Poniedziałek 16 Sty 2006, 17:58

I've been a very content customer of the legal MP3 download website emusic. They offer over one million songs for 25 US cents (or less) - as MP3 files which are not copy-protected. You can keep the downloaded songs forever and use them on any MP3-compatible player (including iPod). Contrary to iTunes, you do not need any special software.

I recently discovered that they carry a great variety of Bollywood soundtracks - including:

• Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Abhijeet, Asha Bhosle, Kumar Sanu, Lata Mangeshkar, Manpreet Kaur, Pamela Chopra, Udit Narayan)


• Saathiya (A. R. Rahman)


• Kabhi Kabhie (Amitabh Bachchan, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh)


• 1942 A Love Story (Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kumar Sanu, Lata Mangeshkar, Shivaji Chattopadhyay)


• Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (Alka Yagnik, Amit Kumar, Jatin, Sadhana Sargam, Udit Narayan, Vijayta Pandit)


• Hare Rama Hare Krishna (Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Iyer)


• Shree (Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, Mohd Rafi, Mukesh)


• Guide (Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, Mohd. Rafi, S. D. Burman)


• Rangeela (A. R. Rahman, Anupama, Hariharan, Kavitha, S. Janaki, Sujatha, Swarnalatha, Unnikrishnan)


• Aradhana (Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd. Rafi, S. D. Burman)


• Masoom (Anup Ghoshal, Arati Mukherjee, Bhupinder, Gauri Bapat, Gurpreet Kaur, Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar, Vanita Mishra)


• Bobby (Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, Narendra Chanchal, Shailendra Singh)


• Murder (Alisha Chinoy, Amir Jamal, Anuradha Paudwal, Kunal Ganjawala, Sonu Nigam)


• Yaadon Ki Baaraat (Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd. Rafi, Padmini, R.D. Burman, Shivangi)


• Dil To Pagal Hai (Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan)

Additional artists whose albums/songs are available at emusic (in no particular order): Frank Zappa, Marvin Gaye (including a 1980 live show in Montreux/Switzerland which is very funky!), Val Watson (feat. George Clinton & Earth, Wind and Fire), Ying Yang Twins, Blackalicious, Young MC, Talib Kweli, Tone Loc, 2 Live Crew, Isaac Hayes, Ike And Tina Turner, Little Richard, The Pharcyde, Otis Redding, Boogie Down Productions, Jean Knight, Booker T. & The MG's, Raphael Saadiq, Rufus Thomas, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, many Stax and Fantasy recording artists, etc. etc. etc.

The best part: You can check out emusic for free (here is a link to their promo page). During the trial period, you can download 50 songs (a US-$ 12.50 value) for no charge at all.

Can you recommend other legal download sites for Bollywood songs? Please write about them in the discussion thread "Your Favorite Sources for Legal Music Downloads" (in the group Bollywood Soundtracks).

Related tags: Bollywood, Bollywood Movies, Bollywood Soundtracks