Online Music Shops

Civilian_Target

I thought it might be an idea to make a list (or possibly even a sticky) of online music shops, because that's what I came here looking for and can't find. I'm sure it would be of benefit to all.

Here's my 2c in the order of goodness

www.101cd.com
www.play.com
www.cdwow.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk

Mossy Monk

cheapest i find

Kali

http://www.musicselection.com .. if it doesn't exist there, then it doesn't exist

Lucutus

Good Idea, Deserves to be stickied.

Luc

Civilian_Target

www.splashdvd.com

BrianD

www.blackstar.co.uk - for DVD's

www.cdwow.ie - Prices in Euro.

parasite

http://www.opalmusic.com

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by BrianD
www.cdwow.ie - Prices in Euro.

use this very handy currency convertor for foreign currencies

honru

www.deepdiscountcd.com

American site. Some of you may be familiar with www.deepdiscountdvd.com. Very good selection, but there is a shipping charge for International orders, $6 (€4.70) for an order up to $25. While high, some might benefit from the weak dollar on the already cheap CDs. Plus you may be able to put it to good use if you are visiting the United States (free shipping), or need to order that special US-exclusive CD.

vgar

www.mycokemusic.com

This is a pretty kool site. It was only launched last month. You can view albums and then just download individual tracks (legally).

It cost about 99p per track (depending on how many 'credits' you purchase).

I've been using it for the past couple of weeks and its pretty kool. A fairly good selection as well as a few exclusives before they are released in the shops.

Civilian_Target

www.audiolunchbox.com

Digital music site. All the downloads are DRM free.

EsexBoy

Just a few that I use a lot!!


WWW.HALF.COM

WWW.GEMM.COM

WWW.CRAZYBEAT.CO.UK

WWW.SOULBROTHER.COM

WWW.QUANTUMRECORDS.CO.UK

Badly Drunk Boy

How about http://www.roadrecs.com/ for new Irish music?

Okie

I haven't used it myself, but it comes recommended www.cdjungle.com

As far as I know it's free delivery (not sure if, it's free to Ireland though, I think it is)

The price is in £'s Sterling but convert it across and it's still cheap for CD's!

robbie1876

Djangos - Great for second hand and rare recordings. I've ordered from them a few times - highly recommended.

Mutz

http://www.cdbaby.com - Just Ordered Off them now. Seem good for Independant - non label music. Haven't heard anything about them before. I'll let ye know how I get on.

Cork

Has anyone any experiences of:

www.101cd.com


or

mvc.co.uk

Civilian_Target

Yes. 101cd have a great back catalogue, and they're damn cheap, but postage generally takes about 2 weeks.

BolBill

www.cduniverse.com.

American site, big selection and affordable because prices are in US$. Delivery is costly but doesnt double with second CD so best to buy a few.
Takes 10 days to get here. :cool:

karlh

neutral

Any suggestions for sites for legal dowload music?


I can't get some tracks I want on mycokemusic.com

Quangle

http://www.bleep.com (warp records)
They seem to have started offering some stuff in flac!
Pricing
Site uses frames :-/

http://www.mindawn.com/
http://www.magnatune.com/

(free and) legal music link fest

rugbug86

download itunes and use the music store there, 99cents a song, 9.99 an album. still cheaper than some of those sites and ya have them instantly!

dead air

www.eil.com is good for rarities and hard to find items. I've bought from them before without problem, and they're based in the UK.

del_boy85

I think www.bangcd.com are excellent and very cheap for current chart cds. Only 6.99stg and free delivery worldwide. Not much of a back catalogue though.

irishraven

www.awarestore.com

Johnner111

I agree bangcd is very good, there delivery time is speedy, usually two days after shipping, their back catalogue is no good tho, and they suck for anything non-chart really.

Bottle_of_Smoke

none of those sites had marilyn manson or black sabbath, not acceptable!

is there anywhere other thna mycokemusic(wont play on my mp3 player)

antod

checkout hmv digital its about 1.20e a song they have a very good selection or the new download site e-music.

blastman

Cork wrote:

Has anyone any experiences of:

www.101cd.com


or

mvc.co.uk

I know this was asked a long time ago, but I wanted to express my disappointment with 101CD. I ordered a total of four items from them and after six months, they had managed to deliver two of them. Most of the items weren't even particularly obscure. In fact one of them I ordered because they sent me a promotional email for it! I eventually cancelled the order nine months later and got the item within a week from Ebay. A big let-down and a complete waste of time, in my experience.

lukin

What about this site:
http://www.mp3sugar.com?
I haven't used it myself yet so I don't know if it's available in Ireland.
Mods can delete this post if it isn't.

DeadSkin

lukin wrote:

What about this site:
http://www.mp3sugar.com?
I haven't used it myself yet so I don't know if it's available in Ireland.
Mods can delete this post if it isn't.

Any one here use this site?
Would like some feedback on it before I hand over any credit card details.
The tracks I'm looking at are $0.15, this is the cheapest I've seen online.

EDIT: Just did a bit more diggin' and it's another russian site....will give it a miss.

McSandwich

http://www.outersounds.ie

djdownload

www.djdownload.com – DJdownload.com is THE place to go for mp3 dance music downloads. Specialising in house, electro, hard dance, techno, progressive, trance, electro, breaks, drum and bass and Leftfield & Electronica.

Neurojazz

Beatport (US)


Audiojelly(GB)


3Beat Digital (GB)


Trackitdown (GB)


Juno (GB)

These are a few that actually pay the artisits a healthy cut - if a track is 15c then the artist is'nt being paid *anything*!

spooydermot

emusic.com

theres a heavy amount on the site, beware though, some tracks are not available in Ireland.
Worth taking a look for lesser known artists.

some great stuff like Gillian Welch and Erin McKeown on there too

lisajane

www.mp3sparks.com www.lavamus.com

I use these 2 websites alot. They're good.

Peter Walczak

Any online shops (like HMV or Amazon) I can buy music using Laser?

Mint Sauce

hi guys and gals, can anyone recomend a good site to buy either vinyl or casstte, cant see these formats on the sites that would buy cds off on.

to help narrow it down the vinyls for my self, new to it, would be starting off with rereleases/rare stuff/specal editions, ie the the joshua tree rerelease, or the new rolling stones back catalouge

cassette is for xmas pressie for elerdery relative, traditonal irish or country

bget

there is a new site dont know if any one has heard of it but it offers unlimited free legal music dwn loads the only catch is that there will be some advertisements that it may be nesicary to was before you can down load you song. it has been endorsed by sony music and a few other big brands.
its called www.qtrax.com
it is up and running in theory but as far as i know they are having some problems but it would be worth keeping and i on.
note: it is only compatible with mp3's at present not ipods.

mac123

lisajane wrote: »

www.mp3sparks.com www.lavamus.com

I use these 2 websites alot. They're good.

Hey, iv been using mp3sparks myself for the last few months. Never had any problems until last week when i went on and was blocked from entering the site. Apparently the servers are blocking the ip address of the site but i got on at the weekend and then i tried again today and couldnt!

Are you having any trouble with it or have you tried recently?

aliqueenb

mp3 rocket, my brother got it and it only cost 40 euro and we have unlimited music downloads now:D...its a mainly american site though so i find it hard to get songs from scouting for girls:mad:

gerky

aliqueenb wrote: »

mp3 rocket, my brother got it and it only cost 40 euro and we have unlimited music downloads now:D...its a mainly american site though so i find it hard to get songs from scouting for girls:mad:

That is not a good site its fairly unsafe some spyware/adware and as far as I know would be classed as an illegal file sharing site.

raindog.promo

Mutz wrote: »

http://www.cdbaby.com - Just Ordered Off them now. Seem good for Independant - non label music. Haven't heard anything about them before. I'll let ye know how I get on.

I've used these, had a problem downloading mp3's from them. Wrote them an e-mail letting them know and they got straight back to me and sorted it out.

So Thumbs up for CDBABY

lanod2407

Has anyone used www.gomusic.ru ?

It's a Russian site with very cheap downloads - would appreciate some feedback if anyone knows anything about it.

Besprechen

lanod2407 wrote: »

Has anyone used www.gomusic.ru ?

It's a Russian site with very cheap downloads - would appreciate some feedback if anyone knows anything about it.

yep, havent used it in ages but I've been a member for about 3-4 years now. It's perfectly safe (as in my card hasn't been cloned yet!), at first there used to be the occasional glitch with downloads not starting immediately, also they never respond to any email queries, but overall happy enough with the service.

lanod2407

Thanks Besprechen - what about file / sound quality? How does it compare with other sites and standard CD quality?

loyatemu

7digital.ie - legit downloads, most in non-DRMed MP3 format

seem pretty cheap - new beck album is there for €7 (even cheaper if you pay in sterling, £5)

Besprechen

lanod2407 wrote: »

Thanks Besprechen - what about file / sound quality? How does it compare with other sites and standard CD quality?

quality is fine but then again I've not got the best headphones in the world, all mine are either VBR or 192kbps. I've not used any other pay sites. You also get a 10% discount for buying complete albums but can buy individual tracks if you wish for usually 10-15 US cents.

lanod2407

Logged into gomusic.ru recently and found that all credit card payment methods had been removed and the only way you can pay now is via "a telephone call".
I emailed to ask how do I pay by credit card and was referred back to the link to the "pay by phone" item as the payment method.

Removal of credit card services - now looks decidedly dodgy to me ...... anyone else of similar or different opinion?

Malice

I use CDON and EMP Online for most of my CD buying needs.

I've never had a problem with either of them