Lost Tunes (www.losttunes.com/) opened today, offering 134 download albums that are available exclusively through the site. The initial batch of digital-download exclusives includes The Walker Brothers' Live In Japan, three albums by Comsat Angels and Bill Fay's eponymous album.

All downloads on the site are available as 320kpbs MP3s, without digital rights protection. Universal has previously experimented with MP3s in the UK and all downloads sold from its Classics and Jazz online store are in the DRM-free format.

However, this ...