Where can I buy rare, legal prog mp3s?

Henry Plainview wrote: eMusic is kicking me off their non-standard legacy plan and now I have to pay $11.99 for 30 tracks like everyone else. :( And I keep downloading albums with crappy quality!   But in exchange I'm getting Miles Davis?

How did you arrive at the conclusion that these downloads are "crappy quality"? Please, don't say "because they're mp3".

Henry Plainview wrote: But in exchange I'm getting Miles Davis?

That's a good deal. You should have him make you sandwiches or something. Maybe serenade you as you go to sleep. Even form a band with him.

To the OP, I am afraid you have been misinformed. There are no rare, legal prog mp3s. Rare prog is so good that it is prohibited by international law, under the Geneva convention. Just the other day the FBI searched my computer to make sure I didn't have any Etron Fou Leloublan. Fortunately I edited all the track information so it appeared to be a Madonna album, but next time they might bring headphones. Don't be like us, man. You got your whole life ahead of you. My buddy's been in prison three times for distributing Magma records, and each time he goes he only ends up getting deeper and deeper into it. Take my advice, man, and stay away. It'll only destroy you, in the end.


Alright, in all seriousness, I have to echo those who have said www.cdbaby.com
Excellent place, and it's normally pretty cheap there as well, at least compared to other sites I've seen.


Edited by KingCrimson250 - June 11 2009 at 22:26

Thanks a lot everybody, you've been a great help!!!

Diaby wrote: arhar wrote: I don't want to go to torrents/IRC because I want to support those bands.. Any help?   You're only gonna support the record label unless the band itself has an own. Music groups won't ever see a penny from it. (I've not said you should download illegal, before someone misunderstands my sentence!)

progkidjoel wrote: The AMAZON MP3 store is quite good - it has some incredibly hard to find stuff, Like Chroma Key (Kevin Moore) and other stuff.

I tend to agree - but it varies greatly from country to country. For example, Chroma Key is not available at Amazon.de MP3, which is what I have to use.

eMusic.com has some regional restrictions too, but far less than Amazon from what I can tell.

http://www.emusic.com/artist/Chroma-Key-MP3-Download/11619177.html

The AMAZON MP3 store is quite good - it has some incredibly hard to find stuff, Like Chroma Key (Kevin Moore) and other stuff.

I've found Amazon to be excellent and reasonably priced, whereas I don't rate e-music at all in terms of choice. Is this a UK thing?

However, most decent band sites these days will have a download facility, for example Marillion's site is superb.

debrewguy wrote: one problem - amazon MP3 downloads are available in the U.S. or the U.K. ONLY. Poor Canada. will check out minddawn & cdbaby though

e M u s i c . c o m

check out the link I posted above and the lists in the music database. I think that many people might be surprised to see how many great albums are actually available there.

^ I don't know what you mean by that.

http://www.amazon.com/Close-Edge-Expanded-Remastered/dp/B0012QI4KE/ref=sr_f3_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1244646063&sr=103-1

The tracks are the same as on CD or vinyl ...

debrewguy wrote: which reminds me, John from Shadow Circus told me he'd help me convert Flac or OGG files from these sites.

When I buy digital music I do prefer to have it in FLAC or any lossless format (you'll never know when you'll get a great stereo to hear your music).

If you need to convert the files to MP3 you can use foobar200 (http://www.foobar2000.org/) it gets the job done and has a great cost