Where can we listen to the Beatles for free?

Question

I'm aware this question may get me in trouble.

However about 10 years ago when I was a young boy I spent all my money on buying every Beatles album that ever existed. I bought them all on CD. Now I can't even listen to them because computers don't have CD drives anymore. I am really reluctant to buy them all again on another platform. I have no faith that those platforms will even exist in another 10 years..

Anyway.. Is there a website that I can just listen to all the music that I paid for? Youtube has literally taken everything down.

Should I just buy vinyl?

Thanks

Answer 1

I too have ALL the ORIGINAL Beatles recordings ever made including interviews put on Vinyl. 37 is the number of original recordings.



Yours being on CDs, I suggest a very simple solution. Watch Craigslist to acquire a Marantz AV reciever. I speak from ACTUAL experience, I have 2. One a Marantz SR7001 the newest one i have. Also have a Marantz SR7500. Both a tad over 100 watts per channel of REAL power. I haggled a GREAT price for them. They normally can be had for $100, ( those things were OVER $1000 when new ) since most are lacking the remote ( about $50 to replace ), 87 page owner's manual ( free download ), Radio antenna, and set up microphone, the set up microphone is almost a MUST HAVE. The only way to get the multitude of setting right. Otherwise you could spend MONTHS, and not ever know what that amps can do. ( about $40 ). So if parts are missing, haggle !



Now for a nice CD player, go to your local Thrift Shops. Here CD players go for $10. For that, I picked up 4 to see which sounds BEST. You can also pick up the interconnects at the Thrift shop to connect the AV receiver and CD player.



Speakers are likely the expensive part. I happened across a set of Paradigm Monitor 3 s for $100 to use on my first set. ( Again, with haggling i got a REAL bargain )



This set up ( the higher end Marantz receiver, if you pay attention, does have the "Pre Amp out" feature ). So as you grow, and gain appreciation for your EXCELLENT sounding system, you can later add external amps to "Power up". I have a Yamaha, an Onkyo, and a Pioneer, believe me, You want the Marantz. The others do not even compare. The Maratnz has superior headroom, dynamics, sound stage, and imaging, just overall AMAZING sound quality for an integrated amp.



Here is a set much like I have. Notice the basis IS the Marantz AV receiver. : )

You can also hook your puter up to the Marantz to have some added volume. Notice the video, a computer, is the source. AHHhhhh, the sound is SO NICE ......



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QefUxgiCO4

Answer 2

The easiest thing is to simply buy an external CD drive. It just plugs into a USB jack and you're ready to rock. I even have an external disk drive. You can get them anywhere that sells computers for a few dollars. From there you can put it on any electronic storage you want.



Don't bother with vinyl. That's a passing retro fad for hipsters. We old timers who have vinyl work hard to keep it, but the new interest is only a fad. That silliness will be over in a few years. By the time you get into vintage sound gear to play it you've spent thousands.



You can see by Staap It's answer just how involved this can get to do it the right way. He's a well-known and trusted contributor on the subject and knows all about this in expert detail. His method would give you the best possible set up for the job but it might be more than you can afford to get involved with. But if you can do that you should.

Answer 3

Vinyl is always a great option, especially when its records by legends like the Beatles since those never sound dated. If someone you know has a laptop that has a CD drive then you can pop your Beatles CD collection in there and make the songs into digital files that can be stored on a portable USB hard drive. Then you can play them on your system or computer without the need of CDs. I don't promote piracy so I won't tell you to illegally download their music but you already bought their stuff so its not a bad option.

Answer 4

An external DVD drive is probably the best option. On a PC you can buy one internal for well under $50 and they pretty much just plug in without hardly much technical ability. I have had decent computer speakers for some 20 years - I mean the same ones - for listening to anything and everything.

Answer 5

Since you have all the CDs surely someone you know still has a CD drive on their computer even if you don't. Ask them to help you. Copy (rip) the CD to a flash drive and you've got the songs you paid for.

Answer 6

But if you are interested in music (and you sound it) don't you have a system for playing music - a stereo? Surely if you bought CDs you have a CD player? I've had lots of computers in my time but I've never considered using one of them to actuallt listen to music.

Answer 7

Try and look for their music on streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music, etc, and if it's not available on there just buy vinyls.

Answer 8

Torrents

Answer 9

If you own the original cd's as you say its perfectly legal to make a usb copy (digital) for your own use on current tech like an mp3 player or smart phone.



https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-copy-and-rip-cds-2438418

Answer 10

Try Spotify?

Answer 11

Buy a cd player!

Answer 12

Spotify!!!

Answer 13

tv