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# Album Leaks: Are Tuesday’s Gone With The Wind?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/album-leaks-are-tuesdays-gone-with-the-wind/
- Published: 2010-07-08T12:22:37.000Z
- Updated: 2010-07-08T12:22:37.000Z
- Description: TIME ran a story this morning on album leaks; the topic is interesting to me because it highlights a shift that happened within my lifetime. Prior to the web and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/07/album-leaks-are-tuesdays-gone-with-the-wind.html]
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**[TIME](http://time.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** ran a story this morning on [album leaks](http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2002094,00.html?ref=hypebot.com); the topic is interesting to me because it highlights a shift that happened within my lifetime. Prior to the web and the social epidemic of file-sharing, Tuesday was **the holy grail** of the record industry. New albums came about that day. Yet, in recent years, if I've heard about a new album and want to hear it, sometimes even months before the street date, I just search for it on **[YouTube](http://youtube.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** and have always been able to gain access to the music. Does anyone **truly wait** to hear an album anymore? If not, what do we lose? The music is out there, **people want to hear it**; they find it and do.[![image from www.openicdl.org.za](https://a2.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0133f225bdea970b-250wi "image from www.openicdl.org.za")](http://www.openicdl.org.za/courses/mod1/images/img007.png?ref=hypebot.com)

**[From The Story](http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2002094,00.html?ref=hypebot.com)**: "In 1995, a Los Angeles radio station somehow **snagged a** **copy**  of Michael Jackson's "Scream" and began playing it on air weeks before anyone was supposed to have **heard the song**. But back then, fans couldn't get their own leaked copies unless they recorded them off the radio. What once required patience and a little technical know-how now asks only for the **click of a mouse button**."