February 11, 2009 2:15 PM
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New Dylan Album Will Be Streamed On NPR Pre-Release
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This story was written by Staci D. Kramer.
By now, we should be close to jaded, if not completely there, by albums appearing online pre-release. I thought I wasuntil this little nugget popped up: Bob Dylan's latest compilation will be streamed fully on National Public Radio. The two-CD album Tell Tale Signs is the eighth volume in the fascinatingly uneven 17-year-old Bootleg Series; it will be available from 12:01 a.m. eastern Tuesday through at least Oct. 7. The full-album debut is a first for NPR Music and should provide a traffic boost and some good PR for the site.
A couple of the songs are already available for free download on other sites:
-- Dreamin of You is on bobdylan.com now. No strings attached to get the MP3 but Columbia Records does try to capture some attention by using the download to offer pre-ordersfirst 5,000 get limited edition posterand to enroll fans in the Bob Dylan community.
-- Mississippi (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind) can be downloaded free from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) through Sept. 29, where the Dreamin of You video">Dreamin of You video can be viewed. Amazon and Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG's Columbia missed the boat here, though, by not allowing true sharing.
By Staci D. Kramer
By now, we should be close to jaded, if not completely there, by albums appearing online pre-release. I thought I wasuntil this little nugget popped up: Bob Dylan's latest compilation will be streamed fully on National Public Radio. The two-CD album Tell Tale Signs is the eighth volume in the fascinatingly uneven 17-year-old Bootleg Series; it will be available from 12:01 a.m. eastern Tuesday through at least Oct. 7. The full-album debut is a first for NPR Music and should provide a traffic boost and some good PR for the site.
A couple of the songs are already available for free download on other sites:
-- Dreamin of You is on bobdylan.com now. No strings attached to get the MP3 but Columbia Records does try to capture some attention by using the download to offer pre-ordersfirst 5,000 get limited edition posterand to enroll fans in the Bob Dylan community.
-- Mississippi (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind) can be downloaded free from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) through Sept. 29, where the Dreamin of You video">Dreamin of You video can be viewed. Amazon and Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG's Columbia missed the boat here, though, by not allowing true sharing.
By Staci D. Kramer
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