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Now this is how it should be done. Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie just released his second solo CD Battle Of The Nudes and has been playing a bunch of local shows in advance of his summer tour. Now he's releasing recordings of those concerts, downloadable from his web site. And he'll be doing that for every show on the tour.

I'll let the announcement from his email update list give the details:

Have you ever wanted a copy of the live show you attended? On this summer tour Gord will make available each and every show from the tour. Completely live, no re-mixing, no out-takes!

The first two shows of Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles are now for sale as digital downloads. Each and every show is just $10 (Canadian funds). All songs are in MP3 format (128 kbps). Down the road future shows should be available within 72 hours so check back often to get the show you want.

Go here to download the shows.

I was at the Lee's Palace show for NxNE, so I'll probably download that one.

Of course, loyal jimbuck2 reader Deano was ahead of the curve on this one, having had a similar set up with a club in San Fran several years ago, which formed the basis for his unfortunately short-lived record label Unicycle Records. You're a pioneer Deano.