https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 03 May 2026 12:35:44 +0000 Thu, 01 May 2025 11:17:28 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5055 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66515&title=new-madonna-compilation#66515 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 5055
Posted: 01 May 2025 at 11:17am

When a song is removed from Spotify or Pandora, usually it's grayed out, compared to the other songs. I guess this must be the default setting for both platforms, as I don't recall doing anything to set them to gray. I guess you're saying for some people, the song just completely disappears.

I've been listening to Pandora a lot lately, making playlists and radio stations. While I'm enjoying it very much, it's frustrating that some songs and albums are "Radio Only" - they can't be added to playlists, and it's extremely hard to hear them. As far as I can gather, these are albums that used to be readily available digitally but have since been removed (for the most part) on, for instance, Spotify. Maybe Pandora moves them to "Radio Only" instead of disappearing them completely.

I do know what you mean about "albums disappearing and reappearing in a week". Gary US Bonds' 1st 2 '80s albums were "Radio Only" when I started getting into Pandora again. Then just a couple weeks later, both albums were available as regular albums you could hear.

If anyone else has theories as to why some albums are "radio only", I'd like to hear them.

And one last thing, when looking at a Greatest Hits (or even a regular album), if it contains a song from a movie, it's often grayed out as completely unavailable (not even "radio only"), and I'm sure this is due to the contractual agreements made between the movie companies and record companies. Sadly, digital platforms weren't around when many '70s and '80s albums came out on CD.

Edited by EdisonLite - 01 May 2025 at 11:19am]]> Thu, 01 May 2025 11:17:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66515&title=new-madonna-compilation#66515 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66057&title=new-madonna-compilation#66057 Author: music4life75
Subject: 5055
Posted: 15 March 2025 at 2:03am

Todd Ireland wrote: Also, bear in mind that Spotify is subject to removing songs from its site without warning whenever the licensing rights with record labels expire, which is something I absolutely detest. Meanwhile, artists can suddenly decide to remove their entire catalogs in protest, like Neil Young did when Spotify signed podcaster Joe Rogan to a $100 million deal several years ago. (Young did eventually relent a couple of years later and allowed his music to return to Spotify.)

I agree that was unfortunate along with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Joni Mitchell. I don't know how Spotify would tell you a certain song would be removed. It would be nice with Youtube videos I save that get removed or set to private. There are other reasons why songs disappear (or greyed out, depending on your settings). I've noticed that they can disappear, but then reappear due to a re-release. Some disappear and reappear in a week for no reason. Ever since 2017, I've kept a playlist of all the songs of the 1980's that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, that Spotify has. The ones that aren't on Spotify, you most likely won't find anywhere aside from YouTube.I can't find any of Peter Wolf's early solo efforts or some artists' songs from movies: "Hole In My Heart" Cyndi Lauper, "Twistin' the Night Away" Rod Stewart. Even all of Toni Basil's songs are re-recorded. Regardless, I can add the missing songs to local files. I will say that streaming music apps as a whole, have come a long way, especially in the increase of songs available on them.]]> Sat, 15 Mar 2025 02:03:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66057&title=new-madonna-compilation#66057 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66056&title=new-madonna-compilation#66056 Author: music4life75
Subject: 5055
Posted: 15 March 2025 at 1:33am

cristianmdp wrote: music4life75 wrote: Spotify has all those maxi-CD singles releases too. I don’t know what all the buzz for Qobuz. Their quality is compared to CD rips. Their profiling isn’t nearly as good as Spotify’s. Qobuz also lacks local file support. But just my opinion and no harm in trying it for free. The Spotify source material is in lossy format, so all you get is lossy quality. High quality, but lossy. And you can't download the songs to keep them and play them wherever you want. Qobuz sells those songs/albums, in lossless format, and allow you to keep them archived in your own physical drives or whatever media storage you use. Now, if you don't care about the lossy/lossless quality thing, and you don't care to have the files stored in your own physical storage... whatever, well, you certainly don't need Qobuz (or any other service that sells or just streams music in lossless quality).

I will admit that it's cool that you can buy and download songs om Qobuzz.But no harm in the free trial, even if it's strictly for the Madonna songs.

Edited by music4life75]]> Sat, 15 Mar 2025 01:33:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66056&title=new-madonna-compilation#66056 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66055&title=new-madonna-compilation#66055 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 5055
Posted: 15 March 2025 at 1:09am

Exactly right, cristianmdp. The very reasons you have stated is why I personally much prefer using a downloadable lossless music website service like Qobuz, rather than a lossy streaming service like Spotify. Also, bear in mind that Spotify is subject to removing songs from its site without warning whenever the licensing rights with record labels expire, which is something I absolutely detest. Meanwhile, artists can suddenly decide to remove their entire catalogs in protest, like Neil Young did when Spotify signed podcaster Joe Rogan to a $100 million deal several years ago. (Young did eventually relent a couple of years later and allowed his music to return to Spotify.) Thus, by owning permanent audio file copies of every song in full CD quality and having everything saved onto a physical hard drive unit, this enables me complete control and access over my own music library, and no one can take any of it away from me. This all explains why I have never used a streaming service like Spotify and currently have no interest in doing so (though I can understand how it may have certain appeal to others).

Edited by Todd Ireland]]> Sat, 15 Mar 2025 01:09:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66055&title=new-madonna-compilation#66055 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66053&title=new-madonna-compilation#66053 Author: cristianmdp
Subject: 5055
Posted: 14 March 2025 at 7:24pm

music4life75 wrote: Spotify has all those maxi-CD singles releases too. I don’t know what all the buzz for Qobuz. Their quality is compared to CD rips. Their profiling isn’t nearly as good as Spotify’s. Qobuz also lacks local file support. But just my opinion and no harm in trying it for free.

The Spotify source material is in lossy format, so all
you get is lossy quality. High quality, but lossy.
And you can't download the songs to keep them and play
them wherever you want.
Qobuz sells those songs/albums, in lossless format, and
allow you to keep them archived in your own physical
drives or whatever media storage you use.
Now, if you don't care about the lossy/lossless quality
thing, and you don't care to have the files stored in
your own physical storage... whatever, well, you
certainly don't need Qobuz (or any other service that
sells or just streams music in lossless quality).
]]> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:24:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66053&title=new-madonna-compilation#66053 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66052&title=new-madonna-compilation#66052 Author: music4life75
Subject: 5055
Posted: 14 March 2025 at 4:58pm

Spotify has all those maxi-CD singles releases too. I don’t know what all the
buzz for Qobuz. Their quality is compared to CD rips. Their profiling isn’t
nearly as good as Spotify’s. Qobuz also lacks local file support. But just my
opinion and no harm in trying it for free. ]]> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:58:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66052&title=new-madonna-compilation#66052 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66017&title=new-madonna-compilation#66017 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 5055
Posted: 12 March 2025 at 7:06pm

Funny you should mention Madonna, AdvprosD, because I'm actually in the process right now of acquiring edits and remixes for certain songs of hers that I don't yet have in my digital music library. I don't know if you're into downloading lossless digital audio files in CD quality, but have you checked out the Qobuz website, which contains reissues of many of Madonna's maxi-CD singles remastered and released over the past year?

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/interpreter/madonna/38897]]> Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:06:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66017&title=new-madonna-compilation#66017 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66010&title=new-madonna-compilation#66010 Author: AdvprosD
Subject: 5055
Posted: 12 March 2025 at 6:35pm

I just picked up the 1CD and the 2CD set of this. I guess I'm a little behind the times regarding Madonna and her latest releases of older material.

From what I can tell so far is that many here weren't impressed with this collection nor the "Not Enough Love" releases. Is there anything recent on CD,
that might be worth looking for like this? Or, are we waiting for the Madonna "Holy Grail" release anytime in the near future?

I'm not really a big Madonna fan, but it sure seems as though she likes to lead her fans on a bit.]]> Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:35:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=66010&title=new-madonna-compilation#66010 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=46214&title=new-madonna-compilation#46214 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 5055
Posted: 07 September 2016 at 10:16pm

I just had the opportunity to hear this CD. "Like A
Prayer" is not the album version. Madonna's vocals, and
the choir is mixed up loder, and the drums are more
aggressive in this mix. Most of the album cuts, like
"Dress You Up" sound like they were remixed, too.

It sounds as if several tracks were sped up, too.

To me, this set is almost as useless as the "Immaculate
Collection".]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 22:16:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=46214&title=new-madonna-compilation#46214 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=24140&title=new-madonna-compilation#24140 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 5055
Posted: 16 October 2009 at 3:22pm

Vinny Vero, who was a marketing and A&R executive at EMI from 1990-1996 and has himself produced numerous compilations by major artists, skewers the new "Celebration" compilation in a blog post called "Celebration Frustration." He's particularly critical of the lost opportunity to issue the rare 45 versions on CD for the first time.

My favorite part:

Vinny Vero wrote: It's as if someone gave the job of compiling this collection to an intern for their summer credits.

http://vinnyvero.blogspot.com/2009/10/celebration-frustratio n.html

Edited by Brian W.]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:22:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5055&PID=24140&title=new-madonna-compilation#24140