Acts that are not on Spotify

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Bob Dylan got in there recently, but there are still some big (and some slightly lesser) names lacking.

The Beatles
All solo Beatles apart from Ringo
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Metallica
AC/DC
Frank Zappa
King Crimson
Slade
Tool
Badfinger (apart from the two lesser known Warner albums)
Flower Kings

More?

Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 31 March 2012 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

was gonna say fuckin' flyin a-heads but whoa there they are

CharlieS, Saturday, 31 March 2012 01:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

Adding Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their 80s albums are in there, but nothing more recent.

Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 31 March 2012 01:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

I was sure Caetano Veloso and Jorge Ben were absent but now they're there! Anyway:

War
Popol Vuh
Ash Ra Tempel
Perfume
Joanna Newsom
Boredoms
Curtis Mayfield

Everything on 100% Silk, Planet Mu, RVNG, Numero, Sublime Frequencies, Soul Jazz...

James Bond Jor (seandalai), Saturday, 31 March 2012 02:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

the entire drag city catalog

y'tulip, y'pea-brained earwig (donna rouge), Saturday, 31 March 2012 02:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

I think that part of the Kinks catalog is out-of-print period.

timellison, Saturday, 31 March 2012 02:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

Oasis, Example, Wretch 32, most Julia Holter.

mike t-diva, Saturday, 31 March 2012 12:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

Roy Harper, except for his debut album.

fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Saturday, 31 March 2012 12:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

adele
peter gabriel
momus (creation label era)

piscesx, Saturday, 31 March 2012 13:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

Only three Hootie and the Blowfish songs. (Don't ask.)

Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

Peter Gabriel

I am using your worlds, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

sorry piscesx, missed your post!

I am using your worlds, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

As for The Kinks, "Something Else" is still lacking, but they seem to have most anything else.

― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, March 31, 2012 10:07 AM (43 minutes ago)

Maybe in Norway!

timellison, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

Black Sabbath's studio albums with John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne.

America's Mobile, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

they are here in the uk

Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

Seger

henry s, Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

Sugar (and only the Warners Husker stuff.)

I didn't know before I selected Indie! (TastySounds), Saturday, 28 April 2012 12:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

None of Def Leppard's popular albums are on there.

Moodles, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'm not on spotify

markers, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

only the Warners Husker stuff

No longer true!

timellison, Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

That was fast.

fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

Alright, who on this board is from SST?

Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

gimme some good news about Seger, guys

henry s, Saturday, 28 April 2012 23:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

Sandie Shaw. oddly.

piscesx, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

A bunch of Peter Gabriel there now

seven league bootie (James Morrison), Monday, 28 May 2012 03:32 (11 months ago) Permalink

Yellow Magic Orchestra

timellison, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:40 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

Kinks seem to be on, plentifully (including Something Else)

Mark G, Monday, 28 May 2012 08:23 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

No Something Else in US :(

Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 May 2012 13:18 (11 months ago) Permalink

Royal Trux

dmr, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:32 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 Canada
Throbbing Gristle
Severed Heads

all pretty much absent

seven league bootie (James Morrison), Monday, 11 June 2012 23:56 (11 months ago) Permalink

Only Gabriel that's on Spotify US is that live/orchestra thing from recently.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 00:02 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (10 months ago) Permalink

The first five or six De La Soul albums are not on there.

Only "Me, Myself & I"... THANKS SPOTIFY.

pplains, Thursday, 19 July 2012 01:58 (10 months ago) Permalink

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 (10 months ago) Permalink

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 (10 months ago) Permalink

They might be trying to negotiate for higher per-stream payments for long tracks? Would make sense.

timellison, Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:56 (10 months ago) Permalink

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 (10 months ago) Permalink

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 (10 months ago) Permalink

What about the Chairmen of the Board comp in the early 2000's?

Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 21 July 2012 18:23 (10 months ago) Permalink

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 (10 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, this one? Maybe they licensed it out for that EMI "Ten Best Series."

timellison, Saturday, 21 July 2012 18:40 (10 months ago) Permalink

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 (10 months ago) Permalink

(Of course nobody said that comp was on Spotify)

My Elusive Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 July 2012 18:49 (10 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, it's not on iTunes either.

timellison, Saturday, 21 July 2012 18:51 (10 months ago) Permalink

Cannot find me no muslamic ray guns on Spotify.

The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 22 July 2012 00:21 (10 months ago) Permalink

Placebo!

piscesx, Monday, 30 July 2012 07:14 (9 months ago) Permalink

Not that ILM cares, but the Eagles.

Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 6 August 2012 12:51 (9 months ago) Permalink

Some days you're just in the mood for "These Shoes", I get it.

pplains, Monday, 6 August 2012 13:59 (9 months ago) Permalink

"Those Shoes". Whatever.

pplains, Monday, 6 August 2012 13:59 (9 months ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

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 (5 months ago) Permalink

Art Bears (anything from Chris Cutler's label, really)

my other pug is a stillsuit (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 19:21 (5 months ago) Permalink

Metallica now on Spotify, Lars Ulrich making the announcement with a Napster co-founder at his side

Lee626, Thursday, 6 December 2012 18:41 (5 months ago) Permalink

The principle behind that being...?

Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 6 December 2012 20:54 (5 months ago) Permalink

Annoyingly, only 1 Died Pretty album is on there.

ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Thursday, 6 December 2012 23:20 (5 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

McCartney and Wings = BACK! it happened at the start of December supposedly, only just noticed.

piscesx, Sunday, 23 December 2012 23:27 (4 months ago) Permalink

manilla road was there for while, and now... nada.

charlie h, Monday, 24 December 2012 00:20 (4 months ago) Permalink

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 (4 months ago) Permalink

McCartney and Wings = BACK! it happened at the start of December supposedly, only just noticed.

Noticed this myself last weekend. Very pleased as well.

Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 24 December 2012 18:25 (4 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

What's become of Geir? Hasn't posted for months unless I'm mistaken.

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 (3 months ago) Permalink

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 (3 months ago) Permalink

Besides those, "Red Rose Speedway" is absent as well.

The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 01:30 (3 months ago) Permalink

g'day Geir.

charlie h, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 01:32 (3 months ago) Permalink

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 (3 months ago) Permalink

no OM apparently unless i ain't looking hard enough. that kinda sucks.

charlie h, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 10:35 (3 months ago) Permalink

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 (3 months ago) Permalink

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 (3 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Richard Thompson

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 22 February 2013 09:30 (3 months ago) Permalink

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 (3 months ago) Permalink

I'm seeing lots of Richard Thompson stuff and I'm in the US.

Moodles, Friday, 22 February 2013 13:59 (3 months ago) Permalink

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 (3 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

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 (1 month ago) Permalink

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 (1 month ago) Permalink

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 (1 month ago) Permalink

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 (1 month ago) Permalink

Poor Oates.

riverrun, past Steve and Adam's (ledge), Monday, 1 April 2013 09:28 (1 month ago) Permalink

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 (1 month ago) Permalink

Before i deleted my account, they didn't have any Ben & Bruno

suspecterrain, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:17 (1 month ago) Permalink

xp PROPERLY would put it under Daryl Hall & John Oates. Hall & Oates is informal shorthand.

Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:20 (1 month ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

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 (1 month ago) Permalink

"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 (1 month ago) Permalink


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