iTunes Plus Free Songs of the Week (Click to enlarge)
Despite the move to iTunes Plus for new songs, the free song of the week has been offered in 128kbps DRM format. Songs of the Week are presented as a single-song album. What I have discovered here in Australia, for at least the last month, is that the free song has also been available in a 256kbps DRM-free version. Instead of getting the free song, click the artist name in the “breadcrumb trail”:
iTunes "Breadcrumb Trail" (Click to enlarge)
Look for an album with the same artwork as the free album. Ensure that it is an iTunes Plus album:
iTunes Album
In that album will be the same song but in 256kbps and also free. Get that version instead:
iTunes Plus Free Song
I guess it will take a while to transition away from the old free song arrangement. Perhaps these have been decided on months in advance and so we still see them until they run out.
