myths and Legends of King Arthur" in 
their entirety for $8 and $7 respectively. What I got was somewhat 
better than MP3 quality and no liner notes, but you can't beat the 
convenience factor and the impluse-buy-enticement. The price was good, 
too.

There are three and a half Wakeman albums on iTunes. I already owned 
"Return to the Centre of the Earth" (the new 90s album, not the 70s 
album) on CD. And at the show I bought the new DVD of a 1975 
performance of "Journey to the Centre of the Earth".

Apple iTunes and its competitors have a ways to go to tweak the 
business model, but it's a great start.

And please note that you can download the iTunes software for free and 
use it on Windows as well as Mac, either stand-alone (rip your own CDs 
into MP3s for use with any MP3 player; mine is a Creative Nomad 
Jukebox) or with the iTunes Music Store to purchase content you can 
download from the Internet.

If you haven't checked it out, you should, particularly if you have a 
DSL connection.

http://www.apple.com/itunes

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