Cheap Albums: Over 1,000 Amazon.com $5 Albums; Polyvinyl Records Garage Sale

If you love music, and love saving money buying it just as much, here are a couple of sales you'll like.

* Polyvinyl Record Co. is having its annual music garage sale, during which you can pick up some great deals on CDs, vinyl, etc. In case you're not familiar with them, Polyvinyl is home to artists including Japandroids, Architecture in Helsinki, Mates of State, Asobi Seksu, Loney Dear, Of Montreal, Rainer Maria, and Joan of Arc.

* Amazon.com usually has 100 $5 MP3 albums each month, but in August it has been offering more than 1,000 $5 albums, in all genres. A sampling:

• More Miles Than Money by Alejandro Escovedo
  
• The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga
  
• Quiet Storm by Peabo Bryson
  
• Homosapien by Pete Shelley
  
• Live at the House Of Blues [Explicit] by Tupac Shakur
  
• 11:11 eleven eleven by Regina Spektor
  
• This Is Our Music by Ornette Coleman
  
• If I Had a Hammer by The Blind Boys Of Alabama
  
• The Rough Guide to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
  
• Masters Of The Burial by Amy Millan
  
• Reverse Migration by Au Revoir Simone
  
• I Dreamed A Dream by Susan Boyle
  
• OK Computer by Radiohead
  
• Dizzy Up The Girl by Goo Goo Dolls
  
• The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
  
• Stankonia [Explicit] by Outkast
  
• Eye To The Telescope by KT Tunstall
  
• Trouble by Ray Lamontagne
  
• If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian
  
• One Cell In The Sea by A Fine Frenzy
  
• Sparkle And Fade by Everclear
  
• The List by Rosanne Cash
  
• Black Cadillac by Rosanne Cash
  
• Alright, Still [Explicit] by Lily Allen
  
• Under A Blood Red Sky by U2
  
• Rubber Factory by The Black Keys
  
• Life'll Kill Ya by Warren Zevon
  
• Singles Going Steady by The Buzzcocks
  
• Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons
  
• Greatest Hits 1985-1995 by Heart
  
• Feats Don't Fail Me Now by Little Feat
  
• Another Country by Tift Merritt
  
• Conditions by The Temper Trap
  
• Dinosaur by Dinosaur Jr.
  
• Talking To You, Talking To Me (Amazon Exclusive Version) by The Watson Twins
  
• I Will Be by Dum Dum Girls
  
• Burning Spear Live by Burning Spear
  
• X & Y by Coldplay
  
• Indestructible by Disturbed
  
• Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits by Janis Joplin
  
• Fool For The City by Foghat
  
• Here's to Shutting Up by Superchunk
  
• Hyacinths and Thistles by The 6THS
  
• From a Compound Eye by Robert Pollard
  
• King Me by Visqueen
  
• Nolita by Keren Ann
  
• Get The Knack by The Knack
  
• With Blasphemy So Heartfelt by Jessica Lea Mayfield
  
• The Five Ghosts by Stars
  
• Kensington Heights by The Constantines
  
• Beat The Devil's Tattoo by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  
• Hunting My Dress [+Digital Booklet] by Jesca Hoop