# What does an album pre-release mean for me?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-album-pre-release-mean-for-me/809554>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 25, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-album-pre-release-mean-for-me/809554 "2018-02-25T17:49:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![GimmeGimme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@GimmeGimme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GimmeGimme)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-album-pre-release-mean-for-me/809554/1 "2018-02-25T17:49:14Z")

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I immediately pre-ordered a band’s new album the other day and, as I noted when I saw the advertisement, there’s a pre-release this month and an official release next month. As far as I can tell there’s no “digital download”, no iTunes, whatever. It’s just a normal CD. So what does pre-release mean for me?

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**Author:** ![Seren359](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Seren359](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren359)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-album-pre-release-mean-for-me/809554/2 "2018-02-25T18:15:49Z")

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Pre release I ordered meant that I got an official signed copy CD by post before the release date.  
Depends what the offer says.

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**Author:** ![GimmeGimme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@GimmeGimme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GimmeGimme)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-album-pre-release-mean-for-me/809554/3 "2018-02-26T02:12:25Z")

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> [@Seren359](#):
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> Pre release I ordered meant that I got an official signed copy CD by post before the release date.  
> Depends what the offer says.

Very cool. Thanks