AppleInsider StaffColumbia Records and Apple Computer on Tuesday announced that the new album "Modern Times" from Bob Dylan will be offered through an exclusive pre-order on the iTunes Music Store.
Apple has also created an exclusive Bob Dylan digital box set, entitled "The Collection," that includes all of Bob Dylan’s albums with nearly 800 tracks spanning his career. The Bob Dylan digital box set will be available for purchase and download with just one click for $199, exclusively from iTunes beginning August 29.
"Bob Dylan is one of the most respected poets and musicians of our time, and he is a personal hero of mine," said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. "Being able to offer his new album and the exclusive box set of his works on iTunes is a real thrill for us."
"Modern Times," set for release on August 29, has already been heralded by critics as, "Epic. Heartbreaking. Dynamic. Apocalyptic," and "Another classic from the revitalized master." The iTunes special edition of the release includes five Bob Dylan videos: "Cold Irons Bound" (shot live on the film soundstage during the making of "Masked & Anonymous"), "Blood In My Eyes," "Things Have Changed," "Love Sick" (from the 1998 Grammy Awards), and the iTunes exclusive "Jokerman." The iTunes exclusive Bob Dylan digital box set entitled "The Collection" includes every song from each of his studio albums and "The Bootleg Series" releases, plus 42 rarities. Also included with "The Collection" is a special digital booklet featuring liner notes from Grammy Award-winning writer, Tom Piazza.
Beginning today, customers can pre-order a copy of Bob Dylan’s new album "Modern Times" for $13.99 to be downloaded on August 29 when it is released. Customers who pre-order "Modern Times" on iTunes will receive an email with a code that they can use at Ticketmaster.com starting August 30 for an opportunity to participate in a pre-sale to purchase concert tickets before they go on sale to the general public on September 9.
Further information about the digital download concert ticket pre-sale is available on Bob Dylan’s official website, at Ticketmaster and at iTunes.com.
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Holy guacamole!
Wowie zowie!
800 tracks for $200... I am going to need that 80 gig iPod!
If they could get other artists/bands to agree to huge discounts on their entire collection that would really be something...
Cool!
Maybe if icons like Dylan do this, it will prod the Beatles to give in as well.
That sounds like a great date for that "August or September" iPod event!
It also falls during Fox's TV premiere week, so maybe we'll season some season pass/subsciption news around that time.
I'm not a concert goer but for their sake, I hope that the presale offer works this time. I remember the last one had some difficulties because the notification and pass code was sent out late and some didn't get them at all.