Everyone’s forgotten about MSN Music–or so it would seem, given the reaction to yesterday’s news that AC/DC’s digital catalog was picked up by Verizon Wireless. As Digital Music News found out, the Australian hard rockers have actually their its catalog go online once already; in 2004, the debut of MSN Music had the online debut of AC/DC’s music as one of its hooks, as we found out from the still-online press release:
Aussie hard rockers AC/DC are, after years of being on the list of big digital-music holdouts, putting their catalog online. There’s a catch, though: For the first eight months, the band’s digital catalog is only going to be available via Verizon Wireless. Wait, did I say that there was “a” catch? I meant that there were a few:
To follow up on this morning’s earlier post about AC/DC’s entry into the digital-music world: I was just perusing the Hot Digital Tracks chart released today, and as it turns out, “You Shook Me All Night Long”–the only song that’s individually available from the band’s catalog, and the only one… More »
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