April 23, 2007
Bob Marley album to be released on USB Memory Stick and Micro SD Memory Card
Island Records are to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley ’s ‘Exodus ’ by releasing it on two pioneering new formats; on USB Memory Stick and Micro SD Memory Card. Uncut reports.
"The USB memory stick version will be limited to 4000 copies, produced in the Rastafarian colours of red, green and gold. It also contains three video tracks recorded at London’s Rainbow Theatre in June 1977.
The Micro SD Memory Card will also be made as a limited edition collectors’ item of 2000 copies. The Micro SD is a small, removable flash memory card – the size of a fingernail – that can be used in mobile phones, portable audio players and PCs.
Other releases on memory cards:
-- A record released on a USB memory stick - Rock band Keane will be the first act to release a record on USB memory sticks, their record label says. (2006)
-- Robbie Williams becomes first artist to launch greatest hits album on memory card - EMI Music UK has agreed a deal with The Carphone Warehouse which will make Robbie Williams the first artist ever to release an entire album plus video content on a Memory Card. (2004)
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