Possibly stretching the term 'seminal' here, but Dave Clark's handling of the Dave Clark Five catalogue by keeping it off the market has been astonishingly dumb. Although I see now that a hits album and a few LPs finally went up on Spotify this year.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
surprised not to find 70s east mids comedy folk group Roaring Jelly on there in some form but no great loss except unsatisfied nostalgia
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
put them in a zip file, once
like, they didn't even notice there were no ID3 tags
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
xxxpost well yeah but I doubt Tommy Boy was happy about that
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
I doubt Tommy Boy gaf
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
Laurie Anderson's Big Science was unavailable for a long time but last month I noticed it's up.
― Manfred Hemming-Hawing (WmC), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
huggybear
― maura, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
Hugo Largo
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Sunday, 15 September 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
a lot of groups missing albums-- only the first two Budgie records are there
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 14:04 (four years ago) link
also missing:
Van Morrison- Tupelo Honeyalmost all Lucio BattistiGil Scott-Heron- Winter in Americaalmost all Henry Cow
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
Dr Phibes & The House of Wax Equations
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 28 December 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
this is what I'm missing :Angry Samoans Poison Idea Spaceman 3
― grapsta, Saturday, 28 December 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me has disappeared sadly. It was there a few weeks back.
― bobot, Sunday, 29 December 2019 09:16 (four years ago) link
sometimes it's worth checking Deezer, that service has some things the others don't
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 29 December 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson's Bridges album is missing, so the good version of We Almost Lost Detroit is not available. :(
― Dan I., Friday, 31 January 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
wtf, Brian Jackson plays TONTO on that album!?
― Dan I., Friday, 31 January 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
oops, apparently Scott-Heron and Jackson's involvement with TONTO is well known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_(Gil_Scott-Heron_and_Brian_Jackson_album)
― Dan I., Friday, 31 January 2020 21:04 (four years ago) link
Aside from the expanded Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, none of Ray Charles' ABC recordings are up.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 February 2020 05:05 (four years ago) link
Basehead. The fuck
― nathom, Saturday, 1 February 2020 07:36 (four years ago) link
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.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
Is this a regional thing? I've got Entertainment!, Solid Gold and Songs of the Free as well as Hard.
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
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.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
They used to be available in the US, but got yanked probably around a year ago.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 1 February 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
Not sure why Hard remains, as I'd assume it falls under the same deal with WB in the US.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 1 February 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
Hard is copywrited directly to the band on the version that's up rn.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 February 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
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(?)
― morrisp, Thursday, 16 April 2020 06:00 (four years ago) link
I noticed the Morphine albums on Geffen showed up a few days ago. Rejoice!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 April 2020 11:53 (four years ago) link
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.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 26 April 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
Not much from Hamilton Bohannon, sadly.
― mmmm, Sunday, 26 April 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
Only 2 Boredoms releases :(
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Sunday, 26 April 2020 22:14 (four years ago) link
there are various 4ad things missing, not sure why. Like the first Throwing Muses album.
― akm, Monday, 27 April 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
oh wait, that's missing from apple music, dunno about spotify
The early Gang of Four albums are back up!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 05:18 (four years ago) link
...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.)
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 05:57 (four years ago) link
Weirdly, the second Judee Sill album is up but not the first.
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Thursday, 30 April 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
hmm. It's up on my Spotify.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 1 May 2020 02:58 (four years ago) link
Oh ok, must be a regional thing (I'm in Europe).
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Friday, 1 May 2020 05:44 (four years ago) link
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
― Alpha 666, The Number of the Beast (I M Losted), Friday, 1 May 2020 06:31 (four years ago) link
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
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)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 1 May 2020 11:47 (four years ago) link
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.
― Alpha 666, The Number of the Beast (I M Losted), Friday, 1 May 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
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.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Friday, 1 May 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
Towa Tei's three 90s albums recently appeared :)
― nashwan, Sunday, 3 May 2020 13:54 (four years ago) link
Would like to see Miharu Koshi on there some day.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 7 May 2020 11:06 (four years ago) link
Complete discography of The Clean, including live albums/EPs, seems to be there now.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 7 May 2020 16:33 (four years ago) link
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).
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 May 2020 03:33 (four years ago) link
Nevermind, Off The Bone (which I hadn't heard of before) is up, and has the EP and all the stray stuff from BMFBP.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 May 2020 03:45 (four years ago) link
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)?
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
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.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
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
― Bleeqwot (sic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link