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In
recent years there has been a trend amongst newspaper and magazine publishers
to run 'Free CD/DVD' promotions, in an attempt to boost circulation and
sales.
The whole
thing started off with 'free' CD's - usually containing hits from the past,
tracks from unsigned performers or 'exclusive samples' from an artist with
a new album to promote.
The Mail
on Sunday has started to offer complete albums - most notably the most
recent album by Prince, "Planet Earth" and the 'classic' Simply Red album
"Stars" - as well as complete original soundtrack albums. A small, but
gradually increasing, number of artists are releasing new albums (comprising
completely new material) via newspapers, usually followed by a 'deluxe'
version being made commercially available at a later date. Early
examples of this include Prince and McFly. |
The
CD's have reduced in number and frequency, mostly being replaced as offers
with DVD's of Films or TV episodes, but a few do still appear from time
to time.
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These are scans of
the CD's in my collection - where possible I've included details of which
newspaper or magazine the disc came with. I've stuck to 'Single Artist'
CD's - i.e. those which predominantly feature one artist or group rather
than the multiple artist compilations that are still popular with some
of the weekend tabloids. that's not to say I won't include them at
some point, but not just yet - it takes time to scan that many CD covers! |
None of these are
currently for sale, so please save your fingers and don't send me emails
asking! If you are keen to get hold of any of them, however, try
looking on eBay.co.uk
(link provided!) where you might find some of them on sale for quite reasonable
prices! |
(Please note: following
the links to ebay.co.uk takes you away from this page unless you right-click
and 'Open in New Window'!) |
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Badly Drawn
Boy - The Observer - 6 track sampler to promote "Have You Fed The Fish" |
Blur
- The Observer - 5 track sampler to promote "Think Tank" |
The Divine Comedy
- Re:Regeneration - The Independent on Sunday - 6 track sampler with CD
ROM content to promote "Regeneration" |
Eurythmics
- peace is just a word - The Sunday Times - 3 track sampler with interview
and CD ROM content to promote "peace" |
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Bjork - The
Observer - 5 track sampler to promote "Bjork's Greatest Hits" |
Bjork
- The Times - 9 track sampler with CD-Rom content to promote "Vespertine" |
Franz Ferdinand - The Observer
- 5 track sampler to promote "You Could Have it So Much Better" |
Neil
Finn - songs from neil finn - The Independent on Sunday - 5 track sampler
with CD ROM content to promote "One Nil" |
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Pet Shop Boys
- Closer To Heaven - Daily Telegraph - 4 track sampler to promote the stage
show "Closer To Heaven" |
Pet
Shop Boys - Closer To Heaven - Daily Telegraph - Signed by both Chris Lowe
and Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) at Tower Records, Piccadilly, London on
Monday 4th June 2001 |
Pet Shop Boys - Daily Mirror
- 3 track sampler with CD ROM content to promote "Release" |
Pet Shop Boys
- 25 years of hits The Mail on Sunday - 10 track 'Greatest Hits' CD containing
mixes of their hits plus one track from the new (2009) album "Yes" |
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The Libertines - The Observer
- 5 track sampler to promote "The Libertines" |
Tina Turner - "Private Dancer"
- The Mail on Sunday - The complete 'classic' album |
John Lennon - The Mail on Sunday
- selected classics to promote new album "Working Class Hero" |
Mongrel - "Better Than Heavy"
- The Independent - Complete debut album from the latest British
indie 'supergroup' comprising members (and former members) of the Arctic
Monkets, Babyshambles and Reverend & The Makers |
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The Strokes - The Observer -
5 track sampler to promote "Room On Fire" |
Tom Jones -
The Times - 5 track sampler with CD ROM Video content to promote "Mr. Jones"
and "Tom Jones Live at Cardiff Castle" |
Prince - The Mail on Sunday -
The complete "Planet Earth" album - at the time of release, the only way
to get this album was by buying The Mail on Sunday, or by attending one
of Prince's concerts at the O2 Dome, London. |
Simply Red
- The Mail on Sunday - The complete 'classic' album. |
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Jean Michel Jarre - The Mail
on Sunday - A new recording of the complete "Oxygene" album |
Mike Oldfield
- The Mail on Sunday - The complete 'classic' album "Tubular Bells" |
Bananarama - The Mail on Sunday
- 'Special Edition' of Bananarama's "The Best Of" album. |
All Saints
- The Mail on Sunday - Greatest Hits collection |
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Nigel Kennedy and the English
Chamber Orchestra - The Mail on Sunday - The 1989 recording of Vivaldi's
"The Four Seasons" |
Moby - The
Sunday Times - compilation of tracks from the new album 'Last Night' and
tracks from earlier albums |
Peter Gabriel - The Mail on Sunday
- Special compilation in aid of "Global Leaders for a Global Village" -
catalogue number PGUP1 |
David Bowie
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The Mail on Sunday - Compilation
of mostly album tracks selected by David Bowie exclusively for this CD. |
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UB40 - The Mail on Sunday - Complete
new album (and the last by the original band lineup. Apparently.) |
McFly - The Mail on Sunday -
Complete new album |
Paul McCartney - The Mail on
Sunday - Complete album (as previously available in Starbucks and subsequently
elsewhere!) |
Genesis - The Mail on Sunday
- Compilation of remixes and live tracks taken from the album "Live Over
Europe 2007" |
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Eighties
Interlude! |
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I don't normally
bother with newspaper freebie CD's that require a token redemption, but
the following discs are a rare exception. For two weeks in September
2008, the Daily Mail offered a different complete original 'Classic' CD
from the 1980's; these were big sellers in their day (which also happened
to be MY day - the Eighties were the years in which I really started
to buy records and, eventually, CD's) and contain some of the most successful
hits of the decade. It so happened that I was on holiday during this
period and so was able to pick up a few of the CD's (normally I don't have
easy access to WH Smith or Tesco, the usual redemption stores for Daily
Mail offers) and the rest I picked up on eBay or in charity shops (a great
place, incidentally, to look for 'freebie' CD's and DVD's of all sorts!)
The following are displayed in
no particular order, apart from the first, Spandau Ballet's "True", which
was the first in the set and was included in the Saturday edition of the
paper, rather than being a token redemption as per the rest of the set. |
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Spandau Ballet |
Bonnie Tyler |
Culture Club |
Marillion |
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Paul Young |
Simple Minds |
Dexys Midnight Runners |
Adam And The Ants |
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The Human League |
Heaven 17 |
Haircut One Hundred |
Terrence Trent D'arby |
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End of
Eighties Interlude! |
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The Doors - "Strange Days" -
The Sunday Times (The complete classic album) |
The Sound of Music - The Mail
on Sunday (The complete original soundtrack) |
Oliver - The Mail on Sunday (The
complete original soundtrack) |
West Side Story - The Mail on
Sunday (The Original Soundtrack) |
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Prince - "20Ten" - Daily Mirror
- Another complete new album released more-or-less exclusively via a newspaper
giveaway; this time via two newspapers in the UK and a number of other
newspapers in Europe. |
Carly Simon - "Never Been Gone"
- The Mail on Sunday |
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