Carol - for what it's worth, try: www.7digital.comI've used them for years, and their site is pretty easy to navigate in my experience, and they have loads of stuff available in 320 kbps MP3.
I was looking at Itunes with a sited friend today, and out of interest, did a search for *the Drifters*, and when I clicked to listen to the sample of the tracks, found them not to be the correct final release recordings; they were earlier takes or outtakes that preceeded the final released recording; I felt this was very poor in deed, I'm not saying other sites, including 7Digital are not offering what I call the wrong release of certain old tracks, but that I haven't found that to be the case, so please be careful, and always listen to the sample before purchasing! -
Andy----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:05 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: MP3'S FROM PLAY.COM
Thanks, Steve. A bit of a mine field and will have to work out which way to jump!-- Carol carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxOn Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:15 PM (UK time), Steve Nutt at steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:Hi Carol, If you buy from Play, you can't download again if you lose them, so back them up. If you buy from iTunes, then you can always re-download, but they are not MP3 files, but higher quality. They use Flac files which are M4A. These can be played with Winamp or Windows Media Player, if you download the right plugin for Windows Media Player. There are other companies like 7DigitalMedia http://www.7digitalmedia.com that sell them in MP3 format, and you can re-download from them too. Most stores sell in MP3 or protected WMA formats. Apple sell in M4A and M4V for video. These can be converted to MP3 if they are not DRM-protected. Apple is removing DRM from their stuff, so I am beginning to like iTunes. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson Sent: Saturday 24 January 2009 18:11 To: Access UK Mailing List Subject: [access-uk] MP3'S FROM PLAY.COM I'm thinking of switching to purchasing MP3's instead of CD's and so here are some questions ... As always, I apologise that I didn't follow the thread when it was last discussed. Anyway, here are my questions: Are MP3's available in various sampling rates etc., and can you buy individual tracks from CD's, or do you have to buy the whole CD where a CD is listed rather than a single track? Are they all .WAV format and, if you lose them, can you get them again without charge?** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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