Because creating a list together may be usefulBob Dylan got in there recently, but there are still some big (and some slightly lesser) names lacking.
The BeatlesAll solo Beatles apart from RingoLed ZeppelinPink FloydMetallicaAC/DCFrank ZappaKing CrimsonSladeToolBadfinger (apart from the two lesser known Warner albums)Flower Kings
More?
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 31 March 2012 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
was gonna say fuckin' flyin a-heads but whoa there they are
― CharlieS, Saturday, 31 March 2012 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
Adding Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their 80s albums are in there, but nothing more recent.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 31 March 2012 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
I was sure Caetano Veloso and Jorge Ben were absent but now they're there! Anyway:
WarPopol VuhAsh Ra TempelPerfumeJoanna NewsomBoredoms Curtis Mayfield
Everything on 100% Silk, Planet Mu, RVNG, Numero, Sublime Frequencies, Soul Jazz...
― James Bond Jor (seandalai), Saturday, 31 March 2012 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
kinks, pre-RCA years, which is pretty lol. at least that's how it was last time i checked.
― tylerw, Saturday, 31 March 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
the entire drag city catalog
― y'tulip, y'pea-brained earwig (donna rouge), Saturday, 31 March 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
I think that part of the Kinks catalog is out-of-print period.
― timellison, Saturday, 31 March 2012 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
Zoviet France
La Monte Young
The Hafler Trio
H.N.A.S.
and so so many more, I continue to laugh bitterly at the starry eyed dreamers who think "everything" is available as a stream.
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Saturday, 31 March 2012 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
kinks pre-RCA is '71-Back, and very much in print via Sanctuary/Universal.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 31 March 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
Last U.S. CD releases were 1990 and they're not available as downloads on iTunes or Amazon.
― timellison, Saturday, 31 March 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
I think Sanctuary is administering the Pye/Reprise Kinks rights in the States now. The first three albums were reissued here in the early 2000s via a partnership with BMG. Now they are hooked up with Universal, but perhaps they feel anyne who cares will pick up their imports, which are fairly well distributed here.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 31 March 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
You'd think that Universal would want a group as big as the Kinks on iTunes. I wonder if there are other issues.
― timellison, Saturday, 31 March 2012 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
Oasis, Example, Wretch 32, most Julia Holter.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 31 March 2012 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
Roy Harper, except for his debut album.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Saturday, 31 March 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
adelepeter gabriel momus (creation label era)
― piscesx, Saturday, 31 March 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
Adele has "19" in there, but only the first two singles from "21".
As for The Kinks, "Something Else" is still lacking, but they seem to have most anything else.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
Only three Hootie and the Blowfish songs. (Don't ask.)
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
Peter Gabriel
― I am using your worlds, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
sorry piscesx, missed your post!
There's some Popol Vuh on there, though one of the playable albums has TAKEDOWN AS PER LABEL REQUEST in the title.
― JoeStork, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Coil
Also Cosey Fanni Tutti has been pretty vocal about her dislike of Spotify. C&C and TG are in the process of being taken down altogether, I understand.
― kraudive, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, March 31, 2012 10:07 AM (43 minutes ago)
Maybe in Norway!
― timellison, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
Black Sabbath's studio albums with John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne.
― America's Mobile, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
they are here in the uk
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
Red Hot Chili Peppers were added yesterday if you like that kind of thing.
No Rammstein sadly.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Saturday, 14 April 2012 09:07 (twelve years ago) link
I see that the new Peter Gabriel live album is available. Hopefully the rest of his work will follow soon.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
Seger
― henry s, Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
Sugar (and only the Warners Husker stuff.)
― I didn't know before I selected Indie! (TastySounds), Saturday, 28 April 2012 12:50 (eleven years ago) link
None of Def Leppard's popular albums are on there.
― Moodles, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not on spotify
― markers, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
only the Warners Husker stuff
No longer true!
― timellison, Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
That was fast.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
Alright, who on this board is from SST?
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
Sugar's stuff is on there, or at least it was about five days ago. I listened to Copper Blue.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
gimme some good news about Seger, guys
― henry s, Saturday, 28 April 2012 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
It looks like Bureau B, which did a lot of the Sky Krautrock reissues, pulled the rights in the US.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
Sandie Shaw. oddly.
― piscesx, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
King Crimson! Also, more Pink Floyd than a current live album, ffs!
― There are many tribes in the Juggalo nation (Viceroy), Friday, 25 May 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
Mainly, there's a Jex Thoth song called "The Banishment" and its melody is almost exactly like the melody line of "Epitaph" but I couldn't cross-compare - at least not in spotify.
― There are many tribes in the Juggalo nation (Viceroy), Friday, 25 May 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
A bunch of Peter Gabriel there now
― seven league bootie (James Morrison), Monday, 28 May 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
Yellow Magic Orchestra
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:40 (eleven years ago) link
I just looked and there were only a few odds and sods from Gabriel, certainly no albums.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 28 May 2012 08:00 (eleven years ago) link
Kinks seem to be on, plentifully (including Something Else)
― Mark G, Monday, 28 May 2012 08:23 (eleven years ago) link
King Crimson!
Fripp has determinedly set his face against spotify, the diary on his website has plenty of back-and-forth on this topic.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Monday, 28 May 2012 08:30 (eleven years ago) link
One album that is on there is "From Good to Great", a tutorial CD by Robt Fripp
― Mark G, Monday, 28 May 2012 08:38 (eleven years ago) link
No Something Else in US :(
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 May 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
Royal Trux
― dmr, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
I just looked and there were only a few odds and sods from Gabriel, certainly no albums
That's weird--I can see all of them (in Australia, anyway)
Boards of CanadaThrobbing GristleSevered Heads
all pretty much absent
― seven league bootie (James Morrison), Monday, 11 June 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
Only Gabriel that's on Spotify US is that live/orchestra thing from recently.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
Greg Kihn.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Royal TruxNo Drag City at all.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
Right, no Bob Seger. So I went out and bought the CDs because Spotify makes me want to own everything.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
If you aren't buying Seger on LP (and 45, actually) you are missing some of his best stuff!
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
"Mary Lou Mary Lou she took my diamond ring..."
― Mark G, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
I had the Seger 45s as a kid. I loved "Against the Wind" and "Still the Same". How they would sound today, I don't know.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
Did you have "2+2=?" "Heavy Music" and "East Side Story" though?
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
No.
More eighties bands. I wanted to hear "Real Life" for example.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
yeah still no Gabriel proper in the UK.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
Pain in the ass. I just watched that "Classic Albums" thing on So and wanted to listen to it. Ugh, not on spotify. I actually had to go dig around my hard drive for mp3s! Felt like the stone ages.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
That's totally how I feel when stuff isn't on there. I've often wondered if the Spotify's of the world will move from a flat fee pricing structure to one based more on usage -- ie, where my wife would pay a lower fee for her account but I pay more because I listen more. That would still work out for me -- I mean, $120/yr. is chump change compared to what I used to pay for records.
Along the same lines, I wonder if higher demand artists will end up basically end up getting a higher royalty per listen than others as these models develop.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if higher demand artists will end up basically end up getting a higher royalty per listen
I might be wrong but I think that's basically what's happening now. Or at least on a per-record-label basis. Not sure about per-artist.
― dmr, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
I think that's the case already, isn't it? That major labels are getting higher payouts? I suppose it's justified in theory by the fact that Spotify gets more plays per labor hour (just with uploading and whatever else they need to do) compared with smaller labels.
― timellison, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
xp
But it must still not be more than they get w CD sales -- otherwise, Gabriel/Pink Floyd/etc. would already be doing it, right?
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
the problem is that Spotify won't be able to sustain their business model if they have to start actually paying artists
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
xp i feel you Johnny; that's exactly what stoked my interest. really great doc that.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
There are only 3 Shalamar tracks up:(
― Jean-Luc Poncey (lpz), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
Shalamar is the bomb. I am thinking of getting premium soon, but would fork over even more if I could have better selection plus less re-recorded crap.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka New Romantic Marxists (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
I upgraded to whatever the ad-free status is a while back and haven't regretted it. Thinking of stepping up to the one that allows mobile device streaming because I just got an iphone. Road trips will no longer involve burning a lot of mp3 cds!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
Shakey, they have like almost everything already so I don't get "not going to be able to sustain it."
― timellison, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
Loads of Shalamar in the UK...
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
Frank Zappa
Really wishing he had ANYTHING on there right now.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 June 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
selecter's 'celebrate the bullet' is not on spotify to my annoyance right now
― akm, Friday, 15 June 2012 01:04 (eleven years ago) link
I was wondering if the Zappa catalog coming out on Universal would mean it would end up on Spotify too.
― Moodles, Friday, 15 June 2012 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
^^ Exactly what I'm hoping.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 June 2012 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
Would be nice, but I suspect that the Zappa family will never let that happen
― Moodles, Friday, 15 June 2012 06:04 (eleven years ago) link
So there's no way to upload music onto spotify's server?
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
No but you can link it to your hard drive and mix your personal collection with Spotify's...in your own home / office. I think the titles still show up in published playlists, just as "not available".
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka New Romantic Marxists (Mount Cleaners), Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
can you also link songs from your hard drive on the mobile version, on any of the plans (free/premium/superpluspremiumlultrawhatever)?
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
where's the fun in that if no one else can listen to it?
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
Well, your online friends can see your home cooked favorites on a playlist, or you can have a party / guests etc. and mix your own music in.
Ergonomically, it IS frustrating, though.
Mad God, if you have songs on your phone you probably could, but I have a Blackberry so I dunno.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka New Romantic Marxists (Mount Cleaners), Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 18 June 2012 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
Spotify integration means I only use iTunes to add files and burn CDs. It's almost never used as a player any more. Ugh, horrible bloaty thing.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 18 June 2012 09:44 (eleven years ago) link
same here
― balls, Monday, 18 June 2012 10:46 (eleven years ago) link
I think the titles still show up in published playlists, just as "not available".
Might depend on the settings of the person who's looking at it. There's a check box for "show unplayable tracks."
― dmr, Monday, 18 June 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
To that end, the thing about Spotify that is frustrating is less "artists" that aren't on Spotify, but *tracks*. For instance, I was putting together a monster Can list for a road trip -- and while all their albums were on there, all the long epics from those records ("Yoo Doo Right," "Bel Air," "Chain Reaction," "Cutaway," "Pinch") weren't.
That makes no sense at all. It seems the only thing more complicated than airplane ticket pricing is music licensing.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 18 June 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
Lots of jazz records are ruined on Spotify the same way.But it is weird how selective that is.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 18 June 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I don't get how that happens. Maybe one particular musician who appears on the tracks will not grant rights and that causes individual tracks to be stripped out?
― dmr, Monday, 18 June 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
Just realized there's no Cap'n Jazz on spotify... On the bright side all the Polvo albums are up!
― Ring brother, ring for me! (Viceroy), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
I think it just comes down to lengths, Spotify just doesn't like long tracks for whatever reason. I was listening to some early Allman Brothers and the albums were on there, but the long epic jams weren't.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think that's it.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
nah that can't be it!
― piscesx, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
Being away from my record collection for the past 2 months I've only had Spotify to keep me warm at night. The lack of Coil is killing me.
― Oblique Strategies, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
mid-period (post green, pre buckingham) fleetwood mac
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not arguing that it definitely is, but I really am struggling to figure out why 7 tracks out of 8 on the same album work, but the 8th won't. They are share the same songwriting credits, so that theory of a sole holdout doesn't wash either. The only reason I brought up the song lengths thing is because whenever I come across an album missing only one or two tracks, its consistently when the songs in question are more than 10 minutes in length.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
The first five or six De La Soul albums are not on there.
― Austin, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
wait, so, even if you pay for a subscription the long tracks aren't on there? i figured it was just something for free accounts. mog has all the long tracks.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
It can't be song length... the re-issue of Dopesmoker is up there and its a 60+ minute track;
― Ring brother, ring for me! (Viceroy), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't tested this theory but is it the tracks that are only available on itunes if you buy the full album? Seems like it could be a default setting from some distributors that no-one's changed.
― Oblique Strategies, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
Only "Me, Myself & I"... THANKS SPOTIFY.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 July 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
I have a vague recollection that the no-long-tracks issue was specific to (or most common with) Universal-related albums?
― recordbreaking transfer to Lucknow FC (seandalai), Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
https://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/long_songs_are_missing
― recordbreaking transfer to Lucknow FC (seandalai), Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:07 (eleven years ago) link
longest track i can think of on a commercial CD from recent(ish) times is Goldie's Mother from Saturnz Return which clocks in at 71 minutes and 53 seconds. it's present and correct on Spotify uk.
― piscesx, Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:43 (eleven years ago) link
They might be trying to negotiate for higher per-stream payments for long tracks? Would make sense.
― timellison, Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
Cannot find proper version of Freda Payne's "Band of Gold"
― My Elusive Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 20 July 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
Holland, Dozier, and Holland still own the Invictus catalog. Looks like the last thing to come out were some artist comp CDs in 1996.
― timellison, Friday, 20 July 2012 05:56 (eleven years ago) link
What about the Chairmen of the Board comp in the early 2000's?
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 21 July 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, [urlhttp://www.amazon.com/Best-Chairmen-Board-Ten/dp/B0000641A8/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1342895778&sr=1-3&keywords=chairmen+of+the+board]this one? Maybe they licensed it out for that EMI "Ten Best Series."
― timellison, Saturday, 21 July 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, this one? Maybe they licensed it out for that EMI "Ten Best Series."
― timellison, Saturday, 21 July 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
OK. That comp is not on Spotify either, although "Give Me Just A Little More Time" is because it was on some soundtrack.
― My Elusive Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 July 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
(Of course nobody said that comp was on Spotify)
― My Elusive Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 July 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, it's not on iTunes either.
― timellison, Saturday, 21 July 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
Cannot find me no muslamic ray guns on Spotify.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIPD8qHhtVU
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 22 July 2012 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
Placebo!
― piscesx, Monday, 30 July 2012 07:14 (eleven years ago) link
Not that ILM cares, but the Eagles.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 6 August 2012 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
Some days you're just in the mood for "These Shoes", I get it.
― pplains, Monday, 6 August 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
"Those Shoes". Whatever.
Album that is not on Spotify: Heat Treatment, by Graham Parker. Listening to Stick To Me instead
― Roadside Prisunic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
Art Bears (anything from Chris Cutler's label, really)
― my other pug is a stillsuit (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Metallica now on Spotify, Lars Ulrich making the announcement with a Napster co-founder at his side
― Lee626, Thursday, 6 December 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
The principle behind that being...?
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 6 December 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
Annoyingly, only 1 Died Pretty album is on there.
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Thursday, 6 December 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
McCartney and Wings = BACK! it happened at the start of December supposedly, only just noticed.
― piscesx, Sunday, 23 December 2012 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
manilla road was there for while, and now... nada.
― charlie h, Monday, 24 December 2012 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
What's become of Geir? Hasn't posted for months unless I'm mistaken.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 24 December 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 24 December 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
I went and created a music forum on Facebook (in Norwegian) including many of the features I like about this place. Just don't find the time to post here as often, but I haven't abandoned ILX completely.
Read now that Led Zeppelin will be on Spotify shortly as well. Elton John has largely disappeared, but probably just albums disappearing because of some reissue program, I guess.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
Regarding Paul McCartney/Wings, it seems the middle part of his solo career is still absent. Everything from "At The Speed Of Sound" through "Tug Of War" missing. I believe they have yet to be reissued on CD as well though, so I guess just a matter of time.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
Besides those, "Red Rose Speedway" is absent as well.
g'day Geir.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
The Oasis thing seems strange to me, as obviously their albums are only absent in the US.
On the other hand, Material Issue are unavailable in Europe.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
no OM apparently unless i ain't looking hard enough. that kinda sucks.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 10:35 (eleven years ago) link
nope I think I've looked for them too and no dice. "Ea" exists but its very hard to find them as you might imagine.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 7 February 2013 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
Southern Lord and Profound Lore Records dont appear to be on Spotify outside of the USA.OM's latest is on Drag City who are not on Spotify at all.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, 7 February 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
Richard Thompson
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 22 February 2013 09:30 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty much everything he's done up to 'Electric' is available in the UK, must be one of those territitorial things. On a less crucial note, no Hootie and the Blowfish.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Friday, 22 February 2013 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
I'm seeing lots of Richard Thompson stuff and I'm in the US.
― Moodles, Friday, 22 February 2013 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
weird, now he is suddenly on it, i swear there wasn't even his name on spotify this morning. or maybe i misspelled his name...
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 22 February 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
Hall & Oates. Weirdly there are over a dozen cheap fake compilations of the stuff they were doing separately in the late 60s, but none of the real deal.
― riverrun, past Steve and Adam's (ledge), Monday, 1 April 2013 08:22 (eleven years ago) link
That's odd - I can see loads of thir stuff, including 70s albums. Try searching for "Daryl Hall & John Oates" instead of "Hall & Oates".... weirdly, this made a difference on the iPad app.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 1 April 2013 09:16 (eleven years ago) link
Ok looks to me like Dary Hall & John Oates has all those fakey compilations, a couple of their 70s albums, and one best of with the 80s singles - but if you look under just Daryl Hall, all their 80s stuff is there. Stupid Spotify.
― riverrun, past Steve and Adam's (ledge), Monday, 1 April 2013 09:24 (eleven years ago) link
Search under just "Daryl Hall" and a lot of their 80s stuff comes up
― gentle german fatherly voice (President Keyes), Monday, 1 April 2013 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
Poor Oates.
― riverrun, past Steve and Adam's (ledge), Monday, 1 April 2013 09:28 (eleven years ago) link
Oddly enough this is not the case in MOG, where everything is properly under Hall & Oates.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 1 April 2013 10:46 (eleven years ago) link
Before i deleted my account, they didn't have any Ben & Bruno
― suspecterrain, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
xp PROPERLY would put it under Daryl Hall & John Oates. Hall & Oates is informal shorthand.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
Hey, Spotify. If I happen to make a playlist which contains artists you don't feature, you're not going to hurt my feelings if you just leave that slot blank.
In fact, I would prefer it. I don't know who this is singing "I'm Losing You" from a John Lennon tribute album, but perhaps there is a reason why I didn't have that version in my playlist.
― pplains, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
"What Is Life" and possibly 1 or 2 other George songs were recently removed.
Those same 3 or 4 Lennon songs are still streaming however.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/996849_607005909312392_1701614936_n.jpg
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 17 June 2013 19:02 (ten years ago) link
The first one I'm playing is Momentary Lapse because fuiud it's got some of Gilmour's most awesome solos.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 17 June 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
pplains, are you saying the original track was later replaced by a cover version or something?
― cheeseburger, Monday, 17 June 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Here are a dozen albums from 2013 that I'd like to hear but haven't gotten around to, since I listen to pretty much everything via Spotify these days and they're not on there:
Bitchin' Bajas, Bitchitronics (Drag City)Blondes, Swisher (RVNG)Boards of Canada, Tomorrow's Harvest (Warp)Bill Callahan, Dream River (Drag City)Cassie, RockaByeBaby (Bad Boy)Chance the Rapper, Acid Rap (mixtape)El-P/Killer Mike, Run the Jewels (Fool's Gold)The Field, Cupid's Head (Kompakt)David Grubbs, The Plain Where the Palace Stood (Drag City)Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Your Turn (Northern Spy)Thundercat, Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Saturday, 5 October 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
(I guess not *quite* a dozen, but almost.)
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Saturday, 5 October 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
RockaByeBaby is showing up for me, I don't know if this is a UK/US thing
― it was discovered that there's no rule that a dog cannot play basketball (bends), Saturday, 5 October 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
Hmmm, yeah, the only 2013 release for Cassie that I'm seeing is the "Summer of Love" single.
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Saturday, 5 October 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
Run the Jewels was a free mixtape, probably some sample clearance issues keeps it off Spotty.
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
not sure if any Drag City stuff is on Spotify
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link
Cassie's is also a mixtape, check Datpiff
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
ditto Chance- Acid Rap
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:39 (ten years ago) link
wonder why The Beatles are dragging their heels?
― piscesx, Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I know I *can* get some of this stuff elsewhere. But Spotify has become so convenient for me as a one-stop shop, and there's a million things I'd like to hear that *are* on there, that I end up just not bothering with the stuff that's not.
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 21:05 (ten years ago) link
yea none of the drag city stuff is on spotify. i did find most of smog/bill callahan's stuff on grooveshark, which you don't need to sign up for. it's a clunky site but i appreciated being able to stream the older smog albums.
― marcos, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
Spotify is the act of pretend forgetfulness
― Gallucci Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 03:16 (ten years ago) link
2 Beatles songs have been on Spotify for a while, "Misery" and "Besame Mucho."
― billstevejim, Friday, 11 October 2013 03:23 (ten years ago) link
Hm. Never come across anything actually performed by the Beatles. Usually it is just tributes and covers.
― Gallucci Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:44 (ten years ago) link
But yeah, those two are there. I hear music divine.
― Gallucci Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 October 2013 04:16 (ten years ago) link
I love Drag City, they are good folks who've released tons of great records over the years, but I can't say I understand the way they seem to be dragging their feet with the digital thing. I mean, fine, you don't really believe Spotify is a good way to get your artists paid fair enough, but I kinda can't believe they are still holding out against mp3 downloads with their vinyl.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 October 2013 04:35 (ten years ago) link
Spotify's rates are really shitty.
― Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 11 October 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
Like, it isnt even worth it. With the vinyl they probably at least break even for most of their acts.
― Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 11 October 2013 04:42 (ten years ago) link
It's better than receiving $0.00 from mp3 pirates.
― billstevejim, Friday, 11 October 2013 04:46 (ten years ago) link
If Spotify is still at the half penny per stream payment rate, the equivalent of a million selling, ten-track album at ten average plays per album would mean $500,000 in income with zero overhead.
― timellison, Friday, 11 October 2013 05:05 (ten years ago) link
I mean, I realize that's only 50 cents per album, but maybe the rates will go up if Spotify is able to generate more revenue. Or maybe they won't - maybe that's just a new model.
― timellison, Friday, 11 October 2013 05:08 (ten years ago) link
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 11 October 2013 05:09 (ten years ago) link
If you're more likely to buy music if you pirate music (which seems to be the case, right?) and its also true that if you listen to Spotify then you're less likely to buy music (is that true? I'm sure I read somewhere it was) then maybe Drag City have made the call that its better for the bottom line to stay away.
― he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up (NotEnough), Friday, 11 October 2013 11:00 (ten years ago) link
i still find pirating music to be kind of a pain in the ass and in most cases not worth it, especially as a music-discovery tool. you have to do a google search, find some blog that still has working links to the mp3s, then go to some ad-ridden torrent or bullshit MEGAUPLOAD site, download your files, etc. so since drag city doesn't have a relatively easy way to discover its music, the less likely i'm going to take time to explore their artists (and then later go buy their albums). easier discovery of music, for me, means more new music i'm going to listen to (obviously), and the more new music i hear, the more i'm going to buy music.
― marcos, Friday, 11 October 2013 13:38 (ten years ago) link
like i'm not going to spend time pirating some minor bonnie prince billy record to see if i should buy it. it just seems tedious. more likely, i'm just not going hear it until there is an easier way to spend enough time with the album to help me decide it i should buy it.
― marcos, Friday, 11 October 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
Run the Jewels was a free mixtape, probably some sample clearance issues keeps it off Spottty.
Run The Jewels is also in record shops on CD fwiw
― I'm not a rockist, I just hate Rap-A-Lot (sic), Friday, 11 October 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
ah, probably a free download for a spell and then released physically?
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Friday, 11 October 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link
man i swear i think run the jewels was on there at one point cuz it kept recommending it to me
― balls, Friday, 11 October 2013 15:15 (ten years ago) link
Just noticed that the Boards of Canada catalog is now on US Spotify
― Moodles, Sunday, 3 November 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
Cool thx.
― Blecch Dreieinigkeitsmoses (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 November 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
Blimey they're finally adding Zeppelin - one album per day by the looks of things.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 16:55 (ten years ago) link
aphrodite's child
― diamonddave85, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
more Zep info, article is really mostly abt Spotify though
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/business/media/spotify-said-to-secure-exclusive-deal-with-led-zeppelin.html?hp&_r=0
― sleeve, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
When credible rivals to Spotify start appearing we're going to see labels taking their stuff off en-masse as they start signing exclusive deals.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
Do you really think so? Labels didn't ever exclusivey sell their physical products with just one chain, did they? I mean outside of a limited edition or something. Maybe some material will be exclusively with a streaming service for a period of time but not in perpetuity. The labels make more money spreading it all around.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
The Necks― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, October 11, 2013 12:09 AM (2 months ago)
tier newest one is up and i highly recommend it-- might be my AOY
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
Entire Zep catalog on there now
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Sunday, 15 December 2013 08:23 (ten years ago) link
Most of the Peter Gabriel albums are on in the US now, I just noticed.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
woah that is excellent news
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 23:37 (ten years ago) link
early sabbath also finally
― balls, Thursday, 23 January 2014 00:17 (ten years ago) link
sweet! I updated my 70s Hard 'n' Heavy playlist from last year's big 70s countdown
― Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Thursday, 23 January 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
yeah it ruined this year's ilm poll for me cuz there's not alot there that isn't gonna get blown away by anything on vol. 4.
― balls, Thursday, 23 January 2014 02:45 (ten years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 26 January 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
early sabbaths always been available in uk. Wonder why it took so long for usa. Bigger market they actually sell cds in?
― ۩, Sunday, 26 January 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
Funkadelic's WB records aren't on Spotify but are on MOG for some reason.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 2 February 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
elliott smith added.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 2 March 2014 07:39 (ten years ago) link
all the more recent Prince albums but based on sampling 'em doesn't seem like I'm missing out on much
― nova, Sunday, 2 March 2014 09:33 (ten years ago) link
why is Lovesexy just one long track?
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Sunday, 2 March 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
that's how prince released it, it's the same way on cd
― balls, Sunday, 2 March 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
the copy I got has 'em separated. Which is good since I like five songs and that'd be a pain
― nova, Monday, 3 March 2014 05:07 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I found a cue sheet online on some prince board and split mine into tracks with it. Only time I've ever done anything like that.
― grape is the flavor of my true love's hair (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 02:11 (ten years ago) link
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Thursday, 12 December 2013 6:35 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Hmmm ... I'm in Australia, and I can only find one Necks track (on a comp) on Spotify. :-(
― Wordy, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
The Coil selection is meagre (relative to their output!), but I guess there are legal complexities there.
Also, no Comsat Angels.
― Wordy, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 03:25 (ten years ago) link
Weirdly, there's stuff on Spotify mobile I can get with no trouble, but it ain't there when I'm on the PC
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 23:24 (ten years ago) link
And yeah,the Necks in Aus are unavailable
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 23:25 (ten years ago) link
t rex
― brimstead, Thursday, 6 March 2014 03:08 (ten years ago) link
gah n/m, there's t rex t. rex, t.rex
― brimstead, Thursday, 6 March 2014 03:09 (ten years ago) link
Looks like the whole(?) Numero catalogue is up now!
― μ thant (seandalai), Friday, 7 March 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
I noticed last night that The Kinks' 60s catalog is now on there.
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Sunday, 26 April 2015 14:48 (eight years ago) link
Yeah that was a nice surprise
― da croupier, Sunday, 26 April 2015 14:48 (eight years ago) link
Though actually the nice surprise for me wasn't the 60s stuff - most of which I own - but the ability to explore all the post-Lola stuff without spending money
― da croupier, Sunday, 26 April 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
yeah, it just took a lot longer for the earlier stuff to show up
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Sunday, 26 April 2015 15:00 (eight years ago) link
was everything post-lola there until now? i thought there was just a handful of kinks before now - that the 60s classics showed up with more of the 70s & 80s as well. but anyway, yeah, glad the kinks are more explorable in general.
― da croupier, Sunday, 26 April 2015 15:33 (eight years ago) link
There was a point previously when a lot of the old Kinks releases were on there, then much of it was taken off. Glad they're back.
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 26 April 2015 19:01 (eight years ago) link
oh hey did the RVNG catalogue just show up?
― pep ponk aliyev (seandalai), Monday, 12 October 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
nice!!
― brimstead, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 02:21 (eight years ago) link
Owen Ashworth's catalog (Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Advance Base) has been missing from Spotify for about a year, but this morning I saw he wrote a feature for Tidal promoting his record, so I guess it's on there. Must be an anti-Spotify thing a la Taylor Swift?
Wish Drag City would break and go streaming, at some point the revenue curve has gotta bend as more and more people go streaming only and artists on the label go increasingly off the radar and out of the cultural conversation. I would even pay $5/month for an all-DC streaming service, which is $60 more a year they're getting from me now just bc I don't want to hassle with files.
Missing the Felt catalogue, Comsat Angels, and big chunks of Momus, hope to see 'em show up someday.
― westofrome, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link
"missing big chunks of Momus" is a display name waiting to happen
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
Whoever nabs DC streaming rights will get my money.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 07:59 (eight years ago) link
all the felt albums used to be on there...
i really don't see the problem with labels refusing to stream their entire catalog for free...
― brimstead, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 22:41 (eight years ago) link
or virtually free or whatever
he's been pretty public about his hatred of Spotify et al, tweeted about it etc.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
in a truly unnoticed blow for tidal all the flatbush zombies tracks are gone
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 October 2015 13:37 (eight years ago) link
George Harrison just got added it would seem
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 16 October 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
yeah my longheld 'it's a shame george harrison isn't on spotify, he's totally someone whose catalog i'd like to check out' stance kinda wilted when i came face to face w/ what george harrison's solo catalog actually consists of
― balls, Sunday, 18 October 2015 00:02 (eight years ago) link
― La Düsseldork (Branwell with an N), Monday, 9 November 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
"Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car"—the only song off Zooropa that was for some reason not available on Spotify—is finally available.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 20 February 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
i think pretty much everything by Radiohead will be up there as of tomorrow when the new one goes up. In Rainbows went up this week which had never been up there before iirc.
― piscesx, Thursday, 16 June 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
Just realized that Beatles Anthology is on now. Don't think that was part of their big Beatles roll out.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 18 June 2016 01:29 (seven years ago) link
Pretty much every Les Savy Fav album is up including some weird live albums but not the "Rome (Written Upside Down)" EP.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Saturday, 18 June 2016 01:34 (seven years ago) link
King CrimsonSladeTool
these are the holdouts from the list at the top of the thread. what's it going to take to get some Slade on there?
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, January 22, 2014 5:06 PM (three years ago)
Now you see him, now you don't.
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, now that prince is on Gabriel is one of the folks whose absence i note most
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
sublime frequencies catalog would be a true blessing o course
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
― Disco Blecch and His Exo-Planettes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
Still no YMO, but there's pretty much everything by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Wonder what the issue is.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 10 March 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
aluminum tunes by stereolab, not on iTunes either
― flappy bird, Friday, 10 March 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
That might be because it was released on Drag City
― badg, Friday, 10 March 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
hmm maybe, but that's just the US version and would've been licensed from Duophonic/Warp presumably? So that doesn't really explain it, because Refried Ectoplasm & Dots & Loops were released by Drag City as well.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 10 March 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 17 March 2017 22:29 (seven years ago) link
Just give me Hamilton Bohannon's "Disco Stomp", dammit.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 18 March 2017 00:10 (seven years ago) link
Went looking for stuff on the DIW label (Japanese jazz imprint with a fuckton of amazing stuff in their catalog) and for some reason only David Murray's albums for them are on US Spotify. None of their Art Ensemble of Chicago records or anything else.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 18 March 2017 00:37 (seven years ago) link
Original studio versions of Isley Brothers hits such as "Who's That Lady?" have gone missing.
― And Run Into It And Blecch It (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 31 March 2017 05:45 (seven years ago) link
Still no Slade, hopefully reissue of 'Slade Alive' may get them on board.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 22 September 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
Still so sad about YMO. No Hosono, either.
― Dan I., Friday, 22 September 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
Pere Ubu's late '80s/early '90s major label albums!
― timellison, Friday, 22 September 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
deckchairs overboard is on now :)
― gr8080, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 13:09 (six years ago) link
Still no old De La Soul ;_;
― nashwan, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
I doubt there will be. De La can't legally reissue those records due to all the samples.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link
wonder if thats why they released them all for free via their website a few years back.
― mark e, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
i wonder when the last of the uncleared samples on 3 Feet High & Rising will fall out of copyright. what was the most recent bit of music sampled on that anyway?
― plp will eat itself (NickB), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
― gr8080, dinsdag 26 september 2017 13:09 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
\m/
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
Owen Pallett's later albums, but not his Final Fantasy stuff. Troutmask Replica is not on there, but lots of other Captain Beefheart is
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
It was, and why they used the publicity from that to crowdfund a new record with no pre-existing samples.
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
Aalyiah's "One in a Million" and her S/T still not on there.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
http://www.complex.com/music/2016/12/aaliyahs-music-isnt-online-and-her-uncle-barry-hankerson-is-the-reason-why
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
De La can't legally reissue those records due to all the samples.
Started to think the samples issue was a red herring given the availability of countless other sample-heavy hip hop albums from the same era.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
Aw yeah, just noticed that what appears to be the original mix of Snooze 4 Love sneaked in recently via a compilation album! Previously they had only had some remixes (e.g. Dixon's), which is fine, but I prefer the original
― Dan I., Wednesday, 27 September 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
the Angelica album is not on spotify. liberation's wasted on them
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
Felix Da Housecat's Kittenz And Thee Glitz and Devin Dazzle And The Neon Fever albums are finally up (listed as 2017 releases but aren't deluxe or different in any way from the originals).
― nashwan, Friday, 29 September 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
Still no Smog/Bill Callahan other than a handful of tracks.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 29 September 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
all the early X albums aren't on streaming
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 September 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
what was cleared vs. what was not cleared is totally random, number of samples has nothing to do with it
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 September 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
Beatles samples on Paul's Boutique for ex. = cleared
All of their albums are on Spotify, at least in Canada
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 29 September 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
yeah here, More Fun in the New World is the earliest one available on both Spotify & Tidal (assuming this is true for Google Music, Amazon and Apple)
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 September 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
acts
― del griffith, Saturday, 30 September 2017 01:53 (six years ago) link
re: SmogI dont think any Drag City records are on Spotify
― President Keyes, Saturday, 30 September 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/08/21/longtime-label-holdout-drag-city-puts-catalog-on-apple-music
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 1 October 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
Yellow Magic Orchestra are up on the UK site now.
― MaresNest, Friday, 27 October 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
oh shi
― nashwan, Friday, 27 October 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
tttttt
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Friday, 27 October 2017 21:51 (six years ago) link
Up in USA too! Yay!
― Dan I., Friday, 27 October 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac's pre-Buckingham/Nicks catalog seems to have been added at some point. Which ones are worth checking out?
― Moodles, Friday, 10 November 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
From the Bob Welch/Danny Kirwan era, I'd definitely recommend Future Games (there's good stuff on Bare Trees as well).
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 10 November 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
Mystery To Me as well.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 November 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
THEN PLAY ON
― brimstead, Friday, 10 November 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link
Any remaining holdouts?
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 11 March 2018 12:28 (six years ago) link
Spacemen 3
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 11 March 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
Peter Gabriel. Still the biggest name holdout?
― piscesx, Sunday, 11 March 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
King Crimson
― Brad C., Sunday, 11 March 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
Most of Drag City still?
― louise ck (milo z), Sunday, 11 March 2018 19:32 (six years ago) link
King Crimson do at least have some recent live recordings. Slade only have three hits, and there's still next to nothing from Joanna Newsom and Garth Brooks.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 11 March 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
Oh, and most Jay-Z is still absent.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 11 March 2018 20:15 (six years ago) link
Newsom is on Drag City...
I assume that at least part of the reason RTX have jumped to Fat Possum (after a lifetime on DC) is they want their stuff to be available on Spotify etc., and FP is doing “digital reissues” of the old albums.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 11 March 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
Most of the releases on Tzadik. As far as I can tell, the only one on there is "Mayim Rabim" by Ayelet Rose Gottlieb and some stuff that's been available through other labels as well (e.g. Pharaoh's Daughter's "Out of the Reeds")John Zorn in general, though at least that great Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet record is on there.
Diamanda Galas' back catalogue has disappeared somewhat recently -- now there's just the two 2017 records.Devil Doll's never been available, but I guess they(/he) always made a point of limiting the availability of their records.
On the positive side: there's a ton of Magma on Spotify now. (Seventh Records editions, which I gather are the "proper" ones now, not the Charly releases)
― Øystein, Monday, 12 March 2018 10:01 (six years ago) link
There are various older acts who have received lavish career-spanning CD retrospectives from the like of Ace Records (UK), but who are represented on Spotify only via a few random compilation tracks (Reparata and the Delrons and The Goodees are a few examples).
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 12 March 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
Keiji Haino is basically absent.
― Duke, Monday, 12 March 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
aaliyah
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 07:29 (six years ago) link
Glad to announce that all my musical work out on Drag City is now available on all platforms, which includes Spotify! https://t.co/hYZJAQx3bW— Lætitia Sadier (@SadierLae) April 1, 2018
Can't see anything else on Drag City yet.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 2 April 2018 12:54 (six years ago) link
I'm seeing some Six Organs of Admittance and Ty Segall stuff that wasn't there before.
― President Keyes, Monday, 2 April 2018 12:57 (six years ago) link
Appears some stuff is available, but no Smog, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy etc
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 2 April 2018 12:57 (six years ago) link
smog: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ajVJyxI4sHmTMtTA3ENko?si=kzDgr4UmSdOh3yTFwaV5yQ
silver jews: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ePunOqQbOYoQwd1298g3Z?si=8rFkVI3yRSSdmPUrD_TCzw
bill callahan: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7gqsi6aBSkRMJoL9psKqMr?si=-1TIruU_R9aXURnzyFfgGg
― ||||||||, Monday, 2 April 2018 12:57 (six years ago) link
palace brothers: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Jg1WSoV27sDj7N2WRFPqo?si=vDwFLnf1RCuhaMNL4_kzlw
gastr del sol: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Xuaooorz7j46y1UrWxXMd?si=MHxq6h70QNaf_Puips4P6w
― ||||||||, Monday, 2 April 2018 13:00 (six years ago) link
Weird, didn't show up for me on the desktop client but did through the web browser.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 2 April 2018 13:01 (six years ago) link
Poking into a little corner of stuff I'm interested in -- I find almost no Henry Cow (just a Peel Session), no Art Bears, very little Bob Drake, no Hail/Susanne Lewis, etc. A good amount of Fred Frith, but mostly albums from the 2000s. Is it possible that the ReR/Cuneiform scene is not generally represented on Spotify?
Btw - French Frith Kaiser Thompson's "Life, Love, Larf & Loaf" (one of my favorite albums!) is actually on here -- but credited to "By various artists," so hard to find unless you search one of the song titles...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
Most of them seem to be on Apple Music.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
iProg
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:53 (six years ago) link
Henry Cow would be a nice addition. They're a band I'd like to be more familiar with.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:49 (six years ago) link
I am perpetually annoyed that I cannot put Wiley & Ms. D - "Heatwave" in my pop funtimes playlist.
Roger Miller's catalogue is very spotty. Mostly comps. Maybe it all got divvied up to different labels at some point?
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
Peter Gabriel albums arriving next week. https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/05/peter-gabriel-spotify/
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 13 May 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
o wau
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 May 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
I haven't been this excited since "Midnight Blue" on Lou Gramm's Ready or Not album, which was forever grayed out, became streamable. I'm not even kidding.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 May 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
praise geir
― kinder, gentler (sleepingbag), Sunday, 13 May 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
if i touch the little microphone and say "fuck off", will the app stop asking me to use voice control?
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
Bikini Kill (except select tracks on the Punk Singer soundtrack)
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 23 June 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
Mickey by Toni Basil is not on Spotify for some reason.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 8 July 2018 12:46 (five years ago) link
it is in the uk.
― lana del boy (ledge), Sunday, 8 July 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
might have something to do with her lawsuit:
Basil claims that a company called Razor & Tie Direct has been illegally licensing her song and image without her consent for decades, due to numerous rights transfers that she also allegedly did not authorize.
― President Keyes, Monday, 9 July 2018 13:04 (five years ago) link
A thread revive reminded me to check, and there's a lot more High Llamas on Spotify now than the last time I looked.
― a shomin-geki poster with some horror elements (WilliamC), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
How come Lamb Lies Down is the only Genesis album not on the service?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
Hole’s Live Through This is still missing while all the rest is available. Annoying.
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 04:15 (five years ago) link
Almost like an empty cavity that is surrounded by other ample materials.
― pplains, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 04:25 (five years ago) link
xp Weird, Live Through This is on US spotify
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 05:01 (five years ago) link
PM Dawn
― . (Michael B), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
Yeah this is odd, 'Acts that have one album missing from Spotify even though the rest of their back catalogue is on there' is definitely a thing, some others I've noticed:
Van Morrison - Tupelo HoneySaves the Day - Stay What You AreModest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
Just noticed My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is finally on there. Hooray!
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 August 2018 05:51 (five years ago) link
bet it's not the proper version
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Sunday, 5 August 2018 09:13 (five years ago) link
Live Through This is also on Euro spotify
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Sunday, 5 August 2018 10:04 (five years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 3 September 2018 01:45 (five years ago) link
noticed, based on p4k's recent sunday review, that Clube De Esquina isn't available in full on Spotify. side 4 is chopped off, most prominently
― austinb, Monday, 3 September 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is, oddly, on Tidal for some reason
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 September 2018 02:06 (five years ago) link
Lamb Lies down on Broadway is on Canadian spotify
― silverfish, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
Noticed that some different Throwing Muses albums have been added and others may be removed.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 21:00 (five years ago) link
Lamb Lies Down is on UK Spotify, too.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
It's on US Spotify now too. Maybe they're following our thread.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 23:32 (five years ago) link
Anita Baker
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 10 September 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
Chairmen of the Board
― President Keyes, Monday, 10 September 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
Anita Baker is on Dutch Spotify - nothing post-Rhythm Of Love though
― breastcrawl, Monday, 10 September 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
Five Anita Baker albums and a Best Of on UK Spotify. Also loads and loads of Chairmen Of The Board.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 10 September 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
Must be a US-only omission?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 10 September 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
I see her listed as an artist with only one song from 2012 listed.
But there are at least two dozen playlists listed that include her better-known stuff, even though they don't appear in her profile. It's weird.
― pplains, Monday, 10 September 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
The only version of Give Me Just a Little More Time available in the US seems to be a re-recording, iirc. I was so bummed out when I couldn't find the original single!
― Dan I., Monday, 10 September 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
Here's Giving You the Best that I've Got
― pplains, Monday, 10 September 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
Nomeansno. Just the Biafra record, a compilation and the In The Fishtank session.I've played that compilation album way too much this year, since I don't have a CD player anymore.
― Øystein, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:08 (five years ago) link
None of the Invictus catalogue is on Spotify except for one Laura Lee album. No Freda Payne, Honey Cone, etc.
― Ρεμπετολογια, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
The Zwan album doesn't seem to be on there, at least in U.S. (just an unrelated act called "Zwan," with two 2017 releases)
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Friday, 5 October 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
Zwan CD went out of print fast and it's never been available in digital retailers iirc. Corgan is attempting to write it out of history.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
Interesting (and too bad, it's a good one...)
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Friday, 5 October 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
"Voodoo Ray" doesn't seem to be on Spotify or Google music.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 8 October 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
(in the U.S.)
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 8 October 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
David Keenan's Wheeler 18
― PaulTMA, Monday, 8 October 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
Voodoo Ray is only on a couple of compilations available on UK Spotify but this sort of thing changes all the time and none of Gerald's albums before Essence appear.
― nashwan, Monday, 8 October 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
Pantha Du Prince - This Bliss
― jazzed (it's a boy!), Sunday, 10 February 2019 06:07 (five years ago) link
The S.O.S. Band. Their two last albums without Mary Davis are there, and “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” is available as part of a soundtrack album, but there’s nothing from their Jam & Lewis heyday.However, on Spotify’s own playlist for them, all the big songs are there, but they’re greyed out for me. What’s the deal with that? Are they accessible in some countries but not in others? (I’m in the Netherlands myself). And if so, why? I want to listen to their “beatbox ballads” (as they’re apparently called)!
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 10 February 2019 11:49 (five years ago) link
SOS Band and also Imagination have gone through some fairly recent withdrawal of much of their material that was there before. Extremely annoying.
― nashwan, Sunday, 10 February 2019 12:30 (five years ago) link
Iirc that Pantha Du Prince album got deleted due to an uncleared sample in Saturn Strobe
― I am using your worlds, Sunday, 10 February 2019 12:57 (five years ago) link
Bright Phoebus by Lal & Mike Waterson was on Spotify but removed a few moths ago
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 10 February 2019 13:00 (five years ago) link
Imagination is there for me, and has always been afaik.xps to nashwan
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 10 February 2019 13:37 (five years ago) link
my heart jumped when I read that re: Imagination but yup they're still there for me too
― ⅋ (crüt), Sunday, 10 February 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
I noticed a while back that some of Alexander O'Neal's stuff had gone from UK SPotify (Hearsay is back but the s/t album isn't), his stuff is owned by the same label as S.O.S. band (Tabu).
― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 10 February 2019 14:47 (five years ago) link
Kind of a weird one here, but the original recording of Joe Walsh's "All Night Long" from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack isn't on Spotify (or, iirc, iTunes). Live versions with the Eagles and on his own from 2016 are up tho.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 February 2019 23:08 (five years ago) link
It's hard finding a few of those Urban Cowboy songs.
― pplains, Sunday, 17 February 2019 00:17 (five years ago) link
weird, i thought i posted in this thread a couple of days ago.
i can't find a single album by the incredibly prolific jazz saxophonist steve lacy, who put out albums on dozens of record labels. there is a steve lacy in spotify but it's not the same guy, and none of the "real" steve lacy's albums are misfiled under him. i find this bizarre!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 18 February 2019 23:58 (five years ago) link
I've def listened to his monk album on Spotify before, maybe a temporary/regional rights thing
― brimstead, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 00:33 (five years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BEsuwAkTQMG50TeHB5qny?si=jv9tufMlSR-qF7thQ3PmTw
― Ρεμπετολογια, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 00:54 (five years ago) link
there it is! i dunno - now when i search for him i see a list of alternative artists with that name and he's right there. i must have overlooked it somehow. really weird though, i thought i had scoured those search results.
thanks!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 01:12 (five years ago) link
I noticed yesterday there's a lot more Laurie Anderson on US Spotify than there has been in the past, but I dunno how long it's been there.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 01:40 (five years ago) link
It bums me out when young producers have or use the same name as jazz musicians, and then eclipse them in terms of profile (Steve Lacy, Bob Moses, Richard Davis, etc).
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 01:45 (five years ago) link
(young Steve Lacy is cool though)
Funny; I was looking up Irish blues-rock guitarist Rory Gallagher the other day and now there's some house/techno artist with that name who's put out about a half dozen singles and EPs with super generic cover art.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 02:23 (five years ago) link
Belinda Carlisle has only four regular LPs up: Her two most recent (the Yoga one and the French one); Runaway Horses; and Heaven On Earth. You can probably shrug off the '90s albums, but it's weird that her solo debut--which was a pretty big record--is MIA on the service.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 21 February 2019 01:37 (five years ago) link
why, is everything else IRS released on Spotify?
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Thursday, 21 February 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link
The Go-Gos' albums are! (not the reunion one tho)
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 21 February 2019 02:00 (five years ago) link
that is weird then, as you’d guesspect her first solo was on the same contractmaybe she thinks it sucks & asked for it to go OOP?
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Thursday, 21 February 2019 08:39 (five years ago) link
Sad that so much Homestead and other indie I listened to in the 80s isn't on there (Happy Flowers, Breaking Circus). A few years back, I lost most of my LPs and cassettes through flood and mold and don't feel like replacing everything.
― Twee.TV (I M Losted), Sunday, 24 February 2019 09:19 (five years ago) link
I heard the Homestead guy trashed a bunch of the master tapes(?) Like when Sebadoh III was reissued, they had to use a 2nd-generation source for the master (which is f’in tragic — for that of all albums). I wonder if that has anything to do w/it.
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Sunday, 24 February 2019 14:52 (five years ago) link
Why is The Predator missing "We Had to Tear this Motherfucker Up"?
― George R. R. Caro (PBKR), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
xp One of my favorite ‘80s “indie” bands, Das Damen, is represented by the three SST releases in the middle of their catalog; but their debut is absent (it was on Ecstatic Peace, but I think SST reissued it), as is their great final LP (on Twin/Tone) and the 1991 Sub Pop EP that closed out their career.
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
None of Death of Samantha’s albums (all on Homestead) appear. Only a 2013 LP of re-recordings
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:24 (five years ago) link
Thankfully, Dinosaur Jr.’s debut (a Homestead release) is there.
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
Can’t find Skunk (just other bands called Skunk). Is Twin/Tone not represented at all?
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:28 (five years ago) link
No Live Skull (a Homestead/Caroline band). Looks like anyone wanting to get into this slice of the ‘80s rock scene needs to pick up the copious cheap vinyl, like I did 20 yrs. ago!
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:37 (five years ago) link
The Pere Ubu discography on Spotify is very, well, “spotty” (for a fairly major band with lots of albums
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:40 (five years ago) link
Yeah, Live Skull! I used to like them! A big chunk of my youth is missing. :( Kind of sad, makes it harder for the younger folks to check out these bands.
― Twee.TV (I M Losted), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
maybe she thinks it sucks & asked for it to go OOP?
Yeh, I dunno? I actually went looking and found loads of other well-known IRS stuff on the site (Concrete Blonde, Wall of Voodoo, REM, Fine Young Cannibals etc.). And theoretically there shouldn't be a rights issue, as the album was produced under IRS's distro deal w/MCA, who Carlisle moved over to for Heaven On Earth. You can get "Mad About You" and some of the other singles from the album via the two (almost identical btw) Belinda hits comps available on the site.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 February 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
I don't know about the others, but Concrete Blonde has released all their albums again themselves. I don't know if the rights reverted from IRS and Capitol or not (and does IRS even still functionally exist?). Maybe the Belinda debut is hung up in some limbo somewhere because no one knows where the money goes.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 24 February 2019 21:34 (five years ago) link
(almost identical btw) Belinda hits comps
this is an idiotic thing to still happen on streaming services
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 24 February 2019 21:35 (five years ago) link
The s/t Live Skull and expanded Cloud One were definitely on Spotify at one point..
― brimstead, Sunday, 24 February 2019 22:57 (five years ago) link
does IRS even still functionally exist?
Nope. They initially folded in the mid-'90s under EMI's stewardship, who then revived the label in the early '10s, first as an outlet for Blogger-Indie stuff, and then as a Alt-Country (!) concern that also went quickly under. AFAICT, everything IRS is under the Universal Music umbrella now, due to them owning A&M (who controlled the '85-back catalogue) and EMI ('86-up). FWIW, I noticed on the AMG--not the best source, yes--they credit Belinda as being on EMI International. So you're probably right about nobody know where the money goes within the company.
In other news, I noticed the first two Dramarama LPs (which Rhino reissued w/extras in the '90s) aren't up.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
Just saw that "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by the Walker Bros. is blocked on US Spotify.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 13:58 (five years ago) link
Victoria Williams has a few albums out there, but her best, Swing The Statue, isn't.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
Paul McCartney's "Spies Like Us" is not on Spotify.
― john. a resident of evanston. (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
I suppose it's been mentioned already but Dre's The Chronic is still not available.
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 14:05 (five years ago) link
apple billionaire iirc
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 14:07 (five years ago) link
yeah but 2001 is on Spotify !And Murder was the Case is not available while the rest of Snoop's output is...
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
presumably sample rights issues then? I've been wanting easy streaming access to Murder was the Case for years now...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 16:53 (five years ago) link
if you don't mind not paying: whole album, playlist
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link
yeah, i may need to pay for youtube eventually as listening to ads is against my religion... dunno if that's monetized?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
anyways, been too long; this sounds great
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
listening to ads is against my religion
youtube ads are maddening if you're using the app, but if you haven't been using browser adblockers since 2003, catch up!
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 21:21 (five years ago) link
Good player to get around all the missing stuff, as it pulls from youtube and other sources - mac/pc/linux desktop only though - https://github.com/nukeop/nuclear/releases/tag/v0.4.4
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
don't know if this is the right thread for this, but at least some of those "deleted" myspace songs (many of which were not on spotify, or really anywhere else) were lying around and are now on archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/myspace_dragon_hoard_2010
(unfortunately, the songs I'm specifically looking for I'm about 0 for 20 on, but there is undoubtedly a lot here)
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Thursday, 4 April 2019 04:49 (five years ago) link
Yeah The Chronic and Murder are on youtube but it's not very convenient (and the sound quality is not great, I suppose).That's soooo annoying...
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 April 2019 11:02 (five years ago) link
Regarding Aaliyah, that's weird because I'm pretty sure all her albums were available on Spotify for a while...
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 April 2019 11:06 (five years ago) link
I've been checking since around 2013 and have only seen one
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Thursday, 4 April 2019 13:42 (five years ago) link
I'm eternally bummed that there is nothing from Invictus / Hot Wax on Spotify, mp3 or other streaming services (besides YouTube), but that's been an eternal problem. You have to get them via expensive imports in US. Maybe some day....
― William Wants a Doll (I M Losted), Thursday, 4 April 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
xpostWell, Aaliyah was definitely available because... I had it in my Spotify library !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 April 2019 15:27 (five years ago) link
(I mean the album, of course)
David C Lowery@davidclowery15h15 hours ago
12/x If you have China travel plans. Don't go listening to any of the Tibetan Freedom Concert performances on Spotify.... Oh wait those performances aren't available on Spotify. Odd.
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Thursday, 4 April 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
how on earth is it "odd" that recordings were specifically copyrighted for a 1997 charity release are not available in a form that will not return revenue? especially when the charity's website has been hacked or squatted for human growth hormone and testosterone booster SEO, suggesting it no longer exists?
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Thursday, 4 April 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
Despite carrying loads of U2, the Million-Dollar Hotel soundtrack is not on the service.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
King Crimson studio albums coming to Spotify in June iirc.
― ILX Halftime Shows Ranked — Which Was the Best? (WmC), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
Shelter by Lone Justice has been on Spotify for as long as I can remember, but it's not there today. ;_;
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, April 4, 2019 11:27 AM (six days ago)
when was this ? i've been on spotify since 2012 and i don't ever recall seeing it there to the point where i have added the mp3s to previous phones so i had it available
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 21:25 (five years ago) link
I don't think any of Aaliyah's albums have been in the digital realm besides Age Ain't... because of who holds the rights.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
Well, I guess around the time I started using it (2013)...Actually, I still have the album "Aaliyah" in my library (or at least, some kind of "shadow" of the album : its cover, title and many of the track although some appear "not available") !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 11 April 2019 11:37 (five years ago) link
aaliyah records came and swiftly went from spotify a few times in some countries but iirc it was a case of someone claiming they had the rights then it being proved that they didn't
― Animal Bitrate (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 11 April 2019 12:02 (five years ago) link
Downtown Science
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 11 April 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6avHw4F4js
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 11 April 2019 23:38 (five years ago) link
I heard the De La Soul albums are coming soon
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Friday, 12 April 2019 01:09 (five years ago) link
Ceramic Hobs (just one song in a comp)The Ghostwriters (Charles Cohen & Jeff Cain)
― stranded, Friday, 12 April 2019 09:15 (five years ago) link
A few Split Enz albums are missing (including True Colours).
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
Can’t find “There’s Some Whores In This House”!
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 11 May 2019 00:19 (four years ago) link
Went looking for ‘Eurovision’ by Telex and there’s not much by them available.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 11 May 2019 08:40 (four years ago) link
Virginia Astley is almost entirely absent from Spotify. For shame.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 11 May 2019 09:09 (four years ago) link
that’s a p gross and entitled thing to say. she doesn’t owe anybody free access to her work.
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Saturday, 11 May 2019 10:56 (four years ago) link
I didn't mean shame on her, just that it's a shame Gardens... isn't on there. Anyway, it's the whole premise of this thread isn't it?
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 11 May 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
comsat angels are absent from u.s. spotify aside from two weird comps
John Zorn in general
yep! discovered this when i was in the mood for naked city recently. painkiller *is* on spotify though (i guess bc their records were on earache)
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
oh and i see i should've searched for the comsat angels itt too
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
Astley presumably controls 90% of her catalogue though
then again this appears to be there in the US?
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Saturday, 11 May 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
Being called gross and entitled is my favourite way to start a Saturday.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 11 May 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
Yeah sic, that was pretty Afro, lol
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 11 May 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
*aggro! (LOL)
FP my phone for racism
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 11 May 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
Jim Carroll Band: "People Who Died" is on some various artists comps, and that is it.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 05:16 (four years ago) link
Somehow, 2pac’s « California love » (single version) which was available until a few weeks ago has now disappeared.
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 07:27 (four years ago) link
About 30% of albums nominated for the current ambient poll are not on Spotify. Records by Fripp & Eno, Zoviet France, Andrew Chalk, Hiroshi Yoshimura, La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, Organum, Thomas Köner, Klaus Weise and Tetsu Inoue, for example. Not necessarily surprising...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 09:51 (four years ago) link
AMM.They have 4 Keith Rowe recordings, but funnily the profile photo is not him but a reggae singer with the same name.
― stranded, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 10:03 (four years ago) link
Slade are finally on it.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
First Belinda Carlisle album was added recent-ish.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 18:50 (four years ago) link
I'm not a Tool fan but apparently they were one of the "last holdouts": https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/30/20746735/tool-music-spotify-apple-music-digital-streaming
― the last Berry La Croix in the work fridge (morrisp), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
The dams are breaking
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
lots of classic electronic from pre-2000 is missing from spotify for whatever reason
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 August 2019 02:12 (four years ago) link
nearly all music ever made is missing from Spotify for whatever reason
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Thursday, 1 August 2019 04:26 (four years ago) link
Joanna Newsom is still keeping out. And De La Soul, the latter apparently against their own wish (samples trouble). Jay-Z will largely stay on Tidal as long as Tidal exists (which might not be long). Split Enz are only available in Oz and Telex just disappeared. Captain Beefheart is in there, but nøt his most famøus album.
Those names (perhaps save for Ee La Soul) are a good bit more marginal though.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
Besides Slade and Tool, King Crimson aøso recently got there. Apparently nøt Fripp aolo though.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
Samples not really the reason for the De La Delay (why would it affect p much every track in your catalogue).
― nashwan, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Friday, March 30, 2012 7:53 PM (seven years ago)
these are all still not-on-Spotify, afaik
― sleeve, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
Certain Split Enz albums are up in America.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
Tommy Boy's streaming deal was 90% to Tommy Boy, 10% to De La. De La objected to this publicly and urged people to listen to the two non-Tommy Boy albums that are on Spotify (no idea why Geir thinks they aren't on it); Tommy Boy appear to have said "fuck it, you can't have anything then."
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
De La also released their old albums for free
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
I can also see more recent De La Soul albums there.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
can't be posted enough
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
not really. they downloaded their own albums from a Russian pirate site and put them in a zip file, once.
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
I can't think of any seminal act whose work is more criminally unknown/unavailable
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
Possibly stretching the term 'seminal' here, but Dave Clark's handling of the Dave Clark Five catalogue by keeping it off the market has been astonishingly dumb. Although I see now that a hits album and a few LPs finally went up on Spotify this year.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
surprised not to find 70s east mids comedy folk group Roaring Jelly on there in some form but no great loss except unsatisfied nostalgia
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
put them in a zip file, once
like, they didn't even notice there were no ID3 tags
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
xxxpost well yeah but I doubt Tommy Boy was happy about that
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
I doubt Tommy Boy gaf
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
Laurie Anderson's Big Science was unavailable for a long time but last month I noticed it's up.
― Manfred Hemming-Hawing (WmC), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
huggybear
― maura, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
Hugo Largo
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Sunday, 15 September 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
a lot of groups missing albums-- only the first two Budgie records are there
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 14:04 (four years ago) link
also missing:
Van Morrison- Tupelo Honeyalmost all Lucio BattistiGil Scott-Heron- Winter in Americaalmost all Henry Cow
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
Dr Phibes & The House of Wax Equations
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 28 December 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
this is what I'm missing :Angry Samoans Poison Idea Spaceman 3
― grapsta, Saturday, 28 December 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me has disappeared sadly. It was there a few weeks back.
― bobot, Sunday, 29 December 2019 09:16 (four years ago) link
sometimes it's worth checking Deezer, that service has some things the others don't
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 29 December 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson's Bridges album is missing, so the good version of We Almost Lost Detroit is not available. :(
― Dan I., Friday, 31 January 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
wtf, Brian Jackson plays TONTO on that album!?
― Dan I., Friday, 31 January 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
oops, apparently Scott-Heron and Jackson's involvement with TONTO is well known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_(Gil_Scott-Heron_and_Brian_Jackson_album)
― Dan I., Friday, 31 January 2020 21:04 (four years ago) link
Aside from the expanded Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, none of Ray Charles' ABC recordings are up.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 February 2020 05:05 (four years ago) link
Basehead. The fuck
― nathom, Saturday, 1 February 2020 07:36 (four years ago) link
Looking up Gang of Four, the only album from early days that's up in toto is Hard. All of the classic tracks on "This Is Gang of Four" playlist are sourced from various artists comps/playlists.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
Is this a regional thing? I've got Entertainment!, Solid Gold and Songs of the Free as well as Hard.
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
Possibly? I'm in the US and just double checked on my desktop with the same result: Hard; Mall; Content; What Happens Next; Live...In The Moment; and Happy Now are the only albums listed alongside the sole comp, which appears to be archive live album released a couple years ago.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
They used to be available in the US, but got yanked probably around a year ago.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 1 February 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
Not sure why Hard remains, as I'd assume it falls under the same deal with WB in the US.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 1 February 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
Hard is copywrited directly to the band on the version that's up rn.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 February 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
Air Miami’s Me. Me. Me. and Fuck You, Tiger — both co-releases with 4AD — aren’t on Spotify or the other streaming services, though the band’s other (Teenbeat) stuff is. Those Teenbeat/4AD releases must be restricted somehow; even though Unrest’s 4AD stuff is present & accounted for(?)
― morrisp, Thursday, 16 April 2020 06:00 (four years ago) link
I noticed the Morphine albums on Geffen showed up a few days ago. Rejoice!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 April 2020 11:53 (four years ago) link
Lil' Louis. From his heyday, only "French Kiss" and a few scattered tracks/remixes are on my (Dutch) Spotify. No From The Mind of Lil' Louis or Journey with the Lonely unfortunately.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 26 April 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
Not much from Hamilton Bohannon, sadly.
― mmmm, Sunday, 26 April 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
Only 2 Boredoms releases :(
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Sunday, 26 April 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
there are various 4ad things missing, not sure why. Like the first Throwing Muses album.
― akm, Monday, 27 April 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
oh wait, that's missing from apple music, dunno about spotify
The early Gang of Four albums are back up!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 05:18 (three years ago) link
...in America!
Only 2 Boredoms releases :(Yeah - looks like Spotify and YouTube Music both have Wow2 and Super Roots 10, whereas Tidal has Wow2 and Super Ae. (Tidal has the edge here.)
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 05:57 (three years ago) link
Weirdly, the second Judee Sill album is up but not the first.
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Thursday, 30 April 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
hmm. It's up on my Spotify.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 1 May 2020 02:58 (three years ago) link
Oh ok, must be a regional thing (I'm in Europe).
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Friday, 1 May 2020 05:44 (three years ago) link
As I indicated in another thread, the Tabu records stuff that used to be on there a few years ago (I have a bunch of old playlists with that stuff) is no longer on there. Don't know how long this has been the case, as I have a lot of the mp3's, but I miss putting that stuff on my playlists!
https://www.discogs.com/label/4196-Tabu-Records
― Alpha 666, The Number of the Beast (I M Losted), Friday, 1 May 2020 06:31 (three years ago) link
That’s weird, it seems to be the other way around here on my (Dutch) Spotify.
I posted this upthread a year ago:
The S.O.S. Band. Their two last albums without Mary Davis are there, and “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” is available as part of a soundtrack album, but there’s nothing from their Jam & Lewis heyday.However, on Spotify’s own playlist for them, all the big songs are there, but they’re greyed out for me. What’s the deal with that? Are they accessible in some countries but not in others? (I’m in the Netherlands myself). And if so, why? I want to listen to their “beatbox ballads” (as they’re apparently called)!― breastcrawl, zondag 10 februari 2019 12:49 bookmarkflaglink
However, on Spotify’s own playlist for them, all the big songs are there, but they’re greyed out for me. What’s the deal with that? Are they accessible in some countries but not in others? (I’m in the Netherlands myself). And if so, why? I want to listen to their “beatbox ballads” (as they’re apparently called)!
― breastcrawl, zondag 10 februari 2019 12:49 bookmarkflaglink
But I checked earlier today because of your post on the S.O.S. Band thread and all their Tabu albums are back up here. (So are the Alexander O’Neal and Cherelle albums, but I’m not sure they ever disappeared. I played some O’Neal last year)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 1 May 2020 11:47 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I did some digging on Spotify forums, and some other folks were complaining that the Tabu catalogue is no longer available, at least on Spotify in US. Shame, a lot of that is classic to me, and essential to a lot of the playlists I make. I have a lot of mp3's, but I like to have streaming versions for mixes.
― Alpha 666, The Number of the Beast (I M Losted), Friday, 1 May 2020 14:14 (three years ago) link
As long tail streaming content comes and goes, I always imagine crafty rights-holders wearing tinted glasses and loud shirts cussing into landline phones as they try to eke more pennies from their properties.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Friday, 1 May 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
Towa Tei's three 90s albums recently appeared :)
― nashwan, Sunday, 3 May 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
Would like to see Miharu Koshi on there some day.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 7 May 2020 11:06 (three years ago) link
Complete discography of The Clean, including live albums/EPs, seems to be there now.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 7 May 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
The Cramps catalogue is missing Bad Music For Bad People and the Gravest Hits EP (Psychedelic Jungle is just the album, which is odd because Songs The Lord Taught Us retains it's bonus tracks).
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 May 2020 03:33 (three years ago) link
Nevermind, Off The Bone (which I hadn't heard of before) is up, and has the EP and all the stray stuff from BMFBP.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 May 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
Slicing Up Eyeballs published their Top 100 Tracks From 1987 today, 98 of which they have included on a companion playlist. One of the missing cuts is "Kiss & Tell" by Bryan Ferry, which for awhile was only up in a single edit from a hits comp that's still up but with that track blocked.
Is there some issue with his '87-'94 albums (which are all off the service)?
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
I can get it four times over on UK Spotify: the full length from Bete Noire & Platinum Collection, and an edit from two other Best Ofs. All three 87-94 albums are also available.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
nothing personal, but it's absolutely screaming tittybonkers that if any given three albums are not available for a fraction of a cent on one particular internet subscription service, people's reaction in 2020 is ever "is there some issue?" rather than "those aren't there"
just the shaping of expectations, that if anybody thinks of a record for any reason, the unquestioned default assumption is that it should be on that service in every territory in the world, at all times
― Bleeqwot (sic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
I think it's fair to ask the question given that: (A) all the Roxy/Ferry stuff is controlled by the same party, who generally reissue the catalogue en bloc; (B) all of those albums bar the three in question are up on the service; (C) one of those missing albums is one of the artist's most popular; and (D) the hit single from said album was (up until recently) available on a comp on the service. It feels like there's more to this than 'those aren't there', particularly as mike t-diva points out that they are available on the UK site.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
No Cookie Crew! Not in the US, at least.
― Alba, Monday, 22 June 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
also posted this on the proper spotify topic, but aaliyah's second and third albums aren't on there. that's absolutely criminal.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 22 June 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
periodic reminder:
https://www.complex.com/music/2016/12/aaliyahs-music-isnt-online-and-her-uncle-barry-hankerson-is-the-reason-why
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 22 June 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
jesus what a clusterfuck.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
once or twice a month I really wanna listen to you made me realize by the my bloody valentines without going to youtube for it and I wish they'd just let me give them their moneys through the spotify
― the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 27 June 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
You realise that’s not how spotify works
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Saturday, 27 June 2020 01:42 (three years ago) link
No I don't realize that
― the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 27 June 2020 01:48 (three years ago) link
All the original Brinsley Schwarz lps left the US service recent-ish(?). Couple of comps and a bunch of archival live albums still there. The band's "This Is:" playlist is about half blacked-out tracks now.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 June 2020 02:17 (three years ago) link
That article about Aaliyah, Barry Hankerson, and Blackground is fascinating. I didn’t know any of that stuff (except, unfortunately, the R. Kelly details). Also didn’t realize her last two albums are oop and hard to come by... need to check if I still have the third one, unfortunately I don’t think so.
― OG Honeymoon Ave (morrisp), Saturday, 27 June 2020 03:56 (three years ago) link
i mean, it's on youtube but. . . man, would a reissue be nice.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 27 June 2020 05:12 (three years ago) link
I looked earlier and couldn’t even find it there. Link?
― OG Honeymoon Ave (morrisp), Saturday, 27 June 2020 05:28 (three years ago) link
jams for days and days. . .
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 27 June 2020 05:40 (three years ago) link
Thx!
― OG Honeymoon Ave (morrisp), Saturday, 27 June 2020 06:08 (three years ago) link
DJ quik & kurupt's "blaqkout"
― specific fry such as scampo (||||||||), Saturday, 27 June 2020 06:37 (three years ago) link
if only there were some widely available, portable, physical medium that would enable you to listen to this song in high res audio
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Saturday, 27 June 2020 09:01 (three years ago) link
if only it was the 21st century
― never mind that shit, here comes scampo (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 27 June 2020 09:03 (three years ago) link
I just noticed INXS, Underneath The Colours, and The Swing aren't on US spotify. I think they used to be? And I wonder why it's just those three*.
(*Elegantly Wasted is also missing, but eh.)
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 27 June 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
I don't think Elegantly Wasted has ever been up, and the title track is blacked out on whatever comp it's on.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 June 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
BlaQKout is there for me.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 27 June 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
Wonder why the Another View version of “Ride Into The Sun” is greyed out.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
Jim Carroll Band: "People Who Died" is on some various artists comps, and that is it.― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, May 28, 2019 12:16 AM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, May 28, 2019 12:16 AM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
Not sure when this happened, but the Catholic Boy album is up and copyrighted to Fat Possum (instead of original label Atlantic).
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 05:37 (three years ago) link
Fat Possum put it out on vinyl last year.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 05:40 (three years ago) link
I got Nervous On The Road as an "Album Pick" today, but only five of the ten songs are playable and the album isn't listed in the discography.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 July 2020 18:55 (three years ago) link
Ada Rook has discovered the cheat code to being "on Spotify" while trying to convince ppl not to use it: a little blurb tacked onto every track directing them to Bandcamp
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 5 July 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
i like that idea. bandcamp charges nothing to store as much as you want. i wish that more lofi and "home musician" types would switch to bandcamp. but then if that happened, they'd probably start charging, so nvm.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 5 July 2020 23:57 (three years ago) link
Samantha Gilles - Let Me Feel It is one of my favorite songs from the 80s and I’ve been waiting over 5 years for it to show up on spotify.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 05:40 (three years ago) link
It's on YouTube Music!
― FAC 179 (morrisp), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 06:31 (three years ago) link
None of Curve's Anxious Records albums
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 16 July 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
Seems like a lot of Ray Charles stuff is missing. Only 24 albums there, many of them comps. Ray had like 60 studio and live albums.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 16 July 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
someone probly said this heat
i dont reckon bean church is on spotify too :((
― fkknutter, Saturday, 18 July 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
Just noticed ZZ Top's Deguello has been taken down.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 September 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link
I wish the Swedish twee-ish band Granada were on north american spotify
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Monday, 7 September 2020 01:54 (three years ago) link
Ain't Love Grand by X has been taken down.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 1 October 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
And on a related tip, I don't think The Blasters Slash recordings have ever been up aside from the 20 tracks on the old Blasters Collection from '90.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 1 October 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
Nothing Painted Blue's early stuff is missing
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 1 October 2020 12:52 (three years ago) link
Global Communication: 76:14 is there, Remotion and Pentamerous Metamorphosis ain't.
― neith moon (ledge), Friday, 23 October 2020 09:52 (three years ago) link
Those missing Bryan Ferry albums are up/back up!
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
Alex Jones is back on!
― Un-fooled and placid (sic), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
SOS Band and also Imagination have gone through some fairly recent withdrawal of much of their material that was there before. Extremely annoying.― nashwan, zondag 10 februari 2019 13:30Imagination is there for me, and has always been afaik.― breastcrawl, zondag 10 februari 2019 14:37my heart jumped when I read that re: Imagination but yup they're still there for me too― ⅋ (crüt), zondag 10 februari 2019 14:53
― nashwan, zondag 10 februari 2019 13:30
Imagination is there for me, and has always been afaik.
― breastcrawl, zondag 10 februari 2019 14:37
― ⅋ (crüt), zondag 10 februari 2019 14:53
Imagination's Body Talk album has now disappeared from my (Dutch) Spotify. It was there until very recently :-(
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
I just noticed INXS, Underneath The Colours, and The Swing aren't on US spotify. I think they used to be? And I wonder why it's just those three
Listen Like Thieves has also been removed.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 24 November 2020 04:17 (three years ago) link
I frequently rue the dearth of Rudimentary Peni on Spotify.
― charlie rex, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 12:01 (three years ago) link
The first Moby Grape album is mostly greyed-out for whatever reason.
― InternationalWaters, Saturday, 28 November 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
joanna newsom - absent on spotify, i'm not crying about it, but typical when you want to play someone a song...
― Swanswans, Sunday, 29 November 2020 11:45 (three years ago) link
yeah I think she was one of the few artists exempted when the Drag City catalog finally became available on Spotify
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Sunday, 29 November 2020 16:42 (three years ago) link
The Steve Albini thread led me to look up the album he did with Page and Plant, and it turns out none of their albums as Page and Plant are on spotify
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
Frustrating that the first Savath & Savalas album isn't on there. His other stuff is
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
Remove KLF from thread
BREAKING: 2021 off to shock good start. Overnight The KLF have arrived on streaming services with a Greatest Hits album and all their videos are now on an official YouTube channel. 2021 is so far justified and ancient. https://t.co/ovE2wKfAbi pic.twitter.com/A4Cm3DQz0v— 📻 Colin Paterson 📺 (@ColinGPaterson) January 1, 2021
― groovypanda, Friday, 1 January 2021 15:23 (three years ago) link
Remove KLF from thread🐦[BREAKING: 2021 off to shock good start. Overnight The KLF have arrived on streaming services with a Greatest Hits album and all their videos are now on an official YouTube channel. 2021 is so far justified and ancient. https://t.co/ovE2wKfAbi🕸 pic.twitter.com/A4Cm3DQz0v🕸— 📻 Colin Paterson 📺 (@ColinGPaterson) January 1, 2021🕸]🐦
― Boring United Methodist Church (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 1 January 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
I see a comp up called Solid State Logik
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 1 January 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
yeah, that’s the one
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Saturday, 2 January 2021 12:33 (three years ago) link
Eddy Grant is on Spotify but "Electric Avenue" is not -- why?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 11 January 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link
Is the rest of the 2008 Deluxe Edition of the album available in your territory, just not that song?
https://open.spotify.com/album/31PZoM7xs7wuWL9wLZ6KTw
― shivers me timber (sic), Monday, 11 January 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
^that entire album is greyed out for me (here in the US)
four songs from this comp are greyed out, including "Electric Avenue"
searching for the track just brings up the same track name used by other artists (I assume some are covers?)
― Four Jacks and a Jill (morrisp), Monday, 11 January 2021 21:32 (three years ago) link
(also can't find the Grant track on YouTube Music or Tidal, fwiw)
― Four Jacks and a Jill (morrisp), Monday, 11 January 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
gonna go out on a wild limb of speculation and imagine that Spotify used to have the album but its license has expired or been withdrawn
― shivers me timber (sic), Monday, 11 January 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
three minutes ago, the radio was playing Dynamite by BTS. Now it is playing an advertisement for car insurance -- why?
― shivers me timber (sic), Monday, 11 January 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
All four greyed-out songs were originally released on Grant's own ICE label, and the CD version of that comp credits both ICE and what appears to be a compilation-only licensing company of Grant's, so maybe he specifically withdrew the license from Mercury.
― shivers me timber (sic), Monday, 11 January 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
It's on UK Spotify but only on a Best of Jamaica comp and spelled as Electric Avennue
― groovypanda, Monday, 11 January 2021 22:08 (three years ago) link
that’s not the real Eddy Grant tho
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Monday, 11 January 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
Several Grace Jones albums on Spotify, but not Slave to the Rhythm, frustrating.
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Monday, 11 January 2021 22:55 (three years ago) link
Ah i did wonder, what with the spelling xp
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link
yeah, you got my hopes up there for a sec!
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
I don't think The Blasters Slash recordings have ever been up aside from the 20 tracks on the old Blasters Collection from '90
I wonder if there is some issue with Spotify and Slash Records, as the first Knitters album and the Germs' GI/MIA aren't up (the only Germs' stuff up are dodgy-looking posthumous releases and a few studio cuts on V/A comps).
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 February 2021 04:20 (three years ago) link
why would there have to be an issue?
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 11 February 2021 04:46 (three years ago) link
Slash has worked with a few different other labels for production and/distribution, with some stuff ending up on the shelf with different licencees than they started out with (X owning their first two albums, early Violent Femmes stuff now with Concord Music Group).
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 February 2021 05:05 (three years ago) link
Fear's The Record, most recent reissue on Slash in 2018, P and C to Slash on Spotify
The Blasters, on Slash in 1981 but m/d by WB with Warner cat#s from 1982, last reissue in 2010 on an indie reissue label but m/d by Rhino with (P) to Warner. P and C to Slash on Spotify but "marketed by Rhino"?!
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 11 February 2021 05:34 (three years ago) link
Slash has a distro deal with Rhino. The Blasters albums on the label were collected with unreleased tracks in a two-disc collection from Rhino, and iirc individual album reissues were briefly available from Wounded Bird.
I could see the Germs' stuff (which Rhino once handled) possibly reverting to the band and/or their handlers. Rhino eventually handled the first two X albums but never reissued the Knitters album (the CD was from Slash/London), so maybe that went back to the band too.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 February 2021 06:04 (three years ago) link
What I'm saying is there's a lot of Slash stuff on the service that's administered by parties friendly with Spotify (Rhino, Warner Bros.), but since the case isn't as clear on those titles I named, perhaps there was something to it.
In related news, I see X's Ain't Love Grand is back up and credited to the band's own label, so they got the rights back on that one.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 February 2021 06:14 (three years ago) link
yeah but Fear seems to be owned totally by Slash - the 2018 LP reissue even has the 1981 cat # on it.
the "?!" = what sort of marketing spend and manhours is AT&T putting into advertising that this old Blasters album is available on Spotify
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 11 February 2021 07:07 (three years ago) link
Rhino send a press release announcing they're moving all their digital releases to be HBO Max exclusives, 15 minutes before AT&T firing everyone who works for Rhino
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 11 February 2021 07:29 (three years ago) link
SYNERGY
FWIW, the Spotify version of that Blasters album is half greyed out for some unknown reason.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 February 2021 07:36 (three years ago) link
Wendy Carlos
― flopson, Thursday, 11 February 2021 08:30 (three years ago) link
MBV; entirely removed. Is that a new thing?
― piscesx, Thursday, 11 February 2021 11:38 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I noticed that also, everything My Bloody Valentine has once again disappeared from Spotify. I think Kevin Shields is the one to blame in this case.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Thursday, 11 February 2021 11:50 (three years ago) link
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/dwight-yoakam-guitars-cadillacs-tracks-removed-amid-lawsuit/
Dwight Yoakam has a section 203 case against Warner (re: getting copyrights back after 35 years), which makes me think X and their people are reacquiring/have reacquired that Knitters album, as they've very active using section 230 to get their albums back, and it now meets the criteria.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 February 2021 15:08 (three years ago) link
"they've been very active"
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 February 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
MBV have been off UK Spotify for quite a while. Loveless and Isn't Anything both still on US Spotify.
― Alba, Thursday, 11 February 2021 15:28 (three years ago) link
Euro Spotify only shows two remix tracks, all other My Bloody Valentine is gone.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Thursday, 11 February 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
I think Kevin Shields is the one to blame in this case.
there is no blame
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
Not MBV just in general but I've never quite understood how some studio albums have a number of tracks greyed out whilst others on the album aren't. Are tracks licensed individually then?
― groovypanda, Monday, 15 February 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
Like it makes sense that it happens on compilations albums by various artists but always puzzled me why it sometimes happens on studio albums by one artist
― groovypanda, Monday, 15 February 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
Probably different publishing agreements for songs with different writers?
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 15 February 2021 15:35 (three years ago) link
Spotify can link up the same recording across multiple albums, so sometimes when you see a mix of available and grayed-out tracks on an album, it's because THAT album isn't available in your region at all, but the non-grayed songs also appear on some other album (or compilation) that IS available, so Spotify is still allowed to play them.
(But yes, song-by-song licensing issues do happen, too.)
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 15 February 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
looks like no acts are on Spotify at the moment, at least for me. trying to listen to the ILM top 77 tracks playlist and it will only play like 10 seconds of a track then it just stops.
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Monday, 15 February 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
so i wanted to hear the david axelrod remix of unkle's "rabbit in your headlights" and not only is it not on spotify, i can't find it available anywhere to hear online. the single is cheap on discogs, but what the hell?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link
so i wanted to hear the david axelrod remix of unkle's "rabbit in your headlights" and not only is it not on spotify,
well, until now, i had no idea such a thing existed (its not obvious from discogs listings ..).i have the underdog version, but still.thanks for ruining my evening.
― mark e, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
but what the hell?
the majority of recorded music is not available to hear online
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 22:19 (three years ago) link
MBV's Tremolo and Glider also on US Spotify (along w/Isn't Anything and Loveless)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 22:52 (three years ago) link
well, until now, i had no idea such a thing existed (its not obvious from discogs listings ..).i have the underdog version, but still.thanks for ruining my evening.― mark e, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:25 PM
― mark e, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:25 PM
sorry. if it makes you feel any better, the remix is not that drastically different from what i remember. axelrod just added some string arrangements. it's worth hearing at least a time or two if you like the original. i just hadn't heard it in years and thought, "hey what about that!?" only to find that yeah: what about that? guess i won't know for now.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 23:19 (three years ago) link
Perfect from Now On & Keep It like a Secret is up! (in Sweden anyway)
― mathiasa, Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:28 (three years ago) link
Here's the Axelrod remix - https://www.fromsmash.com/T80I-LPdIc-bt
― The Goodies font (Maresn3st), Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:43 (three years ago) link
hero.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
blimey - that's rather wonderful, thank you mares, very much appreciated.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
wow, just seen that most of Henry Cow has appeared on Spotify since the last time I was looking for it. Definitely only had like 3 or 4 tracks up when i was using Spotify to fuel my radio show like 3 years ago. A Peel session and I think a track each from a couple of compilations.NOw all the Studio stuff and Concerts at least.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 12:21 (three years ago) link
Been thinking about Gorky's Zygotic Mynci recently and how it's a shame their earlier albums like Bwyd Time are pretty hard to find these days. Their last album Sleep/Holiday (which isn't that great, admittedly) isn't on Spotify either
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 12:40 (three years ago) link
lots of K-pop artists have disappeared:https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56237626
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
the one I can never figure out - and this isn't limited to spotify - but why is Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway not on some streaming services when all their other albums are. and it's not like this is some era that's not on, the albums on either side of it are available.
it's available on qobuz which is based in europe so i don't know if that makes a difference.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
lots of K-pop artists have disappeared
well yeah, nothing new there
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 14:01 (three years ago) link
yeah, what's this thread even for?
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 15:24 (three years ago) link
No Ash Ra Tempel except a live album from 2000
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
Tag Team's label collapsed in the late '90s, so their entire catalog is unavailable on Spotify except for their one hit. I can imagine why but I wouldn't mind learning more about the reasons for that decision.— Todd in the Shadows (@ShadowTodd) March 8, 2021
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 March 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
was surprised to see this during the all-star gamehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDAg3VkZPg8
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 March 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/loretta-lynns-jack-white-produced-van-lear-rose-pulled/
Van Lear Rose album pulled from streaming.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 March 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
^the fact it's OOP (Amazon Mktplce has 1 new copy offered for $902) and not available for download seems more notable than disappearing from streaming
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Monday, 8 March 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
There's a used copy at every Half-Price Books in the country, no reason to get FulePhished on Amazon.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 March 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
And there's a ton on eBay for <$6 before shipping.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 March 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
Guess I was misled about its value when I glanced @ Amazon
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Monday, 8 March 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
It is interesting that it has been scrubbed from a digital markets on top of being physically OOP.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 March 2021 23:02 (three years ago) link
I remember Lynn's son/road manager complaining in her American Masters ep that--despite it being her biggest-selling album--they didn't make alot of money off it, although it ultimately got her more and better live bookings.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 March 2021 23:11 (three years ago) link
The fucking DENTISTS. Seriously, Spotify? Yes, a few records are on there. But far from all.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 04:07 (three years ago) link
Ulla's album from last year is now greyed out on UK Spotify :(
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link
you can buy it for less than the price of a month's Spotify!
putting your releases on Spotify for a few months here and there might be a more practical use of the service than having everything up regularly
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 19:18 (three years ago) link
yeah I was gonna say it finally got reissued, see boomkat https://boomkat.com/products/tumbling-towards-a-wall
― brimstead, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
“finally” lol, well I was really waiting for it anyway
still no catalogue anita baker on us spotify.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 17 April 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link
the first pj harvey album has disappeared
― groovemaaan, Saturday, 17 April 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
Christ the soundtrack for Natural Born Killers is a right mess; literally half of it (Patti Smith, Cohen, Jane’s, Cowboy Junkies... ) is missing. Some kind of weird rights issue with the tracks that have dialogue over them perhaps.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
The first Verve album has disappeared from streaming services this year.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
How is it possible that Ray Charles' Hit the Road Jack is not available on US Spotify?? You'd think it would be the kind of song that's available on a dozen compilations.
― Alba, Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
a lot of Ray Charles is missing
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
I always run into the artist whose entire discography is available on Spotify, expect for the album I'm looking for. Marshall Crenshaw's debut for instance.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:31 (two years ago) link
Ah yeah, I should have done a Ctrl-F on the thread before posting. I'm curious whether it's something in common with other ABC label artists or something specific to Ray Charles. I like to imagine there are some high-level negotiations going on, with the estate playing hardball, but the truth is no doubt more mundane.
I also have very little understanding of the rules of when things fall out of copyright. Is it related to when the artist died, or just the date of the recording?
― Alba, Thursday, 3 June 2021 15:07 (two years ago) link
All of Daniel Lopatin's Oneohtrix Point Never stuff is up, but not his Chuck Person ECCOjams.
― yeah but how, Thursday, 3 June 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
Is it related to when the artist died, or just the date of the recording?
It's complicated and depends on many factors, including when the work was published, who owns the copyright (individual or corporate entity), etc.
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Thursday, 3 June 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link
I'm curious whether it's something in common with other ABC label artists or something specific to Ray Charles
It's specific to Ray Charles. When he signed with ABC, his deal gave him-among other things-ownership of his masters. What he was still alive, his people worked out a deal with Rhino for reissue campaign that stalled out after a wave or two of titles (a similar thing happened around the same time with Rhino and Curtis Mayfield & the Curtom catalogue). The Ray Charles Foundation is now working with Concord Records, but all they've put up on Spotify from that era is a single of "Georgia On My Mind" and a Modern Sounds In Country & Western twofer.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 June 2021 19:07 (two years ago) link
That's great detail - thank you.
― Alba, Thursday, 3 June 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
Glad I could help! On closer inspection, I see also that Genius+Soul=Jazz (Charles's 1961 album on Impulse!) is also up.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 June 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
Ray has a six disc collection due out in September on tangerine records that will be up on spotify in Septemberhttps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y8pntkgn98n9wb0el8ikn/_True-Genius_-Full-Tracklist.docx?dl=0&rlkey=sgfbi25ac7qwsgso1lyqur1yc
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 June 2021 07:09 (two years ago) link
very, very unfortunately there is hardly any prime-era Olivia Newton-John on Spotify: yes, her soundtrack hits are there, but apart from those there's just two of her 70s albums and 1985's Soul Kiss.
(the weird thing is that it doesn't seem to be a label thing: it's all MCA. also the stuff that *is* there)
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 07:39 (two years ago) link
why is it unfortunate?
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 07:58 (two years ago) link
why are you sic?
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 09:15 (two years ago) link
??!
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 10:45 (two years ago) link
beastcrawl, where are you at? I'm seeing most of the 70s albums (but not all) here in the US. Plus we've got Physical.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 11:48 (two years ago) link
b*r*eastcrawl is in the Netherlands.albums I can see:Have You Never Been Mellow (1975)Making A Good Thing Better (1977)Soul Kiss (1985)missing, along with her other pre-Grease albums, are Totally Hot (1978) and Physical (1981) (“Physical”, the song, is there as part of some random movie’s soundtrack - same goes for “Twist of Fate”). oh, and half of the Xanadu OS is greyed out, and that includes “Magic”. (most of her more recent albums are missing as well, but I’m not familiar with those)there is a compilation called Gold that has all of her hits, but the relevant tracks from those albums are all greyed out here as wella live album that was the only available source for “A Little More Love” has disappeared after I played it the other week I’m very upset, as you can understand
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 12:35 (two years ago) link
apologies for messing up your name!
That's unfortunate. It looks like all the studio albums starting in 1975 are still streaming here, including the Xanadu sdtrk, and what I assume is most or all of what's come after Soul Kiss.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
BTW, Hit The Road Jack, along with a whole load of Ray Charles is now on US Spotify.
― Alba, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
If you're curious, you can see which of any artist's albums are available in which countries here: https://everynoise.com/artistprofile.cgi?id=4BoRxUdrcgbbq1rxJvvhg9&hide=appears_on
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link
thanx, guess I will have to move to Canada or the US then if I want to fully enjoy ONJ!
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 14:08 (two years ago) link
Ugh, so much Richard & Linda Thompson unavailable in the US.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
ngl i always thought it was beastcrawl too. my b.
sidebar to the main topic here: why are there multiple listings for albums sometimes? like i can get that there's a separate listings for the regular version of an album and then the deluxe edition with all the bonus material. but sometimes i'll see an album just listed twice — the only real difference is that the release year is different (usually the original release and then whenever the remaster came out, i.e. 1972 and then 2006 or something). not really a discrepancy; just mildly confusing.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
What that leads to when you're an obsessive 'likers' like me*: you look at the tracklisting, think 'oh, I haven't liked that song', like it, then find out that you'd liked the same song on a duplicate version of the album. That wouldn't be so bad, but then if you spot this and attempt to unlike it to avoid the song appearing twice in your Liked Songs, quite often BOTH versions then disappear from your Liked Songs. It sometimes knows when the track is a duplicate, but sometimes doesn't, perhaps down to whether the bits in the song file are identical. It's a little maddening not knowing how it will behave.
I guess this is tied up with the reason you sometimes get a smattering of songs that aren't grayed out on a complication: presumably Spotify is finding them on a different release that it does have the rights to in your country, and sort of substituting them in. Which I guess is the helpful side of this policy.
*liking every track I like with a view to eventually putting everything in Liked Songs into at least one playlist. I'm very close to having sorted 5,000 songs into their respective year-of-release playlist, for example
― Alba, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
also missing: 80s r&b singer O'Bryan (currently *hot* on SMASH HITS singles in the issue 14th of April 1983) - his recent(ish) comeback stuff is there, and (again) Canada and the US have a Greatest Hits album at least, but nothing more - the rest of the world is left empty-handed.
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Thursday, 24 June 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
WHERE IS BIZ MARKIE'S GOIN' OFF JESUS CHRIST THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
I think most of the Biz stuff is OOP/off streaming due to uncleared samples
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
I mean, some of it is on the best of set that's on there but that is an alltime hiphop classic and it's just not there in its entirety.
Also the original version of Eric B. is President is not on there either. Unbelievble.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
i thought the absolutely classic album portrait of cannonball by cannonball adderley wasn't there but that's because i was looking under cannonball adderley and it's listed —along with several other indisputably classic albums— under the cannonball adderley quintet. even though albums like why am i treated so bad! and mercy, mercy, mercy are credited to the same group name on their respective covers but are listed under just cannonball adderley. things that make austin irrationally angry, part ∞. grrr.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, 3 July 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
The Smithereens: Especially For You isn't up, and all tracks from it are greyed-out on comps. However, you can access an expansive & unique band-sanctioned reissue featuring a live version of the album alongside demos and alternates--everything you could ask for bar the O.G. recordings.
A 1986 release, I imagine this might be copyright reclamation thing.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 05:16 (two years ago) link
slim pickings for claudja barry on spotify (in canada anyway)
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
no Comsat Angels.
― william h (william m harris), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
Whatever the issue was with parts of the INXS catalogue apparently has been rectified, as it looks like the missing albums are back up, both on their own and in a '80-'93 box set, and Elegantly Wasted (which either was gone for a long time, if it was ever there at all) is available as well.
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 17 July 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
Why tf are the Biz Markie records no longer on here? I listened to them only a couple months ago
― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 17 July 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
why would you expect them to stay?
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 17 July 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
I was surprised the only version of "Killing an Arab" by The cure at Spotify is a live version from the Hyde Park Anniversary set. The whole Boys Don't Cry album is unavailable actually.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 18 July 2021 03:52 (two years ago) link
a) the song might be specifically not available for the same reason that the Hyde Park was a rare example of them singing that lyric in the last thirty years or so
b) that compilation was out of print from 1990 to 2000, and was made redundant* by the deluxe reissues of the studio albums in 2004 - has it ever been available as a digital release in any format / platform?
* although some guy with bennies scorned the mastering of the one exclusive track and posted a vinyl rip to ilx
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Sunday, 18 July 2021 04:13 (two years ago) link
https://www.newstatesman.com/2018/07/killing-arab-the-cure-single-hyde-park
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 18 July 2021 05:22 (two years ago) link
A Globe of Frogs and Queen Elvis by Robyn Hitchcock don't appear to be on there
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 22 July 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
That's the albums that are missing, not the songs, which are available
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 22 July 2021 00:56 (two years ago) link
A few Egyptians albums come up under Robyn Hitchcock solo too (it's kind of a mess), but iirc those have always been absent.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 July 2021 03:55 (two years ago) link
There's a bunch of Scientist albums streaming but his most classic ones aren't. There's some weird version of "Rids the World of…" out there instead of the original classic.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 22 July 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
Baby Girl is coming to Spotify 🙏 pic.twitter.com/1fDcB6HvaE— Spotify (@Spotify) August 5, 2021
― jaymc, Thursday, 5 August 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
My Bloody Valentine finally on here then.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 12 August 2021 06:25 (two years ago) link
Are Galliano or Pixies on yet? (at work can't check, just curious)
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Thursday, 12 August 2021 08:17 (two years ago) link
Is Pixies a geographical one?
As pretty sure they've been on UK Spotify for a good while
― groovypanda, Thursday, 12 August 2021 08:48 (two years ago) link
I keep getting Pixies live tracks nearly every week on my Release Radar. Galliano have 3 albums on, UK at least.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 12 August 2021 08:57 (two years ago) link
hmm interesting, I will have another look later
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Thursday, 12 August 2021 09:35 (two years ago) link
(maybe it was just Roofing Tiles that I couldn't find)
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Thursday, 12 August 2021 09:36 (two years ago) link
That wasn’t on. In Pursuit…, A Joyful Noise…., and The Plot Thickens.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 12 August 2021 10:05 (two years ago) link
Pixies are on US SpotifyThey've released 17 live albums over past year?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 August 2021 13:07 (two years ago) link
A Guy Called Gerald went back to having practically nothing on it some time earlier this year (the Voodoo Ray single at least having appeared in 2019 I think)
― nashwan, Thursday, 12 August 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
yeah just got home. fucking swear pix were not on spotify when i checked about 6 months ago. nice tho.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Thursday, 12 August 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
Today I received in my Release Radar a few chapters of a German audiobook of The Taming of the Shrew.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 August 2021 18:17 (two years ago) link
the first Throwing Muses album.― akm, Monday, April 27, 2020 7:24 AM
― akm, Monday, April 27, 2020 7:24 AM
still not on there. limbo isn't either. unforgivable.
― please don't refer to me as (Austin), Thursday, 6 January 2022 15:30 (two years ago) link
the weeknd's new album title dawn fm has predictably made me want to listen to p.m. dawn, and while a bunch of their albums have been added to spotify, their hit debut of the heart...: the utopian experience is still missing
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 7 January 2022 19:28 (two years ago) link
it's gotta be that beatles sample, right?
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 7 January 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
wow looking at it now, the og 'set adrift on memory bliss' isn't even on there! that's some serious bullshit. the rest of that album is damn good too.
― please don't refer to me as (Austin), Friday, 7 January 2022 20:46 (two years ago) link
oof the chameleons strange times isn't there anymore.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Friday, 14 January 2022 01:18 (two years ago) link
Ben Frost has disappeared, except for one early album and soundtracks.
― two sleeps till brooklyn (ledge), Friday, 14 January 2022 08:50 (two years ago) link
Skee Mask pulled all his music from Spotifyhttps://ra.co/news/76604
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 14 January 2022 14:06 (two years ago) link
the Germs' GI/MIA aren't up (the only Germs' stuff up are dodgy-looking posthumous releases and a few studio cuts on V/A comps).^forgot about this from a year back; went looking for Germs on various streaming platforms and was surprised to find only a few “live” albums.
― A really interesting songwriter is Billie Eilish and her brother. (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 06:31 (two years ago) link
Neil Young, soon.
― groovemaaan, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 06:44 (two years ago) link
He's not exactly known for keeping his promises. And if this is ends up being an idle threat it'll do more harm than good.
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 11:23 (two years ago) link
I've read he may not be able to pull all his music, as he doesn't have 100% control
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
Cardiacs' organisation recently took their stuff off Spotify.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 15:12 (two years ago) link
yep, neil's mostly gone. that didn't take long. inexplicably, the canterbury house archive series is still there, but some of the songs glitch and just stop playing.
in other news - did you know that the original eddy grant recording of "electric avenue" isn't on there?
spotify committing all sorts of offenses.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Thursday, 27 January 2022 03:50 (two years ago) link
I think we discussed Grant at length above
― Animals must have a name (morrisp), Thursday, 27 January 2022 04:04 (two years ago) link
nvm, neil totally gone now.
thanks, gonna go recap.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Thursday, 27 January 2022 04:49 (two years ago) link
IIRC Ray Charles's ABC recordings (the stuff he owns post-Atlantic) aren't up there either.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 27 January 2022 04:52 (two years ago) link
Apologies, should've looked for and expanded the "skipping" link before searching for any mention of Ray Charles.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 27 January 2022 04:53 (two years ago) link
Most of De La Soul still not there, as I discovered after watching the Spider-Man movie.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 27 January 2022 05:04 (two years ago) link
Not an act, but a song: Kate Bush's "Experiment IV" isn't on there. It's one of her best; wonder why it's not there.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 04:14 (one year ago) link
You can see an artist's entire Spotify catalog, and what regions each release is available in, here:
https://everynoise.com/research.cgihttps://everynoise.com/research.cgi?mode=name&name=kate+bushhttps://everynoise.com/artistprofile.cgi?id=1aSxMhuvixZ8h9dK9jIDwL
Thus for Kate we can see that "Experiment IV" is actually available on two different releases, Selection from 'The Other Sides' (2018 Remaster) and The Whole Story, but neither of these are available in the US at the moment. Licensing...
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 13:28 (one year ago) link
that is cool to know!
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
over half of the go-betweens catalogue is not there.
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Sunday, 5 June 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link
looks basically like everything licensed to Beggars is on there, and the earlier / later records (perhaps controlled by the band?) aren't?
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Sunday, 5 June 2022 17:50 (one year ago) link
Curve is still missing, in the US at least.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 June 2022 18:05 (one year ago) link
xpost: yeah, but forster's later stuff is on there (as is all of mclennan's). just wanted to hear before hollywood for this morning's walk and grrrr.
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Sunday, 5 June 2022 18:48 (one year ago) link
It's curiously variable by territory, re Go-Betweens. Apart from BYBO, the conventional studio albums are each available SOMEWHERE. eg. https://everynoise.com/artistprofile.cgi?id=4HCubdy7diarb4KZo8etrq
Kinda similar for the solo material, but favouring different territories. eg. I can't access any of the 90s solo LPs whatsoever.- RF: https://everynoise.com/artistprofile.cgi?id=4yvuCAFk8vERXXBf138h8S- GM: https://everynoise.com/artistprofile.cgi?id=7tfS18oUEffScrxryTgwyC
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 6 June 2022 00:26 (one year ago) link
^ McLennan's estate people might want to look into that. Even with just one brief compilation of the solo material available in AU, his strongest cities for listeners are apparently still in his country of birth.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 6 June 2022 00:38 (one year ago) link
CSN have returned, minus the songs written by Young and Joni.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 4 July 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
It’s probably just the UK but I’m missing Was (Not Was)‘s two late 80s records What up Dog and Are You Ok, both classics
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 4 July 2022 00:06 (one year ago) link
wtf only just noticed pretty much all the Joni is gone
― nashwan, Saturday, 15 October 2022 21:48 (one year ago) link
She removed her catalogue at much the same time Neil Young removed his, back in January.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 15 October 2022 22:01 (one year ago) link
John Phillips' solo albums have all been removed at some point.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 November 2022 15:51 (one year ago) link
Aside from the Up In Smoke soundtrack, an archival live album, and the "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" single, all of the classic era Cheech & Chong albums are absent from Spotify.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 December 2022 16:42 (one year ago) link
Spotify is noticeably light on comedy albums. Very little Monty Python or Firesign Theater or Richard Pryor. No Eddie Murphy. One album each from Chris Rock and Sam Kinison.
― The Beatles were the first to popularize wokeism (President Keyes), Thursday, 15 December 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
I believe I've said it before but... Eddy Grant
what is the deal
― corrs unplugged, Saturday, 17 December 2022 00:27 (one year ago) link
like i'm kinda more mad about that than i am about de la soul at this point. at least i have that stuff on my ipod. plenty of cheap second hand copies of eddy grant stuff on discogs, but i'm not a thousandaire. you can't even buy the og "electric avenue" on like amazon digital. too bad.
― Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess. (Austin), Saturday, 17 December 2022 03:18 (one year ago) link
also i don't know eddy grant's catalogue nearly as well as de la, so maybe bad comparison because i still have quite a bit of anticipation for eddy grant's music.
― Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess. (Austin), Saturday, 17 December 2022 03:21 (one year ago) link
Acts that are not on Spotify
― more crankable (sic), Saturday, 17 December 2022 04:30 (one year ago) link
― Austin, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:26 PM (ten years ago)
Whoop!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/de-la-soul-catalog-spotify-apple-music-streaming-services-1235290216/
― groovypanda, Thursday, 5 January 2023 08:06 (one year ago) link
excellent news!
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Thursday, 5 January 2023 08:17 (one year ago) link
yep! we've been geekin out over in De La Soul - Classic or Dud?
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Thursday, 5 January 2023 14:25 (one year ago) link
Spotify is noticeably light on comedy albums.
Long story here on why:
Last December (2022), Spotify pulled the content of hundreds of comedians, including Kevin Hart and John Mulaney, after it ended licensing negotiations with Spoken Giants, one of the first rights organizations for comedians.The lawsuits are part of a growing consensus among comedians that streaming platforms need to pay them—as the authors of their jokes—in the same way songwriters are paid royalties for writing lyrics.
The lawsuits are part of a growing consensus among comedians that streaming platforms need to pay them—as the authors of their jokes—in the same way songwriters are paid royalties for writing lyrics.
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Thursday, 5 January 2023 14:32 (one year ago) link
I am consistently baffled whenever I look at US Spotify's selection of Let's Active recordings, which consists of:- Eight 'singles' that are just individual album cuts from 1983's Afoot and 1984's Cypress with the song title superimposed onto the album art (and one, "Waters Part," has the right release year but the wrong album art)- Nothing off of 1986's Big Plans for Everybody- Their entire last LP, Every Dog Has His Day, except for one song that is unavailable
...And every release that I mentioned came out on the same label (IRS), so I really have no idea what to make of it all.
― My name is Mike Cyclops. I work for (bernard snowy), Thursday, 5 January 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
Gaetz voted for the Don
― Motion to adjourn to enjoy a footling (President Keyes), Thursday, 5 January 2023 17:49 (one year ago) link
wrong thread lol
the first few "tyrannosaurus rex" albums aren't on u.s. spotify. no beard of stars, what a ripoff.
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Sunday, 8 January 2023 16:54 (one year ago) link
...SUCH A RIPOFF!!!!
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Sunday, 8 January 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
That's odd, given that there's a ton of dodgy-looking T.Rex and Bolan stuff on there.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 8 January 2023 17:06 (one year ago) link
Last December (2022), Spotify pulled the content of hundreds of comedians, including Kevin Hart and John Mulaney, after it ended licensing negotiations with Spoken Giants, one of the first rights organizations for comedians.
Late with this, but thanks for the info!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 8 January 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
Pussy Galore's catalog still not on streaming — Spotify has a 16-track sampler that's not mirrored on Tidal, and the Live: In The Red album is on both platforms, but that's it. I thought Matador owned their catalog at this point, so why isn't it out there?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 8 January 2023 17:53 (one year ago) link
Are there no other Matador releases that aren't on it?
― more crankable (sic), Sunday, 8 January 2023 18:00 (one year ago) link
The Techno Animal album Matador put out, The Brotherhood of the Bomb, isn't available. The first and second Unsane albums are.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 8 January 2023 18:11 (one year ago) link
The sampler (which seems to draw from their albums) says “© ℗ 2017 Pussy Galore,” while Live: In the Red is credited to In the Red Records. So maybe the band does control the studio recordings, and has only authorized the sampler.
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Sunday, 8 January 2023 18:21 (one year ago) link
https://newnorthwales.bandcamp.com/album/minor-birds
Don't think (slightly) Hood-related project New North Wales are on there.
― djh, Sunday, 8 January 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link
gang starr's no more mr nice guy
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Monday, 9 January 2023 13:34 (one year ago) link
There are some acts-- Radio Birdman, for instance--who have compilations and live albums, but the original albums, like "Radios Appear," are not available (in the US at least)
― Motion to adjourn to enjoy a footling (President Keyes), Monday, 9 January 2023 14:42 (one year ago) link
I should have noted that many of these can be had via Discogs but ... didn't.
https://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2023/01/9-great-albums-you-absolutely-will-not-hear-on-spotify.html
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 21:33 (one year ago) link
canadian alternative rock band rusty
― XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Friday, 20 January 2023 17:49 (one year ago) link
"Rusty, the best in Losercore!" according to a 90s TV ad.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 20 January 2023 17:55 (one year ago) link
Natural One by Folk Implosion is sadly missing.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Friday, 20 January 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
Yeah I’ve noticed the Kids soundtrack isn’t streaming
― Vexatious litigant (morrisp), Friday, 20 January 2023 19:16 (one year ago) link
do other countries have in pine effect by mu-ziq? I swear I could never find that one on CD either!
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Friday, 20 January 2023 20:38 (one year ago) link
So weird that In Pine Effect is not available. I bought the CD at the time.
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 20 January 2023 21:26 (one year ago) link
Comsat Angels is still the saddest entry in this list.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 01:49 (one year ago) link
i had "the eye dance" specially downloaded to my phone so i could have it as an "offline" track on one of my playlists. what is the deal with that stuff!??
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 02:49 (one year ago) link
dj shadow the private press is gone, but the "six days" single is still there.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Thursday, 2 February 2023 14:20 (one year ago) link
Re: Glenn McDonald
Comsat Angels is the one act I always think of. Their catalog has always been in and out of print, too. Some excellent reissues a few years ago, but not all of their albums came back into print
― beamish13, Thursday, 2 February 2023 14:38 (one year ago) link
ya'll-i'm beyond pleased to say that the brilliant early 90s shoegaze/jangle pop album one by pennsylvania's riverside is finally on there. it was produced by steve lau, who was then recently exiled from the ocean blue, and is one of my favorite albums of the 90s.
― meg white's superior technique. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 16:38 (nine months ago) link
acts that are finally on Spotify
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 20:17 (nine months ago) link
ZZ Top's Deguello album is back up all proper-like on Spotify.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 15 July 2023 05:01 (nine months ago) link
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Friday, 20 January 2023 19:04 (five months ago) link
Not anymore!
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Monday, 17 July 2023 00:27 (nine months ago) link
oh nice!
― jaymc, Monday, 17 July 2023 00:38 (nine months ago) link
Cool, there’s also a “2023 Live Session” version (and an UNKLE Remix).
― Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Monday, 17 July 2023 03:32 (nine months ago) link
I assume this is related to Headhunter records, but 90s San Diego stuff like the first Drive Like Jehu record, the first RFTC record, the first Thingy record, and all of Heavy Vegetable's records are not on there.
― city worker, Monday, 17 July 2023 15:46 (nine months ago) link
The original 70s Brinsley Schwarz albums are missing. Only a compilation with some tracks from them.
― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Monday, 17 July 2023 17:23 (nine months ago) link
Ugh. Yes, this is true now that you mention it.
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 July 2023 17:32 (nine months ago) link
Marshall Crenshaw's second album Field Day from '83 is back on Spotify thanks to a Yep Roc reissue
― westofrome, Monday, 17 July 2023 18:16 (nine months ago) link
I'll have to give it a listen while I wait for the dB's catalog to return >:O
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Monday, 17 July 2023 20:39 (nine months ago) link
Not even 3MP's 2nd record which was released on DGC is on there (there = Apple Music not Spotify but I imagine it's the same issue).
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 17 July 2023 20:48 (nine months ago) link
Nils Lofgren
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Friday, 28 July 2023 02:19 (eight months ago) link
^^He joined the Neil & Joni protest walkout.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 28 July 2023 04:08 (eight months ago) link
Ah
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Friday, 28 July 2023 10:35 (eight months ago) link
― Tommy Gets His Consoles Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 August 2023 19:00 (eight months ago) link
Good version of "Run Run Rudolph"!
― Tommy Gets His Consoles Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 August 2023 19:54 (eight months ago) link
Acts Labels that are not now on Spotify:
Hyperion Records, British classical label, known for early music; less frequently recorded repertoire; fine sound engineering; the vocal group that on some releases amusingly appears to be called "The Sixteen Harry Christophers".
― anatol_merklich, Monday, 7 August 2023 08:33 (eight months ago) link
The Grease Band , had just been listening to a physical cd compilation of Joe Cocker so wondered what the band sounded like without him. Assumed they'd be o there since he is. & the Grease Band they have up is the band from Grease doing r'n'r and songs from the film/musical.
― Stevo, Thursday, 10 August 2023 10:29 (eight months ago) link
It would be nice to have 'Free Mars' by Lusk up on there.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:45 (eight months ago) link
Acts who have all their albums on Spotify except the one you're looking for--
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Trout Mask Replica
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:50 (eight months ago) link
I guess it was not Spotify for a long time, then became available in 2021--now gone again.
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:53 (eight months ago) link
Strictly Personal and the two mid-'70s 'sellout' albums aren't up either.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:57 (eight months ago) link
Cortney Tidwell's first album is on Spotify, as is her collaborative album with Kurt Wagner, but not her 2009 album Boys. Wonder why.
― jaymc, Friday, 11 August 2023 13:42 (eight months ago) link
I guess the Smithereens are doing one of those gradual catalogue reclamation things, because Green Thoughts currently isn't up.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:20 (five months ago) link
And on a related tip, I don't think The Blasters Slash recordings have ever been up aside from the 20 tracks on the old Blasters Collection from '90.― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, September 30, 2020 9:34 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, September 30, 2020 9:34 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
This situation changed a couple weeks ago, as that old Slash comp has been replaced by a new 21-track set with a slightly different tracklisting called Mandatory: The Best of... which is copyrighted to "Liberation Hall" and sounds so much better than that old set.
So maybe those albums will follow?
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:38 (five months ago) link
...and speaking of old bands that used to be on Slash, X has gotten rights to and re-uploaded the Live At The Whisky album from '88, pretty much completing their catalogue reclamation, bar Hey Zeus, and I don't think they themselves even care about that one. The second Knitters album also has been removed, but that one was on Bloodshot, so that one might be transitioning back to the band as that label crash unfolds.
The Germs are still MIA (geddit?) aside from the same old dodgy comps and the Rhino Handmade edition of Live At The Starwood (Darby's last show).
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:57 (five months ago) link
I heard a New Colony Six song tonight on ye olde Satellite Radio, and thought to check them out on Spotify, only to find their first two indie label Garage-era albums are up (courtesy of Numero Group!?!?!), but not the later Sunshine Pop stuff on Mercury.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 November 2023 03:25 (five months ago) link
I have wondered about this myself, since Boys is on City Slang, the same label that released the KORT album.
― henry s, Monday, 20 November 2023 15:22 (five months ago) link
Barely any Go-Betweens!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 23 November 2023 01:14 (five months ago) link
Yeah, certain albums kind of come and, um, go. Many gone for the time being.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 November 2023 01:18 (five months ago) link
Rodney Crowell's Diamonds & Dirt is greyed-out except some tracks that are also on a Greatest Hits comp. A 1988 title, I imagine this might be another copyright reclamation thing.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 December 2023 17:38 (four months ago) link
^^I just listened to the Crowell ep of WTF, and Maron brings up how hard that album is to find online now (not available on other streamers either); Crowell just talks around that, mentioning that it was a successful record from before he was really good.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 December 2023 22:08 (three months ago) link
Hey Now Hey Now Now
https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/neil-young-music-returning-spotify-1235631717/
In a new post on his Neil Young Archives website, the legendary artist said the end of Spotify’s exclusive deal with Rogan led to his decision to restore his music to the service. “My decision comes as music services Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation podcast features I had opposed at Spotify,” the post reads – a clear reference to the Joe Rogan Experience, though Young never mentions it by name.“I cannot just leave Apple and Amazon, like I did Spotify, because my music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers at all, so I have returned to Spotify, in sincere hopes that Spotify sound quality will improve and people will be able to hear and feel all the music as we made it,” Young continued, before shouting out Qobuz and Tidal, where his catalog also lives, as “High res” streaming options.
“I cannot just leave Apple and Amazon, like I did Spotify, because my music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers at all, so I have returned to Spotify, in sincere hopes that Spotify sound quality will improve and people will be able to hear and feel all the music as we made it,” Young continued, before shouting out Qobuz and Tidal, where his catalog also lives, as “High res” streaming options.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 02:44 (one month ago) link
Didn’t Spotify still pay Rogan a huge amount of money to keep producing disinformation? (The fact that it’s not exclusive is even worse, from a certain point of view!)Not to police Young’s decision-making, but the decision (and rationale) is… surprising, I guess, after the stand he took.
― Hippie Ernie (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 02:51 (one month ago) link
At some point since it was last brought up, GI by the Germs has been added (credited to Slash & Rhino, BTW).
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 04:30 (one month ago) link
Wow, you’re right (it’s on the other services too)
― Hippie Ernie (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 04:34 (one month ago) link
Cardiacs are back up, except for Archive Cardiacs (a compilation from their first two cassette-only releases).
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 17:33 (one month ago) link
Annoying when an album has certain tracks greyed out. In the UK right now, Perverted By Language is missing Eat Y'Self Fitter and Smile and they're not available on any other release either. Licensing weirdness.
― Alba, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 10:04 (one month ago) link
Yeah, that's annoying. I can understand it for compilation albums but always seems odd when it's an artist album and just a couple of tracks are greyed out 🤷♂️
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 11:01 (one month ago) link
Joni’s catalog has returned.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:37 (one month ago) link
the first steve tibbetts album isn't there. someone needs to jump on that reissue. that fucken album... wheee-hooo, what a ride!
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 25 March 2024 01:58 (four weeks ago) link
xpost re:randomly unavailble/greyed out stuff-"what are their names" on the first david crosby album is still unplayable in the usa. i thought maybe his passing would prompt something getting sorted, but no. not even on the deluxe edition.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 25 March 2024 02:02 (four weeks ago) link
“Prelude to a Kiss” by Sonny Rollins from the Old Flames album is greyed out on Qobuz and Apple Music
― Slorg is not on the Slerf Team, you idiot, you moron (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 25 March 2024 14:25 (four weeks ago) link
xp Spotify takes a hard anti-doxxing line. It’s on Tidal though.
― JoeStork, Monday, 25 March 2024 14:28 (four weeks ago) link
j-zone connection on the new vw (lol j-zone! nice!) made me look him up. big sigh.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Friday, 5 April 2024 19:02 (two weeks ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 13 April 2024 13:22 (one week ago) link
Yeah, looks like the full album is available finally
― President Keyes, Saturday, 13 April 2024 13:48 (one week ago) link
The Caretaker. Now available on Spotify!
― groovypanda, Friday, 19 April 2024 08:02 (four days ago) link
wow!
might pan out well for him tbh some of those algorithmic ambient lists might work for him
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 19 April 2024 16:14 (four days ago) link