Sticking the tongue out at the free market economy, and worrying both record companies and certain countries (i.e. America), Allofmp3 is a Russian site that offers an incredible range of downloadable music at ridiculous prices.
Either individual tracks or whole CDs can be purchased, the latter costing between $1 and $3. Yes, a whole CD for the cost of a maxi-single.
The current selection of music is typically American, British, French and German. For some reason there appears to be lots and lots of 80’s music, too, which is brilliant if you’re looking for obscure stuff of that time, like Nash The Slash or Klaus Nomi.
If this site continues to impress, then there may well be a feasible alternative to all this naughty illegal downloading that plagues society.