

Radiohead, like the Beatles, is one of the last high-profile bands to refuse to sell their music on Apple’s iTunes music store. They apparently don’t like Apple’s practice of selling individual tracks rather than entire albums.

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There are currently only three Radiohead songs available on iTunes, all as part of soundtracks and compilations. But head over to 7digital, and you’ll find all of Radiohead’s albums plus some early singles, available in the 320 Kbps, DRM-free MP3 format.

According to an EMI, Radiohead refuses to distribute via Apple — even through Apple’s DRM-free iTunes Plus store — entirely because of Apple’s policy of selling tracks individually:

"iTunes insists that all its albums are soldunbundled, but 7digital doesn’t. Radiohead prefer to have their albumssold complete. The artist has a choice, and if they feel strongly thenwe respect that."

Pricesare in UK pounds, but 7digital apparently lets you purchase albums fromRadiohead, EMI’s other artists, and other bands from anywhere in theworld using a credit card or Paypal.

The site also offers free streamingwidgets of 30-second samples of the albums it sells, like this one, for Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief:

(via musicweek — subscription required)