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Replacements man releases solo album for 49 cents

The Replacements

The Replacements

Paul Westerberg pulls a Radiohead, sort of

Replacements former frontman Paul Westerberg has released his new solo album for just 49 cents.

The US indie legend is selling the appropriately titled '49:00' via US Amazon for less than half a dollar. The album itself is 49 minutes long and is being sold as a single MP3 file.

Westerberg has also created a separate web page where listeners can download the album's cover art and liner notes.

This comes on the heels of the recent announcement of forthcoming Replacements reissues.

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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jeffn 

Jul 23, 2008

Great... except it's only available in the U.S!! What's the point of utilising the WWW and constricting it to territories. The frustration extends to other iTunes downloads too. But I totally applaud Paul for his generosity, and innovation - down with major record companies - up with cherryecho.com, sellaband, slicethepie, and bands who use Dragons Den to fund their music!

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