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Feb 14, 2011 Radiohead By Mike Hilleary

Radiohead have just announced the release of their eighth album, The King of Limbs, and that it will be immediately available this Saturday, Feb. 19 as a digital download. While they are not asking for fans to name their price as they did with 2007’s In Rainbows, the band has put together a special “Newspaper Album” filled with collector’s items.

Full details are as follows via the band’s official website thekingoflimbs.com:

“Radiohead’s new record, The King Of Limbs, is presented here as the world’s first Newspaper Album, comprising:

- Two clear 10” vinyl records in a purpose-built record sleeve.

- A compact disc.

- Many large sheets of artwork, 625 tiny pieces of artwork and a full-colour piece of oxo-degradeable plastic to hold it all together.

- The Newspaper Album comes with a digital download that is compatible with all good digital media players.

- The Newspaper Album will be shipped on Monday 9th May 2011 you can, however, enjoy the download on Saturday 19th February 2011.

- Shipping is included in the prices shown.

- One lucky owner of the digital version of The King Of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12” vinyl.”

The mp3 version of the newspaper album in the U.S. is priced at $48 and the WAV version is $53. In the UK, the two sets are priced at £30 and £33; in Europe, €36 and €39; and in the rest of the world.

“Radiohead’s new record, The King Of Limbs, is presented here with a choice of two digital formats:

- MP3 version is a 320K constant bit rate file.

- WAV version is a full CD quality uncompressed digital audio file.

- One lucky owner of the digital version of The King Of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12” vinyl.”

For U.S. buyers, this version is $9 for mp3s and $14 for a WAV version. In the UK it is £6 and £9; in Europe, €7 and €11.