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Fri 10 Oct 2007Why Madge signed a record deal with a concert promoterIt used to be that every week brought a bad news story for the record companies. Now it's every hour, writes Brian Boyd.Where to begin? Still dazed and confused over Radiohead's "here, it's free" download giveaway, we now have Ray Davies, The Kinks' songwriting legend (Waterloo Sunset and all of that), giving away his new album free in this weekend's Sunday Times. The potentially biggest blow, though, comes from a mediocre singer and dancer with a Camilla Parker Bowles accent and a very bendy spine.