Apple has been approaching record companies and proposing that they
go into the archives and release their out-of-print albums through iTunes.
It's not a bad idea at all.
Record companies are only out the cost of remastering the albums;
they don't have to print up CD booklets or the CDs themselves or mess
with distribution.
Digitize the music, scan the artwork, and send it all to Apple.
Presto!
Music that had been just sitting there is now available for
people to enjoy and an otherwise dead asset can make money for the label.
Verve has taken Apple up on the offer and
has released a bunch of Jazz albums only on iTunes.
The one that caught my eye was
An American Songbook
by
Louis Armstrong.
I'm not a big Jazz fan but how can you not like Louis Armstrong?
Except for a few
Christmas songs, though,
I didn't have anything by him.
I figured this would be a good way to get my feet wet.
Check out
Stormy Weather
and
I Get a Kick Out of You.
I've probably started something my bank account is going to regret :-).
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