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External hard drives. For every online (justified) complaint about a hdd failing, there will be hundreds of people happily storing stuff without any problems. Seagate is one of the bigger names in hdds, so I'm sure you have made a good choice.

blank media - I'm sure there must be a couple of threads on the subject on here if you do a search. A lot of folks swear by Taiyo Yuden discs as one of the best.

As Lynne pointed out, when dealing with live shows, mp3 should be for personal use only - please trade the original format. You cannot replace the lost data when changing back from mp3 to wav, which a few unscrupulous folks do. Thankfully, lossy shows get picked up quickly if seeded on here.