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It's a shame that most of these records are not available on Spotify, and - I think - it's the same on most of the others streaming services. You know, I reall
by achairapart 6y ago
It's a shame that most of these records are not available on Spotify, and - I think - it's the same on most of the others streaming services.
You know, I really wondered how bad was the music behind the bad covers.
But this made me realize - even more - how limited and not inclusive are these streaming service catalogs, in spite of their claims.
- acomjean 6y agoMy friends father had a ton of jazz records. He lamented in the mid 80s that he couldn’t replace most of them with cds as they weren’t being re-issued, and some were very good. Getting stuff recorded was harder back then so there was less content coming out. I can’t imagine most of those are on streaming..lost to the ages. A lot of it won’t be missed but there are probably some hidden gems too
- ojnabieoot 6y agoMaybe not “most” depending on how that is defined, but a lot of blues/jazz/R&B from those days can be found on YouTube if it isn’t on Spotify or Apple Music - there are many channels that upload recordings of old EPs/LPs. I listen mostly to 50s-70s jazz and YouTube has proven the most reliable. That said, Apple Music has a decent catalog of jazz, including many smaller artists - it’s actually the bigger names (whose estates have meaningful control over their body of work) that are sometimes patchier. Apple Music is also very good for finding new artists, and they put good work into their jazz playlists (even if the choices are maybe a bit anodyne). Spotify used to be horrible for jazz - apparently it’s gotten better, but I remember signing up for a free month and being extremely disappointed.
- ojnabieoot 6y agoOne of my favorite albums from the 90s has possibly the lamest cover in jazz history - not offensively bad or distasteful, more along the lines of “high school portrait”: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Groove_Elation_John_Scofield.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Groove_Elatio... If you had shown me this cover without me knowing who John Scofield was, I would have assumed this album was particularly dorky elevator music. But it’s great stuff: https://youtu.be/QBWTJ--Son8 https://youtu.be/QBWTJ--Son8 That said...... there are cases where you can probably judge books by their covers: http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/letmetouch.jpg http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/letmetouch.jpg
- veggieburglar 6y agoI had never seen the cover to this album... it makes it look like a children’s sing along album. Sco is the man though!
- coldpie 6y agoYouTube is probably the best place to look for old, obscure music like this, since users can just upload anything they like. If the label didn't bother to put it on Spotify, they probably didn't bother to put it into the YouTube Content ID program either. You won't find everything, but it's the best spot I'm aware of.
- madengr 6y agoYeah, there are some gems out there of some really good bands in their early days, that would have never been documented without some random dude with a video camera. Here is an example: https://youtu.be/asFpyKzXq9w https://youtu.be/asFpyKzXq9w
- BigJono 6y agoWell, Immortal is in the first 5 album covers and they obviously have some all time classics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2rJrB2pHtY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2rJrB2pHtY