New Amazon service lets you download old vinyl, tapes and CDs you bought from them in 1999

 
New tool: Amazon's website
Miranda Bryant27 June 2013

Amazon today launched a new service that enables customers to download vinyls, cassette tapes and CDs they have bought from as far back as 1999 as an MP3.

It means that customers will be able to download and keep releases they have bought from Amazon since the company’s launch and keep it on their phone, tablet or computer as a digital sound file for free.

So far, more than 350,000 albums have been added, but the company said more will be added over time.

From today, any new purchase will automatically be added to customers’ Amazon Cloud Player - where they can download it for free.

It comes as the company revealed its best selling albums in the UK since the site was launched 13 years ago. Adele topped the number one and two spots with her albums 21 and 19, followed by Take That’s Progress at number three.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, said: “What would you say if you bought CDs, vinyl or even cassettes from a company 14 years ago, and then 14 years later that company licensed the rights from the record companies to give you the MP3 versions of those albums… and then to top it off, did that for you automatically and for free?

“Well, starting today, it’s available to all of our Amazon.co.uk customers – past, present, and future – at no cost. We love these opportunities to do something extra for our customers.”

Top 10 albums sold on Amazon.co.uk since 1999

1. Adele, 21

2. Adele, 19

3. Take That, Progress

4. Susan Boyle, I Dreamed A Dream

5. Various artists, Now That’s What I Call Music! 83

6. Kings of Leon, Only By The Night

7. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (Bonus track)

8. Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More

9. Various artists, Now That’s What I Call Music! 80

10. Various artists, Now That’s What I Call Music! 77

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