Having had online success with their album In Rainbows, Radiohead, in conjunction with their former record label EMI have enabled fans to download single tracks, or albums from their musical archive on the popular iTunes system.

The Beatles remain the single major British group that refuses to get on the iTunes bandwagon, though their solo work is available, and it is believed to be just a matter of time until a publishing deal can be worked out to post the entire Beatles catalog. Radiohead had been against the idea of people just downloading single tracks instead of the entire album, but have had a change of tune since leaving EMI and releasing In Rainbows on XL in January.

Another holdout, Garth Brooks, America's Country Music icon, who is—believe it or not— second only to the Beatles in terms of total albums sold in the US, even ahead of Elvis Presley, and despite the iTunes phenomenon! Apparently, he too adamantly believes that the 'album' is a collection of work intended to be listened in its entirety as a complete set.

It seems to me that the iTunes landslide is just too strong and musicians have little choice but to cave in, even the mighty Led Zeppelin, who were very vocal against the iTunes model finally capitulated releasing some of their greatest hits last year.

Other neigh-sayers include: Kid Rock, Bob Seger, So Solid Crew, Yazz. Def Leppard's latest album is there, but not the rest of their work and the heavy metal titans AC/DC withdrew their material from iTunes having signed an exclusive deal with Verizon to download their entire albums.

I wonder what Bon Scott would think...