Following much speculation last week regarding the new Radiohead album, which is completed but without the band having a record deal in place, news this morning that the new long player will go on sale digitally via the band's website next week - and, more importantly, fans will be able to decide what they want to pay for it - they can pay anything from one pence up. A webpage went live this morning promoting the new release and says: regarding the recommended retail price of the new album: "it's up to you - no really, it's up to you".
Fans who fancy spending quite a bit more than one pence can choose to order the 'discbox' which is two CDs, two records and some other bumf - that will set them back forty quid.
Despite the online promotion, Music Week says that the band still plan a conventional release of the album for the mainstream audience, and that the band's former record label, EMI, are still in talks regarding releasing that, probably early next year. As previously reported, there were rumours last week that Radiohead are close to signing a US deal with a key indie on that side of the Atlantic.