[sufue]

My husband's Google Play account just now received an email about this (the 80s music sale) and at the bottom of the email there was a one-use account-linked code for 50% off any album through August 31. So check your emails, folks...

Strangely enough, none of our other gmail accounts got this offer, although they all got an almost identical email about the 80s music sale, just without the code at the bottom. I would have thought that maybe my husband's gmail account got it because he never (but never) uses it, so sort of a "come back" thing, but my son never uses his gmail account either, and I have a secondary gmail account that I don't use much either, and neither one of them got the offer either - just the one out of four. It appears just about as random as Kobo's "come back, we've missed you" codes, but I somehow have more faith that Google has some sort of rational marketing strategy behind this, even if I can't figure it out ! And more faith that the code will actually work !

I've used these sorts of codes quite happily in the past to buy some big multi-disk compilation albums (e.g. Rolling Stones Singles Collection: The London Years). Guess I'll have to go looking again some time soon.

One question - does anyone know a way to "gift" music in Google Play? If it were possible, I'd rather gift the album over to the account I use, rather than buy it in my husband's account. I can't see any obvious way to do it. It's just a minor thing, since the music is downloadable, but would be nicer to have it in my account than in his.

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Google Play currently has Foreigner's album called Records marked down to $1.99. This is the direct link to the album's webpage.

The album is a compilation of their hits, but only through 1981. But arguably (I'm a person who would argue in its favor) those are the years when they produced their best stuff.

There are a few other albums on sale for $1.99. None of them are compilation of hits, just ordinary albums, unless you count the soundtrack to the movie Cocktail (link to its webpage). Sorry, there are no 99 cent albums at all this time (boo!, hiss!).

If you wish to view all of the albums from the 1980's that Google has marked down at the present time, head to this webpage. Ignore what it says about prices starting at $6.99--as I mentioned, there are several less in price than that.