Smashing Pumpkins Rarities and B-Sides: 114 songs for $10 in iTunes Store

[SteveO]

Ditto Mike Sellers...I have a few of their songs...but this is intriguing.

[The UnDoug]

A Pumpkins song came on the radio this morning as I drove to work. It must have been a sign that I should buy this. ;-)

I've always liked the pumpkins, too.

Reminds me of my days as a high school student in Champaign, IL. There was a cool record store that was upstairs in some building and they had TONS of import stuff that you would never normally see anywhere. It was really cool. I was trying to be a skater punk at the time, and D.R.I. (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) and The Smiths, and The Dead Kennedys were what I thought I was supposed to listen to.

[mikebw]

I'm buying it now, time to max out my internet connection one last time before I move.

I am a huge Pumpkins fan, have been for the last 10+, not to mention I am a rabid deal addict, and I have over $50 sitting in my iTunes account from various gift cards.

[(vikm)]

[quote The UnDoug] I was trying to be a skater punk at the time, and D.R.I. (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) and The Smiths, and The Dead Kennedys were what I thought I was supposed to listen to.
You could have done tons worse. Probably not much better.

[incognegro]

not to take away from Apple or iTuMS, but you can get 320 kbps MP3s for FREE from Billy Corgan's own site.

http://www.billy-corgan.com/?page=mp3s

See also:
http://www.metrochicago.com/pumpkins/
http://www.spfc.org/songs-releases/disco...cog_id=153
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machina_II/The_Friends_&_Enemies_of_Modern_Music
http://www.ozphoria.com/

and finally, 2007 Smashing Pumpkins news, including the new lineup of the band:

http://billycorgan.info/wp/

May 20, 2007

Bass player Ginger Reyes and guitarist Jeff Schroeder are the new members of Smashing Pumpkins replacing founding members D’Arcy and James Iha.

Reyes was a member of California punk band Halo Friendlies. Schroeder was a founding member of California’s The Lassie Foundation.

[Mike V]

I'm a big fan, thanks for the heads up.

They didn't come to Australia much.

I did get to see them about 6 times though.

Those were the days.

[MEG]

[quote pRON aHOLIC]If it is a pricing mistake I will buy it solely on the grounds of getting a deal. Is it? ;-)
That's what I want to know. Most of their stuff was on Virgin Records which is part of the EMI family. If this isn't a price mistake or limited time offer, I want to wait until the higher quality (DRM free) version is available.

Of course, this could be part of a sinister plan to suck you in to get you to pony up the $.30 upgrade fee per song x 114 = $34.20

I actually got two of the tracks so I can get it via "complete my album" for $8.01

[mikebw]

It looks like there are only 25 free tracks at billy-corgan.com, compared to the 114 on the apple store. Still free is a good deal, so I am downloading those too!

[M A V I C]

These aren't just rarities and b-sides. Some of them are big hits. Going to buy now...