Acts that are not on Spotify

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.

Is this a regional thing? I've got Entertainment!, Solid Gold and Songs of the Free as well as Hard.

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.

They used to be available in the US, but got yanked probably around a year ago.

Not sure why Hard remains, as I'd assume it falls under the same deal with WB in the US.

Hard is copywrited directly to the band on the version that's up rn.

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(?)

I noticed the Morphine albums on Geffen showed up a few days ago. Rejoice!

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.

Not much from Hamilton Bohannon, sadly.

Only 2 Boredoms releases :(

there are various 4ad things missing, not sure why. Like the first Throwing Muses album.

oh wait, that's missing from apple music, dunno about spotify

The early Gang of Four albums are back up!

...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.)

Weirdly, the second Judee Sill album is up but not the first.

hmm. It's up on my Spotify.

Oh ok, must be a regional thing (I'm in Europe).

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

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

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)

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.

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.

Towa Tei's three 90s albums recently appeared :)

Would like to see Miharu Koshi on there some day.

Complete discography of The Clean, including live albums/EPs, seems to be there now.

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).

Nevermind, Off The Bone (which I hadn't heard of before) is up, and has the EP and all the stray stuff from BMFBP.

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)?

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.

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

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.

No Cookie Crew! Not in the US, at least.

also posted this on the proper spotify topic, but aaliyah's second and third albums aren't on there. that's absolutely criminal.

periodic reminder:

https://www.complex.com/music/2016/12/aaliyahs-music-isnt-online-and-her-uncle-barry-hankerson-is-the-reason-why

jesus what a clusterfuck.

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

You realise that’s not how spotify works

No I don't realize that

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.

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.

i mean, it's on youtube but. . . man, would a reissue be nice.

I looked earlier and couldn’t even find it there. Link?

jams for days and days. . .

Thx!

DJ quik & kurupt's "blaqkout"

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

if only there were some widely available, portable, physical medium that would enable you to listen to this song in high res audio

if only it was the 21st century

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.)

I don't think Elegantly Wasted has ever been up, and the title track is blacked out on whatever comp it's on.