As has been widely reported , the iTunes Store is offering aGreat Albums sale . flick the connection and you ’re read to a page at The Store where you could opt from 101 classic album from the 50 through the 00s priced at just $ 7.99 each .
We ’re not talking second - rate fabric here . Among the album you findMiles ’ Kind of Blue , The Beach Boy ’s Pet Sounds , theStones ’ Beggars BanquetandSticky Fingers , Marvin Gaye ’s What ’s pass On , Janis Joplin ’s Pearl , The Who ’s Who ’s Next , Pink Floyd ’s Dark Side of the Moon , Prince ’s 1999andPurple Rain , U2 ’s WarandThe Joshua Tree , The Beastie Boys ’ Licensed to Ill , Nirvana ’s Nevermind , Smashing Pumpkins ’ Siamese Dream , haven ’ unquestionably perchance , andEminem ’s The Marshall Mathers LP .
All very exciting give that not only are these exactly the kinds of record album you ’d want to be shipwreck with , but some of them — particularly those that were primitively three-fold - albums — cost less now than they did when they were earlier issued ( insert “ adjusted for splashiness ” weasel here ) .
So , little picture , good . Now let ’s talk big picture .
It ’s middling clear that the kinfolk behind the iTunes Store have an abiding lovemaking for the Really Great Record Store . I ’m not peach about the faceless big box music / book / film computer storage like the now - belly - up Tower Records or today ’s savorless CD workshop at the mall . I ’m referring to the gutted Victorian where the jazz section live the former dining room , Hellenic is upstairs in the back bedchamber , and rock-and-roll , soda pop , and somebody have get up abidance in the front sitting room . The ones with the bootleg and paraphernalia behind the counter and cut - out bin delineate the back wall .
allot , the iTunes Store does n’t offer the likely - stoned - but - completely - informed music geek behind that counter ( though more work spend on The Store ’s Just For You feature might result in something close ) but it does show sign of the right esthesia — this Great Album sale being one of them .
And by this I imply that the Store ’s employee understand that while the $ .99 - per - course model offer a great convenience ( and aid ensure that you purchase just the euphony you want ) there are some album that should be bask in their entirety . The faculty has done the employment necessary to highlight a small part of the record album that everyone should own .
That ’s one meeting I would have loved to attend . Imagine having the duty assignment to come up with 10 albums you ’d commend to be part of the final 101 . While I think each of the 101 recommendations is spot on , there ’s well way for another 100 albums . Stones but no crick ? Carol King but no Joni Mitchell ? Def Leppard but no AC / DC ? John Mellencamp but no Springsteen ? Sly & The Family Stone but no James Brown ? Nirvana but no Pearl Jam ? Echo and the Bunnyman but no Peter Gabriel ? T. Rex but no David Bowie ?
So many possibilities and so few spot to fill .
dear on The Store for making this outstanding medicine available at an affordable price . Here ’s hoping that the Great Albums sales agreement will be an ongoing feature article — offering different collection of record album every calendar month or so . I ’m already working on a list of album I ’d like to see included ( and yes , some of them are Hellenic selections ) . If you had the power to advocate 10 classical record album not currently among The Store ’s Great Albums selections , which would you intimate ? experience free to use the Comments nexus below to offer your ideas .
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