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Who wants to turn their iTunes singles into albums?
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Mar 30, 2007, 04:45 AM
 
I've been hoping for this feature for some time since most of the music in my purchased folder are single songs from albums. It turns out that I have over 300 songs I could turn into albums.

Curious to see if anyone else is planning on taking advantage of this.
     
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Mar 30, 2007, 07:16 AM
 
not a fan of DRM
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Mar 30, 2007, 09:07 AM
 
It might become a popular feature for some people, but I rarely find an album where I like every song. Buying songs instead of albums is why I like iTunes so much... having the option of getting just what I want.

This is one more feature that Apple has given customers, and one more reason iTunes will continue to succeed. I hope they keep up their re-invention of the music selling industry.
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Mar 30, 2007, 09:10 AM
 
I like the offer. I buy singles occassionally, and once I decided to pick up the album. I regretted the few extra dollars that were wasted on the digital downloads.
     
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Mar 30, 2007, 09:27 AM
 
I've wanted too in the past, so this is a welcome feature.
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Mar 30, 2007, 09:46 AM
 
It's an interesting idea, but part of the problem with buying music was the fact that whole albums sucked to begin with. You buy the single because that's all you want!

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Mar 30, 2007, 09:50 AM
 
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Mar 30, 2007, 10:29 AM
 
It's a great feature that I will probably never use.

I avoid the iTunes store because of the DRM.

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Mar 30, 2007, 11:34 AM
 
Originally Posted by Peter View Post
not a fan of DRM
That's why I back up my iTunes purchases (and frankly most of what I have from iTunes is "song of the week" free downloads) both to a separate drive AND onto audio CDs. I can rip any audio CD into a non-DRM'd set of files at my leisure...which helps guard against some oddity like Apple changing their licensing policies, or my Apple/iTunes account somehow being hijacked by someone who gets my account canceled.

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Mar 30, 2007, 12:38 PM
 
I think it's a great feature. If you don't want to use it, you can bugger off!

I hate trying to find new music to buy. Sometimes, those oddball songs I have are the best start to finding more, like the rest of the album.

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Mar 30, 2007, 02:03 PM
 
It's a neat 'feature', but I haven't done any of the 'complete my album' yet.
     
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Mar 30, 2007, 02:21 PM
 
Originally Posted by Eriamjh View Post
I think it's a great feature. If you don't want to use it, you can bugger off!

I hate trying to find new music to buy. Sometimes, those oddball songs I have are the best start to finding more, like the rest of the album.
     
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Mar 30, 2007, 04:20 PM
 
I love that feature; there were so many times when I had wished I had that option.


But I've only used it once so far.
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Mar 30, 2007, 06:28 PM
 
I don't think I'll take too much advantage of this. I buy songs off iTunes if I don't want the album. If I decide later I like the artist, then I'll usually buy the CD and get better sound quality.
     
   
 
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