A friend of mine and former on-air talent for a local radio station (non-clear channel, thank god) said that they used to get albums for review, pre-play, etc. up to 6 weeks (!!!) prior to release. I don't know much about the music industry, but I've known a few DJ's who liked to pirate music in my day.
If I had to make a guess, I'd say there's another point on the food chain where an album could "fall off the truck" so to speak.
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