Can any of you music download experts recommend me a trustworthy site cheaper than 79p per single?

[Aero]

Following on from the 40th birthday thread, I love the idea of making a CD for our friend's 40th, but 40 songs @79p each would work out rather expensive and I wondered if there was a cheaper way of doing it?

I've heard Limewire is excellent AND free but no personal experience - I'm a bit wary after troubles with Kazaa but I'm sure SaintGeorge uses Limewire .....

Any free P2p sites will let all sorts of rubbish into your PC I believe, Aero.

How about borrowing CDs from lots of people (or libraries), downloading them onto your PC and then burning them onto a CD?

Yes, just looked at Kazaa and initially looks good, but on further investigation, found a review which suggests otherwise and your post just about confirms that!

eek ursula - Kazaa now have my email addy, although I didn't join..............

That's a good idea, but I have a very short time (5 days) to pull this off (else he gets a bottle of red and a card ), and I've never done this sort of thing before. typically dh is away on business from tomorrow until Friday night.

I wouldn't use Kazaa, we do use limewire occasionally but you do need up to date anti virus and be suspicious of files that all ahve the same size or are suspicially small. The message boards are useful on limewire as a mean sof alerting yourlelf to the pitfalls. The qulaity can also be variable, I tend to use napster as it is less trouble.

Maybe if you listed all the songs you wanted for the cd, mumsnetters if we have any can email them to you??

Am I likely to get all sorts of rubbish now? And can I remove my email from their list......fast?

airy - that is certainly worth a try.

Would I be doing anything illegal by copying and pasting the list from another site?

I think the problems only begin when you start downloading stuff.

I thought it was brilliant at first, got loads of tunes, dead easy to use - then I started getting loads of dodgy pop ups and viruses - I had to have my pc rebuilt!

I wouldn't worry as long as you havn't actually downloaded kazaa. If you do get any emails from them just put them straight into your junk folder if they didn;t go there already and don't open them

I don't think so Aero. Not an expert though.

Blimey JT - I hope nothing like that will happen - I'm such a technophobe, so wouldn't know where to start if the pc went belly-up!!

Really don't worry Aero. The only way it can put things onto your pc is if you download anything.

Well, at the risk of having my first ever deleted post (which I'm fine with if I'm doing anything wrong), here's the list:

1966 On your birthdate the No. 1 single was The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby"

1967 On your 1st birthday Scott McKenzie - "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)"

1968 On your 2nd birthday The Beach Boys - "Do It Again"

1969 On your 3rd birthday Zager & Evans - "In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)"

1970 On your 4th birthday Elvis Presley - "The Wonder Of You"

1971 On your 5th birthday Diana Ross - "I'm Still Waiting"

1972 On your 6th birthday Rod Stewart - "You Wear It Well"

1973 On your 7th birthday Donny Osmond - "Young Love"

1974 On your 8th birthday The Osmonds - "Love Me For A Reason"

1975 On your 9th birthday Rod Stewart - "Sailing"

1976 On your 10th birthday Abba - "Dancing Queen"

1977 On your 11th birthday Elvis Presley - "Way Down"

1978 On your 12th birthday The Commodores - "Three Times A Lady"

1979 On your 13th birthday Cliff Richard - "We Don't Talk Anymore"

1980 On your 14th birthday The Jam - "Start"

1981 On your 15th birthday Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"

1982 On your 16th birthday Survivor - "Eye Of The Tiger"

1983 On your 17th birthday UB40 - "Red Red Wine"

1984 On your 18th birthday Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called To Say I Love You"

1985 On your 19th birthday David Bowie & Mick Jagger - "Dancing In The Street"

1986 On your 20th birthday Boris Gardiner - "I Want To Wake Up With You"

1987 On your 21st birthday Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up"

1988 On your 22nd birthday Yazz & Plastic Population - "The Only Way Is Up"

1989 On your 23rd birthday Jive Bunny - "Swing The Mood"

1990 On your 24th birthday Bombalurina - "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"

1991 On your 25th birthday Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"

1992 On your 26th birthday Snap - "Rhythm Is A Dancer"

1993 On your 27th birthday Culture Beat - "Mr Vain"

1994 On your 28th birthday Wet Wet Wet - "Love Is All Around"

1995 On your 29th birthday Blur - "Country House"

1996 On your 30th birthday Spice Girls - "Wannabe"

1997 On your 31st birthday Will Smith - "Men In Black"

1998 On your 32nd birthday The Manic Street Preachers - "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"

1999 On your 33rd birthday Lou Bega - "Mambo No5 (A Little Bit Of...)"

2000 On your 34th birthday Madonna - "Music"

2001 On your 35th birthday Blue - "Too Close"

2002 On your 36th birthday Atomic Kitten - "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)"

2003 On your 37th birthday Elton John - "Are You Ready For Love (re-issue)"

2004 On your 38th birthday Natasha Bedingfield - "These Words"

2005 On your 39th birthday Oasis - "The Importance Of Being Idle"

If you want to you can email me the list at airym at hotmail dot co dot uk.
And I'll happily send any from it that I have for you

I type to slow! lol
Will go check my library for you

Aw, thanks airy.

Might have to start another thread to draw attention to this and keep it bumped. Have to say I'd be well chuffed with myself if I could, and if I can't pull it off this time, I have a few years to prepare one for dh's 40th!! lol

Aero, I don't think we have any of those in the house but will ask the kids

Thanks ursula. I think it could be the bottle of wine etc, but I live in hope.

Aero, could you email me on that address. I think I can help you

Emailed you airy.

bet you would get a lot of those free or for peanuts on allofmp3

hey aero, great idea for a mix CD, where did you find out what was the no1 each time. I'd like to do one of those and it would work for me and DH as we both have the same birthday!

Terrie X

I don't use limewire Jools, you must be thinking of someone else.

I rarely download but when I do I use a service provided by my ISP.

emailed you back Aero