1-800-MUSIC-NOW

from wikipedia

The service began in 1995 (the same year Amazon.com opened, and three years before it started selling music) but was taken down by the end of 1996. The promotion totaled about USD$40 million (at the time, advertisements for the service were quite regularly played on MTV and advertised heavily as part of The Simpsons Homerpalooza episode); meanwhile, its top-selling CD allegedly sold only 400 copies.[1] Ultimately, over 1 million pieces of music were sold within the year. One survey noted that many of those who called the number did not sign up to make purchases, some citing shipping fees, but most saying it was because they didn't have credit cards.[2] (this was slightly before debit cards were widely available with checking accounts).

I would love to see poll info about the 400 people who bought Jagged Little Pill (I assume) from 1-800-MUSIC-Now

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDNOW

haaa, i know i ordered at least a few compact discs from CDNOW.COM. for when you want a CD...NOW.

also, i distinctly remember seeing mike watt open up for primus on the wynona's big brown beaver tour '96, and then the next day looking this guy up on 1-800-MUSIC-NOW and listening to clips from ball-hog or tugboat, liking "piss bottle man" a lot but not so much into "big train"

rememberin'