What's the last song you've downloaded from Audio Galaxy?

[Funky Dude]

Seeing that Audio Galaxy is no more, I was wondering what was the last song you've downloaded from Audio Galaxy before it went down the tubes?

Mine was:

Ritchie Family - Peanut Vendor 1975

Now that Audio Galaxy is down the tubes, I'm going to have to save my money and import CDs and records from USA.

[jazz_pilgrim]

My one and only download was:

Miroslav Vitous - New York City

I had William DeVaughn's "Be Thankful" lined up to download, but luckily I got it on a compilation CD 2 weeks ago.

Shame, that's it's gone, eh?

[DJ Bozo]

Stephanie Mills - Pilot Error
cause I wanted someone to hear it and couldn't find my 12" in a timely manner!

[nonkel808]

Last song i downloaded was: Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal + Filho Maravilha + Pais Tropical

Nice song, and i wanted to download more from Jorge Ben, but no more audiogalaxy....

[DJ P]

Last song downloaded?....Actually none. I prefer to give the artists thier 'due' by BUYING thier 'copywrighted' work eithier online or in a regular CD shop. We might still have 'Dance Groove Radio' (and alot of other 'Internet Radio Stations') if more people BOUGHT the music vs DOWNLOADING it for free. The music is the artist's trade/work/job/buisness. Wouldn't you love to work and save to open a store, then someone comes in with an 'Audiogotthisthroughtheweb' card and just takes your merchandise for free? I doubt that you would. Radio (vs old style or internet) promotes the songs for us to BUY. Sorry about my 'ranting' but that's the whole ideal of message boards.

[Fantomas]

OH, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I feel terrible, but we shouldn't complain. We were thiefs (and that's what we were) for a while and we got away with a few free songs. Don't worry, something else will pop up and we can go back to stealing other people's work.

[rhessel]

Hello Nonkel808:

This is just an additional information. Jorge Ben has changed his name to JORGE BENJOR. It is only a change in his artistic name.

Cheers,

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: rhessel on 2002-06-18 07:23 ]</font>

[jazz_pilgrim]

On 2002-06-18 06:47, DJ Phil wrote:
Last song downloaded?....Actually none. I prefer to give the artists thier 'due' by BUYING thier 'copywrighted' work eithier online or in a regular CD shop.

If the one track I downloaded was available in a CD shop, I would have bought it.

I think these media (AG, etc) have an important role to play in the development of music.

If you can't actually hear a certain song in the first place, and with rare disco music that is difficult these days, how are you going to be able to discover new tracks?

At least the consumer is fighting back against these large uncaring music companies
If you like a specialist music, there's no way you can rely on these companies who just like to push out MOR dross ....

Power to the people I say! Let them make up their own minds what to listen or download or buy!!

And talk about STEALING - in the UK we pay around £14 ($20) for an average CD. A lot of the specialist Cds are nearer $25.
If that isn't daylight robbery, what is it??

[Funky Dude]

Yes, downloading MP3s for free is in fact stealing because it means the artist may possibly be getting less royalties for their work. But doesn't most of the money go to those big suit'n'tie blokes who run the record companies instead of the artists? Is it not true that the artists get squat s#$t compared to what the record companies get?

Anyhow as jazz_pilgrim mentioned:

If you can't actually hear a certain song in the first place, and with rare disco music that is difficult these days, how are you going to be able to discover new tracks?

That is one big reason why I download MP3s. Another reason as I mentioned time and time again, it's hard to find the really rare stuff in Australia and CD stores usually have squat s#$t. Normally in CD stores over here we get best of artist compilations and they are usually the most popular artists or we get those typical disco compilations that mostly feature the most typical hits like "Stayin' Alive", "YMCA", "That's The Way I Like It", although they do throw a few lesser known songs in some compilations. Rare disco records, they are around in Australia but I have to rely on pot luck to come across them and the nearest rare disco/funk record shop is over 50km from where I live, and the only rare record shop around here is "Dusty Guitars" which mainly sells rare rock and heavy metal.

And you all know my biggest complaint is the time it takes to hear a rare record, I have to send a money order to USA (this takes 2 weeks), and after they received the money order it takes ANOTHER 2 weeks for the record from USA to NSW Australia. FOUR BLOODY WEEKS!!!!! I could halve the time if I had a credit card, but it's a big hassle with credit cards because I have to watch that no hackers get my credit number and I've got to watch I don't overspend and worst of all the fees of having a credit card.

Well now Audio Galaxy's down the tubes, I'm going to have to do just that. However I should by more albums anyway. As for MP3 file sharing I doubt the next big MP3 sharer will hold up because the record companies will be onto them like a ton of bricks, so best solution use Myplay.com and give your username and password to your mates and so they can send you MP3s and they can download MP3s from you music locker.

So if anyone wants any rare disco from me, just email me at ac_dc_rocks@hotmail.com and give me your list of what you want and I'll check my MP3s and CDs to see if I have what you want. I'll have to get a new needle for my turntable before I can copy records to MP3. I'll upload the songs to my locker and I'll give you my username and password so you can download from my locker. Mind you it will be a slow process because I'm hooked up with a crappy ISP which I always get transfer jams. Also I'm hungry for some rare disco/funk so I'll also be asking for some MP3s myself so we can do some trading.

Fantomas and a couple of other guys from this board have kindly sent me some great rare disco and funk through Myplay, thanks guys.

Anyhow basically if you are living in areas that are remote from the rare disco/funk scene, then MP3s are the way to go to get a glimpse of the rare stuff. And if you see records for them, then you buy them. I'm going to have to start buying more CDs from Amazon.com, after listening to a number of Kay Gees songs, I'm seriously thinking of sending a money order out for their CD compilations. Also I'll have to buy some rare records through Ebay.

[Blaxman]

On 2002-06-18 07:02, Fantomas wrote:
OH, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I feel terrible, but we shouldn't complain. We were thiefs (and that's what we were) for a while and we got away with a few free songs. Don't worry, something else will pop up and we can go back to stealing other people's work.

BLAM...BLAM....BLAM!! POLICE!!! Open up the
door, please!!!!

:lol:

[Spacer]

my last song was (last comleted one):

D.C. LaRue - Do You Want The Real Thing (somebody send this to me I think)


The last song downloaded and not completed was:

Gayle Adams - You Brougt It On Yourself


There are so many good songs I don't know- and I won't get to know without downloading a mp3 (before searchin' for the often hard-to-find vinyls).

I hope there will be a good alternative with the same masses of old 70s-Disco(, Soul and Funk)-stuff.

Steffen

[DJ P]

Hi Everyone dealing with this topic. As I posted earlier, stealing is stealing. Pay the artist and record company thier 'due'. Buy the music vs. downloading from a web site. Yes cost are involed (promotion, tour cost-transportation, lodging, sound equiptment. security and promotion) that we pay by purchasing the artist's cd or going to a 'live/track' event. If we don't support the artist by BUYING their music, what will happen to the music?

[sutnop]

MFSB - Love is the MEssage

is the last songs

since its not nice too curse
the greedy pimps of the record companies

I wish Them to burn in hell

but if my life and music taste would be as shallow as theirs I would be probably persuing the same consequences

but we will rise to the occasion my friends we shall conquer them once again

They can not stop the movement

unlike DJ Phil
I completley disagree with him
on the topic that we should pay for what we listen to.....

I mean music was made by the Muse's in Greece
I don't see toodays artists paying royalities to mount Olympus

it is a gift to share
not to profit from

and besides if you look at history toodays artist are earning much more then what artists
ever earned a 1000's years ago

Before Recording came to being
Artists still exsisted and still made money and performed concerts

some had Diva and Star status as the ones from the Opera and were dearly sought

but none of them made the disgusting amounts that toodays milking cows produce
such as
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Metallica (pigs) or (serpents)

In the middle ages artists were most often Jestors at the king's castle.

and before that in Asian Rome they were taken in regard but not idolized.

This whole recording buisness has gone too far.....

I am for majority
and not for a few eating the whole cake

With Free ware
the real artists the ones who work hard and don't care if they live in misery or luxury

cause they are passionatley in love with music will still manage

while greedy record companies with milking cow artist a la Britney S will fall

promotion and marketting will not
take on outrageous proportions

and everyone will get to objectvly listen to the song before actually
deciding that this artist is worth my money

[disco1999]

My last download from AG was: Silver Convention - San Francisco hustle.

I don't consider myself being a thive. I have never made money like some of you did as a DJ and whining about music thives. I have purchased for my own personnal pleasure, over 1000 vinyls and as much in CD's for the past 20 years, so I don't appreciate being called a thief for downloading occasionally rare music no longer available on the shelves.

Before the internet, people were recording on compact cassettes, plenty of music live on radio and riaa never made a big issue out of it.
While we are at it, maybe the RIAA should start striking on discos making huge money playing repeatedly the big hits they paid the same price as any ordinary fans ?

[rhessel]

Hi:

Mine was Betty Wright - Where is the love, but it didn't complete.

The last one which completed the download was Grace Jones - Sorry.

AG I missed you so much.

Cheers,