Oopsie!: iTunes Leaks Raconteurs Album, Apple Switchboard Prepares For The Worst

Oopsie!

iTunes Leaks Raconteurs Album, Apple Switchboard Prepares For The Worst

Looks like the iTunes Store accidentally leaked the Raconteurs' Consolers Of The Lonely a few days before its Tuesday release—reports are filtering in from people who successfully purchased the album on both the US and UK versions of the iTunes store, and it's apparently popping up on the peer-to-peer services as well. (In the interest of reporting, I tried buying the record, only to be greeted with a "This album is no longer available" message.) Who among us would not love to be listening in on that angry phone call from Jack White? [The Modern Age]

1:30 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Maura Johnston
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by SuperUnison at 01:38 PM on 03/21/08
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Oh no! Quick, plug the leak before the context mafia descends on the artistes!

This does, however, save them from at least a few "educated guess previews."
by agent7 at 02:31 PM on 03/21/08
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wasnt the whole point of releasing the record this way to see what would happen without the traditional promo lead-up? so who cares if it goes up early?
by Maura Johnston at 02:35 PM on 03/21/08
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@agent7: get jack white on the horn and ask him that very question.
by Bob Loblaw at 03:35 PM on 03/21/08
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@SuperUnison: The context mafia is my new favorite mafia! (Sorry, Yakuza.)
by SuperUnison at 04:03 PM on 03/21/08
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@Bob Loblaw: Instead of chopping off fingers when you aren't loyal, The Context Mafia knocks 10% off of your first week sales for every track that doesn't engage (either my comission or omission) with generational dread in a post-9/11 context.
by scott pgwp at 04:51 PM on 03/21/08
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"Accidentally," sure. That's what they get for dissing iTunes and advance release dates in one press release!