Want 20+ free albums from Google?

luvche21 shared some links said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 11:30am ET

Google Play has been giving away a bunch of free albums lately, and I thought many of you would be interested. Some of the artists:

Billie Holiday
Miles Davis
Europe
Toto
Meatloaf
Bill Withers
Johnny Cash
311
Simon and Garfunkel
etc.

Instead of linking to the individual albums, you can find a list here at Slickdeals, or, poke around this canned search I set up at Google Play to find all the free ones. They may have missed some over at Slickdeals. I see a total of 23 right now that are free.

You do have to provide CC info (if you don't have an account with Google Play yet), but you won't be charged anything.

Enjoy!

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Foxborn said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 11:38am ET:

I have a problem giving out billing info for something that's free. Guess I'm just weird that way

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- @Foxborn we keep a gift cash card for that purpose - with limited funds on it. Sometimes doesn't work but usually does.
  
  We also have designated a "Internet-use-only" credit card. So we know if it gets hacked, that it happened on the Internet, but also so we don't get credit card-stranded in the brick and mortar world.
  
  Many credit card vendors also now offer single use/single vendor virtual credit "card" numbers hooked to your real credit card.
  
  And finally, Paypal sometimes works.
  
  RedOak said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 10:06am ET
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medz said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 12:01pm ET:

Thanks. Google already has my CC info, so... free shiz!

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DrunkCat said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 12:03pm ET:

Oh. I thought we'd get to choose.

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- @DrunkCat Well, choose between the 23 free ones! Or take them all!
  
  luvche21 said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 12:32pm ET
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djslack said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 12:59pm ET:

311! Awesome! Also, the twenty other ones I downloaded. Thanks!

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editorkid said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 1:14pm ET:

I used your search, and I wonder whether Google charges different people different prices, because a lot of these are nowhere near free. I'll grab the ones that are, though. Thanks!

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- @editorkid I think he just meant that link will include, but not be limited to, all the free ones. Edit: but it didn't include the "greatest hits" ones. Like the Simon & Garfunkel https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Simon_Garfunkel_Playlist_Simon_and_Garfunkel_s_Gre?id=Bc7mkkuci5m2wglfkur4d56k5ku
  
  medz said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 1:24pm ET
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- @editorkid Exactly what @medz said -- that's the closest that I could get to a full list of all the free ones in one search... with lots of fluff.
  
  luvche21 said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 2:37pm ET
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- @luvche21 Strangely, changing the search term to "greatest hits" not only shows the S&G, but also includes a time warp back to the 50's...
  
  The Best Housework Hits (not free)
  
  curtw4 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 7:31am ET
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- @curtw4 lol, she looks waaaaay too excited to be doing housework...
  
  luvche21 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 11:25am ET
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- @luvche21 I need that music.
  
  sammydog01 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 12:53pm ET
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- @sammydog01 Whatever it takes to get us to do housework, right?
  
  luvche21 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 1:19pm ET
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- @luvche21 I think she's got 50 Shades of Plans for those clothespins.
  
  editorkid said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 2:41pm ET
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- @editorkid
  
  mfladd said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 2:44pm ET
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- Figures, @mfladd shows up and it goes right from clean, to....
  
  KittySprinkles said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 2:58pm ET
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- @jaremelz
  
  mfladd said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 3:20pm ET
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- @mfladd Good man, always remember your rubbers!
  
  KittySprinkles said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 3:39pm ET
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- @jaremelz
  
  mfladd said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 3:49pm ET
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readnj said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 1:28pm ET:

Cool Thanks!

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Bingo said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 1:30pm ET:

Sweet! Thanks.

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luvche21 said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 2:38pm ET:

@medz brought up a good point - the canned search doesn't find everything (like Simon and Garfunkel)

Definitely check out that list as well at Slickdeals as well if you want to get all of them.

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Pavlov said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 3:37pm ET:

Bittorrent never asks me for my card information . . . just sayin'.

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- @Pavlov
  
  medz said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 5:07pm ET
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- @medz The "steal a baby" one doesn't quite fit.. The original owner still has the music you copy.. That's like saying "you wouldn't take a picture of a baby!"
  
  kadagan said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 5:30pm ET
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- @kadagan The picture isn't an exact copy that would give you the same experience as the original owner. So maybe... You wouldn't clone a baby?
  
  medz said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 6:28pm ET
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- @medz why not?
  
  nadroj said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 8:42pm ET
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- @Pavlov Neither does your cellmate, pal.
  
  editorkid said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 2:48pm ET
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sammydog01 said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 6:53pm ET:

Thanks!

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sassymango said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 9:09pm ET:

@luvche21, thank you!

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- @sassymango You're welcome! There's some good collections in there!
  
  luvche21 said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 9:53pm ET
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- @luvche21 there were, I dowloaded a lot!
  
  sassymango said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 11:59pm ET
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ugadogch said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 10:14pm ET:

Waylon & Willie - Thanks

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- @UgaDogCH I was excited to grab that one and I also picked up 8 others including Nas... not a lot of crossover there but I've got kind of eclectic music taste I guess.
  
  What I want to know is how many people turned down the free Jessica Simpson album.
  
  belowi said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 1:19am ET
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belowi said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 1:19am ET:

Thanks, I love free.

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Pufferfishy said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 6:30am ET:

Wow - "The Best of Europe" shows more than one song.

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remo28 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 9:34am ET:

I don't use Google that often (Apple user). Can I 'buy' these at work, and download later?

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- Apparently the answer is yes.
  
  remo28 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 9:49am ET
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- @remo28 Yup. You sure can. You should be able to download as MP3s and use on whatever Apple device you have. "Buy" them now and add to your library. Log into your Google account from home and download 'em.
  
  medz said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 10:09am ET
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- @medz @remo28 You can download directly, but only 2 times per song.
  
  cengland0 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 4:26pm ET
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- @cengland0 I've never heard of that limit, good to know!
  
  luvche21 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 4:57pm ET
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- @luvche21 I'm not a music expert but when you click on the download option, this window appears:
  
  cengland0 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 5:12pm ET
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- @cengland0 I use that Chrome extension so that I can download lots at the same time, and it doesn't mention it when I use that extension.
  
  luvche21 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 5:47pm ET
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Nate311 said Tue, Oct 13th 2015 at 3:23pm ET:

Thank You.

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