EMI and Ringo Starr haven’t teamed up since 1974 (Goodnight Vienna) and oh have times changed. The latest release, Liverpool 8, which is a reflection of Ringo Starr’s personality:

Ringo has said that as time goes on there is more and more of his personality in his music, and the songs on Liverpool 8 feel personal. His candor, wit and soul are evident in the lyrics and the heartbeat of every song.

The Liverpool 8 USB album is more than just the 12 tracks - included is bonus material any die-hard fan would appreciate. If you can get your hands on one, you will find a personal message as an intro, obviously not persoanlized to YOU, interview commentary and (more…)

USB music albums have been out for some time, but having J. Lo introduce her new album “Brave” this way will definitely draw attention to this channel of distribution.

Gresso, a high-end technology company, ink’d a deal with J. Lo and Sony BMG Music Entertainment that allows Lopez’s album to be released on their Adam&Eve drive.

At $70 it’ll be one of the most expensive albums this year, but lets not forget (more…)

White Stripe have announced the full release of Icky Thump will become available on a USB music album.

The album size is 512MBs and will be released in two editions with total circulation of 6,666 units. Half of the distribution will be creepy looking Meg and the other half creepy Jack.

You can find out more and order on-line directly from the White Stripes website. (more…)

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Bob Marley Exodus album a re-release is coming out as a USB Music Album.

The USB album will be available May 28th to a limited 4,000 with exclusive video footage of Bob Marley and the Wailers playing at London’s Rainbow Theater back in June of 1977.

2,000 copies will also be released in the MicroSD card format along with a CD version. The CD version will have the exact look and feel as the original LP which was released in 1977. (more…)

Doing music releases on a flash drive are slowly becoming more popular. Now available are The Fratellis on flash.

The 256MB flash drive includes the single Baby Fratelli (listen now), the video which goes along with it, a web link and “competition,” whatever that is. I would say The Fratellis have a touch of Penny Wise, Wild Flower and my buddies band Imperial X. (more…)

USB flash drives continue to pave the way on how people use solid state memory. First we had the simple replacement of the floppy via USB thumb drive, then our beloved U3 platform for portable applications, now we see bands releasing music on flash drives. I don’t think we’ll ever see that from Compact Flash or Sony and their Memory Stick. (more…)