Saturday night, I discovered that I have a new music cable channel called Palladia and they were showing a new concert from Styx called Styx: Grand Illusion/Pieces of Eight – Live, which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 29, 2013. Now, Styx happens to be one of my favorite classic rock bands ever, and having seen them live tens of times, I was definitely interested in checking out this concert, where they play both of the amazing albums in the title in their entirety. During my research, I discovered that 7 of their greatest albums are on sale right now for $6 and under, and I would be remiss if I didn’t share this information with you.

Listed below are the albums, all originally released from 1975-1983, on sale for $6 and under in both CD and MP3 formats; all the listed CDs are “AutoRip,” which means if you purchase the CD, you’ll ALSO get the MP3 version for free; therefore, if the CD is cheaper than the MP3 version, then definitely get the CD, so you’ll get both formats for less. (Note – not every format for every title is on sale, but I’ve listed it here for consistency.) I’ve also included for each album the release date and some of its most famous tunes.

Equinox (1975)
CD $5.99 | MP3 $5.00
Light Up, Suite Madame Blue, Lorelei

Crystal Ball (1976)
CD $5.99 | MP3 $5.00
Crystal Ball, Mademoiselle

The Grand Illusion (1977)
CD $4.99 | MP3 $5.00
The Grand Illusion, Fooling Yourself, Come Sail Away

Pieces of Eight (1978)
CD $4.99 | MP3 $9.49
Blue Collar Man, Renegade, Sing for the Day

Cornerstone (1979)
CD $4.99 | MP3 $5.00
Babe, Lights, Boat on the River

Paradise Theatre (1981)
CD $3.99 | MP3 $9.49
The Best of Times, Too Much Time on My Hands, Rockin’ the Paradise

Kilroy Was Here (1983)
CD $5.99 | MP3 $5.00
Mr. Roboto, Don’t Let It End, Don’t Let It End

If you’re looking for more music on sale, be sure to check out the 2,000 albums on sale through the end of the month for only $5 each in MP3 format.

Note – when you purchase MP3s through Amazon, it stores your purchases to Amazon’s Cloud Drive; from there you can stream the music right from their online player. Also, if you have a Kindle Fire, your MP3 purchases will automatically be available for you to stream on your device. All your purchases are backed up and available for you to download at any time. You can download the files to your computer to load to an MP3 device and to your iTunes account if you have one. If you’d like to gift these MP3 purchases, you can – just click the “Give album or song as gift” button on the right on the product page. From there you enter the recipient’s email address and then select either specific songs to gift or the entire album.