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Beggars Benquet-backed alternative music and media site Playlouder is finally taking the download plunge with the launch of a selection of exclusive single and album downloads for sale from next Monday (January 8).

The Charlatans' Melting Pot and The Prodigy's The Fat Of The Land will be among the Beggars-linked releases being made available, while Mushroom catalogue is also expected to be on sale at the site, making it the first to offer a wide range of platinum-selling artists' repertoire commercially online in the UK.

Up to 600 selected singles will retail on the site at 99p, while a range of 50 albums will be priced at 9.99 [pounds sterling] and, made available via Microsoft's Windows Media format. Distribution, rights and royalty administration and security are being handled by Playlouder partner, Peter Gabriel's start-up On Demand Distribution (OD2).

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