The first library not to require returning.

December 12, 2008 11:59 AM

"...and as we have an endless abundance of MP3’s (we fucked up and made too many of them), anything you take from the library is yours to keep. You will not be notified if you fail to return something on time, and you will not lose your library privileges if you share selections with friends." In 2003, Conor Oberst (wiki) started the independent record label Team Love (youtube). Offering the latest in the free music revolution, Team Love has established the Team Love Library, offering up all of their albums for free.
posted by Lutoslawski (14 comments total)

He is just like Bob Dylan.

without the talent
posted by ageispolis at 12:25 PM on December 12, 2008 [4 favorites]

So they offer their entire library, but only six albums at a time? I guess that's a way to keep people coming back, but it's not really "all their albums for free".

Also, the Jenny Lewis album is missing track 9 "Handle With Care", so I guess other artists' covers are unlikely to be included in the free downloads.
posted by Science! at 12:34 PM on December 12, 2008

He is just like Bob Dylan.

I submit that Cassadaga was more like a lost Neil Diamond album.
posted by padraigin at 12:42 PM on December 12, 2008

Only on MetaFilter would people snark about free music. Pathetic.

Thanks, Team Love!
posted by Manhasset at 12:46 PM on December 12, 2008

He played at my 30th birthday party. True story. And the guys from The Faint came to my 34th birthday party. And I used to accidentally call Alexander Payne all the time, until he called me back, told me I had the wrong number, and asked me to stop calling.

I used to be kind of a big deal in Omaha.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:47 PM on December 12, 2008

I used to be kind of a big deal in Omaha.

I guess that heavy heavy weight has to fall on someone.


Yay! free music.
posted by mandal at 1:15 PM on December 12, 2008

I used to have a crush on Omaha.
posted by redsparkler at 1:39 PM on December 12, 2008

I used to have a crush on Omaha.

I suspect this is easier from a distance.
posted by brennen at 1:54 PM on December 12, 2008

It's nice to have legit free MP3s in theory, but in practise this is much better.
posted by pxe2000 at 1:59 PM on December 12, 2008

Free Pepsi Blue!
posted by sfts2 at 2:41 PM on December 12, 2008

Too bad Conor Oberst is a twee fey twat.
posted by Mo Nickels at 7:34 PM on December 12, 2008 [2 favorites]

Twee fey twat? Is that French for something?
posted by Pronoiac at 8:49 PM on December 12, 2008

I'm not an Oberst fan either but c'mon, free music, some of it pretty good.
posted by bardic at 10:01 PM on December 12, 2008

This sounds great! If only they had stuff that I wanted, or, you know, books!
posted by Eideteker at 11:01 AM on December 13, 2008