As a big fan of b-sides and alternate tracks, I have not personally come across any major band that is as ridiculously frustrating when it comes to singles as Radiohead. Radiohead typically releases three or four CD singles for the same album song (US/UK/AUS), and those CD singles generally have different additional tracks. To get all the miscellaneous tracks, you would have to buy as many as three or four CD singles for each song released as a "single" off the album. This has prevented me from obtaining many b-side songs that I'd honestly love to hear.
So based on that one fact alone, the move to iTunes will be much better for serious fans and collectors because now they can simply buy the extra missing tracks ala cart.
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As a big fan of b-sides and alternate tracks, I have not personally come across any major band that is as ridiculously frustrating when it comes to singles as Radiohead. Radiohead typically releases three or four CD singles for the same album song (US/UK/AUS), and those CD singles generally have different additional tracks. To get all the miscellaneous tracks, you would have to buy as many as three or four CD singles for each song released as a "single" off the album. This has prevented me from obtaining many b-side songs that I'd honestly love to hear.
Here's an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_and_Dry
So based on that one fact alone, the move to iTunes will be much better for serious fans and collectors because now they can simply buy the extra missing tracks ala cart.