Led Zeppling Songs to be Available Digitally
One of the greatest rock bands ever. Period. They have always insisted that their music would not be available online for purchase, but that has changed.
Led Zeppelin’s decision to sell its music online coincides with the end of a fierce bidding war over the rights to administer the band’s catalog of songs, which includes the classics “Stairway to Heaven” and “Rock and Roll.” Under a separate deal the band is to receive an estimated $60 million in exchange for extending its ties to its longtime music publisher, Warner/Chappell Music, for at least 10 years, said three people briefed on the agreement, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they had not been authorized to discuss it. Good old “anonymous” sources. What would the news be with out them?
Of course their music has always been online, but in the form of the free file sharing programs originally made popular by the great program known as Napster. So I guess they have finally decided to take advantage of probably the biggest music market there is these days and sell their music online. About damn time. You would be foolish not to utilize this medium to sell your music instead of letting everyone just download it for free.
Zepplin is having a reunion concert in London on November 26th of this year and it will be the first time they have performed since the band broke up back in 1980 after the death of its drummer, John Bonham. The Nov. 26 concert, which is to benefit Mr. Ertegun’s educational charity, also coincides with the release of an expansive two-disc hits collection.
