Acts that are not on Spotify

Cortney Tidwell's first album is on Spotify, as is her collaborative album with Kurt Wagner, but not her 2009 album Boys. Wonder why.

I guess the Smithereens are doing one of those gradual catalogue reclamation things, because Green Thoughts currently isn't up.

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.

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This situation changed a couple weeks ago, as that old Slash comp has been replaced by a new 21-track set with a slightly different tracklisting called Mandatory: The Best of...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?

...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).

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.

Cortney Tidwell's first album is on Spotify, as is her collaborative album with Kurt Wagner, but not her 2009 album Boys. Wonder why.

I have wondered about this myself, since Boys is on City Slang, the same label that released the KORT album.

Barely any Go-Betweens!

Yeah, certain albums kind of come and, um, go. Many gone for the time being.

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.

^^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.

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.

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.

At some point since it was last brought up, GI by the Germs has been added (credited to Slash & Rhino, BTW).

Wow, you’re right (it’s on the other services too)

Cardiacs are back up, except for Archive Cardiacs (a compilation from their first two cassette-only releases).

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.

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 🤷‍♂️

Joni’s catalog has returned.

the first steve tibbetts album isn't there. someone needs to jump on that reissue. that fucken album... wheee-hooo, what a ride!

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.

“Prelude to a Kiss” by Sonny Rollins from the Old Flames album is greyed out on Qobuz and Apple Music

xp Spotify takes a hard anti-doxxing line. It’s on Tidal though.

j-zone connection on the new vw (lol j-zone! nice!) made me look him up. big sigh.

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.

Yeah, looks like the full album is available finally

The Caretaker. Now available on Spotify!

wow!

might pan out well for him tbh some of those algorithmic ambient lists might work for him

dj shadow the private press is back on there - with "pushin buttons" now.

(now we just need those "mashin on the motorway" remixes!)

I’ve noticed random albums disappearing, like Buddy Rich’s Roar of ‘74.