DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
11-19-14, 08:16 AM
#27
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
It's a new 6-song EP, here's the link:
https://play.google.com/store/music/...p5lyhed6ydvily
Here's the wording from the email:
"Ludacris is back with an exclusive 6-song EP, Burning Bridges, on December 16. For a limited time, get the album for free when you pre-order your copy."
So you "pre-order" it for free now, and then on 12/16 it gets added to your Google Play library.
https://play.google.com/store/music/...p5lyhed6ydvily
Here's the wording from the email:
"Ludacris is back with an exclusive 6-song EP, Burning Bridges, on December 16. For a limited time, get the album for free when you pre-order your copy."
So you "pre-order" it for free now, and then on 12/16 it gets added to your Google Play library.
11-19-14, 04:43 PM
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
Don't know much about Lorde, but I sampled the album and Guardians when they were $5 on Amazon and decided I didn't NEED to have them. But free is great! 
11-23-14, 02:08 PM
#29
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
Imagine Dragons: Night Visions
FREE at Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/music/...gjsyflbm&hl=en
FREE at Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/music/...gjsyflbm&hl=en
11-25-14, 11:28 AM
#30
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
100 free mp3 albums + 50 mp3 box sets @ $1.99 per set from Microsoft
WINDOWS 8+ and WINDOWS PHONE USERS ONLY
Thanks goes to MifuneFan at bluray.com for posting this. His source was Slickdeals:
Some of the $1.99 box set artists:
The Who, Prince, Grateful Dead, George Harrison, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Nirvana, Replacements, Talking Heads, Echo & The Bunnymen, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, Doors, Smiths, Tom Petty, Elton John, Neil Young, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, R.E.M., Velvet Underground, Eagles, Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Bee Gees, Tony Bennett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kiss, Radiohead, Police, Black Crowes, Supremes, Lou Reed, ZZ Top, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Radiohead, Kiss
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=252646
http://slickdeals.net/f/7418606-xbox...e-required?v=1
WINDOWS 8+ and WINDOWS PHONE USERS ONLY
Thanks goes to MifuneFan at bluray.com for posting this. His source was Slickdeals:
The free music continues, but this time it's only for people who have Windows 8, or Windows Smartphones 8 or higher. Microsoft has 100 various artist albums completely free, and available to download to MP3. The offer is good til December 14th.
Here's what you do:
1.) Download their Music Deals app, or go to the Store on your phone and search "Music Deals" to download the app.
2.) Scroll down to the "Holiday Freebies" section
3.) There will be a list of 100 Different albums available:
4.) Click through, and it'll bring you to their Music store
5.) Press and hold on the Cover art, and you can "Buy" the album
6.) Enjoy Free music
Tip: Your album downloads are located here: C:\Users\USERNAME\Music\Xbox Music\Purchases\
Here's some of the albums available:
Avicii: True
Bjork: Post
Bob Marley - Catch a Fire (Deluxe)
Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet
Eagles - The Long Run (Remastered)
Ellie Goulding: Lights
Eminem - Recovery (Explicit)
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Fun - Some Nights
Green Day: Dookie
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (Deluxe)
Jessie J - Sweet Talker (Deluxe)
John Lennon - Imagine
John Lennon - Imagine (2010 Remaster)
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West: Graduation
Katy Perry - The Complete Confection
Katy Perry: Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection
Kid Cudi: Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
Lady Gaga - The Fame
Lana Del Rey: Born To Die (The Paradise Edition)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (Remastered)
Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
Linking Park: Hybrid Theory
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (Deluxe)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: The Heist (Deluxe Edition)
Mumford & Sons: Babel
Nelly - Country Grammar
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
OneRepublic: Waking Up
Rihanna - Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Selena Gomez - When the Sun Goes Down
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (Deluxe)
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
The 1975 - The 1975
The Eagles - The Long Run (Remastered)
The Weeknd - Trilogy
U2 - The Joshua Tree (Deluxe, Remastered)
Weezer - Blue Album (Deluxe)
Here's what you do:
1.) Download their Music Deals app, or go to the Store on your phone and search "Music Deals" to download the app.
2.) Scroll down to the "Holiday Freebies" section
3.) There will be a list of 100 Different albums available:
4.) Click through, and it'll bring you to their Music store
5.) Press and hold on the Cover art, and you can "Buy" the album
6.) Enjoy Free music
Tip: Your album downloads are located here: C:\Users\USERNAME\Music\Xbox Music\Purchases\
Here's some of the albums available:
Avicii: True
Bjork: Post
Bob Marley - Catch a Fire (Deluxe)
Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet
Eagles - The Long Run (Remastered)
Ellie Goulding: Lights
Eminem - Recovery (Explicit)
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Fun - Some Nights
Green Day: Dookie
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (Deluxe)
Jessie J - Sweet Talker (Deluxe)
John Lennon - Imagine
John Lennon - Imagine (2010 Remaster)
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West: Graduation
Katy Perry - The Complete Confection
Katy Perry: Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection
Kid Cudi: Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
Lady Gaga - The Fame
Lana Del Rey: Born To Die (The Paradise Edition)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (Remastered)
Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
Linking Park: Hybrid Theory
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (Deluxe)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: The Heist (Deluxe Edition)
Mumford & Sons: Babel
Nelly - Country Grammar
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
OneRepublic: Waking Up
Rihanna - Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Selena Gomez - When the Sun Goes Down
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (Deluxe)
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
The 1975 - The 1975
The Eagles - The Long Run (Remastered)
The Weeknd - Trilogy
U2 - The Joshua Tree (Deluxe, Remastered)
Weezer - Blue Album (Deluxe)
Some of the $1.99 box set artists:
The Who, Prince, Grateful Dead, George Harrison, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Nirvana, Replacements, Talking Heads, Echo & The Bunnymen, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, Doors, Smiths, Tom Petty, Elton John, Neil Young, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, R.E.M., Velvet Underground, Eagles, Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Bee Gees, Tony Bennett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kiss, Radiohead, Police, Black Crowes, Supremes, Lou Reed, ZZ Top, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Radiohead, Kiss
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=252646
http://slickdeals.net/f/7418606-xbox...e-required?v=1
Last edited by bacigalup; 11-25-14 at 12:44 PM.
11-25-14, 11:45 AM
#31
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview
Edit: Also Windows Phone users can use the Music and Music Deals apps on their phones.
Last edited by Jay G.; 11-25-14 at 12:11 PM.
11-25-14, 01:02 PM
#32
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
Seems like some tracks are missing from the ZZ Top box set (9 to exact). Had encountered a similar situation in downloading some of the free ones, but when I went back into the site for the album, it appeared & was able download them.
Unfortunately, it did not work this time. Logged into the Microsoft Community site to log the problem:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/m...ic?tab=Threads
Guys, double check to make certain all the tracks are appearing for that album/box set.
Update: The tracks finally appeared on the site & I was able to download them.
Thanks. Modified my post to note this.
Unfortunately, it did not work this time. Logged into the Microsoft Community site to log the problem:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/m...ic?tab=Threads
Guys, double check to make certain all the tracks are appearing for that album/box set.
Update: The tracks finally appeared on the site & I was able to download them.
Note that it's Windows 8+ only. People have reported success using the Windows Technical Preview of Windows 10:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview
Edit: Also Windows Phone users can use the Music and Music Deals apps on their phones.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview
Edit: Also Windows Phone users can use the Music and Music Deals apps on their phones.
Last edited by bacigalup; 11-25-14 at 01:35 PM. Reason: Missing tracks finally appeared
11-25-14, 01:27 PM
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
Thanks for posting the deal!
Windows 8.1 sometimes takes a few tries to "get" the album, but it eventually works.
$1.99 box sets are great. Here are the ones I've found so far:
Rolling Stones singles collection
Grateful Dead complete Studio Albums collection
George Harrison All Things Must Pass
John Lennon Signature Box
Elton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002
Frank Sinatra Complete Capitol Singles Collection
Tom Petty Live Anthology
A John Coltrane Retrospective: The Impulse Years
The Bee Gees Mythology
The Supremes: The Supremes
Eric Clapton: Crossroads 2 Live in the '70s
The Doors: Complete Studio Albums
The Police: Message in a Box The Complete Recordings
Windows 8.1 sometimes takes a few tries to "get" the album, but it eventually works.
$1.99 box sets are great. Here are the ones I've found so far:
Rolling Stones singles collection
Grateful Dead complete Studio Albums collection
George Harrison All Things Must Pass
John Lennon Signature Box
Elton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002
Frank Sinatra Complete Capitol Singles Collection
Tom Petty Live Anthology
A John Coltrane Retrospective: The Impulse Years
The Bee Gees Mythology
The Supremes: The Supremes
Eric Clapton: Crossroads 2 Live in the '70s
The Doors: Complete Studio Albums
The Police: Message in a Box The Complete Recordings
11-25-14, 11:07 PM
#34
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
[B]deadmau5: > Album Title Goes Here
11-25-14, 11:23 PM
#35
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
Note that it's Windows 8+ only. People have reported success using the Windows Technical Preview of Windows 10:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview
Edit: Also Windows Phone users can use the Music and Music Deals apps on their phones.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview
Edit: Also Windows Phone users can use the Music and Music Deals apps on their phones.
11-26-14, 08:04 AM
#36
DVD Talk Legend
Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
Another possibility for the technically inclined is to install Windows Tech Preview into a VM on a Mac/PC and download from there. That's basically free.
11-26-14, 08:37 PM
#37
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
Ludacris's upcoming EP is a free preorder in the Play store right now.
https://play.google.com/store/music/...p5lyhed6ydvily
EDIT: Whoops. Somehow I didn't see that it was already mentioned above. Sorry. Anyway, I routinely check this site to see what notable music freebies are in the Play store:
http://mumblebeeinc.com/tag/google-p...ng-of-the-day/
https://play.google.com/store/music/...p5lyhed6ydvily
EDIT: Whoops. Somehow I didn't see that it was already mentioned above. Sorry. Anyway, I routinely check this site to see what notable music freebies are in the Play store:
http://mumblebeeinc.com/tag/google-p...ng-of-the-day/
12-02-14, 09:21 AM
#38
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
Microsoft has updated the selection of free albums (which is now down to 50) in the Music Deals app for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone users. New selections include Bastille, Black Eyed Peas, CHVRCHES, Daft Punk, Florence + The Machine, The Future Sound of London, The Orb, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and also a bunch of others I have no interest in. 
12-02-14, 10:13 AM
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
Microsoft has updated the selection of free albums (which is now down to 50) in the Music Deals app for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone users. New selections include Bastille, Black Eyed Peas, CHVRCHES, Daft Punk, Florence + The Machine, The Future Sound of London, The Orb, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and also a bunch of others I have no interest in.
But damn, is that 8.1 app buggy. I'm used to needing two or three tries for each purchase, but it took me like 12 for Lady Gaga, and she really wasn't worth it.
And it's not a bad password because that generates a specific error message.Next step is to figure out how to get all this stuff from my 8.1 laptop to my main computer where my music is.
EDIT: Looks like all the downloaded files went into a music folder with subfolders by artist and subsubfolders by album. Transfer should be easy if I use a portable hard drive.
Last edited by davidh777; 12-02-14 at 02:01 PM.
12-02-14, 01:57 PM
#40
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
What happened to DECEMBER 14?
No more $1.99 deals either. Stupid Windows.
Last edited by ntnon; 12-02-14 at 02:47 PM.
12-04-14, 07:23 AM
#41
Challenge Guru & Comic Nerd
Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
I guess Amazon isn't doing their usual 25 days of free Christmas music 
But here's an annual Christmas freebie.
http://www.amazon.com/Green-Hill-Chr...dp/B00OTN8EJS/
But here's an annual Christmas freebie.
http://www.amazon.com/Green-Hill-Chr...dp/B00OTN8EJS/
12-04-14, 07:37 AM
#42
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
The regular Artists to Watch freebie section is new too.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=amb_link...d_i=7933257011
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=amb_link...d_i=7933257011
12-09-14, 03:19 PM
#44
DVD Talk Legend
12-09-14, 04:02 PM
#45
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Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
I'm really unhappy with Microsoft and Windows 8.
I spent hours installing Windows, buying and (trying to) downloading multiple albums - many of the paid bargains and all the free ones - only to have the computer crash and need total reformatting... Finally got it sorted, installed the trial 8.1, and NOTHING was in my collection.
Three hours on the phone with MS support, being passed between people and departments ("we're very sorry, I'm sure X can help"), and finally talked to someone who actually understood, sympathised and had the answer: sorry, nothing to be done.
Obviously I haven't really lost anything - some glitch meant I wasn't even charged for the paid ones, so I can't even claim that side of it - but that's probably eight or nine hours completely wasted; bargains missed and freebies unclaimed.
At least there are new ones today, which is nice...
I spent hours installing Windows, buying and (trying to) downloading multiple albums - many of the paid bargains and all the free ones - only to have the computer crash and need total reformatting... Finally got it sorted, installed the trial 8.1, and NOTHING was in my collection.
Three hours on the phone with MS support, being passed between people and departments ("we're very sorry, I'm sure X can help"), and finally talked to someone who actually understood, sympathised and had the answer: sorry, nothing to be done.
Obviously I haven't really lost anything - some glitch meant I wasn't even charged for the paid ones, so I can't even claim that side of it - but that's probably eight or nine hours completely wasted; bargains missed and freebies unclaimed.
At least there are new ones today, which is nice...
12-09-14, 04:50 PM
#47
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
Quite. There were interplay problems between the Music and Deals programmes (crash, crash, reboot, hang) the whole time, which can't have helped, but it may have been a problem with the mouse or impatience - given how rare it was that everything looked functional, I clicked as quick as I could! - but... it's baffling, annoying and they (probably reasonably, but still) wouldn't match the deals I "missed".*
*...can anyone, er...?
There were interplay problems between the Music and Deals programmes (crash, crash, reboot, hang) the whole time, which can't have helped, but it may have been a problem with the mouse or impatience - given how rare it was that everything looked functional, I clicked as quick as I could! - but... it's baffling, annoying and they (probably reasonably, but still) wouldn't match the deals I "missed".* *...can anyone, er...?
12-11-14, 11:26 AM
#48
DVD Talk Legend
Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
The Outsiders by Eric Church is free on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/music/..._The_Outsiders
https://play.google.com/store/music/..._The_Outsiders
12-16-14, 08:46 AM
#50
DVD Talk Legend
Re: DVD Talk's awesome free music thread!
They're pushing the holiday Prime Playlists instead.
However, there is a freebie...
http://www.amazon.com/Jingle-Farts-F...sic-track_f_54
However, there is a freebie...
http://www.amazon.com/Jingle-Farts-F...sic-track_f_54