Billy's new album on iTunes?
 

Billy posted on Facebook that his new album is available on iTunes.

I have nither an iPod or iTunes. Can someone confirm this please?

Matt

yes it is. it was released on june 6th and is called Rock & Roll With It and is selling for 9.99

Wow...how did we miss this????

Now if only it was available on iTunes Australia... :(

Well either it gets released here, gets released in a physical copy or I'll have to hunt down a pirate copy :shrug:

EDIT

I have another idea how I can get this album (and probably this would work for Street Dreamer too). If someone buys the album from iTunes US and sends it to me (via mediafire etc) then I'll send them the money via Paypal? PM me if this is possible!

That's the easiest and most profitable way to release music today. Most established artists won't see a dime from their new albums if they're still on a label. I think 10% is being generous.

So no "hard copy" release? (I know I'm too old school for my own good :) )

John

You are! :laugh:

Tried to friend Billy on facebook to ask him about album availability other than US itunes but got rejected (by facebook) as he already has too many friend requests apparently. :(

Unless I know even less than I thought about computers, one cannot transfer iTunes to mediafire.

Also, although I could "gift" iTunes tracks to other people with US iTunes, one cannot do so internationally.

I was discussing this with a friend of my mothers in the USA who also says that the tracks wouldn't work if sent this way.

However, when I download in Australia they download in .m4a format which surely could be then zipped up, uploaded to mediafire (or the like) downloaded by me, unzipped, and converted to mp3 with something like Switch Sound File Converter and then added to my iTunes.

Apparently (and I haven't tried) you can create a US itunes account easily enough (create one using the address of a church in either Oregon or Florida apparently to avoid taxes?) and then get gift cards off the net. Obviously you can't use an Australian credit card to pay so you need US gift cards. You can buy these off ebay but apparently many of them are bought with stolen cards so they you get in trouble with Apple and can have your account cancelled. There are also services which offer to buy you US iTunes cards but not sure how legit they are.

While Apple does not "offically" allow this, I guess it would be better than pirating the music which would be a much easier option (but I'm trying to give Mr Burnette his $9.99).

Bought the album last night. Just listened to the clips and haven't listened all the way through yet, but it sounds great from what I DID hear. :thumbsup:

AND, he continues his tradition of re-recording a song from a previous album. This time around the song is "My Love Will Not Change", which was previously recorded & released on his Memphis To Manhattan album. (at least he didn't do ANOTHER version of "The Bigger The Love". ;) )

Well I guess I just want me some liner notes (not that Billy ever had much of those in his albums in the first place but...). :)

John

Just bought it. Haven't had a chance to listen to it.

But I think you are forgetting the fact that iTunes does SOMETHING (too technical for me to understand) to the files so they can't be shared by any means whatsoever, except as a CD (limited burns allowed) which can be heard on a cd player but NOT downloaded onto a computer.

Well we'll see. A friend of my mother's in the US is going to download it (obviously I'll pay him) and then send it to me, and I'll try to hack it anyway I can (amazing what you can find on the net to do such but we'll see).

Failing that, I'll find someone to buy me a US iTunes gift card and get around it that way. :lol: (against iTunes's terms of service but apparently quite a widely used loophole).

You'd think if they were serious about stamping out piracy they would make stuff much more easy to buy across the world. I'm not trying to steal the damn thing I'm trying to PAY for it!!!

I'm still waiting/hoping that this will be released on disc. If not, I'll bite the bullett and download the digitial tracks.

Matt

Same here Matt, just don't know how long to wait, I fear I'll wait too long then iTunes won't sell it any more or whatever. If you (or anyone here hears of a hard copy version of this, please post about it here. Thanks in adance. :)

John

Oh great he records a good album and I can't hear it! My contact in the US seems to have disappeared on me too :lol:

Just downloaded it and am listening now. (Big thanks to whoever it was that emailed me about it, I was totally in the dark!)

I am LOVING this.

I have an iPod and it's pretty much the only way I ever listen to music anymore, but I'm still hoping for an actual CD release. I too love liner notes. I also love having something tangible for my money. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the CD.

And John, check your PMs.

YAY!!! I am listening to the album as I type - absolutely brilliant, I am so so happy! :blob1::blob2:

I have spent the entire morning trying to create a US iTunes account, buy a US iTunes gift card, and fight my way around each issue, but finally I have downloaded it.

I also emailed Miss Vicky who runs the unofficial BB website as I hadn't seen her around her for a long time. She hadn't even heard about this but now that I have told her she has downloaded it and loving it too.

Do I sound overly emotional? Because, you know what, I am. Silly but I didn't even care a little about the new Stevie Nicks album, but this is fantastic!!!

Thank you so much Matt for bringing this to the Ledgie's attention!

Oh and John, don't worry about the liner notes, just go and download it, it is worth not having a physical copy! :)

Oh and is that Bekka on "My Love Will Not Change" or am I imagining things?

Haha...you beat me to it!

I thought that might have been you that emailed me! :xoxo:

And yeah, I swear I hear Bekka on it too. I am listening to Karaoke Queen now and I hear her on this song, too. (Another reason why I want some liner notes, darn it!)

My day is totally made. Guess I better get cracking on updating the site.

I listened to the clips and you can definitely hear Bekka's distinct backup vocals.

Matt

I think you might just have to download iTunes just so you can get it and then burn it to a CD!

Time to get an iPod! I couldn't live without mine.

Oh and I've had three listens to the album so far!!! Loving it! :nod:

Working on the site right now, trying to transcribe the lyrics.

And, as usual, he's not that great at enunciation.
Anybody know what the heck he sings in the first line of the second verse in "Beautiful Distraction" (which is listed as Beautiful Detraction on iTunes, wtf?)?

...my knees start getting weak

I didn't even pick that up that it is listed as Beautiful Detraction rather than Distraction.

Good thing I took my iPod to work so I can comment on this...

I'd say "My brain goes on the blink, my knees start getting weak"

:shrug:

^Sounds right. Thanks for that.

I"m just wondering...if there wasn't going to (eventually) be a hard copy, why does Billy have what looks like cover artwork on his Facebbok page???
Hmmmmmm!!!!

^Even internet only album have cover art. In the case of iPods, the cover art is displayed on the iPod's screen when the songs are playing.

I'm still hopeful for an actual CD release, but the presence of cover art doesn't really mean anything.

From Billy's Facebook:

Matt

Great! Thanks for posting this Matt. :)

John

Wow now I want the telepathic version! :lol:

Thanks for posting, Matt.

Great to see there's going to be an actual CD. :)

I see Billy has his own YouTube account now. http://www.youtube.com/user/rockabilly195

Matt

Is he serious......or joking on us? This post sounds a TAD bit sarcastic, like "Oh, sure....I'm supposed to put it out on EVERY medium available!!! Just buy it on iTunes!!!"

I did worry about that and I'm sure you're right it won't be out on all those he says but I do believe him when he says there'll be a CD, who knows though.

John

He was responding to previous comments made by fans who were joking of old antiquated ways of releasing the new album.

Matt

O.M.G. ...someone needs to tell Billy that compressed mp3 files just aren't appealing to some (most!)of us.I won't be buying it in iTunes format.

Even if it wasn't released in any other format? :confused:

Yep....if it were only to be released digitally, I'd be passing on it!

Your loss.