SeveralicSeveral music magazines include a free album of music (usually a compilation of tracks by various artists), known in the publishing industry as a [[covermount]]. The practice began in the 1980s with UK magazine ''[[Smash Hits]]'' giving away [[flexi disc]]s, and graduated to [[mixtape]]s and [[compact disc]]s in the 1990s, with modern magazines such as ''[[NME]]'' and ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' frequently including cover compilations.<ref name="bbc">Geoghegan, Tom: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6897178.stm Are free CDs killing music?], ''[[BBC News|BBC News Magazine]]'', 13 July 2007.</ref>
The tracks are cleared for release by the relevant [[record companies]], and are usually released for promotional purposes.
