Acts that are not on Spotify

...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

I guess it was not Spotify for a long time, then became available in 2021--now gone again.

Strictly Personal and the two mid-'70s 'sellout' albums aren't up either.

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.

― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, September 30, 2020 9:34 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

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.