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Topic: MP3s???? Return to archive
08-26-03 03:44 AM
Gimme Shelter Where is the best place to download Stones MP3s???
08-26-03 12:55 PM
hotlicks KAZAA LITE
08-26-03 01:15 PM
Boomy Does it have all of the b-sides?

Also, has anyone tried the Rhapsody site? If so, are the STones tracks on it only studio releases or b-sides as well?
08-26-03 05:30 PM
Jaxx unauthorized stones MP3s are hard to come by. now that they've signed a deal to sell them on the net i bet security is even tighter. some of our members may still upload their stash for download. you can find their links by clicking here: Rocks Off Links

good luck
08-26-03 06:50 PM
texmaps I think WinMX is better than Kazaa. Tons of Stones boots
08-26-03 07:54 PM
mac_daddy
quote:
Jaxx wrote:
now that they've signed a deal to sell them on the net...



deal with who?

sell what? previously unreleased/b-sides? live shows (from all tours)? previously released studio titles?

what format? lossy compression only, or are they distributing losslessly encoded material electronically as well?

do you have a link with more info?

thanks.
08-26-03 08:07 PM
texmaps Pretty sure that it is just the official releases we all already have.

Not sure of the format.

Here is some more info http://www.msnbc.com/news/953893.asp
08-26-03 08:23 PM
mac_daddy very interesting - but it is just the catalog...

thanks for the link.
08-27-03 01:09 PM
Jaxx it was posted here on rocks off

http://www.novogate.com/board/968/Archives/08-25-2003/162502-1.html

and i also read several articles on the net media

Stones sell music online

By Anil Dawar, Evening Standard
19 August 2003

The Rolling Stones today become the latest rock legends to make their music available for downloading from the internet.

Bunny Jagger: Should keep him in child support payments a while longer

Fans can now pay to download 18 albums, including the classics Exile On Main Street and Sticky Fingers. They can also make their own "best of" albums by picking some of 250 available tracks to burn onto blank CDs.

The Stones have spent the past three years negotiating to ensure internet royalties will be similar to those for CD sales. Fans will pay 99p for each track in the UK - 40p more than in the US.


Stones roll out songs on Rhapsody downloading service
By JON HEALEY, Los Angeles Times
Published Sunday, August 24th, 2003


(LAT) - Online music services backed by the major record labels are about to sweeten their offers with a little Brown Sugar.
Many of the Rolling Stones' classic rock 'n' roll songs became available Aug. 18 to North American subscribers to the Rhapsody music service operated by RealNetworks Inc.

In two weeks, the Stones' post-1971 recordings also are expected to start appearing on rival music services, such as Roxio Inc.'s pressplay and Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store.

The move - potentially a watershed moment for label-authorized services - means that hundreds of the Stones' songs will be available online for $1 or less per track in a digital format similar to MP3 files but scrambled to limit copying. A major promotional campaign for the Stones and Rhapsody is planned by electronics retailer Best Buy.

Holdouts among top-selling artists - such as the Stones, the Beatles and Led Zeppelin - have made it harder for label-authorized services to compete with file sharing. Although such rock luminaries as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and the Beach Boys have made their catalogs available over the last year, other stars have pulled back, imposing new restrictions on Apple and others that want to sell individual tracks from CDs.

The industry-authorized services can use all the help they can get. They've attracted just a fraction of the audience lured by online file-sharing networks such as Kazaa, where tens of millions of users make unauthorized free copies of music and movies.

The free outlets are comprehensive and relatively simple to use, but many of the authorized services have been hampered by complex and inconsistent limitations.

For example, a deal will give Rhapsody subscribers a different set of rules for Stones songs made before and after 1971.

Under a pact with the band's original label, ABKCO, pre-1971 songs such as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "Gimme Shelter" can be played on an online jukebox but not copied onto CDs. But post-1971 tracks, including "Brown Sugar," "Angie" and "It's Only Rock 'N Roll (But I Like It)," can be copied onto CDs.

Although the band, formed in 1962, is seven years older than the Internet, it has long showed an interest in using technology to promote sales. Progress made by authorized services over the last six months helped convince the band and its advisers that the time was right to jump online, said Ted Cohen, senior vice president of digital development and distribution at EMI Group's EMI Music, the Stones' record company since 1971.

"I think it shows a level of trust and a level of partnership with our artists that says, this is the future, or a major part of the future of how music gets distributed," Cohen said.

The Stones' endorsement isn't a "silver bullet" for the authorized services, but it's still significant, said analyst Michael McGuire of technology research firm GartnerG2. Not only is the Stones' catalog rich in hits, but the band's reputation for being shrewd in its business affairs could help convince other holdout artists about the value of selling songs online, McGuire said.

"They have been satisfied, so to speak," McGuire said. "I think that is important in and of itself."

The risk for artists is that fans will buy a few songs online instead of whole CDs. That's why other holdouts may not budge, McGuire said, until they see what happens to the Stones' CD sales over the next few months.

In its 560 U.S. stores, Best Buy plans to demonstrate Rhapsody on kiosks, some of which will be placed near discounted Rolling Stones CDs. The outlets will offer shoppers free trials of the service.

Scott Young, vice president of digital entertainment for Best Buy, said the company decided to throw its weight behind Rhapsody after a five-month test in stores on the West Coast. "We saw numbers that indicated there was a mass market for this service," he said.







08-28-03 12:07 PM
Factory Girl Mp3s are not well regarded.
08-28-03 12:21 PM
justforyou
quote:
Factory Girl wrote:
Mp3s are not well regarded.



Hmmm... by who ? Still the easiest way to share music over the net. Thanks to that, people have access to the Licks boots (that is until the tour reached Europe, then lots of shows seem bootless :-() Checkout winmx. Kazaa mostly has the usual catalog stuff.

And if you get an ok bitrate and it should sound fine. It's more a question of the recording/mastering than the encoding...