Marillion album nummer 14: Somewhere else

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Op zondag 3 augustus 2008 19:41 schreef Stereotomy het volgende:
Ben nu 'slechts' nog diep teleurgesteld in [...] de onderkinnen van Steve.

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Hello Freddy,
We are writing to let you in on a little secret. This isn't a normal eWeb Newsletter – this is a special private email just to those of you who have pre-ordered our next album.
So let us start with a heart-felt "Thank you!" for pre-ordering "Happiness Is The Road". It means a lot to us that you were willing to give us your money so far in advance of receiving the album and – more importantly – that you put your faith in us. The pre-order concept has become such an integral part of our business: it allows us the creative freedom to make the albums that we want to make without any outside pressure from record companies, also to OWN our music (which is still rather rare these days) AND - crucially - to continue making NEW music.
None of this would be possible without you.
As you read this, your special Deluxe Edition is being manufactured. It's a beautiful thing. It’s also a big project – you’re going to be getting two 96-page full-colour hard-bound books, stored in a separate outer case.
The printers, CD manufacturers, and teams of packers expect to have these bundled up and ready to post by the beginning of October (but we’ll announce it officially on the website when we have more information). In short, though, you’re just one step away from holding it in your hands!
Sadly, though, as soon as the album is released to the outside world it will inevitably be leaked onto the internet in some form – as has happened with our last few albums. We are sure you will agree this hurts us as a business and threatens our very livelihood. So, in what is probably a world-wide first, we have decided to take direct control of this situation.
By joining forces with a company called Music Glue we have decided to update the old “beat the bootleggers” approach and leak the album ourselves - but with a twist. Music Glue are able to add a little gizmo to the music files that allows us to 'talk' to the people that are downloading it through file-sharing networks. If existing fans are downloading our music for free, or new fans are discovering our music through file-sharing, at least we will be able to point them in the right direction if they want to buy THE REAL THING from us.
To make sure our special ‘gizmo’ files are the ONLY ones available on the internet, we need to flood file-sharing networks with the special Music Glue versions before anyone anywhere in the world has a copy. And this includes you. As much as we respect your RIGHT to be the first to hear the new music, we do hope you’ll understand why we’ve put all this in place in a rather quiet and secretive manner... We've all agonized over this decision but it couldn’t be done in any other way. The fact is that if WE hadn't leaked it, someone else would have.
Now, we do not condone file-sharing as it directly impacts our ability to continue making new albums (as well as the thousands of other artists out there); but because you put your loyalty and faith in us by pre-ordering, we feel that the least we can do is let you know about our plan - and provide you with this even-more-secret link to download the album if you want to have a listen now: www.musicglue.com/marillion

Between you and me, we would advise you against listening to this lower-than-CD-quality version as it may ruin your enjoyment of your first PROPER listen to "Happiness Is The Road".
We like to push the boundaries, try new things, and see where they'll take us. This is just another in a long line of 'internet firsts' for Marillion. But you already know all this - you're "family" - you've pre-ordered the album.
Happiness ain't at the end of the road
HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD
H, Ian, Pete, Mark and Steve
PS - Thank you for reading this. Sorry it's so long! We hope you understand.

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Op dinsdag 9 september 2008 22:29 schreef Wiehoe het volgende:
Zojuist in de mailbox ontvangen
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Leuk idee, maar ik weet zelf nog niet eens of ik het wel vantevoren ga luisteren Nu in ieder geval nog niet.

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Op dinsdag 9 september 2008 22:29 schreef Wiehoe het volgende:
Zojuist in de mailbox ontvangen
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Leuk idee, maar ik weet zelf nog niet eens of ik het wel vantevoren ga luisteren Nu in ieder geval nog niet.

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Op zondag 3 augustus 2008 19:41 schreef Stereotomy het volgende:
Maar ik moet wél toegeven, na mezelf deze zomer echt te hebben geforceerd naar Anoraknophobia, Marbles en Somewhere Else te luisteren, vind ik Marbles gewoon goed (jammer van de fillers) en Anoraknophobia ook luisterbaar.

Ben nu 'slechts' nog diep teleurgesteld in Radiation en Somewhere Else. En in de zang van H. En in de onderkinnen van Steve.

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Op woensdag 10 september 2008 12:33 schreef Simpleton het volgende:

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Lekkere aktie Freddy! In de mail staat toch duidelijk dat die download link "secret" is?

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Op woensdag 10 september 2008 23:33 schreef MuadDib het volgende:
Ik wacht netjes tot 'ie in de winkel ligt.

_{ben stiekem wel een beetje bang dat het gaat tegenvallen...}

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Op woensdag 10 september 2008 23:57 schreef Stereotomy het volgende:
En 1 goed album in 10 jaar is wat matig

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Op woensdag 10 september 2008 15:07 schreef Wiehoe het volgende:

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Heel secret

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7606029.stm

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Op donderdag 11 september 2008 14:59 schreef Simpleton het volgende:

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Het is de bedoeling dat de WMA-files zoveel mogelijk worden verspreid, maar niet de mp3's (waar jij dus de link voor geeft). Ik snap wel dat zoiets nooit geheim kan blijven, maar volgens mij heb je het toch niet helemaal goed begrepen...

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Op donderdag 11 september 2008 15:37 schreef Wiehoe het volgende:

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Ik denk dat ik het niet goed heb begrepen want zover ik zie zijn het toch werkelijk de wma bestanden die op die link staan.

En die ticketverkoop onderaan de link is natuurlijk ook top secret.