Acts that are not on Spotify

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

― 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/

excellent news!

yep! we've been geekin out over in De La Soul - Classic or Dud?

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.

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.

Gaetz voted for the Don

wrong thread lol

the first few "tyrannosaurus rex" albums aren't on u.s. spotify. no beard of stars, what a ripoff.

...SUCH A RIPOFF!!!!

That's odd, given that there's a ton of dodgy-looking T.Rex and Bolan stuff on there.

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!

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?

Are there no other Matador releases that aren't on it?

The Techno Animal album Matador put out, The Brotherhood of the Bomb, isn't available. The first and second Unsane albums are.

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.

https://newnorthwales.bandcamp.com/album/minor-birds

Don't think (slightly) Hood-related project New North Wales are on there.

gang starr's no more mr nice guy

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)

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

canadian alternative rock band rusty

"Rusty, the best in Losercore!" according to a 90s TV ad.

Natural One by Folk Implosion is sadly missing.

Yeah I’ve noticed the Kids soundtrack isn’t streaming

do other countries have in pine effect by mu-ziq? I swear I could never find that one on CD either!

So weird that In Pine Effect is not available. I bought the CD at the time.

Comsat Angels is still the saddest entry in this list.

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!??

dj shadow the private press is gone, but the "six days" single is still there.

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

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.

acts that are finally on Spotify

ZZ Top's Deguello album is back up all proper-like on Spotify.

Natural One by Folk Implosion is sadly missing.

― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Friday, 20 January 2023 19:04 (five months ago) link

Not anymore!

oh nice!

Cool, there’s also a “2023 Live Session” version (and an UNKLE Remix).

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.

The original 70s Brinsley Schwarz albums are missing. Only a compilation with some tracks from them.

Ugh. Yes, this is true now that you mention it.

Marshall Crenshaw's second album Field Day from '83 is back on Spotify thanks to a Yep Roc reissue

I'll have to give it a listen while I wait for the dB's catalog to return >:O

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.

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).

Nils Lofgren

^^He joined the Neil & Joni protest walkout.

Ah

The original 70s Brinsley Schwarz albums are missing. Only a compilation with some tracks from them.

Good version of "Run Run Rudolph"!

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".

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.

It would be nice to have 'Free Mars' by Lusk up on there.

Acts who have all their albums on Spotify except the one you're looking for--

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Trout Mask Replica