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#1185048 28-Nov-2014 17:17

ringbearer: I created a second account account to use for the US store. You have to pay to use the streaming service, so I just used it to download the albums I wanted and transferred them to my phone.

But how did you log out of the windows 8 music app, to log back in under another account. I looked everywhere and can't find anyway to log out. It seems to be linked to the main windows login. I could create an entire new user in windows, but that is quite a bit of effort just to log into music under another user.

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#1185068 28-Nov-2014 17:48

That's why I do the "login to each application not recommended" thing on windows 8 because of the country BS they do.

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#1185070 28-Nov-2014 17:55

richms: That's why I do the "login to each application not recommended" thing on windows 8 because of the country BS they do.

I know how you feel. However to update the music app and download from the store, you now need to use a microsoft account, and convert the account to one. I can't see anyway around it, as there is no option not to.

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#1185074 28-Nov-2014 17:56

Ah well, if its that hard to use I will just keep getting music elsewhere ;)

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#1185088 28-Nov-2014 18:55

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Oh they have the Led Zepplin Complete (165 songs) for $1.99. This is definitely joining my collection.

is it still showing for you? I cant see it :(

I think so it was there on the Xbox music search for me last night. Some of the items are not showing on the Music Deals app and if you know what they are then you just search them on the Xbox Music store for the price (free or $1.99).

Here's a copy of the text about boxsets and free albums search these directly on the Xbox Music Store and if still available will show the reduced / free price (and by the looks of these two lists my 18 free albums is about to grow quite a bit more).

Example $1.99 Box Set artists:

The Who, Prince, Grateful Dead, George Harrison, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Nirvana, Replacements, Talking Heads, Echo & The Bunnymen, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, Doors, Smiths, Tom Petty, Elton John, Neil Young, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, R.E.M., Velvet Underground, Eagles, Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Bee Gees, Tony Bennett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kiss, Radiohead, Police, Black Crowes, Supremes

EDIT the below are the single albums some of which are no longer available (the copied text had strikethrough on those but it's not copied over on the pasting sorry. So some of these are no longer available but most should be.

The 1975 - The 1975
4 - Foreigner
808s & Heartbreak - Kanye West
A Day Without Rain - Enya
A Thousand Suns - Linkin Park
All The Right Reasons (Bonus Tracks) - Nickelback
American Idiot (Bonus Tracks - Parental Advisory) - Green Day
Babel (Deluxe Version) - Mumford & Sons
The Band Perry - The Band Perry - New
Based On A T.R.U. Story (Deluxe) - 2 Chainz
Beggars Banquet (Remastered) - The Rolling Stones
Born To Die - The Paradise Edition - Lana Del Rey
Break The Cycle (Parental Advisory) - Staind
Breathe (U.S. Version) - Faith Hill
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
Candy-O - The Cars
Can't Slow Down - Deluxe Edition - Lionel Richie
Catch A Fire (Deluxe Edition) - Bob Marley & The Wailers
channel ORANGE (Explicit Version) - Frank Ocean
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross
Closer - Josh Groban
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Controversy - Prince
Country Grammar (Parental Advisory) - Nelly
Cracked Rear View - Hootie & The Blowfish
Devil Without A Cause (Parental Advisory) - Kid Rock
Dire Straits (Remastered) - Dire Straits
Dookie (Explicit) - Green Day
Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
Eliminator (2008 Remastered) - ZZ Top
Fallen - Evanescence
The Fame - Lady Gaga
The Final Cut (2011 Remaster) - Pink Floyd
Folila - Amadou & Mariam
Freedom - Akon - New
From Under The Cork Tree - Fall Out Boy
Fuse (Deluxe Edition) - Keith Urban
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded - Rihanna
Graduation (Explicit Version) - Kanye West
Hail to the King - Avenged Sevenfold
The Heist [Deluxe Edition] - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Here's To The Good Times...This Is How We Roll - Florida Georgia Line
Hybrid Theory (Bonus Tracks) - Linkin Park
II - Boyz II Men
Imagine - John Lennon
In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery (Deluxe Edition) - Capital Cities
In Between Dreams - Jack Johnson
Invisible Touch - Genesis
The Joshua Tree (Deluxe Edition Remastered) - U2
Kick - INXS
L.A. Woman - The Doors
Led Zeppelin (Remastered) - Led Zeppelin
LET IT BLEED - The Rolling Stones
Lights - Ellie Goulding
The Long Run (Remastered) - Eagles
Man On The Moon: The End Of Day (Deluxe) - Kid Cudi
Minute By Minute - The Doobie Brothers
Minutes To Midnight - Linkin Park
Music - Madonna
My Head Is An Animal - Of Monsters And Men
Night Visions (Deluxe) - Imagine Dragons
No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
Paper Trail (Parental Advisory) - T.I.
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Pieces Of You - Jewel
Post - Björk
Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
Quadrophenia (Super Deluxe Edition) - The Who
Recovery (Explicit) - Eminem
RISER - Dierks Bentley
Ritual De Lo Habitual (Parental Advisory) - Jane's Addiction
Rolling Papers - Wiz Khalifa
Siamese Dream (Deluxe Edition) - The Smashing Pumpkins
Silver Side Up (Parental Advisory) - Nickelback
Simple Dreams - Linda Ronstadt
Skid Row - Skid Row
Slippery When Wet (Remastered) - Bon Jovi
So Far - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Some Nights - Fun.
Songs About Jane: 10th Anniversary Edition - Maroon 5
Sublime (Explicit Version) - Sublime
Swan Songs (Explicit Version) - Hollywood Undead
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
Sweet Talker (Deluxe Version) - Jessie J
Tailgates & Tanlines - Luke Bryan
Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection - Katy Perry
Tha Carter III (Parental Advisory) - Lil Wayne
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
Tres Hombres (Expanded & Remastered) - ZZ Top
Trilogy (Explicit Version) - The Weeknd
True - Avicii
True Believers - Darius Rucker
Tumbleweed Connection Deluxe Edition (2cd Set) - Elton John
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Unforgettable: With Love - Natalie Cole
Unplugged (Deluxe) - Eric Clapton
Up! (Red and Green Versions) - Shania Twain
Vessel - Twenty One Pilots
Waking Up (Deluxe) - OneRepublic
Weezer (Blue Album) (Deluxe Edition) - Weezer
When the Sun Goes Down (Deluxe Edition) - Selena Gomez
Women And Children First - Van Halen

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#1185130 28-Nov-2014 20:58

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Oh they have the Led Zepplin Complete (165 songs) for $1.99. This is definitely joining my collection.

is it still showing for you? I cant see it :(

I think so it was there on the Xbox music search for me last night. Some of the items are not showing on the Music Deals app and if you know what they are then you just search them on the Xbox Music store for the price (free or $1.99).

I only see 50 free albums and less box sets today. Led Zep is full price again it seems :(

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#1185154 28-Nov-2014 21:47

Ok so it looks like they older set of albums and box sets must have reverted back to old prices earlier today.... As I went to buy Led Zeppelin Complete (which I saw last night for $1.99) and as stated above it's now $99.99 along with a whole lot of the albums I posted above...I now am pissed at myself for not doing this earlier today or last night. Still though it does state that some of the deals for the box sets expire in 4 days so hopefully they'll offer up a few new ones. I still have added 2 box sets at $1.99 today and will grab a couple more before the current lot expire.

Ultimately I have grabbed 18 Albums and 2 box sets (435 songs so far) for $4.97 USD so shouldn't really complain many thanks to the OP for pointing this out.

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#1185624 29-Nov-2014 23:10

How do people pay, as it won't process on my credit card that I had loaded into xbox, probably because it is a NZ card. It says to 'Use a different way to pay"They also don't appear to have a paypal option.

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#1185647 30-Nov-2014 02:36

It appears they're now using geotagging (doing ip address location chevks) when purchasing so you have to use a vpn to spoof that you are in the US. So just find yourself a cheap or free vpn service and have it set to the US and then browse the music deals app for the albums / collections you want hit the buy it (get it) button it'll switch over to the xbox music site then buy it from there. If it's a free album it'll just go through straight away if you need to pay an amount it works the same way any other xbox purchase does.

Just remember that the music purchased will instantly download to your device drm free in MP3 format so can be transferred to wherever from there.

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#1185790 30-Nov-2014 15:37

Ok doke

I have a VPN doo hickey going, how exactly do I do the other two things.

Is it my hotmail account (the one I use to login to windows 8.1) that i need to change the loacation in, or is there another setting somewhere

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#1185792 30-Nov-2014 15:44

Ok Ignore me I figured it out, Windows 8.1 is simple once you figure out how to use it, just had to search for "region" in the search box then change it

Ok

I have now downloaded the music deals app and can see all the deals, however whenever i click on anything it opens the music (xBox music) app with the nz price, so as i am using a VPN, i am assuming i have to change a gamer tag thing? where exactly do i do that?

This is what i see

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#1185810 30-Nov-2014 16:50

Ok Changed the region for xbox live membership and it is working.

Except that i can't pay for anyhing

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#1185811 30-Nov-2014 16:55

I have a message saying "this album isn't available through xbox music. It was showing as free in the deals app!

I'd be pretty keen to get this working.

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#1185812 30-Nov-2014 17:04

networkn: I have a message saying "this album isn't available through xbox music. It was showing as free in the deals app!

I'd be pretty keen to get this working.

I was getting something like that on only some albums, before changing my Xboxlive location what do you get if you try the one i tried in my post above (George Harrison Album I think)

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#1185816 30-Nov-2014 17:12

Morgenmuffel:
networkn: I have a message saying "this album isn't available through xbox music. It was showing as free in the deals app!

I'd be pretty keen to get this working.

I was getting something like that on only some albums, before changing my Xboxlive location what do you get if you try the one i tried in my post above (George Harrison Album I think)

Something about being only available at the request of the copyright holder.

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