Thanks, Trini, for your information. I just gave it a try down here in The Netherlands ... but no chance! ;-(
This is how it goes: Amazon.com-Shop says: > You have selected to purchase: > 50 Essential Tangos by Various Artists > (Amazon MP3 Purchases are limited to U.S. customers.) Not a fair go for those outside the U.S. ... ;-( Amazon.com-Shop also says: > You must install the Amazon MP3 Downloader to purchase albums. > * It automatically adds your music downloads to iTunes or Windows Media > Player > * It takes just a few clicks and less than 30 seconds to install By that point I would have quit the whole purchase anyway: Why should I install their downloader just to buy and listen to a MP3 file / a bunch of files?! Why should I have to use iTunes or WindozeMediaPlayer - there's more software out there (and *free* software, *free* in a sense of interlectually free!) This smells like DRM-cripled MP3-files ... *no*thanks*! Amazon.com-Shop has even more to tell: > If you would rather not install the Amazon MP3 Downloader, you can > purchase individual songs without it. Ah ha: if I go for the expensive version I do not have to use their downloader! Hmm ... ;-(( Now I just hit the 'cancel purchase' link! Good idea of promotion for Amazon.com and the concept of download-purchasing music - this would have been my first time. But due to the above facts: nope. Chance missed, Amazon.com! Happy weekend, e'body! Christian -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:34:20 -0700 (PDT) > Von: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patan...@yahoo.com> > An: Tango-L <Tango-L@mit.edu> > Betreff: [Tango-L] Fw: Astor Piazzolla & 50 Essential Tangos for $1.99 > starting tonight > Just got this from Milan Records. The download at Amazon.com is $1.99 > for all 50 songs - a very good deal. The special started last night > (Thursday). The album does not contain much dance music, but it's a good > place for > those who need to build a tango collection. > > Carlos "The Voice" Gardel is the Elvis of Tango. His rich voice > popularized tango all over the world until his death in 1935. Every tanguero > should > have him in their music collection. > > Astor Piazzolla is another profound influence in tango, as well and is > another "must have". Although Piazzolla is not considered to be dance music > and is not played at the milongas in Buenos Aires, his pieces have been > quite popular with the nuevo crowd. > > After today, prices goes back to $5.99. > > This is a special partnership with Amazon.com. If we show them our > support, it will encourage Amazon to support more tango. > > Then, email Stefan and ask for dance classics. :-) > I do not have any financial interests in this event. > > > Trini de Pittsburgh > > > > > --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Stefan <stefan.kar...@milanrecords.com> wrote: > > > From: Stefan <stefan.kar...@milanrecords.com> > Subject: Astor Piazzolla & 50 Essential Tangos for $1.99 starting tonight > To: patan...@yahoo.com > Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 8:22 PM > > > > Hi there, > > This is just a reminder that starting tonight, and for a limited amount of > time only, Amazon.com MP3 and Milan Records are offering "50 Essential > Tangos" for $1.99. > > You can download the entire bundle for $1.99 here: > http://www.amazon.com/50-Essential-Tangos/dp/B002KWHAOU/ > > The bundle includes a comprehensive collection of Argentine Tango > beginning with the mythical years of Carlos Gardel and evolving to the > rebirth of > “Nuevo Tango” with Astor Piazzolla. It continues on to classic post > World War II compositions revisited by the Tango virtuosos of the last quarter > of the 20th Century such as Richard Galliano and Nestor Marconi. It also > includes Roberto Goyeneche, the unmistakable voice behind Piazzolla’s > "Vuelvo Al Sur", Susana Rinaldi and many others. > > Enjoy the Tango! > Stefan > > Stefan Karrer > Milan Entertainment, Inc. > 6725 Sunset Blvd Ste 320 > Los Angeles, CA 90028 > Phone: (818) 849-3349 > Fax: (818) 849-3341 > stefan.kar...@milanrecords.com > www.milanrecords.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > Tango-L@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l -- *********************************************** christian.luet...@gmx.net *********************************************** How inappropriate to call this planet earth ... ... as clearly it is ocean! *********************************************** GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l