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eastender42
Posts: 1
Registered: ‎15-02-2012

Disappearing Artist

Wondering why one day there are several albums from an artist, then suddenly they are gone.

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oldschoolsquare
Posts: 35
Registered: ‎11-02-2012

Re: Disappearing Artist

It's down to the record companies basically. 

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Th0b0r
Posts: 2
Registered: ‎13-02-2012

Re: Disappearing Artist

It's been happening too much lately, now it's a chore syncing my iPhone because everytime I will lose songs that I had on offline mode because it's been pulled. It's like I sync it to get some songs but have to lose some songs in exchange.

 

Frankly this doesn't cut it anymore.

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devilman
Posts: 2
Registered: ‎04-03-2012

Re: Disappearing Artist

It's odd that one of the albums I've been listening to a lot lately (Gillian Welch's 'Time - The Revelator'') has now gone, despite other albums by the same artist being available. It now shows as being unavailable to the UK, even though it's on the same label as her other albums it seems.

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David
Posts: 3,640
Registered: ‎19-01-2012

Re: Disappearing Artist

[ Edited ]

We have an FAQ post regarding some disappearing artists right here. Hopefully, that music will be back on Spotify soon.

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rom2u
Posts: 0
Registered: ‎21-03-2012

ECM records : what happened ?

Being a subscriber in France, i had made play list for each decade of every ECM recording.

Recently, I found out that more than 50% of those records have disappeared.

What happened ?

Is this a contract issue with Universal Music ?

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Meredith
Posts: 3,548
Registered: ‎20-01-2012

Re: ECM records : what happened ?

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Hey Rom2u - I've just popped your post into this larger thread about disappearing artists.

Have a look at the FAQ Dave has posted above--thanks!

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rimbaud76
Posts: 14
Registered: ‎18-03-2012

Re: ECM records : what happened ?

I'm finding it amusing that no one from Spotify seems to know anything regarding licensing issues with specific artists and can only point you to the generic explanation from their FAQ.  We get it, Spotify, but if you're going to be successful with this business venture of yours, music just can't disappear as fequently as it does. 

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Sam
Posts: 4,027
Registered: ‎19-01-2012

Re: ECM records : what happened ?

Rimbaud76 - In most of our launch countries now, we have around 16 million songs. I hope you understand that it's pretty hard to stay on top of the news regarding every artist.
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rimbaud76
Posts: 14
Registered: ‎18-03-2012

Re: ECM records : what happened ?

If you are employed by Spotify, you can't tell me that you don't have access to a daily list of which artists/albums have been pulled (and for what reason) and which have been added.  Just be honest with the people that use your service...