Acts that are not on Spotify

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!

The Pere Ubu discography on Spotify is very, well, “spotty” (for a fairly major band with lots of albums

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.

that is weird then, as you’d guesspect her first solo was on the same contract

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.

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.

(almost identical btw) Belinda hits comps

this is an idiotic thing to still happen on streaming services

The s/t Live Skull and expanded Cloud One were definitely on Spotify at one point..

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.

Just saw that "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by the Walker Bros. is blocked on US Spotify.

Victoria Williams has a few albums out there, but her best, Swing The Statue, isn't.

Paul McCartney's "Spies Like Us" is not on Spotify.

I suppose it's been mentioned already but Dre's The Chronic is still not available.

apple billionaire iirc

yeah but 2001 is on Spotify !
And Murder was the Case is not available while the rest of Snoop's output is...

presumably sample rights issues then? I've been wanting easy streaming access to Murder was the Case for years now...

if you don't mind not paying: whole album, playlist

yeah, i may need to pay for youtube eventually as listening to ads is against my religion... dunno if that's monetized?

anyways, been too long; this sounds great

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!

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

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)

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...

Regarding Aaliyah, that's weird because I'm pretty sure all her albums were available on Spotify for a while...

I've been checking since around 2013 and have only seen one

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....

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Well, Aaliyah was definitely available because... I had it in my Spotify library !

(I mean the album, of course)

David C Lowery
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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.

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?

Despite carrying loads of U2, the Million-Dollar Hotel soundtrack is not on the service.

King Crimson studio albums coming to Spotify in June iirc.

Shelter by Lone Justice has been on Spotify for as long as I can remember, but it's not there today. ;_;

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Well, Aaliyah was definitely available because... I had it in my Spotify library !

― 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

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.

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") !

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

Downtown Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6avHw4F4js

I heard the De La Soul albums are coming soon

Ceramic Hobs (just one song in a comp)
The Ghostwriters (Charles Cohen & Jeff Cain)

A few Split Enz albums are missing (including True Colours).

Can’t find “There’s Some Whores In This House”!

Went looking for ‘Eurovision’ by Telex and there’s not much by them available.

Virginia Astley is almost entirely absent from Spotify. For shame.

that’s a p gross and entitled thing to say. she doesn’t owe anybody free access to her work.

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?

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)

oh and i see i should've searched for the comsat angels itt too

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?

Astley presumably controls 90% of her catalogue though

then again this appears to be there in the US?

Being called gross and entitled is my favourite way to start a Saturday.