sorry, I don't have the track, in a feeling of guilt I destroyed the CD and bought it legit, but you could ask someone else, I'm sorry.

its true, I felt bad about it, so I threw it away, sorry mate

if you can quick snap, but don't worry about it, you've given me 3 acoustic songs already, I appreciate it though!

I got it the day it leaked and I bought it the day it came out. I'll do the same for the new one.

Amen.

I didn't. I download a lot of albums and bootlegs, but I've never downloaded any Oasis albums. I didn't download DBTT when it leaked and am not going to download the new album.
Call me old fashion and stubborn, but that's me and I'm not shame of it.

i still don't understand why the Japanese get an extra track and the UK fans don't. Makes no sense!

How is downloading something not officially released hurting those people? In your case, it probably won't hurt. However, the people that justify downloading albums by bands that are loaded with money still hurts a lot of people. REmember, it's the big releases by Coldplay, Oasis, LZ reissues, U2, etc. that help pay for the little bands on the little subsidiary "indie label" that your favorite band may reside on. They also help pay to keep the studios afloat where these albums are made and to employ the artists that design the artwork and studios. They also help finance world tours that pay for guys not as successful as Jason Rhodes to replace strings on guitars and lug amps around all day. Sorry, end of "I'm angry with the state of the music industry" rant.

I don't think it's a question of the labels releasing 90% crap. I think people just couldn't be half assed doing a little research. That's what music journalists are for. That's what your friends recommendations are for. That's what listening stations in record shops are for. Hell, that's what libraries are for. People are just greedy and want to steal will use whatever justification they can. I've probably bought more CDs in my life the past 6 months and have liked almost all of it because it was either on a friend's recommendation or because I read a review beforehand. Grossly overpriced? I call BS on that. Most books that aren't beach-read paperbacks cost more than $15. A movie at a theater costs you anywhere from $8.50 to 11.50 in most cities in the US and you only get to see those once. $16.99 for a CD that you get to own and listen to however many times you like? I suppose it's all relative to what you value but really, if you love music, $16.99 (the high end of prices at most places now) is not that bad. Plus, iTunes sounds like turd. The bottom line is that there's a broken system on both sides. The label doesn't want to accept the consumer's reality that they can get it whether they want to pay for it or not. Rather than lower prices or add incentive, the labels just stood indignant until recently. Conversely, the consumer doesn't want to accept the reality that people deserve to be paid for their hard work. If someone is willing to pay $9.99 for inferior mp3s but not willing to pay $15.99 for a superior sounding CD, artwork, packaging, etc. it reflects more poorly on them than it does the industry. The average entry level job in the US pays about $15/hr (30k/yr). So that means someone's willing to give up 40 minutes of the fruits of their labor but not an additional 20? Gimme a break. Just because a CD-R costs 10 cents and an mp3 is negligible in cost does not mean that all CDs should be cheaper in the shops.

"Get the idea?" Yeah, thanks for the condescension. I'll bring the thread to an end because I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to stop myself for about 20 pages with the good and bad of the MP3 and how it's affected the art and the economy of the industry. To boot, we've gone borderline off topic. It's been a while since I sat through a stupifyingly boring lecture in school so the basics tenants of economics were obviously lost on me. I notice far too often that whenever someone rails against the evils of capitalism and it's affect on an industry or a population there's an assumption that a lesson is needed and the person is incapable of grasping the basic notion of supply versus demand. Tell ya what, I principally disagree with sweat shops and the effect they've had on lowering prices for sweaters and jeans from the Banana Republic and Gap. Paying 5 year olds 10 cents a day just won't do it for me anymore. Can I have a lesson please?!?! Are you telling me the bottom line matters MORE than ethics? ;D

Everybody should watch the documentary, "Before The Music Dies".