[ilja]

The split client and web interface gui were awesome. I used to leave the client running at home and would use the web interface to queue downloads while at work which would then download to my home pc.

They also had an ftp server search index where you could find even more obscure stuff.

[tommyd]

Funnily enough, I was reminiscing about AudioGalaxy over lunch today. Probably my favourite (or at least most fondly remembered) music download service - I used to love being able to queue up a load of music (and there was loads of really rare stuff on there) and then leave the client running while you were out of the house (in the dial up days - couldn't tie up the home phone line for too long otherwise) and see what it had downloaded for you when you got back in - quite often some little gem you'd queued up months ago and forgotten all about, but the one user with it had finally come back online!

The only place I can think of which a comparable selection of rarities (at least for electronic music) is Soulseek, but AG seemed more reliable, and the split client/web concept was brilliant. I'd pay a decent amount for a legal version of it, if they could somehow get record labels to agree that any file (including white labels, bootlegs etc) could be shared and they'd just get a cut of whatever they could match up to a label/artist. Not holding my breath!

[utexaspunk]

Oh yes, I probably got a third of my ~70GB of MP3's via Audiogalaxy back in the day. I loved that you could see what was available even if there weren't any users who had it that were online. You could queue them up and they would download whenever someone who had them signed on. You could find the most obscure stuff and you would eventually get it. Sometimes I'd even do random things like queuing up all the (non-religious) songs with Jesus in the title. Got some really bizarre songs that way...