...is the lack of information. Yes you can go and the web and if you're very lucky the artist will have the details on their website however a lot of the time you want to know who's playing/singing on the track as you listen to it. It would be great if you're mp3 player had a way of giving you this information for each album/track. Extra text wouldn't really increase the file size or affect the sound quality however the artist would still have to type it in...

I agree, which is one of the reasons I still buy the majority of my music on CD format. Although there has been a tendency in recent years for bands to provide very little more than track listings on some CDs.

I like having the artwork and background on the tracks, in terms of who it was written by/ for or how the band came across it. Although I do have a couple of downloads that have Digitial Booklets as part of the album download, Mumford and Sons - Itunes Live at London Festival which is mostly photographs of the gig but also has a little bit of text on the festival. I think this is a format that more bands could explore and shouldn't be more work, as the artwork for CDs could be reformatted to provide content.

That interesting Jennifer. I recently bought the Rolling Stones 'Exile on Main St' CD on itunes and with it came a free Itunes album which was basically lots of photos, bonus tracks, the album plus information. The downside of this is still that I don't really like sitting to listening to music through my computer unless I'm working at it.

I agree Simon. You can get some albums on iTunes that include a PDF file of the booklet, but these are few and far between. Out of all the music I have bought on iTunes only about 3 albums had a digital booklet with them.

Where do i start, it's my favourite rant.
Cost, £8 for a download of Kris Drever album, bought at EFC gig for a few quid more and you get all the pretty pictures. (stand to be corrected but a few bob extra for the artist??)
Reminds me of when CDs came out and it cost about £12 for a CD and £7 for a cassette (remember them) despite the fact that it was cheaper to manufacture the CD. People were prepared to pay. This is known as "market forces... i.e. rip off"
Quality, MP3 is not as good as CD, though you need a pretty good system and listening closely, some offer WAV downloads but not all.
Apple, I hate Itunes, you have to have their software installed and it's a pain to get round their formatting.
Security , Don't put my credit card info any where neeeeeeeear a computer.
That'll do for now ...will think of more.