According to The New York Times, AC/DC's music will become available on a variety of subscription streaming music services as early as Tuesday (June 30), including Spotify, Rdio and Apple's new service, Apple Music. AC/DC's 25 albums became available on iTunes for the first time in November 2012. All tracks were mastered for iTunes, and fans have had the ability to download full albums or simply purchase their favorite individual songs. Fans could also choose from two specially packaged digital compilations: "The Complete Collection", the complete iTunes-exclusive AC/DC catalog; and "The Collection", which includes all 16 studio albums. AC/DC had previously rejected iTunes distribution in an attempt to preserve the concept of the album. "Since iTunes came into existence, we've actually increased our back-catalog sales without being on the site. We were sternly warned by our management team and our record label that the complete opposite would be the case," guitarist Angus Young said in an interview. "I know THE BEATLES have changed but we're going to carry on like that," Angus told Sky News. "For us, it's the best way. We are a band who started off with albums and that's how we've always been. We always were a band that if you heard something [by AC/DC] on the radio, well, that's only three minutes. Usually the best tracks were on the albums." Speaking to The Telegraph in a 2008, Young said, "If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album and we don't think that represents us musically." "Maybe I'm just being old-fashioned, but this iTunes, God bless 'em, it's going to kill music if they're not careful," singer Brian Johnson told Reuters. "It's a...monster, this thing. It just worries me. And I'm sure they're just doing it all in the interest of making as much... cash as possible. Let's put it this way, it's certainly not for the... love, let's get that out of the way right away."
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