And the Charlatans are reportedly going to offer their next album for free to fans who log on to the website of radio station XFM. Talking to British reporters, Creation Records founder Alan McGee, the manager of the Charlatans, observed, “The record industry is obsessed by age and fashion. And so you get these amazing British bands like the Charlatans and the Happy Mondays that were massive 10 years ago and are still great, but are out of contract.
How do you get them profile? You give away the record. This experiment is going to work, I feel.
