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.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
Just saw that "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by the Walker Bros. is blocked on US Spotify.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 13:58 (five years ago) link
Victoria Williams has a few albums out there, but her best, Swing The Statue, isn't.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
Paul McCartney's "Spies Like Us" is not on Spotify.
― john. a resident of evanston. (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
I suppose it's been mentioned already but Dre's The Chronic is still not available.
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 14:05 (five years ago) link
apple billionaire iirc
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 14:07 (five years ago) link
yeah but 2001 is on Spotify !And Murder was the Case is not available while the rest of Snoop's output is...
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
presumably sample rights issues then? I've been wanting easy streaming access to Murder was the Case for years now...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 16:53 (five years ago) link
if you don't mind not paying: whole album, playlist
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link
yeah, i may need to pay for youtube eventually as listening to ads is against my religion... dunno if that's monetized?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
anyways, been too long; this sounds great
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
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!
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 21:21 (five years ago) link
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
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
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)
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Thursday, 4 April 2019 04:49 (five years ago) link
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...
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 April 2019 11:02 (five years ago) link
Regarding Aaliyah, that's weird because I'm pretty sure all her albums were available on Spotify for a while...
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 April 2019 11:06 (five years ago) link
I've been checking since around 2013 and have only seen one
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Thursday, 4 April 2019 13:42 (five years ago) link
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....
― William Wants a Doll (I M Losted), Thursday, 4 April 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
xpostWell, Aaliyah was definitely available because... I had it in my Spotify library !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 April 2019 15:27 (five years ago) link
(I mean the album, of course)
David C Lowery@davidclowery15h15 hours ago
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.
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Thursday, 4 April 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
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?
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Thursday, 4 April 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
Despite carrying loads of U2, the Million-Dollar Hotel soundtrack is not on the service.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
King Crimson studio albums coming to Spotify in June iirc.
― ILX Halftime Shows Ranked — Which Was the Best? (WmC), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
Shelter by Lone Justice has been on Spotify for as long as I can remember, but it's not there today. ;_;
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link
― 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
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 21:25 (five years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
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") !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 11 April 2019 11:37 (five years ago) link
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
― Animal Bitrate (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 11 April 2019 12:02 (five years ago) link
Downtown Science
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 11 April 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6avHw4F4js
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 11 April 2019 23:38 (five years ago) link
I heard the De La Soul albums are coming soon
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Friday, 12 April 2019 01:09 (five years ago) link
Ceramic Hobs (just one song in a comp)The Ghostwriters (Charles Cohen & Jeff Cain)
― stranded, Friday, 12 April 2019 09:15 (five years ago) link
A few Split Enz albums are missing (including True Colours).
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
Can’t find “There’s Some Whores In This House”!
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 11 May 2019 00:19 (five years ago) link
Went looking for ‘Eurovision’ by Telex and there’s not much by them available.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 11 May 2019 08:40 (five years ago) link
Virginia Astley is almost entirely absent from Spotify. For shame.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 11 May 2019 09:09 (five years ago) link
that’s a p gross and entitled thing to say. she doesn’t owe anybody free access to her work.
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Saturday, 11 May 2019 10:56 (five years ago) link
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?
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 11 May 2019 11:33 (five years ago) link
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)
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
oh and i see i should've searched for the comsat angels itt too
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
Astley presumably controls 90% of her catalogue though
then again this appears to be there in the US?
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Saturday, 11 May 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
Being called gross and entitled is my favourite way to start a Saturday.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 11 May 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
Yeah sic, that was pretty Afro, lol
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 11 May 2019 22:02 (five years ago) link
*aggro! (LOL)
FP my phone for racism
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 11 May 2019 22:05 (five years ago) link
Jim Carroll Band: "People Who Died" is on some various artists comps, and that is it.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 05:16 (five years ago) link
Somehow, 2pac’s « California love » (single version) which was available until a few weeks ago has now disappeared.
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 07:27 (five years ago) link
About 30% of albums nominated for the current ambient poll are not on Spotify. Records by Fripp & Eno, Zoviet France, Andrew Chalk, Hiroshi Yoshimura, La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, Organum, Thomas Köner, Klaus Weise and Tetsu Inoue, for example. Not necessarily surprising...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 09:51 (five years ago) link
AMM.They have 4 Keith Rowe recordings, but funnily the profile photo is not him but a reggae singer with the same name.
― stranded, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 10:03 (five years ago) link