Tony, I haven't looked myself (I'm on vacation), but are the prices actually competitive? To me, it looked like at best the prices matched iTunes, and certainly higher than Amazon.

I, too, have really enjoyed the Google Music Beta. It's nice to be able to stream my music anywhere, and it works very well. I just can't get excited about another store like this, especially not after spending a couple years with a Zune Pass. Too bad the record companies are still pretty behind the times.

I'm looking forward to poking around and seeing what free music they have available. I do like that you can give free one-time listens of tracks you buy to your friends. That's pretty cool. Do you know if that works for public postings or just posts to a circle or single contact?