hamster Posted 6 September, 2009 Posted 6 September, 2009 Unless I am very much mistaken, Spotify's library has changed. I wanted to listen to a decent version of Stairway to Heaven and it is jam packed full of tribute versions. And some not very good ones either. I could not find the Led Zep IV version, which is my favourite. Looked for Comfortably Numb and Pigs too, to no avail. Is it me?
Baj Posted 6 September, 2009 Posted 6 September, 2009 LZ have never been on there. Unfortunately some artists have opted not to be added to Spotify at this time, some frequently requested artists that are not in Spotify include Metallica, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, ACDC and Led Zeppelin, etc.
hamster Posted 6 September, 2009 Author Posted 6 September, 2009 Really, I thought they hade everything popular, my mistake. No Floyd either!! Is it a bit of an 'iffy' resource then?
Baj Posted 6 September, 2009 Posted 6 September, 2009 No, it's not iffy at all, butit does of course require the legitamate cooperation of the record labels and artists. As such, there are still a few that think Spotify will harm their sales more than help them... and they're probably right.
saint lard Posted 6 September, 2009 Posted 6 September, 2009 Floyd and Led Zep have not and will not be on Spotify due to legalities over ownership of copyright and infringments,or something similar. Basically neither band want to have their tunes available as they fear the damage it will do for sales and royalties.
Sheaf Saint Posted 6 September, 2009 Posted 6 September, 2009 Floyd and Led Zep have not and will not be on Spotify due to legalities over ownership of copyright and infringments,or something similar. Basically neither band want to have their tunes available as they fear the damage it will do for sales and royalties. Pink floyd concerned about sales figures??? WTF!? They haven't released an album for over 15 years and they have sold millions upon millions of copies worldwide. They are basically rolling in a massive pit of money, and yet they are concerned about the small dent that spotify might put in their sales? Truly unbelievable.
Block 5 Posted 6 September, 2009 Posted 6 September, 2009 Surely it's the same with the Beatles? I doubt if they're on Spotify. It's more to do with people being protective of a back catalogue. You never see the Beatles on any of those gash 60s compilation box sets, which is pretty hilarious really seeing as they epitomise the 60s!
Baj Posted 7 September, 2009 Posted 7 September, 2009 Yup, if you mean iPhone it came out this morning (or late last night and I didn't notice). Syncing 1600 songs to offline mode as we speak
Andy_Porter Posted 7 September, 2009 Posted 7 September, 2009 How does the iPhone spotify app work? do you need to have a wireless connection for it to work?
Baj Posted 7 September, 2009 Posted 7 September, 2009 itll work over 3g, but if last.fm is anything to go by, not very well, however, you can cache 3,333 songs to offline mode!! so effectively download them! they will work for up to 30 days WITHOUT logging into spotify, so you can bugger off on holiday and still use them you can only download songs for offline mode over wifi
Scummer Posted 7 September, 2009 Posted 7 September, 2009 You need the premium spotify account don't you?
jeff leopard Posted 11 September, 2009 Posted 11 September, 2009 Has anyone tried http://listen.grooveshark.com/ ? Its an American version of spotify which has a much much wider selection of tracks and NO ADVERTS!!! the catch is that its a minefield of half-arsed programming. but here's my mix http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlist/Killblinton_s_Playlist_2/16098393
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