Coffee Break: Release gimmicks
by Anna Reed
October 23, 2017
Today in 1982, The Damned released their album Strawberries, packaged with a strawberry-smelling lyric sheet.
Over the years many bands and artists have released albums with a special method that stands them apart from others like special pricing, delivery methods, automatic downloads, or gimmicky packaging. Let's see how many we can come up with today.
So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from bands who released their album with some sort of gimmick?
Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.
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Songs played
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
The Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers
Fiona Apple - Fast As You Can
Prince - Guitar
U2 - The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
The Monkees - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
Jack White - Just One Drink